Patents by Inventor Graeme Cameron Murray Smith
Graeme Cameron Murray Smith 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: 7674823Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for inhibiting the activity of DNA-PK, wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, C3-20 heterocyclyl group, or C5-20 aryl group, or may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; X and Y are selected from CR4 and O, O and CR?4 and NR?4 and N, where the unsaturation is in the appropriate place in the ring, and where one of R3 and R4 or R?4 is an optionally substituted C3-20 heteroaryl or C5-20 aryl group, and the other of R3 and R4 or R?4 is H, or R3 and R4 or R?4 together are —A—B—, which collectively represent a fused optionally substituted aromatic ring. The compounds also selectively inhibit the activity of DNA-PK compared to PI 3-kinase and/or ATM.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, Ian Robert Hardcastle, David Richard Newell, Hilary Alan Calvert, Nicola Jane Curtin, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Xiao-ling Fan Cockcroft, Vincent Junior Ming-lai Loh, Paul Workman, Florence Irene Raynaud, Bernard Paul Nutley
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Patent number: 7666870Abstract: A compound of formula (I): for use in treating cancer or other diseases ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP, wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X?NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X?CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; R1 is selected from H and halo; and Het is selected from: where Y1 is selected from CH and N, Y2 is selected from CH and N, Y3 is selected from CH, CF and N, where only one or two of Y1, Y2 and Y3 can be NType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Maybridge LimitedInventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Sylvie Gomez, Vincent Junior Ming-Iai Loh, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Stefano Forte, Keith Allan Menear, Ian Timothy William Matthews, Frank Kerrigan
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Patent number: 7642254Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and R3 is selected from hydroxy and —NRN1RN2, where RN1 and RN2 are independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl groups, optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl groups and optionally substituted C5-20 aryl groups, or together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms, and its use in inhibiting ATM.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Kudos Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Keith Allan Menear, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Roger John Griffin
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Publication number: 20090163477Abstract: A compound of formula (I): for use in treating cancer or other diseases ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP, wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X?NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X?CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; R1 is selected from H and halo; and Het is selected from: where Y1 is selected from CH and N, Y2 is selected from CH and N, Y3 is selected from CH, CF and N, where only one or two of Y1, Y2 and Y3 can be N;Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Sylvie Gomez, Vincent Junior Ming-lai Loh, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Stefano Forte, Keith Allan Menear, Ian Timothy William Matthews, Frank Kerrigan
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Patent number: 7504397Abstract: Compounds of formula I: A-B-C??(I) and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof are provided, wherein variables A, B and C are defined herein and wherein such compounds act as mTor inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Kudos Pharmaceuticals Ltd.Inventors: Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Sylvie Gomez, Keith Allan Menear, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith
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Publication number: 20090069303Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; D is selected from: (i) where Y1 is selected from CH and N, Y2 is selected from CH and N, Y3 is selected from CH, CF and N; and (ii) where Q is O or S; RD is: wherein RN1 is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; X is selected from a single bond, NRN2, CRC3RC4 and C?O; RN2 is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; RC3 and RC4 are independently selected from H, R, C(?O)OR, where R is optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl; Y is selected from NRN3 and CRC1RC2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: MAYBRIDGE LIMITEDInventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Keith Allan Menear, Sylvie Gomez, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Frank Kerrigan
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Publication number: 20090043091Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and RN1 is selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, an acyl group, an ester group and an amido group, and its use as a pharmaceutical.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITEDInventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Ian Timothy Williams Matthews, Keith Allan Menear, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Roger John Griffin
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Publication number: 20090035394Abstract: This invention relates to the finding that inhibition of the catalytic subunit of DNA protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) increases the sensitivity of cancer cells that display an ATM deficient phenotype to DNA damaging therapies, such as irradiation or chemotherapy. Methods of treating cancers displaying an ATM deficient phenotype and methods of determining the susceptibility of a patient to such methods are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Andrew James Slade, Caroline Jane Richardson, Barbara Wanda Durkacz
