Patents by Inventor Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer

Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer 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: 10980811
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for reversing fosfomycin resistance are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed compounds inhibit fosfomycin-inhibiting enzymes. Some embodiments of the compounds are FosA inhibitors. The disclosed pharmaceutical compositions include (i) fosfomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which inhibits a fosfomycin-inhibiting enzyme. A method of inhibiting growth of a fosfomycin-resistant bacterium includes contacting the bacterium with (i) fosfomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) an effective amount of a disclosed compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Adam Daniel Tomich, Yohei Doi, Eric J. Sundberg, Erik H. Klontz, Steven Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20190358232
    Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for reversing fosfomycin resistance are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed compounds inhibit fosfomycin-inhibiting enzymes. Some embodiments of the compounds are FosA inhibitors. The disclosed pharmaceutical compositions include (i) fosfomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which inhibits a fosfomycin-inhibiting enzyme. A method of inhibiting growth of a fosfomycin-resistant bacterium includes contacting the bacterium with (i) fosfomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) an effective amount of a disclosed compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Adam Daniel Tomich, Yohei Doi, Eric J. Sundberg, Erik H. Klontz, Steven Fletcher
  • Patent number: 8815829
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, HIV, and HBV, in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are 3?-azido-2?,3?-dideoxy purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: RFS Pharma, LLC, Emory University, University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, John W. Mellors, Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Steven J. Coats, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Brian David Herman, Jong Hyun Cho, Longhu Zhou, Hongwang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120135951
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, HIV, and HBV, in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are 3?-azido-2?,3?-dideoxy purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HBV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Ph.D., John W. Mellors, Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Steven J. Coats, Ph.D., Richard Anthony Whitaker, Brian David Herman, Jong Hyun Cho, Longhu Zhou, Hongwang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100279969
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, HIV, HBV, and HCV, in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are 3?-azido-2?,3?-dideoxy purine nucleosides or phosphonates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 resistance mutants including HIV-1K65R, HTV-1K70E, HIV-1L74V, HIV-1M184V, HIV-1Q151M and inhibitory activity against HIV-1 RT harboring TAMS or insertion mutations including HIV-1AZT3, HIV-1AZT7, HIV-1AZT9, HIV-1Q151M, or HIV-169insertion. In one embodiment, the compounds are 3?-azido-ddA, 3?-azido-ddG, or combinations thereof, administered with one or more additional antiviral agents that select for TAM mutations and/or the M 184V mutation, along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicants: RFS PHARMA, LLC, EMORY UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, John W. Mellors, Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Frank Amblard, Steven J. Coats, Junxing Shi, Richard Anthony Whitaker