Patents by Inventor Zhenkun Ma

Zhenkun Ma 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: 8163769
    Abstract: Antibacterials having formula (I) and salts, prodrugs, and salts of prodrugs thereof, processes for making the compounds and intermediates used in the processes, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of prophylaxis and treatment of bacterial infections using the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: David Anderson, Bruce Beutel, Todd D. Bosse, Richard Clark, Curt Cooper, Peter Dandliker, Caroline David, Yu-Gui Gu, Todd Matthew Hansen, Mira Hinman, Douglas Kalvin, Daniel P. Larson, Linda Lynch, Zhenkun Ma, Christopher Motter, Fabio Palazzo, Teresa Rosenberg, Tamara Rehm, William Sanders, Michael Tufano, Rolf Wagner, Moshe Weitzberg, Hong Yong, Tianyuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120071472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to riminophenazines having heteroaromatic substitutions, including those with 2-heteroaryl-amino substituents, to their preparation, and to their use as drugs for treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbial infections, either alone or in combination with other anti-infective treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: Institute of Materia Medica, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Christopher B. Cooper, Haihong Huang, Chun Li, Binna Liu, Yang Liu, Zhenkun Ma, Jingbin Wang, Dali Yin, Dongfeng Zhang, Gang Zhang, Hao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120028973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel nitroimidazooxazines, to their preparation, and to their use as drugs for treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbial infections, either alone or in combination with other anti-infective treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: William Alexander Denny, Andrew Mark Thompson, Adrian Blaser, Brian Desmond Palmer, Zhenkun Ma, Hamish Scott Sutherland, Iveta Kmentova
  • Publication number: 20110028466
    Abstract: The current invention pertains to nitroimidazooxazine and nitroimidazooxazole analogues, their methods of preparation, and uses of the compounds as treatment for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, for use as anti-tubercular drugs, for use as anti-protozoal agents with unexpectedly high potency against Trypanosoma cruzi or Leishmania donovani, and for the treatment of other microbial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Thompson, William Alexander Denny, Adrian Blaser, Zhenkun Ma
  • Patent number: 7678791
    Abstract: Substituted rifamycin derivatives in which a nitroimidazole, nitrothiazole or nitrofuran pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a rifamycin, methods of using the rifamycin derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the rifamycin derivatives are disclosed. Methods of synthesizing these substituted rifamycin derivatives are also disclosed. The rifamycin derivatives possess antibacterial activity, and are effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens in the treatment of bacterial diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cumbre IP Ventures, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, In Ho Kim, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Yafei Jin, Keith D. Combrink, Genliang Lu, A. Simon Lynch
  • Patent number: 7666864
    Abstract: The current invention provides a series of bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones in which a bicyclic nitroimidazole pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a phenyl oxazolidinone, their pharmaceutical compositions, and the method of use of the compositions for prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. The bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones possess surprising antibacterial activity against wild-type and resistant strains of pathogens, and are therefore useful for the prevention, control and treatment of a number of human and veterinary bacterial infections caused by these pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, Genliang Lu, Keith Combrink, Dianjun D. Chen, Minsoo Song, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Brian Desmond Palmer, Adrian Blaser, Andrew M. Thompson, Iveta Kmentova, Hamish Scott Sutherland, William Alexander Denny
  • Publication number: 20090281088
    Abstract: The current invention provides a series of bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones in which a bicyclic nitroimidazole pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a phenyl oxazolidinone, their pharmaceutical compositions, and the method of use of the compositions for prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. The bicyclic nitroimidazole-substituted phenyl oxazolidinones possess surprising antibacterial activity against wild-type and resistant strains of pathogens, and are therefore useful for the prevention, control and treatment of a number of human and veterinary bacterial infections caused by these pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, Genliang Lu, Keith Combrink, Dianjun D. Chen, Minsoo Song, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Brian Desmond Palmer, Adrian Blaser, Andrew M. Thompson, Iveta Kmentova, Hamish Scott Sutherland, William Alexander Denny
  • Publication number: 20080139577
    Abstract: Substituted rifamycin derivatives in which a nitroimidazole, nitrothiazole or nitrofuran pharmacophore is covalently bonded to a rifamycin, methods of using the rifamycin derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the rifamycin derivatives are disclosed. Methods of synthesizing these substituted rifamycin derivatives are also disclosed. The rifamycin derivatives possess antibacterial activity, and are effective against a number of human and veterinary pathogens in the treatment of bacterial diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, In Ho Kim, Jiancheng Wang, Zhenkun Ma, Yafei Jin, Keith D. Combrink, Genliang Lu, A. Simon Lynch
  • Patent number: 7265107
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a series of rifamycin derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms, specifically, the 3,4-cyclo-rifamycin derivatives having an oxime group at the C-11 position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Li, Zhenkun Ma
