Patents by Inventor Markus Maegerlein

Markus Maegerlein 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: 9174944
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel crystalline lopinavir/surfactant adducts, methods for their preparation, therapeutic uses of those crystalline lopinavir/surfactant adducts, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them or made from them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ABBVIE INC.
    Inventors: Yuchuan Gong, Geoff G. Zhang, Matthias Degenhardt, Markus Maegerlein
  • Patent number: 9060936
    Abstract: A solid dispersion product comprising an effective amount of one or more active ingredients and an effective amount of one or more hydroxypropyl methylcellulose(s), which satisfies the Formula 0.35>?Htr (1) (wherein AHtr represents the endotherm (J/g) accompanying a transition at about 240° C.). The solid dispersion product is used for the manufacture of a dosage form having improved bioavailability of said one or more active ingredients by oral administration to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunther Berndl, Matthias Degenhardt, Markus Maegerlein
  • Patent number: 9004752
    Abstract: A viable strategy to enhance the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs is to use amorphous solids in place of the more commonly used crystalline solids in pharmaceutical formulations. However, amorphous solids are physically meta-stable and tend to revert back to their crystalline counterpart. An effective approach to stabilizing an amorphous drug against crystallization is to disperse it in a polymer matrix. The drug's solubility in the chosen polymer defines the upper limit of drug loading without any risk of crystallization. Measuring the solubility of a drug in a polymer has been a scientific and technological challenge because the high viscosity of polymers makes achieving solubility equilibrium difficult and because pharmaceutically important drug/polymer dispersions are glasses, which undergo structural relaxation over time. The invention provides a method based on Differential Scanning calorimetry (DSC) for measuring the solubility of crystalline drugs in polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Abbvie, Inc., Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Geoff G. Zhang, Lian Yu, Jing Tao, Ye Sun, Markus Maegerlein
  • Publication number: 20130199313
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the solubility of a crystalline substance in a polymer comprises a) providing at least one sample of an intimate crystalline substance/polymer mixture at a predetermined crystalline substance concentration; b) annealing the sample at a constant temperature Ta for a period of time; c) heating the annealed sample while recording the heat flux over time by DSC; d) identifying a DSC dissolution endotherm in the recorded heat flux, if any; e) considering the crystalline substance concentration as a concentration above the crystalline substance solubility in the polymer at temperature Ta when there is a DSC dissolution endotherm identified, and considering the crystalline substance concentration as a concentration less than or equal to the crystalline substance solubility in the polymer at temperature Ta when there is no DSC dissolution endotherm identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicants: Abbott GmbH & Co, KGW, Boards of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Geoff G. Zhang, Lian Yu, Jing Tao, Markus Maegerlein
  • Publication number: 20110311595
    Abstract: A solid dispersion product comprising an effective amount of one or more active ingredients and an effective amount of one or more hydroxypropyl methylcellulose(s), which satisfies the Formula 0.35>?Htr (1) (wherein AHtr represents the endotherm (J/g) accompanying a transition at about 240° C.). The solid dispersion product is used for the manufacture of a dosage form having improved bioavailability of said one or more active ingredients by oral administration to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunther Berndl, Matthias Degenhardt, Markus Maegerlein
  • Publication number: 20110261857
    Abstract: A viable strategy to enhance the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs is to use amorphous solids in place of the more commonly used crystalline solids in pharmaceutical formulations. However, amorphous solids are physically meta-stable and tend to revert back to their crystalline counterpart. An effective approach to stabilizing an amorphous drug against crystallization is to disperse it in a polymer matrix. The drug's solubility in the chosen polymer defines the upper limit of drug loading without any risk of crystallization. Measuring the solubility of a drug in a polymer has been a scientific and technological challenge because the high viscosity of polymers makes achieving solubility equilibrium difficult and because pharmaceutically important drug/polymer dispersions are glasses, which undergo structural relaxation over time. The invention provides a method based on Differential Scanning calorimetry (DSC) for measuring the solubility of crystalline drugs in polymeric matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Geoff G. Zhang, Lian Yu, Jing Tao, Ye Sun, Markus Maegerlein
  • Publication number: 20090028938
    Abstract: A solid dispersion product comprising an effective amount of one or more active ingredients and an effective amount of one or more hydroxypropyl methylcellulose(s), which satisfies the Formula 0.35>?Htr (1) (wherein ?Htr represents the endotherm (J/g) accompanying a transition at about 240° C.). The solid dispersion product is used for the manufacture of a dosage form having improved bioavailability of said one or more active ingredients by oral administration to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunther Berndl, Matthias Degenhardt, Markus Maegerlein
  • Publication number: 20070190142
    Abstract: A dosage form and method for the delivery of drugs, particularly drugs of abuse, characterized by resistance to solvent extraction, tampering, crushing, or grinding, and providing an initial burst of release of drug followed by a prolonged period of controllable drug release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorg BREITENBACH, Ute Lander, Jorg Rosenberg, Markus Maegerlein, Gerd Woehrle
  • Publication number: 20030153608
    Abstract: Stable pharmaceutical preparations, comprising torasemide in noncrystalline form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Markus Maegerlein, Thomas Hantke, Jorg Breitenbach, Jorg Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20030119882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Markus Maegerlein