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).

  • Patent number: 8669291
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 8592608
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott C. Malcolm, Michael C. Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20110313013
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Liming Shao, Fengjiang Wang, Scott C. Malcolm, Michael C. Hewitt
  • Patent number: 8053603
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7816375
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20100190861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 7671087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sepracor Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20090258901
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Thomas D. Bannister, Gregory D. Cuny, James R. Hauske, Joanne M. Holland, Paul E. Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Ahao
  • Publication number: 20090163593
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7517892
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7511073
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sepracor, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20090005456
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 7294637
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20070203111
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20070197588
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20060281742
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Aquila, Seth Hopkins, Curtis Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7132551
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7129228
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7049329
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sepracor Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20050080078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Sepracor, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Aquila, Thomas Bannister, Gregory Cuny, James Hauske, Joanne Holland, Paul Persons, Heike Radeke, Fengjiang Wang, Liming Shao