Patents Examined by Valeria Rodriguez-Garcia
  • Patent number: 10287307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of salts and/or co-crystals of tenofovir alafenamide, the pharmaceutical formulations, and the therapeutic uses thereof in treating viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Chiajen Lai, Bing Shi, Robert G. Strickley
  • Patent number: 9168260
    Abstract: The present invention describes a unique antiviral screen system. The assay is based on quantitatively monitoring viral activation of host cell beta-interferon (IFN-?) gene expression in a HEK293-derived reporter cell line expressing a firefly luciferase gene under the control of a human IFN-? promoter. Unlike the traditional high throughput antiviral assays that measure either the reduction of viral components/yields or cytopathic effect, the readout of the reporter assay in the present invention is the virus-induced host cellular innate immune response. Hence, the assay allows for identification of compounds that inhibit virus infection. In addition, because induction of IFN is one of the most common attributes of viruses, the assay is applicable to all the viruses that are able to infect the reporter cell line and induce IFN-? expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Drexel University
    Inventors: Andrea Cuconati, Jinhong Chang, Timothy M. Block, Ju-Tao Guo