Patents by Inventor Rainer Albert

Rainer Albert 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).

  • Publication number: 20050014686
    Abstract: The invention provides cyclo[{4-(NH2—C2H4—NH—CO—O—)Pro}-Phg-DTrp-Lys-Tyr(4-Benzyl)-Phe], optionally in protected form, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof, which has interesting pharmaceutical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Wlifried Bauer, David Bodmer, Christian Bruns, Ivo Felner, Heribert Hellstern, Ian Lewis, Mark Meissenbach, Gisbert Weckbecker, Bernhard Wietfeld
  • Publication number: 20050009147
    Abstract: PTH compounds having PTH-like activity and comprising at least one modification, said modification being either 1. at least one radical selected from a L- or D-?-amino acid, C2-6alcoxycarbonyl and optionally substituted C1-8alkyl, C2-8alkenyl, C2-8alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl or C3-6cycloalkyl-C1-4alkyl and attached to the terminal amino group of the PTH compound, and/or at least one radical selected from C2-6alcoxycarbonyl and optionally substituted C1-8alkyl, C2-8alkenyl, C2-8alkynyl, aralkyl, aralkenyl or C3-6cycloalkyl-C1-4alkyl and attached to one or more side chain amino groups of the PTH compound, or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Wilfried Bauer, Robin Breckenridge, Francois Cardinaux, Frank Gombert, Hermann Gram, Paul Ramage, Helmut Schneider, Rudolf Waelchli, Rainer Albert, Ian Lewis
  • Publication number: 20040147490
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (i), wherein m, R, R1, and R3 to R6 are as defined in the specification, m, is 1, 2 or 3 and X is O or a direct bond, and the corresponding unphosporylated compounds have interesting properties, e.g. immunosuppressive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Thomas Baumruker, Volker Brinkmann, Sylvain Cottens, Klaus Hinterding, Christos Papageorgiou, Eva Erika Prieschl-Strassmayr
  • Publication number: 20040142920
    Abstract: Piperidine derivatives of formula (I) as disclosed in the specification have interesting pharmaceutical properties e.g. as CCR5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Christian Bruns, Francois Nuninger, Markus Streiff, Gebhard Thoma, Hans-Gunter Zerwes
  • Publication number: 20040053949
    Abstract: Indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinazolinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or pyrimidinyl residue have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Nigel G. Cooke, Sylvain Cottens, Claus Ehrhardt, Jean-Pierre Evenou, Richard Sedrani, Peter Von Matt, Jurgen Wagner, Gerhard Zenke
  • Patent number: 6645970
    Abstract: Indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinazolinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or pyrimidinyl residue have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Nigel Graham Cooke, Sylvain Cottens, Claus Ehrhardt, Jean-Pierre Evenou, Richard Sedrani, Peter Von Matt, Jürgen Wagner, Gerhard Zenke
  • Patent number: 6642225
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein R is carboxy, esterified carboxy or amidated carboxy; R1 and R3 are independently lower alkyl, (hydroxy, lower alkoxy, amino, acylamino, mono- or di-lower alkylamino or mercapto)-lower alkyl, lower alkyl-(thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl)-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, biaryl, (cycloalkyl, aryl or biaryl)-lower alkyl, or (carboxy, esterified carboxy or amidated carboxy)-lower alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, biaryl, arylaminocarbonyl, or aryl-(oxy, thio or amino); n is 1 or 2; Y is lower-alkylene or lower alkenylene; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; which are useful as LFA-1 antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Janet Dawson, Claus Ehrhardt, Sompong Wattanasin, Gabriele Weitz-Schmidt, Karl Welzenbach
  • Publication number: 20030198598
    Abstract: A biologically active peptide selected from growth factors, peptide hormones, interferons and cytokines and analogues and derivatives thereof, and bearing at least one chelating group linked to an amino group of said peptide, the chelating group being capable of complexing a detectable element and such amino group having no significant binding affinity to target receptors, are complexed with a detectable element and are useful as a pharmaceutical, e.g. a radiopharmaceutical for in vivo imaging of target tissues or for therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Wilfried Bauer, Janos Pless
  • Publication number: 20030069424
    Abstract: Indolylmaleimide derivatives comprising either a substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, quinazolinyl, quinolyl, isoquinolyl or pyrimidinyl residue have interesting pharmaceutical properties, e.g. in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection or cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Nigel Graham Cooke, Sylvain Cottens, Claus Ehrhardt, Jean-Pierre Evenou, Richard Sedrani, Peter Von Matt, Jurgen Wagner, Gerhard Zenke
  • Patent number: 6399599
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein n is 1, 2 or 3; R1 is H, C1-4alkyl, aryl, or aryl-C1-4alkyl; Y is C1-4alkylene, —CO—C1-4alkylene, —CO—C2-5alkenylene, —CO—NH—, —CO—C1-3alkylene-NH—, or —CO—O—; R2 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic residue, each being optionally substituted by CF3, halogen, OH, C1-4alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-C1-4alkyl substituted amino, phenyl, benzyl or C1-4alkyl optionally substituted by amino; R3is the side chain present on the C&agr; of an &agr;-amino acid; R4 is biphenylyl, benzyl, hydroxy-benzyl, &agr;- or &bgr;-naphthyl-methyl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-&bgr;-naphthyl-methyl or indolyl-methyl, each being optionally substituted on the ring by CF3, halogen, OH, C1-4alkoxy, amino, mono- or di-C1-4alkyl substituted amino, phenyl, benzyl or C1-4alkyl optionally substituted by amino; and X is —CN, —NR5R6 or —O—R8 wherein R5 is H, C1-6alkyl, aryl or aryl-C1-4alkyl; R6 is H or C1-6alkyl;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Josef G. Meingassner, Sompong Wattanasin, Gabriele Weitz-Schmidt, Karl Welzenbach, Ulrich Hommel, Claus Ehrhardt, Didier Roche, Joerg Kallen
  • Publication number: 20020061878
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Janet Dawson, Claus Ehrhardt, Sompong Wattanasin, Gabriele Weitz-Schmidt, Karl Welzenbach
  • Patent number: 6277356
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein M is a cation equivalent and A is Phe or Tyr, in free form or in salt form are useful as radio pharmaceuticals when complexed with a radionuclide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Christian Bruns, Peter Smith-Jones, Barbara Stolz, Gisbert Weckbecker
  • Patent number: 6225284
    Abstract: Somatostain analogues comprising the amino acid sequence of the formula (I): -(D/L)Trp-Lys-X1-X2, wherein X1 is a substituted Thr, Ser, Tyr, Glu or Cys residue and X2 is an &agr;-amino acid having an aromatic residue on the C&agr; side chain, or an amino acid unit selected from Dab, Dpr, Dpm, His (Bzl)HyPro, thienyl-Ala, cyclohexyl-Ala and t.-butyl-Ala, the residue Lys of said sequence corresponding to the residue Lys9 of the native somatostatin-14, in free form, in salt form or complexed with a detectable element have interesting pharmacological properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Wilfried Bauer, Christian Bruns, Nagarajan Chandramouli, Ian Lewis, Gisbert Weckbecker
  • Patent number: 6183721
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein M is a cation equivalent and A is Phe or Tyr, in free form or in salt form are useful as radiopharmaceuticals when complexed with a radionuclide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Christian Bruns, Peter Smith-Jones, Barbara Stolz, Gisbert Weckbecker
  • Patent number: 5987451
    Abstract: An input device that facilitates quick and easy entry of Bible references to look up Bible texts. Most Bible references of the preferred embodiment can be entered with only three keystrokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Rainer Albert Oehm
  • Patent number: 5776894
    Abstract: Somatostatin peptides bearing at least one chelating group for a detectable element, said chelating group being linked to an amino group of said peptide, and said amino group having no significant binding affinity for somatostatin receptors, in free or salt form, are complexed with a detectable element and are useful as a pharmaceutical, e.g. a radiopharmaceutical for in vivo imaging of somatostatin receptor positive tumors or for therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Eric P. Krenning, Steven W. J. Lamberts, Janos Pless
  • Patent number: 5753627
    Abstract: Somatostatin peptides bearing at least one chelating group for a detectable element, said chelating group being linked to an amino group of said peptide, and said amino group having no significant binding affinity for somatostatin receptors, in free or salt form, are complexed with a detectable element and are useful as a pharmaceutical, e.g. a radiopharmaceutical for in vivo imaging of somatostatin receptor positive tumors or for therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Eric P. Krenning, Steven W. J. Lamberts, Janos Pless
  • Patent number: 5686410
    Abstract: A biologically active peptide selected from growth factors, peptide hormones, interferons and cytokines and analogues and derivatives thereof, and bearing at least one chelating group linked to an amino group of said peptide, the chelating group being capable of complexing a detectable element and such amino group having no significant binding affinity to target receptors, are complexed with a detectable element and are useful as a pharmaceutical, e.g. a radiopharmaceutical for in vivo imaging of target tissues or for therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Wilfried Bauer, Janos Pless
  • Patent number: 5656721
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sugar derivative of a biologically active peptide, which derivative has a prolonged duration of action when compared to the non-sugar modified peptide, and contains at least on one of the amino acid units a sugar residue which is attached to an amino group thereof by a coupling other than a direct N-glycosidic bond, and additionally, when it is a condensation product of a carboxyl group containing sugar and a peptide with less than 8 amino acid units, by a coupling other than a direct amide bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Wilfried Bauer, Francois Cardinaux, Monika Mergler, Janos Pless, Walter Prikoszovich
  • Patent number: 5650134
    Abstract: Somatostatin peptides bearing a chelating group selected from a bifunctional N.sub.4 -chelating group particularly suitable for Tc, Rh, Cu, Co or Re-labelling, and a bifunctional polyamino-polycarboxylic acid chelating group are complexed with a .alpha.-, .beta.-, .gamma.- or positron-emitting nuclide or a nuclide with Auger-e.sup.- -cascades and are useful as radiopharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Novartis AG (formerly Sandoz Ltd.)
    Inventors: Rainer Albert, Helmut Macke