Patents by Inventor Zhongxu Ren

Zhongxu Ren 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: 20230372500
    Abstract: Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: RQ-POLY-Xr-TLR7/8 AG)q??Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Jonathan Zalevsky, Takahiro Miyazaki, Saul Kivimae
  • Patent number: 11744898
    Abstract: Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist. Also provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer (a) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and (b) a Toll-like receptor agonist such as a conjugate as described above, as well as related compositions, kits and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Jonathan Zalevsky, Takahiro Miyazaki, Saul Kivimae
  • Publication number: 20220235056
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides novel adenosine receptor antagonist compounds, compositions, methods of making and methods of using. In a further aspect, a method of treating a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of any one or more of the compounds described herein. In some embodiments, the subject has cancer and the method is a method of treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Anthony James Brockway, Haiying Cai, Lin Cheng, Bo-Liang Deng, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Zhongxu Ren, Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220079936
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-soluble prodrugs, compositions comprising such prodrugs, and related methods of making and administering the same. The prodrugs of the invention comprise a water-soluble polymer having three or more arms, at least three of which are typically covalently attached to an active agent, e.g., a small molecule. The conjugates of the invention provide an optimal balance of polymer size and structure for achieving improved drug loading, since the conjugates of the invention possess three or more active agents releasably attached to a multi-armed water-soluble polymer. The prodrugs of the invention are therapeutically effective, and exhibit improved properties in-vivo when compared to unmodified parent drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Michael D. Bentley, Zhongxu Ren, Tacey X. Viegas
  • Publication number: 20210292425
    Abstract: Provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer: (a) a 4-1BB agonist; (b) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and/or (c) a toll-like receptor agonist, as well as related compositions, kits and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Saul Kivimae, Marlene Hennessy, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Zhongxu Ren, Bhalchandra V. Joshi
  • Patent number: 11111214
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof: The compounds of Formula I described herein relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang, Zhongxu Ren
  • Publication number: 20210130467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods in the field of cancer immunotherapy that involve the treatment of a subject having cancer by administering to the subject a toll-like receptor 7/8 (TLR7/8) agonist in combination with a long-acting IL-2R?-biased agonist and a programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD-L1) axis inhibitor, and related compositions, dosage forms, and kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Zalevsky, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Zhongxu Ren, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Mary Tagliaferri, Werner Rubas, Saul Kivimae, Rhoneil L. Pena
  • Publication number: 20210128737
    Abstract: Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist. Also provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer (a) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and (b) a Toll-like receptor agonist such as a conjugate as described above, as well as related compositions, kits and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Jonathan Zalevsky, Takahiro Miyazaki, Saul Kivimae
  • Patent number: 10844076
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Nektar therapeutics
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Vijay Kumar Khatri, Xuyuan Gu, Yuan Song, Michael Lixin Shen, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Neel K. Anand, Antoni Kozlowski, Aleksandrs Odinecs, Timothy A. Riley, Zhongxu Ren, YongQi Mu, Xiaoming Shen, Xuejun Yuan, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Bo-Liang Deng
  • Publication number: 20200016149
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-soluble prodrugs, compositions comprising such prodrugs, and related methods of making and administering the same. The prodrugs of the invention comprise a water-soluble polymer having three or more arms, at least three of which are typically covalently attached to an active agent, e.g., a small molecule. The conjugates of the invention provide an optimal balance of polymer size and structure for achieving improved drug loading, since the conjugates of the invention possess three or more active agents releasably attached to a multi-armed water-soluble polymer. The prodrugs of the invention are therapeutically effective, and exhibit improved properties in-vivo when compared to unmodified parent drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Michael D. Bentley, Zhongxu Ren, Tacey X. Viegas
  • Publication number: 20190352291
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds of Formula I described herein relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang, Zhongxu Ren
  • Patent number: 10463659
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-soluble prodrugs, compositions comprising such prodrugs, and related methods of making and administering the same. The prodrugs of the invention comprise a water-soluble polymer having three or more arms, at least three of which are typically covalently attached to an active agent, e.g., a small molecule. The conjugates of the invention provide an optimal balance of polymer size and structure for achieving improved drug loading, since the conjugates of the invention possess three or more active agents releasably attached to a multi-armed water-soluble polymer. The prodrugs of the invention are therapeutically effective, and exhibit improved properties in-vivo when compared to unmodified parent drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Michael D. Bentley, Zhongxu Ren, Tacey X. Viegas
  • Patent number: 10407416
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds of Formula I are agonists of the kappa opioid receptor and relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang, Zhongxu Ren
  • Publication number: 20190071454
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Vijay Kumar Khatri, Xuyuan Gu, Yuan Song, Michael Lixin Shen, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Neel K. Anand, Antoni Kozlowski, Aleksandrs Odinecs, Timothy A. Riley, Zhongxu Ren, YongQi Mu, Xiaoming Shen, Xuejun Yuan, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Bo-Liang Deng
  • Patent number: 10189859
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Vijay Kumar Khatri, Xuyuan Gu, Yuan Song, Michael Lixin Shen, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Neel K. Anand, Antoni Kozlowski, Aleksandrs Odinecs, Timothy A. Riley, Zhongxu Ren, YongQi Mu, Xiaoming Shen, Xuejun Yuan, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Bo-Liang Deng
  • Publication number: 20180021444
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-soluble prodrugs, compositions comprising such prodrugs, and related methods of making and administering the same. The prodrugs of the invention comprise a water-soluble polymer having three or more arms, at least three of which are typically covalently attached to an active agent, e.g., a small molecule. The conjugates of the invention provide an optimal balance of polymer size and structure for achieving improved drug loading, since the conjugates of the invention possess three or more active agents releasably attached to a multi-armed water-soluble polymer. The prodrugs of the invention are therapeutically effective, and exhibit improved properties in-vivo when compared to unmodified parent drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Michael D. Bentley, Zhongxu Ren, Tacey X. Viegas
  • Publication number: 20180016266
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are as described herein. The compounds of Formula I are agonists of the kappa opioid receptor and relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang, Zhongxu Ren
  • Patent number: 9815824
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The present disclosure relates to novel compounds and to their use as agonists of the kappa opioid receptor. The disclosure also relates to methods for preparation of the compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Kappa opioid agonists that exhibit full agonist properties at the kappa opioid receptor have been widely shown to be efficacious in preclinical models of pain, particularly visceral pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Neel K. Anand, Franco J. Duarte, Wen Zhang, Zhongxu Ren
  • Patent number: 9808533
    Abstract: Provided herein are water-soluble prodrugs, compositions comprising such prodrugs, and related methods of making and administering the same. The prodrugs of the invention comprise a water-soluble polymer having three or more arms, at least three of which are typically covalently attached to an active agent, e.g., a small molecule. The conjugates of the invention provide an optimal balance of polymer size and structure for achieving improved drug loading, since the conjugates of the invention possess three or more active agents releasably attached to a multi-armed water-soluble polymer. The prodrugs of the invention are therapeutically effective, and exhibit improved properties in-vivo when compared to unmodified parent drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Michael David Bentley, Zhongxu Ren, Tacey X. Viegas
  • Publication number: 20170066782
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Vijay Kumar Khatri, Xuyuan Gu, Yuan Song, Michael Lixin Shen, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Neel K. Anand, Antoni Kozlowski, Aleksandrs Odinecs, Timothy A. Riley, Zhongxu Ren, YongQi Mu, Xiaoming Shen, Xuejun Yuan, Natalia Aurrecoechea, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony