Patents by Inventor Rama Melkote

Rama Melkote 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: 20230348377
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions containing pure aticaprant, solvates of aticaprant, and methods of treating major depressive disorder using aticaprant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Riccardo Surmont, Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic
  • Publication number: 20230277499
    Abstract: The disclosure provides crystalline and amorphous forms of aticaprant. Also provided by the disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the amorphous or crystalline forms, methods of treating major depressive disorder using the amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant, amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant for use in the treatment of major depressive disorder in a human patient having anhedonia, uses of the amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of major depressive disorder, and packages or pharmaceutical products comprising (i) amorphous or crystalline forms of aticaprant and (ii) instructions for treating major depressive disorder. In some aspects, the human patient treated as described herein has anhedonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe Fernandes, Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic
  • Publication number: 20230277500
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, including oral compositions in the form of tablets, comprising aticaprant and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolaas Martha Felix Goyvaerts, Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic, Mahesh N. Samtani, Tom Huybrechts, Geert Van der Avoort, Matthieu Ravelingien, Laura Martinez Marcos, Tatiana Marcozzi, Katarina Jokicevic
  • Publication number: 20230233525
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or severe anhedonia. The methods comprise administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of aticaprant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the patient had an inadequate response to other antidepressant therapy prior to treatment with aticaprant. In other embodiments, the other antidepressant therapy comprised a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic
  • Publication number: 20220370409
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or severe anhedonia. The methods comprise administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of aticaprant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the patient had an inadequate response to other antidepressant therapy prior to treatment with aticaprant. In other embodiments, the other antidepressant therapy comprised a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic
  • Patent number: 11266627
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for treating major depressive disorder in a human patient having moderate or severe anhedonia. The methods comprise administering to the patient in need thereof an effective amount of aticaprant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some embodiments, the patient had an inadequate response to other antidepressant therapy prior to treatment with aticaprant. In other embodiments, the other antidepressant therapy comprised a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Vanina Popova, Adam Savitz, Rama Melkote, Wayne C. Drevets, Srihari Gopal, Darrel Pemberton, Chakradhar Lagishetty, Iva Kezic