Patents by Inventor Joyce Hwa

Joyce Hwa 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).

  • Treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease using cholesterol lowering agents and/or H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist
    Publication number: 20070161578
    Abstract: This invention provides for method for the treatment, prevention or ameliorating the symptoms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a mammal in need thereof comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising a therapeutic combination of at least one cholesterol lowering agent and/or at least one H3 antagonist/inverse agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Joyce Hwa, Margaret van Heek, Harry Davis
  • Combination of an H3 antagonist/inverse agonist and an appetite suppressant
    Publication number: 20070142369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutic combinations comprising: one or more H3 antagonists/inverse agonists; one or more appetite suppressants selected from the group consisting of CB1 antagonists/inverse agonists, sibutramine, phentermine and topiramate; and optionally one or more HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. The invention also relates to medicaments and kits comprising the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention, and methods of treating obesity, obesity related disorders and diabetes using the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Margaret van Heek, Joyce Hwa, Michael Graziano, Jean Lachowicz, Timothy Kowalski, Enrico Veltri, Kevin McCormick, Michael Berlin, Robert Aslanian