Patents by Inventor John Francis Lyons

John Francis Lyons 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: 11236047
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising: (i) a compound of formula (Io): or a tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims; and (ii) a compound which is SGI-110 or a tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the combinations and medical uses of the combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, John Francis Lyons
  • Publication number: 20200207711
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising: (i) a compound of formula (Io): or a tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims; and (ii) a compound which is SGI-110 or a tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the combinations and medical uses of the combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni CHESSARI, John Francis LYONS
  • Patent number: 9428439
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1). Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogs thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LTD.
    Inventors: Martyn Frederickson, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Mladen Vinkovic, Brian John Williams, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford
  • Patent number: 8916552
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray
  • Patent number: 8883790
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray
  • Publication number: 20140221394
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1). Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogues thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Astex Therapeutic Ltd.
    Inventors: Martyn Frederickson, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Mladen Vinkovic, Brian John Williams, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford
  • Patent number: 8779132
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in medicine, the compound being a compound of the formula (VI0) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof: wherein the bicyclic group: is selected from the structures C1, C5 and C6: wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or O—Rz; R2a is hydroxy, methoxy or O—Rz; provided that at least one of R1 and R2a is O—Rz; Rz is Lp-Rp1; SO3H; a glucuronide residue; a mono-, di- or tripeptide residue; or Lp is a bond, C?O, (C?O)O, (C?O)NRp1 or S(O)xNRp1; x is 1 or 2; Rp1 is hydrogen or a an optionally substituted C1-25 hydrocarbyl group containing 0, 1 or 2 carbocyclic rings and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon-carbon multiple bonds, provided that Rp1 is not hydrogen when Lp is a bond, C?O or (C?O)O; and provided also that O—Rz does not contain an O—O moiety; and excluding compounds wherein R1 is hydroxy and R2a is methoxy; Rp2 and Rp3 are the same or different and each is a group Rp1; and R3, R4a, R8 and R10 are defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Miles Stuart Congreve, Lynsey Helen Fazal, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 8541461
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
  • Patent number: 8435970
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations of an ancillary compound and a compound which is a salt of 1-cyclopropyl-3-[3-(5-morpholin-4-ylmethyl-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]-urea selected from the lactate and citrate salts and mixtures thereof. Also provided are crystalline forms of the salts, methods for making the salts and their uses in treating cancers. The invention further provides combinations of an ancillary compound and a compound of the formula (I) as defined in PCT/GB2004/002824 (WO 2005/002552) or a compound of the formula (I?) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, wherein R1, E, A and M are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Jayne Elizabeth Curry, Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 8404718
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising a cytotoxic compound, a signalling inhibitor, an ancillary agent, or two or more further anti-cancer agents, and a compound having the formula (Ib): or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof; wherein X is a group R1-A-NR4—; A is a bond, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from fluorine, hydroxy, C1-4 hydrocarbyloxy, amino, mono- or di-C1-4 hydrocarbylamino, and carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups having from 3 to 12 ring members, and wherein 1 or 2 of the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbyl group may optionally be replaced by an atom or group selected from O, S, NH, SO, SO2; R2 is hydrogen; halogen; C1-4 alkoxy (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Jayne Elizabeth Curry, John Francis Lyons, Matthew Simon Squires, Neil Thomas Thompson, Kyla Merriom Thompson, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 8399442
