Patents by Inventor Yanke Liang

Yanke Liang 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: 10905768
    Abstract: This invention provides heterocyclic compounds that bind to E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (typically through cereblon) (“Degrons”), which can be used as is or linked to a Targeting Ligand for a selected Target Protein for therapeutic purposes and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Phillips, Chris G. Nasveschuk, James A. Henderson, Yanke Liang, Mark E. Fitzgerald, Minsheng He, Ryan E. Michael
  • Patent number: 10882848
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which are selective allosteric inhibitors of T790M and C797S containing EGFR mutants, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Duplessis, Georg Jaeschke, Bernd Kuhn, Kiel Lazarski, Yanke Liang, Yvonne Alice Nagel, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Sandra Steiner
  • Patent number: 10870651
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the inventive compounds or compositions for treating and/or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain cancer, neuroblastoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of a kinase, such as a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Tinghu Zhang, Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski
  • Patent number: 10865205
    Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (Ia) or (Ib): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK8 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK8 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
  • Patent number: 10865204
    Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and/or cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (CDK6). The present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK4 and/or CDK6 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK4 and/or CDK6 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK4 and/or CDK6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski, Baishan Jiang, Eric Wang
  • Patent number: 10849982
    Abstract: This invention provides Degronimers that have carbon-linked E3 Ubiquitin Ligase targeting moieties (Degrons), which can be linked to a targeting ligand for a protein that has been selected for in vivo degradation, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Phillips, Chris G. Nasveschuk, James A. Henderson, Yanke Liang, Minsheng He, Kiel Lazarski, Gesine Kerstin Veits, Harit U. Vora
  • Publication number: 20200361930
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that cause specifically the degradation of EGFR via the targeted ubiquitination of EGFR protein and subsequent proteasomal degradation. The present compounds are useful for the treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Duplessis, Georg Jaeschke, Bernd Kuhn, Kiel Lazarski, Yanke Liang, Yvonne Alice Nagel, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Sandra Steiner
  • Publication number: 20200338087
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic SIK inhibitors of Formula (I), imidazolyl SIK inhibitors of Formula (II), and urea and carbamate SIK inhibitors of Formula (III-A) (e.g., urea and carbamate STK inhibitors of Formula (III)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Alykhan Shamji, Thomas Sundberg, Nathanael S. Gray, Ramnik Xavier, Stuart L. Schreiber, Hwan Geun Choi, Yanke Liang
  • Publication number: 20200317675
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases (e.g., SIK) and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase (e.g., SIK, (e.g., SIK1, SIK2, or SIK3)) in a subject or cell. The provided compounds may be useful in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, musculoskeletal disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Nathanael S. GRAY, Yanke LIANG, Hwan Geun CHOI, Thomas SUNDBERG, Alykhan SHAMJI, Ramnik XAVIER, David E. FISHER, Nisma MUJAHID
  • Publication number: 20200308171
    Abstract: Present invention provides bifunctional compounds that comprise an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase moiety that is linked to a moiety that inhibit EGFR, where the target protein can be proximate to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation of said protein. Present compounds are useful for the treatment of various cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Bernd Kuhn, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Sandra Steiner, Yvonne Alice Nagel, Martin Duplessis, Kiel Lazarski, Yanke Liang
  • Publication number: 20200253981
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of increasing skin pigmentation in a subject in need thereof using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I), bicyclic urea compounds of Formula (II), (III), and (IV), and compounds of Formula (V), (VI), (VI-A), or (VII). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: The General Hospital Corporation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Fisher, Nisma Mujahid, Ryo Murakami, Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Hwan Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20200179387
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing osteoporosis using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors. Also provided are methods of using SIK inhibitors for increasing the function of osteocytes, increasing the number of osteoblasts, increasing the activity of osteoblasts, inhibiting the resorption of a bone, decreasing the number of osteoclasts, inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts, increasing the mass of a bone, down-regulating the expression of the gene SOST, and/or inhibiting the activity of sclerostin. The SIK inhibitors may be combined with Src inhibitors or CSF I R inhibitors. Exemplary SIK inhibitors include the compounds of the formula: (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) or (VI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: The General Hospital Corporation, The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Wein, Henry Kronenberg, Thomas Sundberg, Ramnik Xavier, Nathanael S. Gray, Yanke Liang, Hwan Geun Choi, Alykhan Shamji
  • Patent number: 10660968
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds that have spirocyclic E3 Ubiquitin Ligase targeting moieties (Degrons), which can be used as is or linked to a targeting ligand for a protein that has been selected for in vivo degradation, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Phillips, Chris G. Nasveschuk, James A. Henderson, Yanke Liang, Kiel Lazarski, Ryan E. Michael
  • Patent number: 10646575
    Abstract: This invention provides heterocyclic compounds that bind to E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (typically through cereblon) (“Degrons”), which can be used as is or linked to a Targeting Ligand for a selected Target Protein for therapeutic purposes and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Phillips, Chris G. Nasveschuk, James A. Henderson, Yanke Liang, Mark E. Fitzgerald, Minsheng He, Ryan E. Michael
  • Publication number: 20200140456
    Abstract: This invention provides Degronimers that have E3 Ubiquitin Ligase targeting moieties (Degrons) that can be linked to a targeting ligand for a protein that has been selected for in vivo degradation, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation. The invention also provides Degrons that can be used to treat disorders mediated by cereblon or an Ikaros family protein, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Phillips, Christopher G. Nasveschuk, James A. Henderson, Yanke Liang, Minsheng He, Martin Duplessis, Chi-Li Chen
  • Patent number: 10532103
    Abstract: The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9), the present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK9 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK9 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Tinghu Zhang, Calla M. Olson, Yanke Liang, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
  • Publication number: 20190367487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides imidazolyl compounds of Formula (I) and methods of preparing the compounds. The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase in a subject or cell and/or in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Hwan Geun Choi, Yanke Liang
  • Publication number: 20190343842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic SIK inhibitors of Formula (I), imidazolyl SIK inhibitors of Formula (II), and urea and carbamate SIK inhibitors of Formula (III-A) (e.g., urea and carbamate STK inhibitors of Formula (III)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Alykhan Shamji, Thomas Sundberg, Nathanael S. Gray, Ramnik Xavier, Stuart L. Schreiber, Hwan Geun Choi, Yanke Liang
  • Patent number: 10457691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase in a subject or cell and/or in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Hwan Geun Choi, Yanke Liang
  • Publication number: 20190315752
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases (e.g., SIK) and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase (e.g., SIK, (e.g., SIK1, SIK2, or SIK3)) in a subject or cell. The provided compounds may be useful in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, musculoskeletal disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Nathanael S. GRAY, Yanke LIANG, Hwan Geun CHOI, Thomas SUNDBERG, Alykhan SHAMJI, Ramnik XAVIER, David E. FISHER, Nisma MUJAHID