Patents by Inventor M. Nayeem Akhtar

M. Nayeem Akhtar 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).

  • Anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory compounds: derivatives of pentose monosaccharides
    Patent number: 5432163
    Abstract: Compounds of this invention are derivatives of pentose monosaccharides which exhibit anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory activity as well as intermediates for the synthesis of these compounds. Methods of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorders employing the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Greenwich Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: M. Nayeem Akhtar, David S. Thomson, Sudershak K. Arora
  • Anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory compounds: 5- or 6-deoxy hexose monosaccharides having a saturated nitrogen-containing heterocycle at the 5- or 6-position bound through the nitrogen atom
    Patent number: 5360792
    Abstract: The compounds of this invention are 5- or 6-deoxy hexose monosaccharides having a saturated nitrogen-containing heterocycle at the 5- or 6-position bound through the nitrogen atom. The saturated nitrogen-containing heterocycle substituent is shown by the following formula: ##STR1## where X is CH.sub.2, NH or O; and n ranges from 3-6. These hexose monosaccharides may also be ethereally substituted at least one other position. The compounds exhibit anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory activity. Methods of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorders employing the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Greenwich Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sudershan K. Arora, David S. Thomson, M. Nayeem Akhtar