  • Patent number: 7256187
    Abstract: The invention relates to rifamycin derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms, specifically, the rifamycin derivatives having an oxime group at the C-11 position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Li, Charles Z. Ding, Zhenkun Ma
  • Patent number: 7250413
    Abstract: Compounds of the current invention relate to rifamycin derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms. More specifically, compounds of the current invention relate to C-25 carbamate derivatives of rifamycin having another functional group or pharmacophore covalently attached to this position through a carbamate linkage. The resulting compounds exert their antimicrobial activity through a dual-function mechanism and therefore exhibit reduced frequency of resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Combrink, Susan Harran, Daniel Denton, Zhenkun Ma
  • Patent number: 7247634
    Abstract: Rifamycin derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms are claimed in this invention. The inventive rifamycin derivatives are uniquely designed in that they have a rifamycin moiety covalently linked to a linker group through the C-3 carbon of the rifamycin moiety and the linker is, in turn covalently linked to a therapeutic moiety or antibacterial agent/pharmacophore. The therapeutic moiety can be a quinolone, an oxazolidinone, a macrolide, an aminoglycoside, a tetracycline core or a structure/pharmacophore associated with an antibacterial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenkun Ma, Yafei Jin, Jing Li, Charles Z. Ding, Keith P. Minor, Jamie C. Longgood, In Ho Kim, Susan Harran, Keith Combrink, Timothy W. Morris
  • Patent number: 7238694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rifamycin 3-iminomethylenyl (—CH?N—) derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms. The claimed rifamycin derivative has a rifamycin moiety covalently linked to a linker through an iminomethylenyl (—CH?N—) group at the C-3 carbon of the rifamycin moiety and the linker is, in turn, covalently linked to a quinolone structure or its pharmacophore within the DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV inhibitor family. The inventive rifamycins are novel and exhibit activity against both rifampin and ciprofloxacin-resistant microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, Yafei Jin, Jamie C. Longgood, Zhenkun Ma, Jing Li, In Ho Kim, Keith P. Minor, Susan Harran
  • Patent number: 7229996
    Abstract: Novel rifamycin derivatives of formula I (both hydroquinone and corresponding quinone (C1-C4) forms): or their salts, hydrates or prodrugs thereof, wherein: a preferred R comprises hydrogen, acetyl; L is a linker, a preferred linker group elements selected from any combination of 1 to 5 groups shown FIG. 1, provided L is not wherein R1 is H, methyl or alkyl. The inventive compounds exhibit valuable antibiotic properties. Formulations having these compounds can be used in the control or prevention of infectious diseases in mammals, both humans and non-humans. In particular, the compounds exhibit a pronounced antibacterial activity, even against multiresistant strains of microbes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenkun Ma, Jing Li, Susan Harran, Yong He, Keith P. Minor, In Ho Kim, Charles Z. Ding, Jamie C. Longgood, Yafei Jin, Keith D. Combrink
  • Patent number: 7226931
    Abstract: Rifamycin derivatives having the following structure of general formula I (both hydroquinone and corresponding quinone (C1-C4) forms): or its salts, hydrates or prodrugs thereof; wherein a preferred R1 comprises hydrogen or acetyl and a prefered R2 comprises hydrogen, methyl or other lower alkyls; wherein asterik (*) denotes the carbon bearing the chiral center, wherein absolute configuration is assigned as R or S. Methods of preparation of the aforementioned rifamycin derivatives are also described. The compounds exhibit antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Z. Ding, Zhenkun Ma, Jing Li, Susan Harran, Yong He, Keith P. Minor, In Ho Kim, Jamie C. Longgood, Yafei Jin, Keith D. Combrink
  • Patent number: 7202246
    Abstract: Compounds of the current invention relate to rifamycin derivatives having antimicrobial activities, including activities against drug-resistant microorganisms. More specifically, compounds of the current invention relate to a series of novel spiro rifamycin derivatives which have demonstrated potent antimicrobial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Cumbre Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenkun Ma, In Ho Kim, Jing Li
  • Publication number: 20060166906
    Abstract: Compounds having formula (I) are useful for treating bacterial infections while avoiding the concomitant liability of gastrointestinal intolerance. Compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment using the compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Zhenkun Ma, Ly Phan, Richard Clark, Suoming Zhang, Stevan Djuric
  • Patent number: 6998390
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds having formula (I) and formula (II) and salts, prodrugs, and salts of prodrugs thereof, processes for making the compounds and intermediates employed in the processes, compositions containing the compounds, and methods for prophylaxis or treatment of bacterial infections in a fish or a mammal using the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventors: Zhenkun Ma, Stevan Djuric, Alan S. Florjancic, Hong Yong
  • Patent number: 6992069
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds having formula (I) and salts, prodrugs, and salts of prodrugs thereof, processes for making the compounds and intermediates used in the processes, compositions containing the compounds, and methods for prophylaxis or treatment of bacterial infections using the compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Inventors: Yu-Gui Gu, Zhenkun Ma, Hong Yong
  • Patent number: RE39591
    Abstract: Antimicrobial compounds having the formula as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters or prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Zhenkun Ma, Richard F. Clark, Daniel T. Chu, Jacob J. Plattner, George Griesgraber