Patents by Inventor Frederic Zecri

Frederic Zecri 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).

  • Publication number: 20160317458
    Abstract: This invention provides for a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-R3, n, p, L1 and L2 are defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are cationic lipids useful in the delivery of biologically active agents to cells and tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Brito, Delai Chen, Gabriel Grant Gamber, Andrew Geall, Kevin Love, Thomas Zabawa, Frederic Zecri
  • Publication number: 20160311759
    Abstract: This invention provides for a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-R4, n and p are defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are cationic lipids useful in the delivery of biologically active agents to cells and tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Brito, Delai Chen, Gabriel Grant Gamber, Andrew Geall, Kevin Love, Thomas Zabawa, Frederic Zecri
  • Publication number: 20160213743
    Abstract: The invention provides a conjugate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I: Q-R-P-R-L-C*-H-K-G-P-(Nle)-C*-F??(I) or a amide or ester thereof; and a fatty acid selected from: wherein said fatty acid is covalently linked to the N-terminus of the peptide via one of its carboxylic acid functionality, optionally via a polyethylene glycol linker; and wherein the two cysteine amino acids labeled with “*” form a disulfide bond between the thiol functionalities of their side chain. The conjugates are agonist of the APJ receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Aaron KANTER, Aimee Richardson USERA, Frederic ZECRI
  • Publication number: 20160159871
    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I?: X1-R-X3-R-L-X6-X7-K-X9-P-X11-X12-X13 or an amide, an ester, a salt thereof, or a bioconjugate thereof, wherein X1, X3, X6, X7, X9, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides and bioconjugates are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides and bioconjugates of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Frédéric ZECRI, Philipp GROSCHE, Kayo YASOSHIMA, Hongjuan ZHAO, Jun YUAN
  • Publication number: 20160145309
    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I?: X1-R-P-R-X5-X6-X7-K-X9-P-X11-X12-X13 or an amide, an ester, a salt or a bioconjugate thereof, wherein X1, X5, X6, X7, X9 and X11 to X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides and bioconjugates are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides or bioconjugates of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frédéric ZECRI, Philipp GROSCHE, Kayo YASOSHIMA, Hongjuan ZHAO, Jun YUAN
  • Patent number: 9340582
    Abstract: The invention provides a bioconjugates comprising a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I? (SEQ ID NO: 1): or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein and a half-life extending moiety wherein the peptide and the half-life extending moiety are covalently linked or fuse, optionally via a linker. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Jun Yuan, Frederic Zecri, Philipp Grosche, Hongjuan Zhao, Eric Peters, Shari Lynn Caplan, Changgang Lou
  • Publication number: 20160108025
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I, in which R1, R2, X and R3 are defined in the Summary of the Invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory Raymond Bebernitz, Emma Cody, Tajesh Patel, Ming Qian, Lewis Whitehead, Thomas Zabawa, Frederic Zecri
  • Publication number: 20160106753
    Abstract: The invention relates to dihydro-benzo-oxazine and dihydro-pyrido-oxazine compounds of the formula (I) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof, wherein Y, V, W, U, Q, R1, R5, R7 and R30 are as defined in the description. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of the PI3K enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Giorgio CARAVATTI, Sylvie CHAMOIN, Pascal FURET, Klemens HOGENAUER, Konstanze HURTH, Christoph KALIS, Karen KAMMERTOENS, Ian LEWIS, Henrik MOEBITZ, Alexander Baxter SMITH, Nicolas SOLDERMANN, Romain WOLF, Frederic ZECRI
  • Publication number: 20160108091
    Abstract: The invention provides a cyclic polypeptide of Formula I (SEQ ID NO: 1): X1-R-X3-X4-L-S-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13??I or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, or a bioconjugate thereof, wherein X1, X3, X4, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frederic ZECRI, Philipp GROSCHE, Kayo YASOSHIMA, Hongjuan ZHAO, Jun YUAN, Aimee Richardson USERA, Changgang LOU, Aaron KANTER, Alexandra Marshall BRUCE, Carla GUIMARAES
  • Patent number: 9266925
    Abstract: The invention provides a cyclic polypeptide of Formula I (SEQ ID NO: 1): X1-R-X3-X4-L-S-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13??I or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, or a bioconjugate thereof, wherein X1, X3, X4, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frederic Zecri, Philipp Grosche, Kayo Yasoshima, Hongjuan Zhao, Jun Yuan, Aimee Richardson Usera, Changgang Lou, Aaron Kanter, Alexandra Marshall Bruce, Carla Giumaraes
  • Patent number: 9255093