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Publication number: 20090023727Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein: R represents one or more optional substituents on the fused cyclohexene ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X=NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X=CRXRY then n is 1; if X=NRX, then RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl, optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl, optionally substituted amido, optionally substituted thioamido, optionally substituted ester, optionally substituted acyl, and optionally substituted sulfonyl groups; if X=CRXRY then RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl, optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl, optionally substituted amido, optionally substituted thioamido, optionally substituted sulfonamino, optionally substituted ether, optionally substituted ester, optionally substituted acyl, optionally substituted acylamido, and optionally substituted sulfonyl groups and RY is selected from H, hydroxy, optType: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Keith Allan Menear, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, David Alan Rudge, Craig Anthony Roberts
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Patent number: 7470688Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; D is selected from: (i) where Y1 is selected from CH and N, Y2 is selected from CH and N, Y3 is selected from CH, CF and N; and (ii) where Q is O or S; RD is: wherein RN1 is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; X is selected from a single bond, NRN2, CRC3RC4 and C?O; RN2 is selected from H and optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl; RC3 and RC4 are independently selected from H, R, C(?O)OR, where R is optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl; Y is selected from NRN3 and CRC1RC2; RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from H, R, C(?O)OR, where R is optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl, optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl; RC1 and RC2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form an optionally substituted spiro-Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Maybridge LimitedInventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Keith Allan Menear, Sylvie Gomez, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Frank Kerrigan
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Publication number: 20080242664Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, C3-20 heterocyclyl group, or C5-20 aryl group, or may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; Q is —NH—C(?O)— or —O—; Y is an optionally substituted C1-5 alkylene group; X is selected from SR3 or NR4R5, wherein, R3, or R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, or C3-20 heterocyclyl groups, or R4 and R5 may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; if Q is —O—, X is additionally selected from —C(?O)—NR6R7, wherein R6 and R7 are independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, or C3-20 heterocyclyl groType: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: KUDOS PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Keith Allan Menear, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, David Richard Newell, Hilary Alan Calvert, Nicola Jane Curtin, Ian Robert Hardcastle, Kappusamy Saravanan
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Patent number: 7429660Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and RN1 is selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, an acyl group, an ester group and an amido group, and its use as a pharmaceutical.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Kudos Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Ian Timothy Williams Matthews, Keith Allan Menear, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Roger John Griffin
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Publication number: 20080194546Abstract: There is provided a compound of formula I: wherein: one or two of X5, X6 and X8 is N, and the others are CH; R7 is selected from halo, ORO1, SRS1, NRN1RN2, NRN7aC(?O)RC1, NRN7bSO2RS2a, an optionally substituted C5-20 heteroaryl group, or an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, where RO1 and RS1 are selected from H, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 heteroaryl group, or an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group; RN1 and RN2 are independently selected from H, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 heteroaryl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group or RN1 and RN2 together with the nitrogen to which they are bound form a heterocyclic ring containing between 3 and 8 ring atoms; RC1 is selected from H, an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl group, an optionally substituted C5-20 heteroaryl group, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group or NRN8RN9, where RN8 and RN9 are independently selected from H, an optionally subsType: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: KuDOS Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Gomez Sylvie, Keith Allan Menear, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Karine Malagu, Heather Mary Ellen Duggan, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Frederic Georges Marie Leroux, Gesine Johanna Hermann, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft
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Patent number: 7407957Abstract: A compound of formula (I): for use in treating cancer or other diseases ameliorated by the inhibition of PARP, wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; X can be NRX or CRXRY; if X=NRX then n is 1 or 2 and if X=CRXRY then n is 1; RX is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted C1-20 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, C3-20 heterocyclyl, amido, thioamido, ester, acyl, and sulfonyl groups; RY is selected from H, hydroxy, amino; or RX and RY may together form a spiro-C3-7 cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl group; RC1 and RC2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl, or when X is CRXRY, RC1, RC2, RX and RY, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form an optionally substituted fused aromatic ring; R1 is selected from H and halo; and Het is selected from: where Y1 is selected from CH and N, Y2 is selected from CH and N, Y3 is selected from CH, CF and N, where only one or two of Y1, Y2 and Y3 can be N; andType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignees: Maybridge Limited, Kudos Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Muhammad Hashim Javaid, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Naill Morrison Barr Martin, Sylvie Gomez, Vincent Junior Ming-lai Loh, Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, Stefano Forte, Keith Allan Menear, Ian Timothy William Matthews, Frank Kerrigan
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Patent number: 7402607Abstract: A compound of formula I: and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, C3-20 heterocyclyl group, or C5-20 aryl group, or may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; Q is —NH—C(?O)— or —O—; Y is an optionally substituted C1-5 alkylene group; X is selected from SR3 or NR4R5, wherein, R3, or R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, or C3-20 heterocyclyl groups, or R4 and R5 may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; if Q is —O—, X is additionally selected from —C(?O)—NR6R7, wherein R6 and R7 are independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, C5-20 aryl, or C3-20 heterocyclylType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignees: Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited, Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Keith Allan Menear, Marc Geoffrey Hummersone, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, David Richard Newell, Hilary Alan Calvert, Nicola Jane Curtin, Ian Robert Hardcastle, Kappusamy Saravanan
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Patent number: 7226918Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for inhibiting the activity of DNA-PK, wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, C3-20 heterocyclyl group, or C5-20 aryl group, or may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; X and Y are selected from CR4 and O, O and CR?4 and NR?4 and N, where the unsaturation is in the appropriate place in the ring, and where one of R3 and R4 or R?4 is an optionally substituted C3-20 heteroaryl or C5-20 aryl group, and the other of R3 and R4 or R?4 is H, or R3 and R4 or R?4 together are -A-B—, which collectively represent a fused optionally substituted aromatic ring. The compounds also selectively inhibit the activity of DNA-PK compared to PI 3-kinase and/or ATM.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2002Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, Ian Robert Hardcastle, David Richard Newell, Hilary Alan Calvert, Nicola Jane Curtin, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, Xiao-ling Fan Cockcroft, Vincent Junior Ming-lai Loh, Paul Workman, Florence Irene Raynaud, Bernard Paul Nutley
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Patent number: 7196085Abstract: A compound of formula: or an isomer, salt, solvate, chemically protected form, or prodrug thereof, wherein A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; RL is a C5-7 aryl group substituted in the meta position by the group R2, and optionally further substituted; wherein R2 is selected from: and its use as a pharmaceutical, in particular for the treatment of diseases ameliorated by inhibiting the activity of PARP.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignees: KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited, Maybridge plcInventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Penny Jane Eversley, Xiao-Ling Cockcroft, Frank Kerrigan, Janet Hoare, Lesley Dixon
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Patent number: 7151102Abstract: A method of treatment of a disease of the human or animal body mediated by PARP comprising administering to such a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula: or an isomer, salt, solvate, chemically protected form, and prodrug thereof, wherein: A and B together represent an optionally substituted, fused aromatic ring; RC is represented by —L—RL, where L is of formula: —(CH2)n1-Qn2-(CH2)n3— wherein n1, n2 and n3 are each selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3, the sum of n1, n2 and n3 is 1, 2 or 3 and Q is selected from O, S, NH, C(?O) or —CR1R2—, where R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen or optionally substituted C1-7 alkyl, or may together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a C3-7 cyclic alkyl group, which may be saturated (a C3-7 cycloalkyl group) or unsaturated (a C3-7 cycloalkenyl group), or one of R1 and R2 may be attached to an atom in RL to form an unsaturated C3-7 cycloalkenyl group which comprises the carbon atoms to which R1 and R2 are aType: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignees: Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited, Maybridge PLCInventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Charles Richard White, Roger Frank Newton, Diane Gillian Douglas, Penny Jane Eversley, Julia Vile
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Patent number: 7138236Abstract: The interaction of ATM and related protein kinases such as ATR and DNA-PK with p53 is disclosed, in particular the phosphorylation of Ser15 and Thr18 by these proteins. The activity of the proteins is shown to increase in the presence of DNA. Assays for modulators of phosphorylation by the interaction between the proteins and p53 or other proteins having similar phosphorylation sites are provided. Methods of purifying ATM or ATR employing DNA or NTA are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1998Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Kudos Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Stephen Philip Jackson, Nicholas David Lakin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith
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Patent number: 7105518Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and isomers, salts, solvates, chemically protected forms, and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, an option ally substituted C1-7 alkyl group, C3-20 heterocyclyl group, or C5-20 aryl group, or may together form, along with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring having from 4 to 8 ring atoms; and R3 is an optionally substituted C3-20 heterocyclyl or C5-20 aryl group, and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly in treating diseases which are retroviral mediated or ameliorated by the inhibition of DNA-PK,Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Cancer Research Technology LimitedInventors: Niall Morrison Barr Martin, Graeme Cameron Murray Smith, Roger John Griffin, Bernard Thomas Golding, Ian Robert Hardcastle, Laurent Jean Martin Rigoreau, David Richard Newell, Hilary Alan Calvert, Nicola Jane Curtin, Paul Workman, Florence Irene Raynaud, Bernard Paul Nutley