Patents by Inventor Ravi M. Shanker

Ravi M. Shanker 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: 20210315900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid dosage forms of palbociclib comprising a water-soluble acid. The dosage forms described herein have desirable pharmacokinetic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Fady Makram Louiz Ibrahim, Matthew Patrick Mullarney, Ravi M. Shanker, Barbara Rodriguez Spong, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 11065250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid dosage forms of palbociclib comprising a water-soluble acid. The dosage forms described herein have desirable pharmacokinetic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Fady Makram Louiz Ibrahim, Matthew Patrick Mullarney, Ravi M. Shanker, Barbara Rodriguez Spong, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 10357455
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer and a lipophilic microphase-forming material. Alternatively, a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer is co-administered with a lipophilic microphase-forming material to an in vivo use environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Perlman, Ravi M. Shanker, Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Mark D. Rabenstein, Daniel Tod Smithey
  • Patent number: 10300142
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Durect Corporation
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20180339049
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20180338915
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer and a lipophilic microphase-forming material. Alternatively, a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer is co-administered with a lipophilic microphase-forming material to an in vivo use environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Perlman, Ravi M. Shanker, Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Mark D. Rabenstein, Daniel Tod Smithey
  • Publication number: 20180236078
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions and formulations are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20180207100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid dosage forms of palbociclib comprising a water-soluble acid. The dosage forms described herein have desirable pharmacokinetic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Fady Makram Louiz Ibrahim, Matthew Patrick Mullarney, Ravi M. Shanker, Barbara Rodriguez Spong, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 9907851
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions and formulations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Durect Corporation
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Patent number: 9855333
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Durect Corporation
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20170209581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20170196978
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions and formulations are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Patent number: 9572885
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Durect Corporation
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Patent number: 9555113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions (e.g., extended release compositions) which exhibit a desirable pharmacokinetic profile of an active agent while providing reduced dissolution sample variability, e.g., in the form of reduced inter-capsule variability and/or a reduction in storage-time dependent change in mean release of the active agent from the composition. Related methods of making and administering the disclosed compositions and formulations are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Durect Corporation
    Inventors: Su Il Yum, Wendy Chao, Huey-Ching Su, Roger Fu, Michael S. Zamloot, Karl Bratin, Ravi M. Shanker
  • Publication number: 20170000733
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer and a lipophilic microphase-forming material. Alternatively, a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer is co-administered with a lipophilic microphase-forming material to an in vivo use environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Perlman, Ravi M. Shanker, Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Mark D. Rabenstein, Daniel Tod Smithey
  • Publication number: 20160374945
    Abstract: In one aspect, pharmaceutical compositions comprising dispersions of an acid-sensitive drug and a neutral dispersion polymer are disclosed. The acid-sensitive drug has improved chemical stability relative to dispersions of the drug and acidic polymers. In another aspect, pharmaceutical compositions of low-solubility drugs and amphiphilic, hydroxy-functional vinyl copolymers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne T. Friesen, Michael J. Gumkowski, Rodney James Ketner, Douglas A. Lorenz, James A. S. Nightingale, Ravi M. Shanker, James B. West
  • Patent number: 9486410
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer and a lipophilic microphase-forming material. Alternatively, a solid amorphous dispersion comprising a low-solubility drug and a concentration-enhancing polymer is co-administered with a lipophilic microphase-forming material to an in vivo use environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Perlman, Ravi M. Shanker, Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Mark D. Rabenstein, Dan Tod Smithey
  • Patent number: 9468604
    Abstract: In one aspect, pharmaceutical compositions comprising dispersions of an acid-sensitive drug and a neutral dispersion polymer are disclosed. The acid-sensitive drug has improved chemical stability relative to dispersions of the drug and acidic polymers. In another aspect, pharmaceutical compositions of low-solubility drugs and amphiphilic, hydroxy-functional vinyl copolymers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne T. Friesen, Michael J. Gumkowski, Rodney James Ketner, Douglas A. Lorenz, James A. S. Nightingale, Ravi M. Shanker, James B. West
  • Patent number: 9457095
    Abstract: A drug in a solubility-improved form is combined with a concentration-enhancing polymer in a sufficient amount so that the combination provides substantially enhanced drug concentration in a use environment relative to a control comprising the same amount of the same solubility-improved form of drug without the concentration-enhancing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Curatolo, Ravi M. Shanker, Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne T. Friesen, James A. S. Nightingale, Douglas A. Lorenz
  • Patent number: RE47033
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid adsorbate comprising a drug adsorbed onto a substrate and a lipophilic microphase-forming material. The solid adsorbate may also be co-administered with a lipophilic microphase-forming material to an in vivo use environment. The compositions of the present invention enhance the concentration of drug in a use environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter C. Babcock, Dwayne T. Friesen, Ravi M. Shanker, Daniel T. Smithey