Patents by Inventor Craig J. Justman

Craig J. Justman 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: 8232402
    Abstract: Novel quinolinone farnesyl transferase inhibitors are provided. These new compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's Disease, Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, multiple system atrophy, and disorders of brain iron concentration including pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (e.g., PANK1), or other neurodegenerative/neurological diseases. Provided compounds are also useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer, and in the treatment of neurological diseases, such as cognitive impairment, depression, and anxiety. The treatment including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inventive farnesyl transferase inhibitor compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, Jr., Craig J. Justman, Ross A. Fredenburg, Robin Kate Meray, Mark E. Duggan, Peter Lin
  • Publication number: 20110294794
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a low dose of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor useful in the treatment of proteinopathies are provided. These low doses are below the doses used in oncological treatments for which these compounds were initially designed. The treatment includes administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, wherein the amount is effective to inhibit the farnesylation of a non-Ras FTase substrate involved in the autophagy pathway without substantially affecting the farnesylation of Ras or other oncology related substrates. Treatments in accordance with the present invention may also include an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, an activator of neurotrophic receptors, an NMDA anatagonist, an amyloid deposit inhibitor, an antipsychotic agent, an antidepressant, an anxiolytic, or an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman, Tom N. Grammatopoulos, Berkley A. Lynch, Zhihua Liu
  • Publication number: 20110136867
    Abstract: Methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's Disease, Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, and Multiple System Atrophy, or other neurodegenerative diseases are provided. The treatment including administering to a subject a farnesyl transferase inhibitor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Craig J. Justman, Peter T. Lansbury, Jr., Adam J. Rosenberg, Peter J. Williams
  • Publication number: 20110060005
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a low dose of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor useful in the treatment of proteinopathies and mitochondrial disorders are provided. These low doses are below the doses used in oncological treatments for which these compounds were initially designed. The treatment includes administering to a subject an amount of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, wherein the amount administered is sufficient to stimulate mitophagy in said subject. Treatments in accordance with the present invention may also include an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, an activator of neurotrophic receptors, an NMDA anatagonist, an amyloid deposit inhibitor, an antipsychotic agent, an antidepressant, an anxiolytic, or an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventors: PETER T. LANSBURY, JR., CRAIG J. JUSTMAN, TOM N. GRAMMATOPOULOS, BERKLEY A. LYNCH, ZHIHUA LIU
  • Publication number: 20100331363
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a low dose of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor useful in the treatment of proteinopathies are provided. These low doses are below the doses used in oncological treatments for which these compounds were initially designed. The treatment includes administering to a subject an amount of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, wherein the amount administered is sufficient to cause an improvement in mitochondrial health in said subject. Treatments in accordance with the present invention may also include an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, an activator of neurotrophic receptors, an NMDA anatagonist, an amyloid deposit inhibitor, an antipsychotic agent, an antidepressant, an anxiolytic, or an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman, Tom N. Grammatopoulos, Berkley A. Lynch, Zhihua Liu
  • Publication number: 20100292292
    Abstract: Methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease, diffuse Lewy body disease, and multiple system atrophy, or other neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and Alzheimer's disease) are provided. The treatment including administering to a subject an indatraline derivative that inhibits the aggregation of ?-synuclein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: LINK MEDICINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman
  • Publication number: 20100184803
    Abstract: Methods and compositions useful in the treatment or prevention of lysosomal storage diseases, such as Pompe's disease, Fabry's disease, Gaucher's disease, and Niemann-Pick disease, are provided. The treatment includes administering to a subject a farnesyl transferase inhibitor compound. The treatment may also include enzyme replacement therapy or gene therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Tom Grammatopoulos, Craig J. Justman, Zhihua Liu, Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Valerie Christina Cullen
  • Publication number: 20100160372
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a low dose of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor useful in the treatment of proteinopathies are provided. These low doses are below the doses used in oncological treatments for which these compounds were initially designed. The treatment includes administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, wherein the amount is effective to inhibit the farnesylation of a non-Ras FTase substrate involved in the autophagy pathway without substantially affecting the farnesylation of Ras or other oncology related substrates. Treatments in accordance with the present invention may also include an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, an activator of neurotrophic receptors, an NMDA antagonist, an amyloid deposit inhibitor, an antipsychotic agent, an antidepressant, an anxiolytic, or an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Link Medicine Corporation
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman, Tom N. Grammatopoulos, Berkley A. Lynch, Zhihua Liu
  • Publication number: 20090253655
    Abstract: Novel quinolinone farnesyl transferase inhibitors are provided. These new compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's Disease, Diffuse Lewy Body Disease, multiple system atrophy, and disorders of brain iron concentration including pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (e.g., PANK1), or other neurodegenerative/neurological diseases. Provided compounds are also useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer, and in the treatment of neurological diseases, such as cognitive impairment, depression, and anxiety. The treatment including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inventive farnesyl transferase inhibitor compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Peter T. Lansbury, JR., Craig J. Justman, Ross A. Fredenburg, Robin Kate Meray, Mark E. Duggan, Peter Lin