Patents by Inventor Antonella Ferrieri

Antonella Ferrieri 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).

  • Use of rifaximin and of pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the treatment of the diarrhoea from cryptosporidiosis
    Patent number: 5886002
    Abstract: The use of therapeutically effective amounts of rifaxmin and of pharmaceutical compositions containing it in the treatment of the diarrhoeal symptomatology in case of cryptosporidiosis in patients suffering from severe forms of immunodepression, for instance patients suffering from AIDS or malignant neoplasias, or subjected to transplantations or treated with chemotherapeutic or immunosuppressive agents is the object of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Alfa Wassermann S.p.A.
    Inventors: Patrizio Ferrari, Antonella Ferrieri, Pietro Caramello
  • Use of rifaximin and pharmaceutical formulations containing it in the treatment of gastric dyspepsia caused by helicobacter pylori
    Patent number: 5352679
    Abstract: The antibiotic known by the name rifaximin (INN) is active orally in the treatment of gastric dyspepsia caused by bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori. Rifaximin may be administered in any oral pharmaceutical form, particularly tablets, capsules, sugar coated tablets, granules and syrups containing from 200 to 2000 mg of active principle, at a daily dosage of between 400 and 2000 mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Alfa Wassermann S.p.A.
    Inventors: Antonella Ferrieri, Leone G. Rotini