Patents by Inventor Foyeke Opawale

Foyeke Opawale 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: 10258562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-layer, effervescent tablet comprising a high level of aspirin and a reduced amount of alkaline substances, where the tablet rapidly dissolves in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Foyeke Opawale, Priya Nayak, Gerard Meisel
  • Publication number: 20130143894
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to chemically-stable and pharmaceutically-acceptable sildenafil oral spray formulations for the treatment of male erectile dysfunction, wherein the oral spray formulation has a pH of about 1.5 to less than 3.0. The present disclosure is also directed to methods for treating male erectile dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: vadel Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: David Bergstrom, Foyeke Opawale
  • Publication number: 20110040266
    Abstract: Compositions of zolpidem, and methods for their manufacture and use for treating insomnia. The compositions are formulated as oral sprays for transmucosal absorption of zolpidem. The methods of treatment in some cases involve night-time dosing administration to achieve therapeutic zolpidem blood levels within 20 minutes or less, tapering off to less than 20 ng/ml within less than five hours, in some cases less than four hours, post dosing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Frank E. Blondino, David Bergstrom, Foyeke Opawale
  • Patent number: 7635675
    Abstract: Fatty acid salt particles having a size distribution wherein the particles are from about 1 to about 1,000 microns in diameter, use of the particles in pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods of making and using the particles and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Biocon Limited
    Inventors: Foyeke Opawale, Richard Soltero
  • Publication number: 20080280947
    Abstract: Compositions of zolpidem, and methods for their manufacture and use for treating insomnia. The compositions are formulated as oral sprays for transmucosal absorption of zolpidem. The methods of treatment in some cases involve night-time dosing administration to achieve therapeutic zolpidem blood levels within 20 minutes or less, tapering off to less than 20 ng/ml within less than five hours, in some cases less than four hours, post dosing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Frank E. Blondino, David Bergstrom, Foyeke Opawale
  • Publication number: 20080031959
    Abstract: Formulations of an active pharmaceutical agent suitable for oral spray administration for absorption through the oral mucosa and related methods of preparation and administration are provided. Preferred embodiments provide sumatriptan succinate in a potassium phosphate buffer, wherein when a unit dose volume of about 50 to about 600 mcL of the oral spray composition is sprayed, a blood concentration of greater than about 5 ng/ml of sumatriptan is reached within about six minutes post dosing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Blondino, Carrie Chen, Howard Malitz, Foyeke Opawale
  • Publication number: 20070286875
    Abstract: An oral liquid formulation including an effective amount of loratadine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or metabolite thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier including a mono- or poly-hydroxy phenol component, a solubilizing agent and a chelating agent. Methods of preparing and administering such formulations are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Aparna Dagar, Sivaramaprasad Gudi, Foyeke Opawale
  • Patent number: 7030082
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions that include a drug and/or drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component and a bile salt component, or a bile salt component without a fatty acid component are described. The drug can be covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component, when together, can be present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:15 and 15:1 or any value between. Methods of treating diseases in a subject in need of such treatment using the pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are also provided, as well as methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Nobex Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Soltero, Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe, Foyeke Opawale, Bruce Rehlaender, Anthony Hickey, Li Li Bovet
  • Publication number: 20050095216
    Abstract: Fatty acid salt particles having a size distribution wherein the particles are from about 1 to about 1,000 microns in diameter, use of the particles in pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods of making and using the particles and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Foyeke Opawale, Richard Soltero
  • Patent number: 6770625
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions that include a drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component, and a bile salt component are described. The drug is covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component are present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:5 and 5:1. Methods of treating diseases in a subject in need of such treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions are also provided, as are methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Nobex Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Soltero, Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe, Foyeke Opawale, Bruce Rehlaender, Anthony Hickey, Li Li Bovet
  • Publication number: 20040017387
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions that include a drug and/or drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component and a bile salt component, or a bile salt component without a fatty acid component are described. The drug can be covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component, when together, can be present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:15 and 15:1 or any value between. Methods of treating diseases in a subject in need of such treatment using the pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are also provided, as well as methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Richard Soltero, Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe, Foyeke Opawale, Bruce Rehlaender, Anthony Hickey, Li Li Bovet
  • Publication number: 20030069170
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions that include a drug-oligomer conjugate, a fatty acid component, and a bile salt component are described. The drug is covalently coupled to an oligomeric moiety. The fatty acid component and the bile salt component are present in a weight-to-weight ratio of between 1:5 and 5:1. Methods of treating diseases in a subject in need of such treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions are also provided, as are methods of providing such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Richard Soltero, Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe, Foyeke Opawale, Bruce Rehlander, Anthony Hickey, Bovet Li Li