Patents by Inventor Juan José Marugán

Juan José Marugán 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: 9663485
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to improved tocopheryl quinone derivatives and tocopherol derivatives having improved pharmacokinetics in vivo that can, in some embodiments, be useful in the treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders, restoration of normal mitochondrial ATP production, modulation of intracellular calcium ion concentration and other treatments or therapies. The tocopheryl quinone derivatives and tocopherol derivatives have side chains that have terminally halogenated carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, As Presented by The Scretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Wei Zheng, Jingbo Xiao, John McKew
  • Publication number: 20170144984
    Abstract: Disclosed are modulators of the human relaxin receptor 1, for example, of formula (I), wherein A, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating mammalian relaxin receptor 1 mediated facets of human health, e.g., cardiovascular disease. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the disclosure, and a method for therapeutic intervention in a facet of mammalian health that is mediated by a human relaxin receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer-Alegre, Catherine Chen, Noel Southall, Wei Zheng, Alexander Agoulnik, Irina Agoulnik
  • Publication number: 20170114053
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), formula (II), and formula (III): wherein Ar, R1, A, and X are as defined in the specification. These compounds are antiviral agents and are contemplated for use in the treatment of viral infections, for example, hepatitis C. These compounds are also contemplated for use in treating or preventing cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Serv, University of Kansas
    Inventors: Tsanyang Liang, Zongyi Hu, Juan Jose Marugan, Noel Terrence Southall, Shanshan He, Xin Hu, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer, Wei Zheng, Kevin J. Frankowski, Frank J. Schoenen, Kelin Li
  • Publication number: 20170027903
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a novel use of ? tocopherol in the treatment of diseases and conditions related to lysosomal storage disorders. Included in the present disclosure is a method for the modulation of cholesterol recycling. Further, the disclosure relates to conditions such as Niemann-Pick type C disease, Farber disease, Niemann-Pick type A disease, Wolman disease and Tay Sachs disease. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of ? tocopherol. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of ? tocopherol in combination with cyclodextrin to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Juan Jose Marugan, Ke Liu, Noel Terrence Southall, Christopher P. Austin
  • Patent number: 9550742
    Abstract: The disclosure includes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I). Certain compounds and salts of Formula (I) are selective inhibitors of the Dopamine D2 receptor. The variables R1-R4, n, and L are defined herein. The disclosure also provides methods of synthesizing compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I). Additionally the disclosure provides methods or treating patients suffering from central nervous system disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, bipolar disorder, hyperprolactinemia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington's chorea, psychosis, depression, or schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer, Noel Terrence Southall, R. Benjamin Free, David Robert Sibley
  • Publication number: 20170001988
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) (formula I), as antiviral agents, antineoplastic agents, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and a method of use of these compounds, wherein X and Y are independently CH or N, o is 0, 1 or 2, and E is absent or is (CR13R14)m, NH, or S, F is absent or is (CR15R16)n, C=O, or —SO2—, G is absent or is (CR17 CR18)r, H is absent or is C?O, or —SO2- and R1, Ar1, Ar2 are as defined in the specification. These compounds are antiviral agents and are contemplated in the treatment of viral infections, for example, hepatitis C, or are antineoplastic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tsanyang Jake Liang, Marc Ferrer, Shanshan He, Xin Hu, Zongyi Hu, Juan Jose Marugan, Noel Terrence Southall, Jingbo Xiao, Wei Zheng
  • Publication number: 20160346284
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazolopyrimidines and dihydropyrazolopyrimidines and related compounds, their methods of manufacture, compositions containing these compounds, and methods of use of these compounds in treating lysosomal storage disorders such as Gaucher disease are described herein. The compounds are of general Formula (I) in which variables R1-R7 and X are described in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Noel Southall, Ehud Goldin, Wei Zheng, Samarjit Patnaik, Ellen Sidransky, Omid Motabar, Wendy Westbroek
  • Patent number: 9464035
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. The variables. R1-R13, m, n, o, and p are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating Gaucher disease and inhibiting the onset of Gaucher disease symptoms in a patient having a GBA gene mutation and for treating Parkinson's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula (I) are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Wei Zheng, Samarjit Patnaik, Noel Southall, Ellen Sidransky, Ehud Goldin, Wendy Westbroek, Elma Aflaki, Steven Andrew Rogers, Frank John Schoenen
  • Patent number: 9452973
    Abstract: Disclosed are modulators of the human relaxin receptor 1, for example, of formula (I), wherein A, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating mammalian relaxin receptor 1 mediated facets of human health, e.g., cardiovascular disease. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the disclosure, and a method for therapeutic intervention in a facet of mammalian health that is mediated by a human relaxin receptor 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer-Alegre, Catherine Chen, Noel Southall, Wei Zheng, Alexander Agoulnik, Irina Agoulnik
  • Patent number: 9422308
