Patents by Inventor Carl Schaffner

Carl Schaffner 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).

  • Compositions of ezetimibe and methods for the treatment of cholesterol-associated benign and malignant tumors
    Publication number: 20070037755
    Abstract: A method of prevention or treatment of a cholesterol-associated tumor is provided which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an azetidinone-based cholesterol absorption inhibitor, preferably ezetimibe (SCH 58235) and/or its phenolic glucuronide, or at least one ezetimibe analog, e.g., SCH 48461 and SCH 58053, to a patient wherein the patient is either at risk of developing a cholesterol-associated tumor or already exhibits a cholesterol-associated tumor. Formulations of ezetimibe are also provided for the prevention or treatment of a cholesterol-associated tumor further comprising at least one other anticancer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Carl Schaffner, Keith Solomon, Michael Freeman
  • Compositions of ezetimibe and methods for the treatment of cholesterol-associated benign and malignant tumors
    Publication number: 20050209167
    Abstract: A method of prevention or treatment of a cholesterol-associated tumor is provided which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an azetidinone-based cholesterol absorption inhibitor, preferably ezetimibe (SCH 58235) and/or its phenolic glucuronide, or at least one ezetimibe analog, e.g., SCH 48461 and SCH 58053, to a patient wherein the patient is either at risk of developing a cholesterol-associated tumor or already exhibits a cholesterol-associated tumor. Formulations of ezetimibe are also provided for the prevention or treatment of a cholesterol-associated tumor further comprising at least one other anticancer agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Carl Schaffner, Keith Solomon