Patents by Inventor Najam Sharif

Najam Sharif 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: 11331311
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminometh yl}pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Kirihara, Atsushi Shimazaki, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20200206200
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{ [4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{ [4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl) aminometh yl}pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Najam A. SHARIF
  • Publication number: 20180200239
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to find a new application of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof. Isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl](pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino)acetate or a salt thereof is useful as a therapeutic agent for a disease involving a greatly elevated intraocular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko KIRIHARA, Atsushi SHIMAZAKI, Najam A. SHARIF
  • Patent number: 10016441
    Abstract: Prostaglandin conjugates and derivatives and methods for their use to treat glaucoma and/or lower intraocular pressure are disclosed. Additionally, ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure are disclosed. Such compositions comprise an effective amount of prostaglandin conjugates or derivatives of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Archer Ellis, Lukas Scheibler, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20170239268
    Abstract: Prostaglandin conjugates and derivatives and methods for their use to treat glaucoma and/or lower intraocular pressure are disclosed. Additionally, ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure are disclosed. Such compositions comprise an effective amount of prostaglandin conjugates or derivatives of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: David Archer Ellis, Lukas Scheibler, Najam A. Sharif
  • Patent number: 9604949
    Abstract: Prostaglandin conjugates and derivatives and methods for their use to treat glaucoma and/or lower intraocular pressure are disclosed. Additionally, ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure are disclosed. Such compositions comprise an effective amount of prostaglandin conjugates or derivatives of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: David Archer Ellis, Lukas Scheibler, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20160108012
    Abstract: Prostaglandin conjugates and derivatives and methods for their use to treat glaucoma and/or lower intraocular pressure are disclosed. Additionally, ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure are disclosed. Such compositions comprise an effective amount of prostaglandin conjugates or derivatives of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: David Ellis, Lukas Scheibler, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20120283260
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure. In particular, the compounds are bradykinin agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventors: Keith D. Combrink, Suchismita Mohapatra, Mark R. Hellberg, Najam A. Sharif, Ganesh Prasanna, Iok-Hou Pang, Bryon Severns, Hwang-Hsing Chen, Abdelmoula Namil
  • Patent number: 8263555
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure comprising administering a bradykinin B2 receptor agonist to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Najam A. Sharif
  • Patent number: 8252793
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure. In particular, the compounds are bradykinin agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Alcon Research, Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Keith D. Combrink, Suchismita Mohapatra, Mark R. Hellberg, Najam A. Sharif, Ganesh Prasanna, Iok-Hou Pang, Bryon Severns, Hwang-Hsing Chen, Abdelmoula Namil
  • Patent number: 8173668
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure comprising administering a non-peptide bradykinin agonist to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20120046285
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure. In particular, the compounds are bradykinin agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventors: Keith D. Combrink, Suchismita Mohapatra, Mark R. Hellberg, Najam A. Sharif, Ganesh Prasanna, Iok-Hou Pang, Bryon Severns, Hwang-Hsing Chen, Abdelmoula Namil
  • Publication number: 20110195962
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating nasal disorders associated with nasal inflammation using a multipharmacophoric agent (MPA) that can prevent the production and/or release of at least one or more pro-inflammatory cytokines (for instance IL-1 and TNF?) and inhibit p38 MAP kinase or at least one matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1 and MMP-9) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventors: Najam A. Sharif, Martin B. Wax
  • Publication number: 20110009322
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure comprising administering a bradykinin B2 receptor agonist to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
    Inventor: Najam A. SHARIF
  • Patent number: 7867999
    Abstract: Methods for using hydroxyamino- and amino-substituted pyridine analogs are disclosed herein to treat rho kinase-mediated diseases or rho kinase-mediated conditions, including controlling intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma, are disclosed. Ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma, and additionally useful for controlling intraocular pressure, the compositions comprising an effective amount of hydroxyamino- and amino-substituted pyridine analogs, are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwang-Hsing Chen, Najam A. Sharif, Mark R. Hellberg
  • Patent number: 7807629
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating and/or preventing ocular disorders associated with increased intraocular pressure comprising administering a bradykinin B2 receptor agonist to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20100247548
    Abstract: Antagonists of cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate/insulin-like growth factor-II receptor are provided for attenuation of CTGF signaling in a method of down-regulation of receptor signaling and downstream decreased signaling of connective tissue growth factor in ocular disorders involving inappropriate CTGF signaling. Ocular disorders involving inappropriate CTGF signaling include ocular hypertension, glaucoma, glaucomatous retinopathy, optic neuropathy, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, choroidal neovascularization, and proliferative vitreoretinopathy, for example. Such disorders are treated by administering antagonists of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Allan R. Shepard, Debra L. Fleenor, Abbot F. Clark, Najam A. Sharif
  • Publication number: 20100173852
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and age-related macular degeneration. More specifically, the present invention describes the use of agents that down-regulate expression of tanis and/or p21Waf1/Cip1/Sd1 genes to treat such disorders of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: ALCON, INC.
    Inventors: Colene D. Drace, Gary W. Williams, Curtis R. Kelly, Najam A. Sharif
  • Patent number: 7718697
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and age-related macular degeneration. More specifically, the present invention describes the use of agents that down-regulate expression of tanis and/or p21Waf1/Cip1/Sd1 genes to treat such disorders of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Alcon, Inc.
    Inventors: Colene D. Drace, Gary W. Williams, Curtis R. Kelly, Najam A. Sharif
  • Patent number: 7655662
    Abstract: Methods for using (indazol-5-yl)-pyrazines and (1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one)-pyrazines are disclosed herein to treat rho kinase-mediated diseases or rho kinase-mediated conditions, including controlling intraocular pressure and treating glaucoma, are disclosed. Ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma, and additionally useful for controlling intraocular pressure, the compositions comprising an effective amount of (indazol-5-yl)-pyrazines and (1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one)-pyrazines, are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark R. Hellberg, Najam A. Sharif, Jesse A. May, Andrew Rusinko, Hwang-Hsing Chen