Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies for treating Alzheimer's disease or an amyloidosis-associated pathological condition comprising co-administering a therapeutically effective amount of a first compound, and a therapeutically effective amount of a second compound. In certain embodiments, the first compound or the second compound inhibits AB peptide polymerization; is an anti-inflammatory; improves cognitive function, mood, or social behavior; is associated with Tau or alpha-synuclein; or regulates amyloid peptide washout.
Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies for treating Alzheimer's disease or an amyloidosis-associated pathological condition comprising co-administering a therapeutically effective amount of a first compound, and a therapeutically effective amount of a second compound. In certain embodiments, the first compound or the second compound inhibits AB peptide polymerization; is an anti-inflammatory; improves cognitive function, mood, or social behavior; is associated with Tau or alpha-synuclein; or regulates amyloid peptide washout.
Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating cancer, with a combination of an arginase inhibitor and a chemotherapeutic agent. The invention further relates to methods of assessing efficacy of a cancer treatment by measuring arginine levels in a tumor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Inventors:
Matthew I. Gross, Susanne M. Steggerda, Weiqun Li
Abstract: The invention concerns an inhibitor of the expression of chemokine CCL7 or an inhibitor of the expression of the receptor CCR3 or an inhibitor of CCL7/CCR3 interaction for the use of same to prevent or treat the extension of prostate cancer outside the prostatic capsule in a subject. The invention also concerns a method for determining the degree of aggressiveness of a prostate cancer tumor in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, comprising a step of determining the concentration or level of expression of the receptor CCR3 in a sample of prostate tumor cells obtained from said subject.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Assignees:
Universite Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
Inventors:
Catherine Muller, Victor Laurent, Adrien Guerard, Philippe Valet, Bernard Malavaud
Abstract: Insecticide composition wherein the active ingredient comprises the combination of a neonicotinoid insecticide, thiamethoxam as synthetic insecticide molecule, and at least one synergistic agent, which is chosen among the insect repellent agents such as DEET and/or IR3535® and present at a molar ratio of said synergistic agent to thiamethoxam comprised between O.OOI and 0.2 in the composition. Synergistic effect is observed at low doses. Use of the insecticide composition wherein said composition is sprayed or deposited on, or impregnated to a support, such as net, fabrics, cloth or tent, in the fight against insects which are harmful to human, to animals and/or to crops, and in particular against pyrethroid, carbanate and/or organophosphate resistant mosquitoes.
Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a method of treating a patient in need of treatment, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment for stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, myocardial infarction, shock, organ ischemia, ventricular arrhythmias, ischemic injury, or hypoxia/ischemia; administering a bolus of glyburide to the patient; and administering a continuous infusion of glyburide to the patient at from about 15 ?g/hr and about 300 ?g/hr, wherein the continuous infusion glyburide is administered for a period of time more than about 20 hours.
Abstract: Methods for the treatment of systemic mast cell related disorders treatable with mast cell stabilizers, including mast cell related disorders, are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2019
Assignee:
Respivant Sciences GmbH
Inventors:
William Gerhart, Pravin Soni, Ahmet Tutuncu
Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or combinations thereof, as well as uses thereof. Such uses include promoting tissue self-repair or tissue regeneration of an organ, stimulating the generation of tissue growth, modulating (e.g. increasing) the level of a tissue-repair marker, treating physical injury in an organ, tissue, or cell, promoting wound healing as well as anti-aging applications. Corresponding compositions, methods and uses are also described. Formula I wherein A is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)—(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R1 is H, F of OH; R2 is H, F, OH, C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)—(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R3 is H, F, OH, or CH2Ph; R4 is H, F or OH; Q is 1) (CH2),C(O)OH wherein m is 1 or 2 2) CH(CH3)C(O)OH, 3) C(CH3)2C(O)OH, 4) CH(F)—C(O)OH, 5) CF2—C(O)OH or 6) C(O)—C(O)OH.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and idalopirdine for reducing falls in patients suffering from a CNS disease, in particular patients with Parkinson's disease, wherein balance, gait or movement is impaired.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2019
Assignee:
H. LUNDBECK A/S
Inventors:
Inge E. M. de Jong, Aaron Kucinski, Martin Sarter
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline compounds, and of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, for the treatment or prophylaxis of multiple myeloma, as a sole agent or in combination with other one or more other active ingredients.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a compound having Formula (I?): and in particular, Compound I-126: which modulates the activity of EGFR, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which EGFR plays a role.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2019
Assignee:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
Inventors:
Nathanael S. Gray, Michael Eck, Pasi Janne, Hwan Geun Choi, Jaebong Jang, Kwok-Kin Wong
Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a compound useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for various diseases and symptoms related to orexin receptors, and a medical usage of the same. The present invention provides a morphinan derivative represented by the general formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, the morphinan derivative having excellent selectivity for and antagonism against orexin receptors and excellent therapeutic and prophylactic effects on drug dependence, and an orexin receptor antagonist and a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for drug dependence each containing it as an active ingredient.
Abstract: Compositions for topical administration of a hedgehog inhibitor compound are described. In one embodiment, the hedgehog inhibitor compound is patidegib and the topical composition comprises the compound in a solvent system of a monohydric primary alcohol and a polyol in a w/w ratio of between about 0.9-1.8. In another embodiment, the hedgehog inhibitor is itraconazole and the topical composition comprises the compound in a solvent system comprising a monohydric primary alcohol and an optionally lower alkyl end-capped oligomeric alkylene glycol in a w/w ratio of between about 0.8 and 2.6 and a fused bicyclic ether. Method of using the compositions are also described, where in one embodiment, the compositions are topically applied for treating or preventing basal cell carcinoma.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 6, 2019
Assignee:
PellePharm, Inc.
Inventors:
Marc Barry Brown, Cameron Robert Stevenson, Charles Rodney Greenaway Evans
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating neuroblastoma in a cancer patient by administration of a Trk inhibitor in combination with one more chemotherapeutic agents. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Trk inhibitor and one or more chemotherapeutic agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignee:
IGNYTA, INC.
Inventors:
Zachary Dolph Hornby, Gang Li, David Wesley Anderson, Garrett M Brodeur, Radhika Iyer
Abstract: The present disclosure provides prodrugs of biologically active 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds, salts and hydrates of the prodrugs, compositions comprising the prodrugs, intermediates and methods for synthesizing the prodrugs and methods of using the prodrugs in a variety of applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 23, 2019
Assignee:
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Rajinder Singh, Thomas Sun, Esteban Masuda
Abstract: A pharmaceutically acceptable composition and method of therapy for a kinase-dependent malignancy in a patient in need of such therapy is provided. The composition contains, as the only active agents, the combination of (a) an inhibitor of c-Fos, (b) an inhibitor of Dusp-1, and (c) an inhibitor of a tyrosine kinase. The composition is administered to the patient in a dosing regimen for a period sufficient to provide therapy for kinase-dependent malignancy. Also provided is a method to eradicate leukemia initiating cells (LIC) or cancer stem cells (CSC) in a patient being treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
Abstract: A method of inducing hair growth by topical administration of minoxidil is described, including topically applying minoxidil to a skin region susceptible to induction of hair growth, wherein the applied minoxidil is administered to the skin region (i) in a formulation comprising a release composition that mediates a dermal flux of minoxidil of at least 1.5 ?g minoxidil/cm2 skin area/hour for a time of from 17 to 27 hours, at an applied dose of from 2 to 20 mg minoxidil to said skin region, and with a period of from 16 to 30 hours before any subsequent reapplication of the formulation, or (ii) subsequent to administration to the skin region of said release composition so that the sequentially applied minoxidil and release composition together mediate the dermal flux of minoxidil of at least 1.
Abstract: An amorphous form of 9-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-8-(4-morpholin-4-yl-piperidin-1-yl)-11-oxo-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazole-3-carbonitrile and a solid dispersion containing the amorphous form can be used extremely advantageously as drugs for oral administration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2019
Assignee:
CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventors:
Koji Shiraki, Tadanobu Nakayama, Tomoaki Ota
Abstract: Derivatives of 6-shogaol are described herein. Also described herein are methods of preparing the derivatives, as well as methods of using the derivatives to activate Nrf2 and to treat diseases associated with inflammation and/or oxidative stress.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2019
Assignees:
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition having improved or enhanced fidelity and/or longevity of the fragrance profile, comprising fragrance materials in a diamond construction and at least one substantially non-odorous fragrance modulator. The invention also relates to methods of use of the compositions for perfuming suitable substrates, including hard surfaces and body parts, particularly skin and hair.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2019
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Christelle Marie Sandrine Bonnet, Fabienne Pastor, Jose Maria Velazquez Mendoza, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, William Eoghan Staite, David Thomas Stanton, Oreste Todini, Stephen Robert Schofield, Sarah Kyakyo Kanyunyuzi Nyakana, Susana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Isabelle Guimet