Patents by Inventor Hussien A. Al-Shamma

Hussien A. Al-Shamma 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: 8198232
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Patent number: 8030270
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Patent number: 8022034
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100298333
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100291589
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100286168
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100286111
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100285495
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100286172
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100285494
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Publication number: 20100286153
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7803754
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7803753
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James N. Leonard, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Robert M. Jones
  • Patent number: 7226940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted heterocycles of Formula (I) which are useful in the treatment of diseases related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, such as type 2 diabetes, adipocyte differentiation, uncontrolled proliferation, such as lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, leukemia, breast cancer, prostate cancer or cancers in general; and inflammation, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's Disease or Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignees: Incyte San Diego, Inc., Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Andrea Fanjul, David P. M. Pleynet, Lyle W. Spruce
  • Publication number: 20070072804
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James Leonard, Hussien Al-Shamma, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20070072803
    Abstract: The present invention concerns combination of an amount of a GPR119 agonist with an amount of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor such that the combination provides an effect in lowering a blood glucose level or in increasing a blood GLP-1 level in a subject over that provided by the amount of the GPR119 agonist or the amount of the DPP-IV inhibitor alone and the use of such a combination for treating or preventing diabetes and conditions related thereto or conditions ameliorated by increasing a blood GLP-1 level. The present invention also relates to the use of a G protein-coupled receptor to screen for GLP-1 secretagogues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Arena Pharmaceuticals
    Inventors: Zhi-Liang Chu, James Leonard, Hussien Al-Shamma, Robert Jones
  • Patent number: 7196108
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain bicyclic heterocycles havng the structure shown below which are useful in the treatment of diseases related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, such as type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignees: Incyte San Diego Inc., Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Andrea Fanjul Giachino, Karine Jakubowicz-Jaillardon, Jianhua Guo, Richard M. Fine, Lyle W. Spruce, James W. Zapf
  • Patent number: 7153875
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain heterocyclic compounds useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, having the Formula (I): wherein: (a) m is an integer 0 or 1; (b) R12 is an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a substituted cycloalkyl, a heterocyclic, a substituted heterocyclic, a heteroaryl, a substituted heteroaryl, an aryl or a substituted aryl residue; (c) Ar3 is an aryl, a substituted aryl, a heteroaryl or a substituted heteroaryl residue; (d) Ar4 is an aryl, a substituted aryl, a heteroaryl or a substituted heteroaryl residue; (e) R5 is hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl or substituted alkyl; (f) ----- represents a bond present or absent; and (g) W, X, Y and Z are independently or together —C(O)—, C(S), S, O, or NH; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Incyte San Diego
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Andrea Fanjul, David P.M. Pleynet, Lyle W. Spruce, Torsten R. Wiemann, Jason B. Ibarra
  • Publication number: 20060241138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating breast cancer, diabetes, and/or related metabolic disorders with certain substituted heterocycles of Formula (200), wherein B, H, I, J and K together with the Ar5 form a ring containing at least one amide residue, and W, X, Y and Z together form a 2,4-thiazolidinedione, 2-thioxo-thiazolidine-4-one, 2,4-imidazolidinedione or 2-thioxo-imidazolidine-4-one residue; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien Al-Shamma, Andrea Giachino, Karine Jakubowicz-Jaillardon, Jianhua Guo, Mohamed Boudjelal, James Zapf
  • Patent number: 7102000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain substituted heterocycles of Formula (200), wherein B, H, I, J and K together with the Ar5 form a ring containing at least one amide residue, and W, X, Y and Z together form a 2,4-thiazolidinedione, 2-thioxo-thiazolidine-4-one, 2,4-imidazolidinedione or 2-thioxo-imidazolidine-4-one residue; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, and related disorders of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, including atherosclerosis. The compounds are also useful for treating diseases of uncontrolled proliferation, such as cancers in general, including breast cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignees: Incyte San Diego Inc., Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Pfahl, Catherine Tachdjian, Hussien A. Al-Shamma, Andrea Fanjul Giachino, Karine Jakubowicz-Jaillardon, Jianhua Guo, Mohamed Boudjelal, James W. Zapf