Patents Examined by Gregg Polansky
  • Patent number: 9867828
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide dosage forms and methods for treating a patient with an inflammatory disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of aminopterin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that achieve efficacy without concomitant toxicity. Within certain embodiments, the present invention provides a method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient with uninterrupted doses of aminopterin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Aminopterin LLC
    Inventor: John A. Zebala
  • Patent number: 9861630
    Abstract: 1-[2-(2,4-dimethylphenylsulphanyl)phenyl)]piperazine exhibits potent activity on SERT, 5-HT3 and 5-HT1A and may as such be useful for the treatment of cognitive impairment, especially in depressed patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: André Faldt, Heidi Lopez de Diego, Rene Holm
  • Patent number: 9801852
    Abstract: A method for providing a drug includes providing an inactive form of a drug. The method also includes chemically converting the inactive form of the drug to an active form to provide a drug formulation usable by a patient in need thereof, including using a device configured to remove an abuse-preventing additive from the inactive form of the drug. The method also includes dispensing the drug formulation to the patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Clark Allphin
  • Patent number: 9795587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF) activity in a cell by contacting the cell with any one of the following compounds: 3,6-bis[2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]-9h-xanthen-9-onedihydrochloride, 2,8-bis[dimethylaminoacetyl]dibenzofurin dihydrochloride hydrate, tilorone analog R-9536-DA, indoprofen, ciclopiroxolamine, tryptophan, ansindione, nabumetone, oxybendazole, albendazole, tropicamide, pramoxine hydrochloride, atenolol, mebendazole, carbetapentane citrate, monensin sodium, methoxyvone, hydroxyzine, phenazopyridine, clofoctol, ipraflavone, zomepirac, biochanin A, xylometazoline hydrochloride, fenbendazole, pirenzepine, triprolidine hydrochloride, daidzein, tripelennamine citrate, colchicines, aminopyridine, trimethoprim, helenine, hydroxyurea, amiodarone hydrochloride, clindamycin hydrochloride, sulfachlorpyridazine, mephenesin, semustine, clofivric acid, clofibrate, ibuprofen, hyoscyamime, nafcillin sodium, piperin, clidinium bromide, trioxsalen, hydralazine and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv R. Ratan, Ambreena Siddiq, Juan Chavez
  • Patent number: 9789085
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods of treating dementia comprising administering an effective daily dose of N-[2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-3-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)benzylamine to improve or augment the effect of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Ellen Schmidt, Johan Areberg
  • Patent number: 9763920
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising tacrolimus (FK-506) dissolved and/or dispersed in a hydrophilic or water-miscible vehicle to form a solid dispersion or solid solution at ambient temperature have improved bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: VELOXIS PHARMACEUTICALS A/S
    Inventor: Per Holm
  • Patent number: 9732062
    Abstract: Provided are compounds useful for treating cancer and methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Cianchetta, Byron DeLaBarre, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Jeremy Travins, Shunqi Yan, Tao Guo, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 9701651
    Abstract: The disclosure herein generally relates to methods of treating an overweight or obese condition, and overweight- or obesity-related conditions. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of treating an overweight or obese condition involving administering to the subject in need thereof, an amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a MetAP-2 inhibitory compound, or a salt, ester, or prodrug thereof, effective to result in weight loss in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Vath
  • Patent number: 9686990
    Abstract: Insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal or molluscicidal compounds of formula (I) wherein Y is a single bond, C?O, C?S or S(O)q where q is 0, 1 or 2; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R8, R9 are R10 are as defined in the claims or salts or N-oxides thereof, processes for preparing them and compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: David John Hughes, Paul Anthony Worthington, Charles Adam Russell, Eric Daniel Clarke, James Edward Peace, Mark Richard Ashton, Thomas Stephen Coulter, Richard Spurring Roberts, Louis-Pierre Molleyres, Fredrik Cederbaum, Jerome Cassayre, Peter Maienfisch
  • Patent number: 9687458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the administration of compositions comprising an antiestrogen, preferably a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) such as trans-clomiphene, for treating cancer and associated diseases. The invention is also directed to methods for reducing IGF-1 levels in a subject in need thereof by administering a composition comprising an antiestrogen, preferably a SERM such as trans-clomiphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Repros Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Podolski, Ronald D. Wiehle, Kuang Hsu, Greg Fontenot
  • Patent number: 9687473
