Patents by Inventor Raymond F. Schinazi

Raymond F. Schinazi 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: 10011629
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing Flaviviridae family of viruses (including HCV, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile virus), RSV, HEV, and influenza infection and cancer in human subjects or other animal hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., Emory University
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Seema Mengshetti, Hao Li, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9932326
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: Cocrystal Pharma, LLC, Emory University
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Raymond F. Schinazi, Junxing Shi
  • Patent number: 9926295
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., Emory University
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Junxing Shi, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9861652
    Abstract: 2?-Fluoro-nucleoside compounds are disclosed which are useful in the treatment of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis C infection, HIV and abnormal cellular proliferation, including tumors and cancer. The compounds have the general formulae: wherein Base is a purine or pyrimidine base; R1 is OH, H, OR3, N3, CN, halogen, CF3, lower alkyl, amino, loweralkylamino, di(lower)alkylamino, or alkoxy; R2 is H, phosphate, or a stabilized phosphate prodrug; acyl, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving benzyl, a lipid, an amino acid, peptide, or cholesterol; and R3 is acyl, alkyl, phosphate, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Emory University, The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Dennis C. Liotta, Chung K. Chu, J. Jeffrey McAtee, Junxing Shi, Yongseok Choi, Kyeong Lee, Joon H. Hong
  • Publication number: 20170334941
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing Flaviviridae family of viruses (including HCV, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya Ebola and West Nile virus), RSV, HEV, and influenza infection and cancer in human subjects or other animal hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Ethel Garnier-Amblard, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9809616
    Abstract: The compounds are of the class of N4-hydroxycytidine nucleosides, modified monophosphate and phosphonates prodrugs analogs, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof, useful in treating HCV or Norovirus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Emory University, Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Amblard, Steven J. Coats, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Publication number: 20170312283
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods of treatment and prevention of HIV infection are disclosed. The compounds are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidine JAK inhibitors. Combinations of these JAK inhibitors and additional antiretroviral compounds, such as NRTI, NNRTI, integrase inhibitors, entry inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and the like, are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the combinations include a combination of adenine, cytosine, thymidine, and guanine nucleoside antiviral agents, optionally in further combination with at least one additional antiviral agent that works via a different mechanism than a nucleoside analog. This combination has the potential to eliminate the presence of HIV in an infected patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Christina Gavegnano, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Publication number: 20170233428
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing Flaviviridae family of viruses (including HCV, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile virus), RSV, HEV, and influenza infection and cancer in human subjects or other animal hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Seema Mengshetti, Hao Li, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9662332
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods of treatment and prevention of HIV infection are disclosed. The compounds are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidine JAK inhibitors. Combinations of these JAK inhibitors and additional antiretroviral compounds, such as NRTI, NNRTI, integrase inhibitors, entry inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and the like, are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the combinations include a combination of adenine, cytosine, thymidine, and guanine nucleoside antiviral agents, optionally in further combination with at least one additional antiviral agent that works via a different mechanism than a nucleoside analog. This combination has the potential to eliminate the presence of HIV in an infected patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christina Gavegnano, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Publication number: 20170049909
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant constructs, vectors and expression cassettes including a first promoter which is suitably a tRNA promoter operably connected to a first polynucleotide encoding a first single guide RNA and a second promoter operably connected to a second polynucleotide encoding a Cas9 polypeptide. The first single guide RNA includes a first portion complementary to a strand of a target sequence of a DNA virus and a second portion capable of interacting with the Cas9 polypeptide. Also provided are codon optimized Staphylococcus aureus derived Cas9 polynucleotides and polypeptides with nuclear localization signals and optionally an epitope tag. Also provided are constructs for production of sgRNAs including a tRNA. Methods of inhibiting viral replication, inhibiting expression of a target sequence from a virus or treating a viral infection or viral induced cancer using the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: DUKE UNIVERSITY, EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bryan R. Cullen, E. Matthew Kennedy, Hal P. Bogerd, Anand Kornepati, Adam Mefferd, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Publication number: 20170037078
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing Flaviviridae family of viruses (including HCV, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile virus), RSV and influenza infection and cancer in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Shaoman Zhou, Franck Amblard, Raymond F. Schinazi, Ahmed Khalil
  • Publication number: 20170029407
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Junxing Shi, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9428815
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated HIV-1 mutant and isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising HIV-RT coding sequences harboring a novel mutation in the S68 codon, and in particular, deletions of the S68 codon. This novel deletion reduces the sensitivity of HIV to various nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Methods of using this mutation for selecting effective antiretroviral agents in vitro and in vivo, methods for monitoring infection progression in HIV-infected individuals and methods for avoiding the emergence of and/or to treat individuals infected with HIV comprising mutations, including deletions, at the S68 codon of HIV-RT are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventor: Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9382286
    Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a host, and in particular, a human, infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a 5-substituted uracil nucleoside or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: EMORY UNIVERSITY, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Junxing Shi, Joyce D. Fingeroth, Erik Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20160158266
    Abstract: 2?-Fluoro-nucleoside compounds are disclosed which are useful in the treatment of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis C infection, HIV and abnormal cellular proliferation, including tumors and cancer. The compounds have the general formulae: wherein Base is a purine or pyrimidine base; R1 is OH, H, OR3, N3, CN, halogen, CF3, lower alkyl, amino, loweralkylamino, di(lower)alkylamino, or alkoxy; R2 is H, phosphate, or a stabilized phosphate prodrug; acyl, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving benzyl, a lipid, an amino acid, peptide, or cholesterol; and R3 is acyl, alkyl, phosphate, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Dennis C. Liotta, Chung K. Chu, J. Jeffrey McAtee, Junxing Shi, Yongseok Choi, Kyeong Lee, Joon H. Hong
  • Publication number: 20160068518
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Raymond F. Schinazi, Junxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20160051554
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods of treatment and prevention of HIV infection are disclosed. The compounds are pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidine JAK inhibitors. Combinations of these JAK inhibitors and additional antiretroviral compounds, such as NRTI, NNRTI, integrase inhibitors, entry inhibitors, protease inhibitors, and the like, are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the combinations include a combination of adenine, cytosine, thymidine, and guanine nucleoside antiviral agents, optionally in further combination with at least one additional antiviral agent that works via a different mechanism than a nucleoside analog. This combination has the potential to eliminate the presence of HIV in an infected patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Christina Gavegnano, Raymond F. Schinazi
  • Patent number: 9180138
    Abstract: 2?-Fluoro-nucleoside compounds are disclosed which are useful in the treatment of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis C infection, HIV and abnormal cellular proliferation, including tumors and cancer. The compounds have the general formulae: wherein Base is a purine or pyrimidine base; R1 is OH, H, OR3, N3, CN, halogen, CF3, lower alkyl, amino, loweralkylamino, di(lower)alkylamino, or alkoxy; R2 is H, phosphate, or a stabilized phosphate prodrug; acyl, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving benzyl, a lipid, an amino acid, peptide, or cholesterol; and R3 is acyl, alkyl, phosphate, or other pharmaceutically acceptable leaving group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Emory University
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Dennis C. Liotta, Chung K. Chu, J. Jeffrey McAtee, Junxing Shi, Yongseok Choi, Kyeong Lee, Joon H. Hong
  • Patent number: 9181227
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., Emory University
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Raymond F. Schinazi, Junxing Shi
  • Patent number: 9173893
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer and viral infections, in particular, HIV, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are certain 6-substituted purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1, HIV-2, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Cho, Steven J. Coats, Raymond F. Schinazi, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou