Patents by Inventor Nigel Alan Swain

Nigel Alan Swain 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: 8592629
    Abstract: This invention relates to sulfonamide derivative of formula (I), to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to intermediates used in such processes. These compounds are inhibitors of Nav1.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Steven Matthieu Gaulier
  • Patent number: 8541588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130116285
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula 10 (I):(I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Manuel Perez-Pacheco, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20130109667
    Abstract: The invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: Pfizer Limited, Icagen ,Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130109701
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfon-amide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20130109708
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to 5 compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I):10 X NH O S O O R1 R2 R5 R4 R3 Het1 (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, Het1, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. 15 Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20130109696
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y1, Y2, Z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Greener, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20130072471
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided which are useful in the treatment of diseases through the inhibition of sodium ion flux through voltage-gated sodium channels. More particularly, the invention provides substituted aryl sulfonamides, compositions comprising these compounds, as well as methods of using these compounds or compositions in the treatment of central or peripheral nervous system disorders, particularly pain and chronic pain by blocking sodium channels associated with the onset or recurrence of the indicated conditions. The compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention are of particular use for treating neuropathic or inflammatory pain by the inhibition of ion flux through a voltage-gated sodium channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Brian Edward Marron, Paul Christopher Fritch, Christopher John Markworth, Andrew Thomas Maynard, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Patent number: 8357711
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of the formula in which R5, R6 B and Z are defined supra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Marron, Paul Christopher Fritch, Christopher John Markworth, Andrew Thomas Maynard, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20120149679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8153814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: Pfizer Limited, Icagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120010207
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar1, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Marcel John De Groot
  • Publication number: 20120010183
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Het1, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Nigel Alan Swain, Steven Matthieu Gaulier
  • Publication number: 20120010182
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z1, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: ICAGEN INC., PFIZER LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Daniel Brown, Marcel John De Groot, Brian Edward Marron, David James Rawson, Thomas Ryckmans, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West
  • Publication number: 20100216823
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein m, n, X, R1, A, B, R2 and R3 have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, polymorphs and prodrugs thereof. The compounds are PDE7 inhibitors and have a number of therapeutic applications, particularly in the treatment of pain, especially neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: David James Rawson, Nigel Alan Swain, Lesa Watson
  • Publication number: 20100197655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or tautomers thereof, to processes for the preparation of, intermediates used in the preparation of, and compositions containing such compounds, and the uses of such compounds, in particular for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Serge Beaudoin, Michael Christopher Laufersweiler, Christopher John Markworth, Brian Edward Marron, David Simon Millan, David James Rawson, Steven Michael Reister, Kosuke Sasaki, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Christopher William West, Shulan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090143358
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided which are useful in the treatment of diseases through the inhibition of sodium ion flux through voltage-gated sodium channels. More particularly, the invention provides substituted aryl sulfonamides, compositions comprising these compounds, as well as methods of using these compounds or compositions in the treatment of central or peripheral nervous system disorders, particularly pain and chronic pain by blocking sodium channels associated with the onset or recurrence of the indicated conditions. The compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention are of particular use for treating neuropathic or inflammatory pain by the inhibition of ion flux through a voltage-gated sodium channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicants: ICAgen, Inc., Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Brian Edward Marron, Paul Christopher Fritch, Christopher John Markworth, Andrew Thomas Maynard, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20080176919
    Abstract: This invention relates to benzonitrile derivatives of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or derivative thereof, wherein R1 to R3 are defined in the description, to their use in medicine, and to compositions containing them. The compounds of the present invention bind to the enzyme reverse transcriptase and are modulators, especially inhibitors thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Lyn Howard Jones, Sandra Dora Newman, Nigel Alan Swain
  • Publication number: 20080132549
    Abstract: This invention relates to isophthalonitrile derivatives of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or derivative thereof, wherein R1 to R3 are defined in the description, and to processes for the preparation thereof, intermediates used in their preparation of, compositions containing them and the uses of such derivatives. The compounds of the present invention bind to the enzyme reverse transcriptase and are modulators, especially inhibitors thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Lyn Howard Jones, Shahid Mohammed, Sandra Newman, Charles Eric Mowbray, Matthew Ducan Selby, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain