Patents by Inventor Fengjiang Wang
Fengjiang Wang 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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Patent number: 8669291Abstract: Phenyl-substituted cyclohexylamine derivatives and method for their synthesis and characterization are disclosed. Use of these compounds to treat/prevent neurological disorders as well as methods for their synthesis are set forth herein. Exemplary compounds of the invention inhibit reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations incorporating compounds of the invention are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Michael Charles Hewitt, Jianguo Ma, Seth Ribe, Mark A. Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Rae Engel, Larry Wendell Hardy, Patrick Koch, Rudy Schreiber, Kerry L. Spear
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Patent number: 8592608Abstract: Provided herein are bicyclic compounds and methods of synthesis thereof. The compounds provided herein are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or management of various neurological disorders. Compounds provided herein inhibit uptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations containing the compounds are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott C. Malcolm, Michael C. Hewitt
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Publication number: 20110313013Abstract: Provided herein are bicyclic compounds and methods of synthesis thereof. The compounds provided herein are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or management of various neurological disorders. Compounds provided herein inhibit uptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations containing the compounds are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott C. Malcolm, Michael C. Hewitt
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Patent number: 8053603Abstract: The invention relates to novel tetralone based amines and their use in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson's disease. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and compositions of the invention as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of one or more monoamine, such as such as dopamine and norepinephrine, from the synaptic cleft, and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Michael Charles Hewitt, Larry R. Bush, Mark A. Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Rae Engel, Larry Wendell Hardy, Patrick Koch, Jianguo Ma
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Patent number: 7816375Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Publication number: 20100190861Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Michael Charles Hewitt, Larry R. Bush, Jianguo Ma, Mark A. Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Rae Engel, Larry Wendell Hardy, Patrick Koch, John E. Campbell
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Patent number: 7671087Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
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Publication number: 20090258901Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Ahao
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Publication number: 20090163593Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
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Patent number: 7517892Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 7511073Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
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Publication number: 20090005456Abstract: Phenyl-substituted cyclohexylamine derivatives and method for their synthesis and characterization are disclosed. Use of these compounds to treat/prevent neurological disorders as well as methods for their synthesis are set forth herein. Exemplary compounds of the invention inhibit reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (e.g., from the synaptic cleft) and modulate one or more monoamine transporter. Pharmaceutical formulations incorporating compounds of the invention are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: SEPRACOR INC.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Christopher Malcolm, Michael Charles Hewitt, Jianguo Ma, Seth Ribe, Mark A. Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Rae Engel, Larry Wendell Hardy, Patrick Koch, Rudy Schreiber, Kerry L. Spear
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Patent number: 7294637Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating of drug addiction or drug dependence in a mammal, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapuetically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound, e.g., a 3-substituted piperidine. In a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention treats cocaine addiction or methamphetamine addiction.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike S. Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Publication number: 20070203111Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: SEPRACOR INC.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Malcolm, Michael Hewitt, Larry Bush, Jianguo Ma, Mark Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Engel, Larry Hardy, Patrick Koch, John Campbell
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Publication number: 20070197588Abstract: The invention relates to novel tetralone based amines and their use in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson's disease. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and compositions of the invention as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of one or more monoamine, such as such as dopamine and norepinephrine, from the synaptic cleft, and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: SEPRACOR INC.Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott Malcolm, Michael Hewitt, Larry Bush, Mark Varney, Una Campbell, Sharon Engel, Larry Hardy, Patrick Koch, Jianguo Ma
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Publication number: 20060281742Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Brian Aquila, Seth Hopkins, Curtis Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
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Patent number: 7132551Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various mammalian cellular receptors, including dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine transporters. The compounds of the present invention will find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to addiction, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, emesis, psychosis, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, Lesche-Nyhane disease, Wilson's disease, and Tourette's syndrome. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the synthesis of combinatorial libraries of the heterocyclic compounds, and the screening of those libraries for biological activity, e.g., in assays based on dopamine transporters.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike S. Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao
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Patent number: 7129228Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as ligands for various cellular receptors, including opiate receptors, other G-protein-coupled receptors, and ion channels. An additional aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the novel heterocyclic compounds as analgesics.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Cuny, Liming Shao, James R. Hauske, Michele L. R. Heffernan, Brian M. Aquila, Xinhe Wu, Fengjiang Wang, Thomas D. Bannister
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Patent number: 7049329Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Sepracor Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
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Publication number: 20050080078Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating of drug addiction or drug dependence in a mammal, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need thereof a therapuetically effective amount of a heterocyclic compound, e.g., a 3-substituted piperidine. In a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention treats cocaine addiction or methamphetamine addiction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: Sepracor, Inc.Inventors: Brian Aquila, Thomas Bannister, Gregory Cuny, James Hauske, Joanne Holland, Paul Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao