Patents by Inventor Andreas Pfeifer

Andreas Pfeifer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9146244
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20150259406
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phopho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phosphor-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Fred Van Leuven
  • Publication number: 20150175682
    Abstract: The present invention provides, methods end composites for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the Invention relates to humanized antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers to methods and compositions involving antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use In the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson, Fred Van Leuven, Gai Ayalon, Danielle Marie Di Cara, Isidro Hotzel
  • Publication number: 20150023950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopyridine compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Wolfgang Froestl, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs
  • Patent number: 8916590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopyridine compounds that can be employed in the treatment of a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein and of diseases or conditions associated with amyloid-like proteins. The compounds of the present invention can also be used in the treatment of ocular diseases associated with pathological abnormalities/changes in the tissues of the visual system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: AC Immune SA
    Inventors: Heiko Kroth, Wolfgang Froestl, Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs
  • Publication number: 20140314837
    Abstract: The present invention provides means for treating, alleviating and preventing amyloid-related pathology in young to middle-aged subjects with Down's syndrome (DS). In particular, the present invention provides antigenic peptide fragments derived from amyloid protein or amyloid-like protein for use in the preventive treatment of amyloid-related pathology in young to middle-aged subjects with Down's syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Rime Madani, Pavel Vasilyevich Belichencko, William Charles Mobley
  • Publication number: 20140294731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles, in particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson, Fred Van Leuven
  • Publication number: 20140255412
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phopho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phosphor-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Maria Pihlgren, Fred Van Leuven
  • Patent number: 8796439
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chimeric and humanized antibody and to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: AC Immune S.A., Genetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Publication number: 20140199323
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Patent number: 8647631
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising an antigenic peptide, particularly an antigenic phospho-peptide mimicking a major pathological phospho-epitope of protein tau, for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Fred Van Leuven, Maria Pihlgren
  • Patent number: 8613923
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignees: AC Immune S.A., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Patent number: 8603487
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis. In particular, the present invention provides novel methods and compositions for eliciting a highly specific and highly effective immune response in an organism, but particularly within an animal, particularly a mammal or a human, which is capable of preventing or alleviating amyloidosis, or the symptoms associated with amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD), including diseases or conditions characterized by a loss of cognitive memory capacity such as, for example, mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Claude Nicolau
  • Publication number: 20130224287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method for preparing liposome-based constructs comprising a peptide, particularly an antigenic peptide, of interest modified through hydrophobic moieties reconstituted in liposomes and to the antigenic constructs obtained with said method. The invention further relates to the use of said constructs for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, which are caused by or associated with proteopathy such as Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Reis, David Hickman, Maria Pihlgren Bosch, Andreas Muhs, Andrea Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20130164278
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chimeric and humanized antibody and to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihtgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Patent number: 8455004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a primary composition in which at least one lipophilic bioactive compound is mixed with a whey protein, present in an amount effective to increase the bioavailability of the lipophilic bioactive compound. The invention also relates to an oral composition that contains the primary composition in a foodstuff, in a food supplement, or in a pharmaceutical preparation, and to a cosmetic preparation that contains the primary composition. Methods for increasing the bioavailability of the lipophilic bioactive compound and providing increased photostability and oxidation resistance are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Karlheinz Bortlik, Francoise Saucy, Eliane Duruz, Myriam Richelle, Pierre Lambelet, Markus Baur, Andrea Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 8365704
    Abstract: In a method or a device for forming an electric control signal for an injection impulse of a position-controlled fuel injector, particularly of a common-rail or pump-nozzle injection system, the course of the electric control signal can be selected freely in regard to the pulse edges (injection rate changes Q), the holding period (?t) and the injection rate (Q). This offers the advantage that the combustion process can be better optimized with respect to low emissions, low consumption and for meeting tightened legal regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Beilharz, Uwe Lingener, Andreas Pfeifer, Richard Pirkl, Harald Schmidt, Klaus Wenzlawski, Hans-Jörg Wiehoff
  • Publication number: 20120329149
    Abstract: The present invention is related to chimeric and humanized antibody and to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Genentech, Inc., AC Immune S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Maria Pihlgren, Andreas Muhs, Ryan Watts
  • Publication number: 20120288896
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with amyloid protein such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides novel methods and compositions comprising highly specific and highly effective antibodies having the ability to specifically recognize and bind to specific epitopes from a range of ?-amyloid proteins. The antibodies enabled by the teaching of the present invention are particularly useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with amyloid or amyloid-like proteins including amyloidosis, a group of diseases and disorders associated with amyloid plaque formation including secondary amyloidosis and age-related amyloidosis including, but not limited to, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Ruth Greferath, Andreas Muhs, Andrea Pfeifer, Claude Nicolau
  • Publication number: 20120276009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicants: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, AC IMMUNE S.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Pfeifer, Andreas Muhs, Fred Van Leuven, Maria Pihlgren, Oskar Adolfsson