Patents Examined by Yong L Chu
  • Patent number: 9889120
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are therapeutic combinations, pharmaceutical compositions, formulations, kits and devices for treating, preventing or ameliorating a tumor or a cancer, and methods and uses for treating, preventing or ameliorating a tumor or a cancer. In alternative embodiments, provided are therapeutic combinations, pharmaceutical compositions, formulations, kits and devices comprising: a beta adrenergic receptor antagonist (a “beta blocker”) such as propranolol; a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (a NSAID) such as etodolac; and, a sorafenib or NEXAVAR™ or equivalent thereof. In alternative embodiments, the therapeutic combinations further comprise an anti-cancer or anti-tumor antibody, a cytokine, and/or an additional chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Vicus Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventors: Newell Bascomb, John Maki, Fredric Young
  • Patent number: 9884040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound selected from the group consisting of desethylamiodarone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof, as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound together with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, vehicle or carrier, for use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Pésci Tudományegyetem
    Inventors: Zita Bognár, Balázs Sümegi, Ferenc Gallyas, Jr., Kálmán Tóth
  • Patent number: 9868721
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I and Formula II, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomers of any of the foregoing, or mixtures thereof are agonists of the APJ Receptor and have use in treating cardiovascular and other conditions. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Yinhong Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, Julie Anne Heath, Daniel B. Horne, Jonathan Houze, Matthew R. Kaller, Aarif Yusuf Khakoo, David John Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Lawrence R. McGee, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Nobuko Nishimura, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Gayathri Swaminath, Xiaodong Wang, Kevin Yang, Wen-Chen Yeh, Mikkel V. Debenedetto, Robert P. Farrell, Simon J. Hedley, Ted C. Judd, Frank Kayser
  • Patent number: 9840513
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y, and R1 have any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated and modulated by CFTR, including cystic fibrosis, Sjögren's syndrome, pancreatic insufficiency, chronic obstructive lung disease, and chronic obstructive airway disease. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprised of one or more compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: AbbVie S.á.r.l., Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Robert J. Altenbach, Andrew Bogdan, Marlon D. Cowart, William Ramesh Esmieu, Gregory A. Gfesser, Stephen N. Greszler, John R. Koenig, Philip R. Kym, Bo Liu, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Sachin V. Patel, Marc J. Scanio, Xenia B. Searle, Eric Voight, Xeuquing Wang, Ming C. Yeung