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods of treating dementia comprising administering an effective daily dose of N-[2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-3-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)benzylamine to improve or augment the effect of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventors: Ellen Schmidt, Johan Areberg
  • Patent number: 9682091
    Abstract: Novel solution complexes of zoledronic acid are described which give rise to improved properties of zoledronic acid. The invention includes aqueous solution and molecular complexes of zoledronic acid with and optical isomers of asparagine, histidine, arginine and proline as well as pharmaceutical complexes containing them and methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: GRUNENTHAL GMBH
    Inventors: Mazen Hanna, Ning Shan, Miranda Cheney, David R. Weyna
  • Patent number: 9682078
    Abstract: The present application discloses strategies to recruit and mobilize stem cells using S1P receptor selective agonists and antagonists as wells as regulators of chemokine receptors. In an in vivo ischemic model, S1P1/S1P3 activation with FTY720 impeded inflammatory cell infiltration and recruited endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) with the potential to increase microvascular remodeling. S1P3 expression on marrow-derived cells was essential for this remodeling. Concurrent systemic S1P3 and CXCR4 antagonism mobilized hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) with the ability to engraft and repopulate blood cells. Pre-treatment of donor HSCs with FTY720 increased homing toward SDF-1 and improved engraftment in marrow. FTY720-coated bone allografts coupled with systemic administration of VPC01091 enhanced bone allograft integration and new bone formation in bone defects. MSCs pre-treated with FTY720 exhibited increased migration toward SDF-1, a CXCR4+ ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Edward A. Botchwey, III, Mary J. Laughlin, Kevin R. Lynch, Anusuya Das, Anthony Awojoodu
  • Patent number: 9676721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and compositions for the inhibition of NAMPT, their synthesis, applications and antidotes. An illustrative compound of the invention is shown below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: FORMA TM, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Bair, Alexandre J. Buckmelter, Bingsong Han, Jian Lin, Dominic J. Reynolds, Chase C. Smith, Zhongguo Wang, Xiaozhang Zheng
  • Patent number: 9669027
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel D. Long, Robert Murray McKinnell, Lan Jiang, Mandy Loo, Kassandra Lepack, Lori Jean Van Orden, Gavin Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9656979
    Abstract: The disclosure herein generally relates to methods of treating an overweight or obese condition, and overweight or obesity-related conditions. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of treating an overweight or obese condition involving administering to the subject in need thereof, an amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a MetAp-2 inhibitory compound, or a salt, ester, or prodrug thereof, effective to result in weight loss in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Vath
  • Patent number: 9656999
    Abstract: Provided are compounds useful for treating cancer and methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Cianchetta, Byron DeLaBarre, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Jeremy Travins, Shunqi Yan, Tao Guo, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 9649320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and as inhibitors of NF-?B for the treatment or prevention of muscular wasting disease, including muscular dystrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ReveraGen Biopharma, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Eric Hoffman, Kanneboyina Nagaraju
  • Patent number: 9649299
    Abstract: Described herein are transdermal parasiticidal formulations and methods of treatment and use, wherein the formulation is not only able to deliver an agent or agents through the skin layer, but is able to do so through wool, dirt and/or a sebum layer on the skin if such layers are present. The transdermal parasiticidal formulation may be a solution including a therapeutically effective amount of levamisole anthelmintic agent dissolved in a solution including isopropyl myristate and D-limonene. This base formulation is highly compatible with other compounds and various other actives may be added to this formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Donaghys Limited
    Inventor: Karen Yeritsyan
  • Patent number: 9642801
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dosage form comprising at least one form of tapentadol, with or without a second analgesic, and at least one opioid antagonist, wherein tapentadol is present in an optimal or suboptimal amount and the said antagonist is present in an amount effective to improve the efficacy and or reduce the side effects of tapentadol. The present invention further provides a method of treating pain and pain related conditions by administering to a patient in need thereof, a dosage form comprising at least one form of tapentadol, with or without a second analgesic, and at least one opioid antagonist, wherein tapentadol is present in an optimal or suboptimal amount and the said antagonist is present in an amount effective to improve the efficacy and or reduce the side effects of tapentadol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventor: Ramesh Sesha