Patents by Inventor Weiwen Ying

Weiwen Ying 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).

  • TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE HSP90 ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140371222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Weiwen Ying, Junghyun Chae, Teresa Kowalczyk-Prezewloka, Shijie Zhang, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Kevin Paul Foley, Zhenjian Du, Hao Li, David James, Howard P. Ng, Zachary Demko, Dan Zhou, Shuzhen Qin
  • COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE HSP90 ACTIVITY AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SAME
    Publication number: 20140363830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods related to inhibitors of Hsp90, including substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound. The invention further provides methods for designing and identifying inhibitors of Hsp90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventor: Weiwen Ying
  • Compounds for treating proliferative disorders
    Patent number: 8907131
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Keizo Koya, Weiwen Ying, Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka, Lijun Sun
  • Triazole compounds that modulate Hsp90 activity
    Patent number: 8901308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, David James, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Przewloka, Junghyun Chae, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Chi-Wan Lee, Elena Kostik, Howard P. Ng, Kevin Foley, Zhenjian Du, James Barsoum
  • TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE HSP90 ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140296186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Keizo Koya, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Kowalcyzk-Przewloka, Hao Li
  • TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE HSP90 ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140288301
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Joseph A. Burlison, Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Stefan M. Schweizer, Shijie Zhang, Zachary Demko, David James, Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka
  • Triazole compounds that modulate HSP90 activity
    Patent number: 8835464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Weiwen Ying, Junghyun Chae, Teresa Kowalczyk-Prezewloka, Shijie Zhang, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Kevin Paul Foley, Zhenjian Du, Hao Li, David James, Howard P. Ng, Zachary Demko, Dan Zhou, Shuzhen Qin
  • Pyrrole compounds that modulate HSP90 activity
    Patent number: 8785658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrrole compounds and compositions comprising substituted pyrrole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted pyrrole compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Weiwen Ying
  • Triazole compounds that modulate Hsp90 activity
    Patent number: 8748424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to the use of a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound in the preparation of a medicament for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Joseph A. Burlison, Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Stefan Michael Schweizer, Shijie Zhang, Zachary Demko, David James, Teresa Kowalczyk-Przewloka
  • Triazole compounds that modulate HSP90 activity
    Patent number: 8742133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Keizo Koya, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Shijie Zhang, Teresa Kowalcyzk-Przewloka, Hao Li
  • METHOD FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20140141511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for suppressing the immune system in a subject in need thereof, and a method for treating an inflammatory or immune disorder in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventors: Dan Zhou, Shuzhen Qin, Weiwen Ying
  • IMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE HSP90 ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140094436
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and methods of inhibiting Hsp90 in a cell, treating or preventing a proliferation disorder in a mammal and treating cancer in a mammal comprising administering a compound of formula (I) to a patient or a cell. Variable R5 is an optionally substituted heteroaryl; an optionally substituted 6 to 14-membered aryl; a bicyclic 9-member heterocycle optionally substituted at any substitutable nitrogen or carbon atoms; or a substituent R18, defined herein. Ring A is an aryl or a heteroaryl optionally further substituted with one or more substituents in addition to R3. Substituent R3 is defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley
  • TARGETED THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20140079636
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmacological compounds including an effector moiety conjugated to an binding moiety that directs the effector moiety to a biological target of interest. Likewise, the present invention provides compositions, kits, and methods (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging) including the compounds. The compounds can be described as a protein interacting binding moiety-drug conjugate (SDC-TRAP) compounds, which include a protein interacting binding moiety and an effector moiety. For example, in certain embodiments directed to treating cancer, the SDC-TRAP can include an Hsp90 inhibitor conjugated to a cytotoxic agent as the effector moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Weiwen Ying
  • COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20140045795
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Christopher Borella, Hao Li, Jun Jiang, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya, Takayo Inoue, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley, Yaming Wu, Mei Zhang, Weiwen Ying
  • Hydrazonamide compounds that modulate Hsp90 activity
    Patent number: 8648071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted hydrazonamide compounds. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hs?90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a substituted hydrazonamide compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Burlison, Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Weiwen Ying, Shijie Zhang, David James
  • COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20140031429
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Keizo Koya, Weiwen Ying, Teresa Kowalczyk-Prezewloka, Lijun Sun
  • Imidazole compounds that modulate HSP90 activity
    Patent number: 8629285
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and methods of inhibiting Hsp90 in a cell, treating or preventing a proliferation disorder in a mammal and treating cancer in a mammal comprising administering a compound of formula (I) to a patient or a cell Variable R5 is an optionally substituted heteroaryl; an optionally substituted 6 to 14-membered aryl; a bicyclic 9-member heterocycle optionally substituted at any substitutable nitrogen or carbon atoms; or a substituent R18, defined herein. Ring A is an aryl or a heteroaryl optionally further substituted with one or more substituents in addition to R3. Substituent R3 is defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Weiwen Ying, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley
  • TRIAZINONE AND DIAZINONE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS HSP90 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130345219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formulae (IA) to (ID) and compositions that inhibit the activity of Hsp90. The invention further relates to methods of inhibiting the activity of Hsp90 in a subject in need thereof and methods for preventing or treating hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Wan Lee, Teresa Prezewloka, Weiwen Ying, Minghu Song, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley, Dan Zhou, Shuzhen Qin
  • METHOD FOR TREATING INFECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130338155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of Hsp90 and methods of using these compounds for treating or preventing infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SYNTA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
    Inventor: Weiwen Ying
  • Compounds for the treatment of proliferative disorders
    Patent number: 8598366
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Christopher Borella, Hao Li, Jun Jiang, Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya, Takayo Inoue, Zhenjian Du, Kevin Foley, Yaming Wu, Mei Zhang, Weiwen Ying