Patents Examined by Rei Tsang Shiao
  • Patent number: 12239637
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treating a neurological disorder in a subject, the method including administering to the subject in need of such treatment a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a CCR5 antagonist. The CCR5 antagonist may be, for example, maraviroc. The neurological disorder may be, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies or multiple system atrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventor: Kalipada Pahan
  • Patent number: 12239645
    Abstract: The dosages and methods described herein provide desirable pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) characteristics which inhibit alternative pathway complement activity, for example at least 85% or more inhibition of AP activity in vivo at dosages from about 120 mg to 200 mg BID that provides a plasma level Ctrough at least about 65 ng/ml, which provides sufficient AP inhibition to reduce the risk of complement breakthrough. In addition, the dosage form described herein provides a significantly low Cmax, providing additional safety margin and better dosing flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingjun Huang, Steven D. Podos
  • Patent number: 12239614
    Abstract: Methods for prophylactically treating a stress-induced affective disorder or stress-induced psychopathology in a subject are provided. Also provided are methods for inducing and/or enhancing stress resilience in a subject. In certain embodiments, an effective amount of (R,S)-ketamine or (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine ((2R,6R)-HNK) is administered to a female or male subject prior to a stressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC.
    Inventors: Christine Ann Denny, Briana Kaying Chen
  • Patent number: 12239621
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide an inhibitor for renal injuries induced by a hemolytic reaction. In this invention, cilastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Niigata University, Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Akihiko Saito, Sawako Goto, Yoshiaki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 12234220
    Abstract: Disclosed are immunomodulatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of making and using the compounds to treat diseases and disorders characterized by aberrant protein activity that can be targeted by cereblon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Eric Fischer, Alyssa Verano, Zhixiang He, Guangyan Du, Katherine Donovan, Radoslaw Nowak, Jing Ting Christine Yuan, Hu Liu
  • Patent number: 12233059
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of (4-benzylpiperazin-1-yl)-[2-(3-methylbutylamino)pyridin-3-yl]methanone (NSI-189) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of a psychiatric condition in which depressive symptoms are prominent, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, and depression-related aspects of schizophrenia (e.g. negative symptoms) in select patients who exhibit impaired learning and/or memory. The invention also relates to the use of NSI-189 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of a psychiatric condition in which depressive symptoms are prominent, including major depressive disorder (MDD), in select patients who exhibit impaired learning and/or memory or certain EEG characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Alto Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Etkin, Wei Wu, Chao Wang, Nicholas Cooper, Joshua Jordan, Adam Savitz
  • Patent number: 12226377
    Abstract: Oral pharmaceutical compositions of sodium oxybate having improved pharmacokinetic properties when administered less than two hours after eating are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Flamel Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Julien Grassot, Cendrine Grangeon, Jordan Dubow
  • Patent number: 12226378
    Abstract: Vaginal lubricants that have salts which are biomatched to salts that are naturally present in the vagina facilitate intercourse without toxic effects. Topical substances that have a low buffering capacity to promote fertility by providing lubricity while minimizing disturbance to the natural pH levels present during intercourse. A low buffering capacity reduces the extent to which a product interferes with natural pH and buffering capacity of fluids that are present during intercourse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: VAGINAL BIOME SCIENCE, INC.
    Inventor: Wendy Strgar
  • Patent number: 12226394
    Abstract: The current invention concerns an innovative treatment for mitochondrial disorders and diseases or conditions associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. In particular, effective and safe dosages of compounds suitable for the treatment of mitochondrial disorders have been established, providing for new treatment regimens and patient populations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Khondrion IP B.V.
    Inventors: Julien David Beyrath, Johannes Albertus Maria Smeitink
  • Patent number: 12226398
    Abstract: Provided are methods of regulating proliferation and/or differentiation of keratinocytes and immune cells, more specifically to methods of treating pathologies characterized by hyperproliferative keratinocytes or inflammatory skin diseases by administration of FABP4-inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TICURE LTD.
