Patents by Inventor Zhenhuan Zheng

Zhenhuan Zheng 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: 20240100001
    Abstract: There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition comprising a bitter receptor agonist comprising a denatonium salt, wherein the denatonium salt is selected from the group consisting of denatonium acetate (DA), denatonium citrate, denatonium maleate, denatonium saccharide, and denatonium tartrate, for use in a method for preventing, preventing progression and/or treating a fatty liver disease. In some embodiments, the daily dose of the denatonium salt for preventing or preventing progression of a fatty liver disease is from 25 mg/kg to 45 mg/kg QD and the daily dose of the denatonium salt for treating an existing fatty liver disease is from 70 mg/kg to 200 mg/kg per day administered QD or BID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: AARDVARK THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Zhenhuan ZHENG, Andreas NIETHAMMER, Anjuli TIMMER, Tien-Li LEE
  • Publication number: 20230372328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oral delayed burst formulations comprising naltrexone or naloxone. The present disclosure also relates to doses, capsules, and tablets comprising the oral delayed burst formulation. The present disclosure also relates to methods of treating chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and long-Covid using the oral delayed burst formulation, doses, capsules, and tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shanmuka Harish CHALAMURI, Ashok PERUMAL, Yu-Hsing TU, Tien-Li LEE, Zhenhuan ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20230096528
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for treatment, prevention, and/or slowing of progression for various chronic inflammatory disorder groups including (1) type 2 diabetes group (metabolic syndrome (MET), obesity, hyperglycemia); (2) ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome); (3) chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, and psoriasis); (4) inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; (5) metabolome-mediated diseases (atherosclerosis, hypertension, and congestive heart failure); and (6) hyperphagia disorders such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and other monogenic and syndromic obesity disorders including leptin pathway deficiencies, each comprising administering orally a pharmaceutical composition comprising a denatonium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: AARDVARK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tien-Li LEE, Zhenhuan ZHENG, Andreas NIETHAMMER, Anjuli TIMMER
  • Publication number: 20220280457
    Abstract: There is disclosed an oral pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of multiple diseases comprising a denatonium cation salt and a sour anion selected from the group consisting of acetate (DA), citrate (DC) tartrate (CT), maleate (DM) and combinations thereof (collectively “denatonium salt”) and pharmaceutical excipients for gastric release of the denatonium salt. There is further disclosed an oral immediate release pharmaceutical composition to substantially release an API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) in the gastric area of the GI tract formulation, wherein the API comprises an effective amount of the denatonium salt. Preferably, the oral immediate release pharmaceutical formulation comprises from about 0.5 g to about 5 g of the denatonium salt delivering a daily dose of the denatonium salt from about 20 mg to about 150 mg to a human adult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AARDVARK THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Zhenhuan Zheng, Tien-Li Lee
  • Publication number: 20220193013
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for treatment, prevention, and/or slowing of progression for various chronic inflammatory disorder groups including (1) type 2 diabetes group (metabolic syndrome (MET), obesity, hyperglycemia); (2) ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome); (3) chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, and psoriasis); (4) inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; (5) metabolome-mediated diseases (atherosclerosis, hypertension, and congestive heart failure); and (6) hyperphagia disorders such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and other monogenic and syndromic obesity disorders including leptin pathway deficiencies, each comprising administering orally a pharmaceutical composition comprising a denatonium salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tien-Li Lee, Zhenhuan Zheng, Andreas Niethammer, Anjuli Timmer
  • Publication number: 20220087960
    Abstract: There is disclosed an oral pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of multiple diseases comprising a denatonium cation salt and a sour anion selected from the group consisting of acetate (DA), citrate (DC) tartrate (CT), maleate (DM) and combinations thereof (collectively “denatonium salt”) and pharmaceutical excipients for gastric release of the denatonium salt. There is further disclosed an oral immediate release pharmaceutical composition to substantially release an API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) in the gastric area of the GI tract formulation, wherein the API comprises an effective amount of the denatonium salt. Preferably, the oral immediate release pharmaceutical formulation comprises from about 0.5 g to about 5 g of the denatonium salt delivering a daily dose of the denatonium salt from about 20 mg to about 150 mg to a human adult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Aardvark Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenhuan Zheng, Tien-Li Lee
  • Publication number: 20210260013
    Abstract: There is disclosed an oral pharmaceutical formulation of bitter compounds that are agonists of TAS2R receptors for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PAH). More specifically, there is disclosed a PAH oral formulation comprising a bitter agent selected from the group consisting of 3-caffeoylquinic-1,5-lactone (3-CQL), chlorogenic acid (CGA), denatonium benzoate (DB), denatonium chloride (DC), denatonium saccharide (DS), denatonium acetate (DA), and combinations thereof and a PDE-5 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tien-Li Lee, Zhenhuan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210161838
    Abstract: There is disclosed an oral pharmaceutical formulation of bitter compounds that are agonists of TAS2R receptors for the treatment of asthma. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an asthma oral formulation comprising a bitter agent selected from the group consisting of denatonium benzoate (DB), denatonium chloride (DC), denatonium saccharide (DS), denatonium acetate (DA), and combinations thereof and formoterol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Tien-Li Lee, Zhenhuan Zheng