Patents by Inventor Thomas Kruse Hansen

Thomas Kruse Hansen 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: 20090318353
    Abstract: This invention provides new therapeutic peptides, i.e. new protracted Exendin-4 compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Leif Christensen, Kjeld Madsen, Lauge Schäffer, Jane Spetzler
  • Publication number: 20090240028
    Abstract: The invention provides synthesis and application of new structural well defined branched polymers as protraction agents for peptide and protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Carsten Behrens, Florencio Zaragoza Dorwald, Mikael Kofod-Hansen, Jesper Lau, Janos Tibor Kodra, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Paw Bloch
  • Publication number: 20090156478
    Abstract: Protracted GLP-1 compounds and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Florencio Zaragoza Dorwald, Henrik Stephensen, Paw Bloch, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Kjeld Madsen
  • Patent number: 7541430
    Abstract: Novel cyclic and linear peptides of the formula R1—X—X1—X2—X3—X4—X5—X6—X7—X8—X9—X10—X11—R2 are useful in the treatment of obesity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ulrich Sensfuss, Kilian Waldemar Conde Frieboes, Leif Christensen, Ingrid Vivika Petterson, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Michael Ankersen, Kjeld Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090111730
    Abstract: Method for increasing (protracting) half-life of LGP analogs in plasma and novel derivatives of such peptides based on covalently linking them to a tetrazole moiety which acts as a carboxylic acid bioisostere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Florencio Zaragoza Dorwald, Christine Bruun Schiodt, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Kjeld Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090099085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amylin derivatives having a protracted action profile, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these derivatives and to the use of the derivatives for the treatment of diseases related to obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: NOVO NORDISK A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse Hansen, Lauge Schaffer, Jesper Lau
  • Patent number: 7517854
    Abstract: Small cyclic peptides of the formula X1-X2-X3-X4-X5-X6-X7-R1 comprising 7-12 amino acid residues are provided. Said peptides are MC4 receptor agonists, and thus useful in the treatment of obesity and related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Kilian Waldemar Conde-Frieboes, Ulrich Sensfuss, Kjeld Madsen, Nils Langeland Johansen, Leif Christensen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Birgitte Schjellerup Wulff
  • Publication number: 20090088388
    Abstract: Novel cyclic and linear peptides of the formula R1—X—X1—X2—X3—X4—X5—X6—X7—X8—X9—X10—X11—R2 are useful in the treatment of obesity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ulrich Sensfuss, Kilian Waldemar Conde Frieboes, Leif Christensen, Ingrid Vivika Petterson, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Michael Ankersen, Kjeld Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090062192
    Abstract: Dimerization of GLP-1 agonists and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Leif Christensen, Jesper Lau, Jane Spetzler, Thomas Kruse Hansen
  • Publication number: 20090054305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a soluble pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration, which comprises an amylin peptide, and a meal-related insulin peptide, and to the use of such compositions for treatment of e.g. hyperglycemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Morten Schlein, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Jesper Lau, Svend Ludvigsen
  • Publication number: 20090005434
    Abstract: Novel salicylic anilides are chemical uncouplers useful e.g. for the treatment of obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Preben Houlberg Olesen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Lise Brown Christiansen, Holger Claus Hansen
  • Publication number: 20090005312
    Abstract: Novel GLP-1 agonists which are protracted by coupling to a protraction protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse Hansen, Magali Zundel, Kjeld Madsen, Anne Svendsen, Christine Bruun Schiodt, Jesper Lau
  • Publication number: 20080249007
    Abstract: Novel protracted exendin-4 compounds and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Thomas Kruse Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080207507
    Abstract: Protracted GLP-1 compounds and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Florencio Zaragoza Dorwald, Lauge Schaffer, Thomas Kruse Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080182785
    Abstract: Novel protracted GLP-1 compounds and therapeutic uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Thomas Kruse Hansen
  • Patent number: 7115624
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of inhibiting a member of a family of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPases, PTPs) such as PTP1B, TC-PTP, CD45, SHP-1, SHP-2, PTP?, PTP?, PTP?, PTP?, PTP?, PTP?, PTP?, PTPD1, PTPD2, PTPH1, PTP-MEG1, PTP-LAR, and HePTP by exposing said Ptpase member by administration to a host or otherwise to at least one compound with certain structural, physical and spatial characteristics that allow for the interaction of said compound with specific residues of the active site of PTP1B and/or TC-PTP. These compounds are indicated in the management or treatment of a broad range of diseases such as autoimmune diseases, acute and chronic inflammation, osteoporosis, various forms of cancer and malignant diseases, and type I diabetes and type II diabetes, as well as in the isolation of PTPases and in elucidation or further elucidation of their biological function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Sune Andersen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Lars Fogh Iversen, Jesper Lau, Niels Peter Hundahl Møller, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Frank Urban Axe, Yu Ge, Daniel Dale Holsworth, Todd Kevin Jones, Luke Milburn Judge, Wiliam Charles Ripka, Barry Zvi Shapira, Roy Teruyuki Uyeda
  • Patent number: 7019026
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel compounds, novel compositions, methods of their use, and methods of their manufacture, where such compounds of Formula 1 are pharmacologically useful inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPases) such as PTP1B, CD45, SHP-1, SHP-2, PTP?, LAR and HePTP or the like, wherein n, m, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined more fully in the description. The compounds are useful in the treatment of type I diabetes, type II diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, obesity, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Sune Andersen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Jesper Lau, Niels Peter Hundahl Møller, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Frank Urban Axe, Yu Ge, Daniel Dale Holsworth, Todd Kevin Jones, Luke Milburn Judge, Wiliam Charles Ripka, Barry Zvi Shapira, Roy Teruyuki Uyeda
  • Patent number: 6939880
    Abstract: Compounds of peptide mimetic nature having the general formula I wherein a and b are independently 1 or 2, R1 and R2 are independently H or C1-6alkyl, G and J are independently, inter alia, aromats, and D and E are independently several different groups are growth hormone secretagogous with improved bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Kruse Hansen, Bernd Peschke, Jesper Lau, Behrend Friedrich Lundt, Michael Ankersen, Brett Watson, Kjeld Madsen
  • Publication number: 20040138301
    Abstract: This invention relates to chemical uncouplers with a broader safety window making the use of them in treating obesity and, consequently, in the treatment of obesity related diseases and conditions such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes (NIDDM (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus)), impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis and various types of cancer such as endometrial, breast, prostate and colon cancers and the risk for premature death as well as other conditions, such as diseases and disorders, which conditions are improved by an increase in mitochondrial respiration, more attractive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Birgit Sehested Hansen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Soren Tullin, Morten Colding-Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 6613903
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel thienopyridines, novel compositions, methods of their use, and methods of their manufacture, where such compounds of Formula 1 are pharmacologically useful inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (PTPase's) including PTP1B, T cell PTP, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined more fully in the description. The compounds are useful in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, obesity, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Sune Andersen, Thomas Kruse Hansen, Jesper Lau, Niels Peter Hundahl Moller, Ole Hvilsted Olsen, Frank Urban Axe, Farid Bakir, Yu Ge, Daniel Dale Holsworth, Luke Milburn Judge, Michael James Newman, Roy Teruyuki Uyeda, Barry Zvi Shapira