Patents by Inventor Dharam Paul
Dharam Paul 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).
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Publication number: 20230147869Abstract: This invention relates to formulations of compound (I) (BNC210), an allosteric modulator of the ?7-nicotinic receptor with non-sedative anxiolytic effects; specifically, solid dispersions, methods of manufacture thereof, and therapeutic methods and uses in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Dharam Paul, Julia Crossman, Elizabeth Doolin, Tom Reynolds, Xiangming Wu, Jeff Millan, Thomas Stumpfig, Kristie Downing
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Publication number: 20220119351Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as modulators of 7? nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Brian T. Campbell, Brendan M. Crowley, James Fells, Kenneth J. Leavitt, Anthony J. Roecker, Andrew John Harvey, Belinda C. Huff, Dharam Paul, Christophe Morice, Christophe Joseph, Patrick Bazzini, Jean-Marie Contreras, Fabrice Garrido, Aurelie Witzel
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Publication number: 20220112176Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to compounds useful for the treatment and/or enhancement of cognitive function and negative symptoms associated with central nervous system disorders where the circuitry involving fast spiking PV+ interneurons and the production of cortical gamma oscillations is disrupted. The subject disclosure enables the manufacture of medicaments as well as compositions containing same for use in methods of therapy and prophylaxis of cognitive dysfunction and negative symptoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Hamish Toop, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Erin Smith, Patrick Bazzini, Jean-Marie Contreras, Christophe Morice, Laurent Schaeffer, Celine Michaut-Simon, Florence Chery, Fabrice Garrido
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Publication number: 20220040163Abstract: The present application relates generally to compounds useful for the treatment and/or enhancement of cognitive dysfunction and negative symptoms associated with CNS disorders where the circuitry involving fast spiking PV+ interneurons and the production of cortical gamma oscillations is disrupted. The subject disclosure enables the manufacture of medicaments as well as compositions containing same for use in methods of therapy and prophylaxis of cognitive dysfunction and negative symptoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Hamish TOOP, Rajinder SINGH, Erin SMITH, Dharam PAUL, Patrick BAZZINI, Jean-Marie CONTRERAS, Christophe MORICE, Florence CHERY, Fabrice GARRIDO
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Patent number: 10266529Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline Forms FUM-P3, FUM-P4, MLA-P3 and MLA-P4 of compound formula 1 and related methods of treating and/or preventing a disease, such as a central nervous system disease (e.g., an anxiety disorder), using a crystalline Form FUM-P3, FUM-P4, MLA-P3 and MLA-P4 of compound formula 1 and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: Bionomics Limited, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Dharam Paul, Andrew John Harvey, Vasu V. Sethuraman, Raymond E. Forslund, Song Xue, Rob Livingston, Ahmad Hashash
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Publication number: 20180273476Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper
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Patent number: 9994518Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (IVA), or a salt thereof, and pharmaceutical formulations (pharmaceutical compositions) comprising those compounds, or a salt thereof: Formula (IVA), wherein “RIa”, “RIb”, “RIc”, “RId”, “RIe”, are defined herein above, which compounds are believed suitable for use in positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nAChR) receptors, for example, those found in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Alzheimer's disease (AD), schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease (PD), or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: Kenneth Leavitt, Brendan Crowley, Ian M. Bell, Andrew Harvey, Thomas Avery, Dharam Paul, Justin Ripper, Belinda Huff, Rajinder Singh, Laurent Schaeffer, Christophe Joseph, Christophe Morice, Bruno Giethlen, Patrick Bazzini, Aurelie Fromeyer
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Patent number: 9914702Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignees: Bionomics Limited, Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper
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Publication number: 20170362230Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline Forms FUM-P3, FUM-P4, MLA-P3 and MLA-P4 of compound formula 1 and related methods of treating and/or preventing a disease, such as a central nervous system disease (e.g., an anxiety disorder), using a crystalline Form FUM-P3, FUM-P4, MLA-P3 and MLA-P4 of compound formula 1 and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Bernard Luke FLYNN, Dharam PAUL, Andrew John HARVEY, Vasu V. SETHURAMAN, Raymond E. FORSLUND, Song XUE, Rob LIVINGSTON, Ahmad HASHASH
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Publication number: 20170305905Abstract: The present invention provides a crystalline Form B of compound 1, and pharmaceutically compositions thereof. The present invention also provides methods of treating a disease (e.g., a disease of the central nervous system) using the pharmaceutical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Dharam Paul, Andrew John Harvey
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Patent number: 9790173Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), with the substituents as described in the specification, useful in the positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nAChR). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of a broad range of diseases in which the positive modulation of ?7 nAChR is advantageous, including neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and also neuropathic pain and inflammatory diseases.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Andrew Harvey, Thomas Avery, Dharam Paul, Justin Ripper, Belinda Huff, Rajinder Singh, Laurent Schaeffer, Christophe Joseph, Christophe Morice, Bruno Giethlen
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Patent number: 9758516Abstract: A crystalline Form B of compound 1 can be used in pharmaceutically compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions can be used in methods of treating a disease (e.g., a disease of the central nervous system).Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: BIONOMICS LIMITEDInventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Dharam Paul, Andrew John Harvey
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Patent number: 9745296Abstract: The present invention provides amorphous arid crystalline forms of 1-ethyl-6-(indan-2-ylamino)-3-(morpholine-4-carbonyl)-1,8-naphthyridin-4-one (compound 1), and salts, co-crystals, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating and/or preventing a disease, such as a central nervous system disease (e.g., an anxiety disorder), using the amorphous and crystalline forms, and salts, co-crystals, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: BIONOMICS LIMITED, IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Bernard Luke Flynn, Dharam Paul, Andrew John Harvey, Vasu V. Sethuraman, Raymond E. Forslund, Song Xue, Rob Livingston, Ahmad Hashash
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Publication number: 20170158628Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds of formula (I), with the substituents as described in the specification, useful in the positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nAChR). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of a broad range of diseases in which the positive modulation of ?7 nAChR is advantageous, including neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and also neuropathic pain and inflammatory diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: ANDREW HARVEY, THOMAS AVERY, DHARAM PAUL, JUSTIN RIPPER, BELINDA HUFF, RAJINDER SINGH, LAURENT SCHAEFFER, CHRISTOPHE JOSEPH, CHRISTOPHE MORICE, BRUNO GIETHLEN
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Publication number: 20170152221Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (IVA), or a salt thereof, and pharmaceutical formulations (pharmaceutical compositions) comprising those compounds, or a salt thereof: Formula (IVA), wherein “RIa”, “RIb”, “RIc”, “RId”, “RIe”, are defined herein above, which compounds are believed suitable for use in positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nAChR) receptors, for example, those found in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Alzheimer's disease (AD), schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease (PD), or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.Inventors: KENNETH LEAVITT, BRENDAN CROWLEY, IAN M. BELL, ANDREW HARVEY, THOMAS AVERY, DHARAM PAUL, JUSTIN RIPPER, BELINDA HUFF, RAJINDER SINGH, LAURENT SCHAEFFER, CHRISTOPHE JOSEPH, CHRISTOPHE MORICE, BRUNO GIETHLEN, PATRICK BAZZINI, AURELIE FROMEYER
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Publication number: 20170088519Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper
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Patent number: 9493451Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignees: Bionomics Limited, Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper
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Publication number: 20160185770Abstract: The present invention provides amorphous arid crystalline forms of 1-ethyl-6-(indan-2-ylamino)-3-(morpholine-4-carbonyl)-1,8-naphthyridin-4-one (compound 1), and salts, co-crystals, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating and/or preventing a disease, such as a central nervous system disease (e.g., an anxiety disorder), using the amorphous and crystalline forms, and salts, co-crystals, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Bernard Luke FLYNN, Dharam PAUL, Andrew John HARVEY, Vasu V. SETHURAMAN, Raymond E. FORSLUND, Song XUE, Rob LIVINGSTON, Ahmad HASHASH
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Publication number: 20160039810Abstract: A crystalline Form B of compound 1 can be used in pharmaceutically compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions can be used in methods of treating a disease (e.g., a disease of the central nervous system).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: Bionomics LimitedInventors: Bernard Luke FLYNN, Dharam PAUL, Andrew John HARVEY
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Publication number: 20150299184Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in the modulation of potassium channel activity in cells, in particular the activity of Kv1.3 channels found in T cells. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment or prevention of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including multiple sclerosis, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for their preparation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Andrew Harvey, Agnes Bombrun, Rachel Cooke, Isabelle Jeanclaude-Etter, Nathan Kuchel, Jerome Molette, Jorgen Mould, Dharam Paul, Rajinder Singh, Cristina Donini, Veronique Colovray, Thomas Avery, Julia Crossman, Justin Ripper