Patents by Inventor Josefino B. Tunac

Josefino B. Tunac 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: 20080248070
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including therapeutically effective amounts of at least one HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor present as a dyhydroxyacid salt and at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 7390504
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including therapeutically effective amounts of at least one HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor present as a dyhydroxyacid salt and at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: JJ Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4918100
    Abstract: A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39366 is capable of producing the anti-microbial compound CL-1957B which also exhibits antitumor properties.The antimicrobial compound CL-1957B is produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39366 under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen until a substantial quantity of the CL-1957B compound is produced, and subsequently isolating the compound.The antibiotic compound CL-1957B, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, the pharmaceutical compositions comprising this substance together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also disclosed, as are methods of treating microbial infections and tumors in mammals, employing these pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Gerard C. Hokanson, John P. Schaumberg, James C. French, Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4771070
    Abstract: A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39366 is capable of producing the anti-microbial compound CL-1957A which also exhibits antitumor properties.The antimicrobial compound CL-1957A is produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39366 under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen until a substantial quantity of the CL-1957A compound is produced, and subsequently isolating the CL-1957A compound.The antibiotic compound CL-1957A and pharmaceutical compositions comprising this substance together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also disclosed, as are methods of treating microbial infections and tumors in mammals, employing these pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Gerard C. Hokanson, John P. Schaumberg, James C. French, Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4738929
    Abstract: Acids, esters, imine acids, imine esters, and imine amides derived from 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester and from 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-8-methyl-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester demonstrate anti-microbial and antineoplastic activity.A purified strain of Streptomyces galanosa, NRRL 15738, is capable of producing 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-8-methyl-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester in isolable quantities from a fermentation broth containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Blanche D. Graham, Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4734370
    Abstract: A strain of Actinomadura sp., NRRL 15758, is capable of producing the CL-1724 complex of antibiotic substances in isolable quantities under conditions of aerobic fermentation in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventor: Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4713372
    Abstract: 2'-Chloropentostatin is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme adenosine deaminase and possesses utility as an agent for potentiating the activity of antiviral agents for the treatment of DNA viruses which agents contain an adenine moiety, such as 9-(beta-D-arabinosyl)adenine. A pure strain of actinomycete, designated ATCC 39365 which is capable of producing 2'-chloropentostatin, a method of producing 2'-chloropentostatin by aerobic fermentation, and pharmaceutical compositions including 2'-chloropentostatin are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: John P. Schaumberg, Gerard C. Hokanson, James C. French, Josefino B. Tunac, Marjorie A. Underhill
  • Patent number: 4657909
    Abstract: Acids, esters, imine acids, imine esters, and imine amides derived from 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester and from 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-8-methyl-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester demonstrate antimicrobial and antineoplastic activity.A purified strain of Streptomyces galanosa, NRRL 15738, is capable of producing 6-formyl-4,7,9-trihydroxy-8-methyl-1-phenazinecarboxylic acid, methyl ester in isolable quantities from a fermentation broth containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Christopher F. Bigge, Edward F. Elslager, James C. French, Blanche D. Graham, Gerard C. Hokanson, Stephen W. Mamber, Tim A. Smitka, Josefino B. Tunac, John H. Wilton
  • Patent number: 4615975
    Abstract: A purified isolate of Actinomadura verrucaspora subspecies veractimycin is capable of producing a complex of sulfur-containing antibiotic compounds having anti-tumor activity in recoverable amounts when cultivated under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventor: Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4578383
    Abstract: Novel phosphorus containing antibiotic compounds that are antitumor agents designated CL 1565-A, CL 1565-B, CL 1565-T and their salts, a process for the production and the method of using said compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing various salts of the compounds of the invention alone or in combination with other antitumor agents in the treatment of microbial infections and neoplastic diseases, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Suresh S. Stampwala, James C. French, Josefino B. Tunac, Timothy R. Hurley, Richard H. Bunge
  • Patent number: 4554162
    Abstract: A strain of actinomycete, NRRL 15758, is capable of producing the CL-1724 complex of compounds under conditions of aerobic fermentation in the presence of assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen. The compound CL-1724B-2 exhibiting antimicrobial and antitumor activity, is claimed together with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating microbial infections and tumors in mammals employing these pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Cynthia A. Young, John P. Schaumberg, Gerard C. Hokanson, James C. French, Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4530835
    Abstract: A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39363 is capable of producing a complex of sulfur-containing antibiotic compounds having activity against transplanted tumors.Antibiotic compounds CL-1577A and CL-1577B and their closely related congeners are produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39363 under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen until a substantial quantity of the CL-1577 complex is produced, and subsequently isolating the complex or one or more of the compounds.The antibiotic compounds CL-1577A, CL-1577B, their congeners, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these substances together with a suitable carrier are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Richard H. Bunge, James C. French, Timothy R. Hurley, Tim A. Smitka, Josefino B. Tunac
  • Patent number: 4495286
    Abstract: A biologically pure culture of the microorganism Streptomyces pulveraceus subspecies fostreus ATCC 31906 is provided. Strain 31906 is capable of producing the CL 1565 antibiotic complex in a recoverable quantity upon cultivation in an aqueous nutrient medium containing assimilable sources of nitrogen and carbon. The CL 1565 antibiotic complex includes CL 1565-A, -B and -T sodium salt compounds that in dosage form are useful antibiotics and antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Josefino B. Tunac, William E. Dobson, Blanche D. Graham
  • Patent number: 4264736
    Abstract: The antibiotic MSD 890A.sub.10 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (hereinafter referred to as antibiotic 890A.sub.10) is active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The antibiotic is produced by growing species of Streptomyces on suitable fermentation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Cassidy, Sheldon B. Zimmerman, Josefino B. Tunac, Sebastian Hernandez
  • Patent number: 4264735
    Abstract: The antibiotic MSD 890A.sub.9 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (hereinafter referred to as antibiotic 890A.sub.9) is active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The antibiotic is produced by growing species of Streptomyces on suitable fermentation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Cassidy, Sheldon B. Zimmerman, Josefino B. Tunac, Sebastian Hernandez