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I, in which R1, R2, X and R3 are defined in the Summary of the Invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Gregory Raymond Bebernitz, Emma Cody, Tajesh Patel, Ming Qian, Lewis Whitehead, Thomas Zabawa, Frederic Zecri
  • Publication number: 20160030585
    Abstract: The invention provides a conjugate comprising a biomolecule linked to a fatty acid via a linker wherein the fatty acid has the following Formulae A1, A2 or A3: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ak, n, m and p are defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the conjugate of the invention such as GDF15 conjugate, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of metabolic disorders or diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, pancreatitis, dyslipidemia, alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/steatohepatitis and other progressive liver diseases, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, peripheral arterial disease, stroke, heart failure, coronary heart disease, diabetic complications (including but not limited to chronic kidney disease), neuropathy, gastroparesis and other metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Weninger BARNES, Ken YAMADA, Chikwendu IBEBUNJO, Alokesh DUTTAROY, Louis Clare KIRMAN, Alexandra Marshall BRUCE, Aimee Richardson USERA, Frederic ZECRI, Jun YUAN, Changgang LOU, Aaron KANTER, Avirup BOSE
  • Publication number: 20150342951
    Abstract: The invention relates to new uses of PI3K inhibitors, wherein said inhibitors have an inhibitory action on the PI3K isoform delta for the treatment of immunopathology in a subject suffering from a disease or disorder selected from malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis and/or neurocysticercosis, via functional inhibition of TLR9 of the infected subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Nigel Graham COOKE, Paulo Antonio FERNANDES GOMES DOS SANTOS, Pascal FURET, Christina HEBACH, Klemens HOGENAUER, Gregory HOLLINGWORTH, Christoph KALIS, Ian LEWIS, Alexander Baxter SMITH, Nicolas SOLDERMANN, Frederic STAUFFER, Ross STRANG, Frank STOWASSER, Nicola TUFFILLI, Anette VON MATT, Romain WOLF, Frederic ZECRI
  • Publication number: 20150299181
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I, in which R1, R2, X and R3 are defined in the Summary of the Invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Raymond BEBERNITZ, Emma CODY, Tajesh PATEL, Ming QIAN, Lewis WHITEHEAD, Thomas ZABAWA, Frederic ZECRI
  • Publication number: 20150284446
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compositions comprising modified apelin-13 peptide sequences designed to treat cardiovascular disease in subjects to whom they are administered, and which exhibit greater resistance to degradation, and equivalent or greater bioactivity than their wild type counterparts. The invention also relates to methods of making said compositions and using said compositions as pharmaceutically active agents to treat cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frédéric ZECRI, Kayo YASOSHIMA, Philipp GROSCHE, Jun YUAN, Hongjuan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20150252076
    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I?: or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frederic ZECRI, Andrei GOLOSOV, Philipp GROSCHE, Hongjuan ZHAO, Qi-Ying HU, Hidetomo IMASE
  • Patent number: 9108956
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful for treating disorders mediated by acyl coA-diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1), e.g. metabolic disorders. The invention also provides methods of treating such disorders, and compounds and compositions etc. for their treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sejal Patel, Justin Mao, Qian Liu, Tyler Harrison, Rohit Duvadie, Xin Chen, Frederic Zecri
  • Patent number: 9067971
    Abstract: The invention provides a synthetic polypeptide of Formula I?: or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention, and its therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Frederic Zecri, Andrei Golosov, Philippr Grosche, Hongjuan Zhao, Qi-Ying Hu, Hidetomo Imase
  • Publication number: 20150166563
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful for treating disorders mediated by acyl coA-diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1), e.g. metabolic disorders. The invention also provides methods of treating such disorders, and compounds and compositions etc. for their treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Sejal Patel, Justin Mao, Qian Liu, Rui Zheng, Tyler Harrison, Rohit Duvadie, Xin Chen, Frederic Zecri, Jay Larrow, Xuchun Zheng, Yizong Zhou, Jiong Ye, Yiping Ding, Yu Gai
  • Publication number: 20150148377
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinoline compounds of the formula (I) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof, wherein Y, W, U, Q, R1, R5 R7 and R30 are as defined in the description. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of the PI3K enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Klemens Hogenauer, Konstanze Hurth, Christoph Kalis, Henrik Moebitz, Nicolas Soldermann, Frederic Zecri