    Abstract: A method for the treatment of: A. a disease state or condition mediated by a kinase wh ich is BCR-abl, VEGFR, PDGFR, EGFR, FLT3, JAK, C-abl, PDK1, Chk, FGFR, Ret, Eph, or Src; or B. a cancer in which the cancer cells thereof contain a drug resistant kinase mutation which is: (a) a threonine gatekeeper mutation; or (b) a drug-resistant gatekeeper mutation; or (c) an imatinib resistant mutation; or (d) a nilotinib resistant mutation; or (e) a dasatinib resistant mutation; or (f) a T670l mutation in KIT; or (g) a T674l mutation in PDGFR; or (h) T790M mutation in EGFR; or (i) a T315l mutation in abl; or C. a cancer which expresses a mutated molecular target which is a mutated form of BCRabl, c-kit, PDGF, EGF receptor or ErbB2; which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the formula (l or l?): or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Jayne Elizabeth Curry, Neil James Gallagher, Adrian Liam Gill, John Francis Lyons
  • Patent number: 8277807
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray
  • Publication number: 20110159111
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations of an ancillary compound of the formula (0): and a compound of the formula (I?): Also provided are crystalline forms of the constituent compounds, methods for making them and their uses in treating cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayne Elizabeth Curry, Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20110105501
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray
  • Publication number: 20110046155
    Abstract: The invention provides an acid addition salt of a compound of the formula (1) Also provided by the invention are processes for preparing the compound of formula (1) and alkyl analogues thereof, novel intermediates for use in the process and methods for preparing the intermediates. The invention also provides new medical uses of compounds of the formula (1) and its ethyl analogue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Martyn Frederickson, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Mladen Vinkovic, Brian John Williams, Marian Williams, Andrew James Woodhead, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford
  • Publication number: 20110002879
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising a cytotoxic compound, a signalling inhibitor, an ancillary agent, or two or more further anti-cancer agents, and a compound having the formula (Ib): or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof; wherein X is a group R1-A-NR4—; A is a bond, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from fluorine, hydroxy, C1-4 hydrocarbyloxy, amino, mono- or di-C1-4 hydrocarbylamino, and carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups having from 3 to 12 ring members, and wherein 1 or 2 of the carbon atoms of the hydrocarbyl group may optionally be replaced by an atom or group selected from O, S, NH, SO, SO2; R2 is hydrogen; halogen; C1-4 alkoxy (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jayne Elizabeth CURRY, John Francis LYONS, Matthew Simon SQUIRES, Neil Thomas THOMPSON, Kyla Merriom THOMPSON, Paul Graham WYATT, Neil James GALLAGHER
  • Publication number: 20100179145
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray
  • Publication number: 20100166699
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100152184
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use in medicine, the compound being a compound of the formula (VI0) or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof: wherein the bicyclic group: is selected from the structures C1, C5 and C6: wherein n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or O—Rz; R2a is hydroxy, methoxy or O—Rz; provided that at least one of R1 and R2a is O—Rz; Rz is Lp-Rp1; SO3H; a glucuronide residue; a mono-, di- or tripeptide residue; or Lp is a bond, C?O, (C?O)O, (C?O)NRp1 or S(O)xNRp1; x is 1 or 2; Rp1 is hydrogen or a an optionally substituted C1-25 hydrocarbyl group containing 0, 1 or 2 carbocyclic rings and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon-carbon multiple bonds, provided that Rp1 is not hydrogen when Lp is a bond, C?O or (C?O)O; and provided also that O—Rz does not contain an O—O moiety; and excluding compounds wherein R1 is hydroxy and R2a is methoxy; Rp2 and Rp3 are the same or different and each is a group Rp1; and R3, R4a, R8 and R10 are defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Miles Stuart Congreve, Lynsey Helen Fazal, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew James Woodhead, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100092474
    Abstract: The invention provides combinations comprising (or consisting essentially of) one or more ancillary compound(s) and a compound of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydroxy or hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy; methoxy or hydrogen; provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halogen; cyano; optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyl and optionally substituted C1-5 hydrocarbyloxy; R4 is selected from hydrogen; a group —(O)n—R7 where n is 0 or 1 and R7 is an optionally substituted acyclic C1-5 hydrocarbyl group or a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having 3 to 7 ring members; halogen; cyano; hydroxy; amino; and optionally substituted mono- or di-C1-5 hydrocarbyl-amino; or R3 and R4 together form a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring of 5 to 7 ring members; and NR5R6 forms an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group having 8 to 12 ring members of which up to 5 ring members are heteroatoms selected from oxyg
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Neil James Gallagher, John Francis Lyons, Neil Thomas Thompson, Stephen Murray Yule, Christopher William Murray