Patents by Inventor Maria Grazia Carr

Maria Grazia Carr 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: 10364256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: James Callahan, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Peng Li, Tindy Li, Brent W. McCleland, Hong Nie, Joseph E. Pero, Thomas Glanmor Davies, Maria Grazia Carr, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, David Norton, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems
  • Publication number: 20180282349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: James CALLAHAN, Jeffrey K. KERNS, Peng LI, Tindy LI, Brent W. McCLELAND, Hong NIE, Joseph E. PERO, Thomas Glanmor DAVIES, Maria GRAZIA CARR, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Thomas Daniel HEIGHTMAN, David NORTON, Marinus Leedert VERDONK, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Hendrika Maria Gerarda WILLEMS
  • Patent number: 9914719
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds 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 oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. The compounds have activity as Hsp90 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Patent number: 9145354
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that are useful in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew James Woodhead, Christopher Charles Frederick Hamlett, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Gianni Chessari, Maria Grazia Carr, Alessia Millemaggi, David Norton, Susanne Maria Saalau-Bethell, Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems, Neil Thomas Thompson, Steven Douglas Hiscock
  • Patent number: 9051278
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, 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 hydrogen; 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 halogen (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20150051199
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that are useful in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew James Woodhead, Christopher Charles Frederick Hamlett, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Gianni Chessari, Maria Grazia Carr, Alessia Millemaggi, David Norton, Susanne Maria Saalau-Bethell, Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems, Neil Thomas Thompson, Steven Douglas Hiscock
  • Publication number: 20140371213
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, 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 hydrogen; 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 halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Patent number: 8895745
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Owen Callaghan, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Adrian Liam Gill, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Nijjar, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew Pike, Gordon Saxty, Richard David Taylor, Emma Vickerstaffe
  • Patent number: 8859583
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, A, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Gordon Saxty, Valerio Berdini, Christopher William Murray, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Emma Vickerstaffe, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Maria Grazia Carr
  • Publication number: 20140288040
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (6): or a salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof, wherein A is CH, CF or nitrogen; E is CH, CF or nitrogen; and R0 is hydrogen or C1-2 alkyl; R1a is selected from CONH2; CO2H; an optionally substituted acyclic C1-8 hydrocarbon group; and an optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 3 to 7 ring members, of which 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 are heteroatom ring members selected from O, N and S; R2 is selected from hydrogen and a group R2a; R2a is selected from an optionally substituted acyclic C1-8 hydrocarbon group; an optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 3 to 7 ring members, of which 0, 1 or 2 ring members are heteroatom ring members selected from O, N and S; and an optionally substituted bicyclic heterocyclic group of 9 or 10 ring members, of which 1 or 2 ring members are nitrogen atoms; wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is other than hydrogen; R3 is an optionally substituted 3- to 10-membered monocyclic or bicyc
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew James Woodhead, Gianni Chessari, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Maria Grazia Carr, Steven Douglas Hiscock, Michael Alistair O'Brien, David Charles Rees, Susanne Maria Saalau-Bethell, Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems, Neil Thomas Thompson
  • Patent number: 8796244
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Christopher Charles Frederick Hamlett, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Benning, Gordon Saxty, Emma Vickerstaffe, Andrew James Woodhead, Steven John Woodhead, Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, Tom Cornelis Hortense Govaerts, Patrick René Angibaud, Marian Williams
  • Patent number: 8778936
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, wherein M is selected from a group D1 and a group D2: and R?, E, A and X are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, processes for making the compounds and the use of the compounds in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state mediated by a CDK kinase, GSK-3 kinase or Aurora kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Maria Grazia Carr, Adrian Liam Gill, Steven Howard, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Gary Trewartha, David Charles Rees, Mladen Vinkovic, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Patent number: 8779147
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof, and combinations thereof with other anti-cancer agents, for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Maria Grazia Carr, Theresa Rachel Early, Adrian Liam Gill, Gary Trewartha, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Andrew James Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20140010892
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): The compounds have activity against cyclin dependent kinases, glycogen synthase kinase and Aurora kinases and are therefore useful to treat cancer and viral diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Eva Figueroa NAVARRO, Adrian Liam GILL, Steven HOWARD, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Patent number: 8530469
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an Hsp90 inhibitor compound of the formula (VII): or tautomer or salt thereof and one or more therapeutic agents selected from topoisomerase I inhibitors; antimetabolites; tubulin targeting agents; DNA binder and topoisomerase II inhibitors; alkylating agents; monoclonal antibodies; anti-hormones; signal transduction inhibitors; proteasome inhibitors; DNA methyl transferases; cytokines; retinoids and HDAC or HAT modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gianni Chessari, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Christopher William Murray, Eva Figueroa Navarro, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Maria Grazia Carr, Robert Downham, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Theresa Rachel Phillips, Andrew James Woodhead
  • Patent number: 8513276
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of Formula (I), to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer. The compounds of Formula (I) are inhibitors of FGFR, VEGFR or PDGFR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gilbert Ebai Besong, Owen Callaghan, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Adrian Liam Gill, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Nijjar, Michael Alistair O'Brien, Andrew Pike, Gordon Saxty, Richard David Taylor, Emma Vickerstaffe
  • Publication number: 20120213791
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof, and combinations thereof with other anti-cancer agents, for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Publication number: 20120208791
    Abstract: The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Christopher Charles Frederick Hamlett, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray, Rajdeep Kaur Benning, Gordon Saxty, Emma Vickerstaffe, Brian John Williams, Marian Williams, Andrew James Woodhead, Steven John Woodhead, Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, Tom Cornelis Hortense Govaerts, Patrick René Angibaud
  • Publication number: 20120190673
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I): or a salt, solvate, tautomer or N-oxide thereof, wherein M is selected from a group D1 and a group D2: and R?, E, A and X are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, processes for making the compounds and the use of the compounds in the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease state mediated by a CDK kinase, GSK-3 kinase or Aurora kinase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Maria Grazia CARR, Adrian Liam GILL, Steven HOWARD, Eva Figueroa NAVARRO, Gary TREWARTHA, David Charles REES, Mladen VINKOVIC, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Patent number: 8131527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to FGFR pharmacophores, and in particular to compounds which are capable of binding to FGFR with greater affinity than their binding to VEGFR and methods of identifying such compounds using the pharmacophore. The present invention further relates to compositions, methods and uses of the compounds and the pharmacophores disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Astex Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Saxty, Valerio Berdini, David Richard Newell, Owen Callaghan, Maria Grazia Carr, Miles Stuart Congreve, Adrian Liam Gill, Andrew Madin, Christopher William Murray