    Inventor: Tali Garin-Shkolnik
  • Patent number: 12226374
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed to compositions of quinones and/or quinols, such as, but not limited to, ubiquinone and/or ubiquinol, vitamin E quinone and/or vitamin E quinol, vitamin K quinone and/or vitamin K quinol, menaquinones and/or menaquinols, and pyrroloquinoline quinone and/or pyrroloquinoline quinol, and methods for preparations and use thereof. The present embodiments are also directed to compositions of reduced forms of curcuminoid and methods for preparations and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: American River Nutrition, LLC
    Inventor: Barrie Tan
  • Patent number: 12213974
    Abstract: The present specification provides methods and compositions for treating fibrosis, particularly pulmonary fibrosis. The pulmonary fibrosis may be idiopathic or arise following an infection of the lung. The lung infection can be by SARS-COV-2. Lung function stabilizes or is improved as a result of treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel de los Rios, John Hood, Anita DiFrancesco, Luis A. Dellamary
  • Patent number: 12201595
    Abstract: Compositions including an amino acid component including: L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-lysine, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, L-tryptophan, L-valine and L-arginine and optimized levels of L-methionine. L-tryptophan content may also be elevated and optimized, and additional amino acids including arginine, L-arginine, L-citrulline, L-carnitine and L-cysteine may optionally be present. Methods of treating muscle, wounds, surgical procedures, skin conditions and other conditions using such compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CALWOOD NUTRITIONALS, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Calton
  • Patent number: 12194020
    Abstract: This invention reverses male pattern baldness by shocking dormant hair follicles out of their androgen induced hibernation phase back to the active hair-growing anagenic phase. The invention integrates two functions: 1) It blocks synthesis of compounds holding the follicles in the telogenic/hibernating phase and 2) It stimulates synthesis of compounds animating the hair-growing/anagenic phase in the follicular activity cycle. One preferred embodiment comprises an enzyme inhibitor blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a flavonoid simultaneously increasing synthesis of prostaglandins alternative to prostaglandin D2, and a selected cannabinoid compound stimulating restore the hair follicle to its normal growth cycle. This novel trimodal therapy restores the hair follicles to their normal cycling processes and maintains these restorative properties so long as this rebalance in maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: Richard Postrel
  • Patent number: 12194032
    Abstract: A method of treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with a compound of Formula I is provided. FSGS may be primary (no known cause) or secondary. The secondary FSGS may be associated with infections or viruses such as HIV, diseases such as sickle cell disease or lupus, toxins or drugs such as anabolic steroids, heroin or pamidronate, nephron loss and hyperfiltration, such as with chronic pyelonephritis and reflux, morbid obesity, or diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Miao, Thomas Schall, Rajinder Singh
  • Patent number: 12193994
    Abstract: Provided herein are combination therapies involving administration of an immunotherapy involving a cell therapy, such as a T cell therapy, and an inhibitor of gamma secretase. Also provided are methods for engineering, preparing, and producing the cells, compositions containing the cells and/or gamma secretase inhibitor, and kits and devices containing and for using, producing and administering the cells and/or gamma secretase inhibitor, such as in accord with the provided combination therapy methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Juno Therapeutics, Inc., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    Inventors: Damian J. Green, Stanley R. Riddell, Melissa Works
  • Patent number: 12186286
    Abstract: Neuroinflammation mediated by microglia and infiltrating peripheral immune cells is a major component of stroke pathophysiology. The calcium activated potassium channel KCa3.1 is expressed selectively in the injured CNS by microglia, and KCa3.1 function has been implicated in proinflammatory activation of microglia. KCa3.1 is further implicated in the pathophysiology of ischemia/reperfusion (stroke) related brain injury. Senicapoc, an investigational drug with a proven safety profile and shown to cross the blood-brain barrier, is a potent and selective KCa3.1 inhibitor that intervenes in the inflammation cascade that follows ischemia/reperfusion, and is a potential treatment for stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Paracelsus Neuroscience LLC
    Inventors: Roland Staal, Jonathan Weinstein, Thomas Moeller
  • Patent number: 12187754
    Abstract: Provided herein are LpxC inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of disease that would benefit from treatment with an LpxC inhibitor, including gram-negative bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: BLACKSMITH MEDICINES, INC.
    Inventor: Min Teng
  • Patent number: 12178799
    Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutic compound for prevention and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis, (PBC). Specifically, the present invention provides pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of PBC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Zydus Lifesciences Limited
    Inventors: Mukul R. Jain, Deven V. Parmar, Suresh Giri, Binu Philip, Pankaj Patel
  • Patent number: 12167992
    Abstract: Oral pharmaceutical compositions of sodium oxybate having improved pharmacokinetic properties when administered less than two hours after eating are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Flamel Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Julien Grassot, Cendrine Grangeon, Jordan Dubow