Abstract: Stable liquid formulations of GLP-1 and GLP-1 analogues and method of using such formulations in the treatment of disorders or conditions are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2021
Assignee:
Rose Pharma LLC
Inventors:
Andrea Hawe, Eva Keilhauer, Olimpia Popko, Enda Kenny, Richard Warburg
Abstract: This disclosure provides a composition containing a conjugate with a modified insulin molecule. The conjugate has an insulin molecule, which can be insulin or an insulin analog, glucagon, GLP-1, GLP-2 or a GLP-1 agonist. The conjugate also contains one or more polymers. Each of the one or more polymers is covalently linked to the insulin molecule. Additionally, each of the one or more polymers is covalently linked to between 0 to 50 copies of a decoy ligand, and to between 0 to 50 copies of a glucose-binding agent, such that the combined total number of glucose-binding agents and decoy ligands covalently linked to each of the one or more polymers is at least 1. The conjugate can reversibly bind to soluble glucose and in which the extent of its glucose-binding controls the extent to which the modified insulin is able to bind to and activate the insulin receptor. Methods of making the conjugate, as well as use of the conjugate in treatment, are also provided.
Abstract: Methods of treating metabolic diseases and disorders using an antigen binding protein specific for the GIPR polypeptide are provided. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy. In certain embodiments the antigen binding protein is administered in combination with a GLP-1 receptor agonist.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2021
Assignee:
AMGEN INC.
Inventors:
Junming Yie, Donghui Shi, David J. Lloyd, Jinghong Wang, Glenn N. Sivits, Jr., Murielle M. Veniant-Ellison, Renee Komorowski, Neeraj Agrawal, Darren L. Bates, Brandon C. P. Clavette, Ian N. Foltz, Shu-yin Ho, Christopher Murawsky, Xiaoshan Min, Zhulun Wang
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods utilizing anti-TNF antibodies having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:36 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 for use in the safe and effective treatment of active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 22, 2021
Assignee:
JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Inventors:
Diane D. Harrison, Elizabeth C. Hsia, Lee-Lian Kim, Kim Hung Lo
Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel glucagon analogue peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 15, 2021
Assignee:
Zealand Pharma A/S
Inventors:
Ditte Riber, Jakob Lind Tolborg, Dieter Wolfgang Hamprecht
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming such shaped masses. One embodiment provides a shaped mass comprising a drug such as a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The shaped mass is formed by compression of a precursor material comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the mass is a preserved above a minimum level. Drugs which may be incorporated into the shaped mass may include one or more glucose regulating proteins such as insulin, incretins; and immunoglobulins such as TNF-inhibiting antibodies or interleukin neutralizing antibodies. Embodiments of the shaped mass may be incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall allowing for the oral delivery of proteins and peptides which would otherwise be degraded in the intestinal tract.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 8, 2021
Assignee:
Rani Therapeutics, LLC
Inventors:
Mercedes Morales, Mir A. Imran, Radhika Korupolu, Mir Hashim
Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 3, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 8, 2021
Assignee:
ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
Inventors:
Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 8, 2021
Assignee:
ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
Inventors:
Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
Abstract: The present system is directed in one embodiment to a method of administration of a therapeutic composition for treatment, prevention and/or mitigation of the frequency and/or severity of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH). The method includes administering one or more therapeutic agent(s) or composition(s) comprising insulin to the upper third of a patient's nasal cavity, thereby delivering the therapeutic composition directly to the patient's central nervous system for treatment, prevention and/or mitigation of the frequency and/or severity of IAH. In still another embodiment, the therapeutic composition comprises a non-zinc containing form of insulin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 25, 2021
Assignee:
HealthPartners Institite
Inventors:
William H. Frey, II, Richard M. Bergenstal, Leah R. Bresin Hanson, Anders L. Carlson
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods utilizing anti-TNF antibodies having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:36 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 for use in the safe and effective treatment of active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 25, 2021
Assignee:
JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
Inventors:
Diane D. Harrison, Elizabeth C. Hsia, Lee-Lian Kim, Kim Hung Lo
Abstract: Disclosed herein are improved methods of treating hyperglycemia with a combination of an ultrarapid acting insulin and insulin glargine comprising prandial administration of the ultrarapid insulin, and administration of a first dose of insulin glargine within 6 hours of waking for a day.
Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a patient with severe insulin resistance. The methods comprise administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutic amount of a GCG/GCGR signaling pathway inhibitor, such that blood glucose or beta-hydroxybutyrate levels are lowered or that the severe insulin resistance is mediated, or a condition or disease characterized by severe insulin resistance is mediated, or at least one symptom or complication associated with the condition or disease is alleviated or reduced in severity. The GCG/GCGR signaling pathway inhibitor can be a small molecule inhibitor of the signaling pathway, an antisense inhibitor of the signaling pathway, a GCG neutralizing monoclonal antibody, a GCGR antagonist, a peptide inhibitor of the signaling pathway, a DARPin, a Spiegelmer, an aptamer, engineered Fn type-III domains, etc. The therapeutic methods are useful for treating a human suffering from severe insulin resistance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignee:
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
Jesper Gromada, Haruka Okamoto, Stephen Jaspers, Joyce Harp
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating muscle atrophy or sarcopenia including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a GLP-1 fragment, a GLP-1 secretion enhancer, a GLP-1 degradation inhibitor, a GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist, or exendin-4, and a method of treating muscle atrophy or sarcopenia by using the pharmaceutical composition. When the pharmaceutical composition is administered to a subject having sarcopenia or muscle atrophy, reduced body weight, skeletal muscle mass, and grip strength, which are caused by sarcopenia or muscle atrophy, and expression levels of genes involved in muscle production may be restored to normal states. The composition may be widely applied to the development of effective therapeutic agents for sarcopenia or muscle atrophy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2021
Assignee:
IMMUNOFORGE CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Hee Sook Jun, Eun Young Park, Yeon Hee Hong
Abstract: The present system is directed in several embodiments to a method of administration of a therapeutic composition for protection of the brain of a subject at risk of injury leading to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or treatment of injury to the brain resulting from TBI. The method includes administering one or more therapeutic compositions comprising an effective amount of insulin directly to the subject patient's CNS, with no to minimal systemic exposure. Preferably, this method comprises administration of an effective amount of insulin to the upper third of a patient's nasal cavity, thereby bypassing the patient's blood-brain barrier and delivering the therapeutic composition directly to the patient's central nervous system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 27, 2021
Assignees:
HealthPartners Research & Education, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
Inventors:
William H. Frey, II, Leah Ranae Bresin Hanson, Kimberly Byrnes, Fiona Brabazon
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a means to prevent and/or ameliorate age, disease and obesity associated metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. Also disclosed are compositions and methods that relate to the findings that GDF11 prevents weight gain, improves glucose tolerance and reduces hepatosteatosis in aged mice administered a high fat diet. In particular, the methods and compositions described herein relate to increasing the level of GDF11 in a subject, thereby treating or preventing the development of obesity in the subject, reducing the metabolic consequences of obesity and improving the subject's metabolic health.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 20, 2021
Assignees:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Inventors:
Ornella Barrandon, Tommaso Poggioli, Douglas A. Melton, Richard T. Lee
Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing thermogenic adipocytes (e.g., brown adipocytes or other UCP-1 expressing adipocytes) by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonists include ActRIIB polypeptides, anti-ActRIIB antibodies, anti-myostatin antibodies, anti-GDF3 antibodies, anti-Nodal, anti-activin, and anti-GDF11 antibodies. A variety of metabolic and other disorders may be treated by causing an increase in thermogenic adipocytes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 6, 2021
Assignee:
ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
Inventors:
John Knopf, Jasbir Seehra, Ravindra Kumar
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming such shaped masses. One embodiment provides a shaped mass comprising a drug such as a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The shaped mass is formed by compression of a precursor material comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the mass is a preserved above a minimum level. Drugs which may be incorporated into the shaped mass may include one or more glucose regulating proteins such as insulin, incretins; and immunoglobulins such as TNF-inhibiting antibodies or interleukin neutralizing antibodies. Embodiments of the shaped mass may be incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall allowing for the oral delivery of proteins and peptides which would otherwise be degraded in the intestinal tract.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
InCube Labs, LLC
Inventors:
Mercedes Morales, Mir Imran, Radhika Korupolu, Mir Hashim
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.