    Abstract: The invention provides derivatives of DEA which have increased potency and hydrolysis resistance as compared to DEA, and compositions thereof, as well as methods of using these derivatives to promote neurogenesis, neurite growth and/or length, and/or promote synaptogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Hee-Yong Kim, Juan Jose Marugan, Erika E. Englund, Samarjit Patnaik
  • Publication number: 20160207902
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to improved tocopheryl quinone derivatives and tocopherol derivatives having improved pharmacokinetics in vivo that can, in some embodiments, be useful in the treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders, restoration of normal mitochondrial ATP production, modulation of intracellular calcium ion concentration and other treatments or therapies. The tocopheryl quinone derivatives and tocopherol derivatives have side chains that have terminally halogenated carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Jose MARUGAN, Wei ZHENG, Jingbo XIAO, John MCKEW
  • Publication number: 20160176831
    Abstract: The disclosure includes compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I). Certain compounds and salts of Formula (I) are selective inhibitors of the Dopamine D2 receptor. The variables R1-R4, n, and L are defined herein. The disclosure also provides methods of synthesizing compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I). Additionally the disclosure provides methods or treating patients suffering from central nervous system disorders, including Tourette's syndrome, bipolar disorder, hyperprolactinemia, tardive dyskinesia, Huntington's chorea, psychosis, depression, or schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer, Noel Terrence Southall, R. Benjamin Free, David Robert Sibley
  • Patent number: 9353117
    Abstract: Substituted pyrazolopyrimidines and dihydropyrazolopyrimidines and related compounds, their methods of manufacture, compositions containing these compounds, and methods of use of these compounds in treating lysosomal storage disorders such as Gaucher disease are described herein. The compounds are of general Formula (I) in which variables R1-R7 and X are described in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Noel Southall, Ehud Goldin, Wei Zheng, Samarjit Patnaik, Ellen Sidransky, Omid Motabar, Wendy Westbroek
  • Patent number: 9173898
    Abstract: Compounds useful for the treatment of giardiasis are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Catherine Chen, Juan Jose Marugan, Noel Southall, Christopher P. Austin, Andrey Galkin, Liudmila Kulakova, Osnat Herzberg
  • Publication number: 20150265571
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a novel use of ? tocopherol in the treatment of diseases and conditions related to lysosomal storage disorders. Included in the present disclosure is a method for the modulation of cholesterol recycling. Further, the disclosure relates to conditions such as Niemann-Pick type C disease, Farber disease, Niemann-Pick type A disease, Wolman disease and Tay Sachs disease. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of ? tocopherol. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of ? tocopherol in combination with cyclodextrin to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wei ZHENG, Juan Jose MARUGAN, Ke LIU, Noel Terrence SOUTHALL, Christopher P. AUSTIN
  • Patent number: 9044451
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a novel use of delta tocopherol in the treatment of diseases and conditions related to lysosomal storage disorders. Included in the present disclosure is a method for the modulation of cholesterol recycling. Further, the disclosure relates to conditions such as Niemann-Pick type C disease, Farber disease, Niemann-Pick type A disease, Wolman disease and Tay Sachs disease. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of delta tocopherol. Further included in the present disclosure is a method for treating lysosomal storage disorders comprising the administration of delta tocopherol in combination with cyclodextrin to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Juan Jose Marugan, Ke Liu, Noel Terrence Southall, Christopher P Austin
  • Publication number: 20150119426
    Abstract: Disclosed are modulators of the human relaxin receptor 1, for example, of formula (I), wherein A, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating mammalian relaxin receptor 1 mediated facets of human health, e.g., cardiovascular disease. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the disclosure, and a method for therapeutic intervention in a facet of mammalian health that is mediated by a human relaxin receptor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Jingbo Xiao, Marc Ferrer-Alegre, Catherine Chen, Noel Southall, Wei Zheng, Alexander Agoulnik, Irina Agoulnik
  • Publication number: 20150065469
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. The variables. R1-R13, m, n, o, and p are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating Gaucher disease and inhibiting the onset of Gaucher disease symptoms in a patient having a GBA gene mutation and for treating Parkinson's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula (I) are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Juan Jose Marugan, Wei Zheng, Samarjit Patnaik, Noel Southall, Ellen Sidransky, Ehud Goldin, Wendy Westbroek, Elma Aflaki, Steven Andrew Rogers, Frank John Schoenen
  • Publication number: 20150031878
    Abstract: The invention provides derivatives of DEA which have increased potency and hydrolysis resistance as compared to DEA, and compositions thereof, as well as methods of using these derivatives to promote neurogenesis, neurite growth and/or length, and/or promote synaptogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hee-Yong Kim, Juan Jose Marugan, Erika E. Englund, Samarjit Patnaik
  • Publication number: 20140323438
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compounds for reducing the prevalence of the perinucleolar compartment in cells, for example, of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating a disease or disorder associated with increased prevalence of the perinucleolar compartment, such as cancer. Also disclosed is a composition containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and at least one compound embodying the principles of the invention, and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Frankowski, Samarjit Patnaik, Sui Huang, Juan Jose Marugan, John Norton, Frank J. Schoenen, Noel Terrence Southall, Steven Titus, Wei Zheng