Patents Issued in March 14, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130065912
    Abstract: Pesticide compositions and their use in controlling pests are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: Dow AgroSciences LLC
  • Publication number: 20130065913
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are useful as inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Toby Jonathan Blench, Christine Edwards, Robert Andrew Heald, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Carmelida Capaldi
  • Publication number: 20130065914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thienopyhmidine compounds of general formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their therapeutic use for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of the kinase activity of Mnk1 and/or Mnk2 (Mnk2a or Mnk2b) and/or variants thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Heckel, Frank Himmelsbach, Thorsten Lehmann-Lintz, Norbert Redemann, Achim Sauer, Leo Thomas, Phillip Black, Wesley Blackaby, John Danilewicz, Ian Linney, Matthias Austen, Martin Schneider, Kay Schreiter
  • Publication number: 20130065915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid formulation comprising a strobilurin fungicide, such as azoxystrobin, at least one non-ionic surfactant, at least one anionic surfactant and a solvent/carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventor: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
  • Publication number: 20130065916
    Abstract: The invention provides crystalline solid forms of (S)-4-((2S,3S)-7-carbamoyl-1,1-diethyl-3-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ylamino)-2-cyclohexylmethyl-butyric acid. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline solid forms, methods of using such crystalline solid forms to treat diseases associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline solid forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: THERAVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Sean M. Dalziel, Miroslav Rapta
  • Publication number: 20130065917
    Abstract: 7-(3-Aminomethyl-4-methoxyiminopyrrolidin-1-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylic acid methanesulfonate and hydrates thereof, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use in antibacterial therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Ae Ri KIM, Jin Hwa Lee, Ki Sook Park, Jong Ryoo Choi, Tae Hee Lee, Jay Hyok Chang, Do Hyun Nam, Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20130065918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A and B are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jehrod Burnett Brenneman, John D. Huber, Brian Christopher Raudenbush, Christopher Ronald Sarko
  • Publication number: 20130065919
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a series of substituted N-alkyl and N-acyl tetrahydro-isoquinoline derivatives of formula (I). wherein R, R1, R2, X, m, n and p are as described herein. More specifically, the compounds of this invention are modulators of H3 receptors and are, therefore, useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases modulated by H3 receptors including diseases associated with the central nervous system. Additionally, this disclosure also relates to methods of preparation of substituted N-alkyl and N-acyl tetrahydro-isoquinoline derivatives of formula (I) and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventor: SANOFI
  • Publication number: 20130065920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating osteoarthritis comprising rebamipide as an active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition may be for oral administration, for example an oral solid dosage form of a tablet or capsule form. The pharmaceutical composition may be formulated into a unit dosage form suitable for orally administering rebamipide in a dose ranging from 0.5 to 50 mg/kg, preferably from 0.6 to 6 mg/kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: HANLIM PHARMACETICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Ki Min, Mi-La Cho, Yun-Ju Woo, Hye-Jwa Oh, Young-Ok Jung, Geun-Hyeog Lee, Byong-Sun Choi, Jin-Ha Park, Eun-Young Kwak
  • Publication number: 20130065921
    Abstract: A new PTEN opener or a new opener of a large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel (Maxi-K channel) which comprises as an active ingredient a tetrazolylalkoxy-dihydrocarbostyril compound of the formula (I): wherein R is cycloalkyl, A is lower alkylene, and the bond between 3- and 4-positions of the carbostyril nucleus is single bond or double bond, or a salt thereof, which is useful as a medicament for promotion of the survival of normal cells, brain cells, heart cells, and skin, and further for inhibiting of Gram negative sepsis and cell migration and cell invasion due to inhibition of PTEN and is further useful as a medicament for the treatment of neuronal disorders, for example, an anticonvulsant, a neuroprotecting agent, a medicament for treatment of regional cerebral edema and neurologic motor impairment, cognitive disorders, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, migraine, and Alzheimer's disease, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACUETICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: OTSUKA PHARMACUETICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130065922
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful as fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Trah, Laura Quaranta, Renaud Beaudegnies, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Guillaume Berthon, Clemens Lamberth
  • Publication number: 20130065923
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a series of substituted N-heteroaryl bipyrrolidine carboxamides of formula (I). wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, X, m and p are as described herein. More specifically, the compounds of this invention are modulators of H3 receptors and are, therefore, useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases modulated by H3 receptors including diseases associated with the central nervous system. Additionally, this disclosure also relates to methods of preparation of substituted N-heteroaryl bipyrrolidine carboxamides of formula (I) and intermediates therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventor: Sanofi
  • Publication number: 20130065924
    Abstract: A composition and method for the treatment of neurodegeneration and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The composition and method comprising providing fluoxetine, simvastatin, and optionally, an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Adrian M. Corbett
  • Publication number: 20130065925
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an inhibitory effect in the fractalkine-CX3CR1 pathway: wherein R represents a C1-6 alkyl group unsubstituted or having 1 to 3 substituents selected from Substituent Group A, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group unsubstituted or having 1 to 3 substituents selected from Substituent Group A, or a C3-8 cycloalkenyl group unsubstituted or having 1 to 3 substituents selected from Substituent Group A, X represents a C1-6 alkyl group, Y and Z are the same or different from each other and each represents a halogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group unsubstituted or having 1 to 3 substituents selected from Substituent Group B, n represents 0 or 1, Substituent Group A consists of halogen atoms, and Substituent Group B consists of halogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro YOSHIDA, Tadashi OKABE, Yasunobu MATSUMOTO, Nobuhisa WATANABE, Yuji ONIZAWA, Yoshiaki OHASHI, Hitoshi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20130065926
    Abstract: Methods and compounds effective in ameliorating conditions characterized by unwanted calcium channel activity, particularly unwanted T-type calcium channel activity are disclosed. Specifically, a series of compounds containing N-piperidinyl acetamide derivatives as shown in formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hassan A. PAJOUHESH, Ramesh KAUL, Yanbing DING, Yongbao ZHU, Lingyun ZHANG, Nagasree CHAKKA, Michael Edward GRIMWOOD, Jason TAN, Yuanxi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20130065927
    Abstract: Provided is dexlansoprazole propylene glycolate hydrate. Polymorphic forms thereof are also provided. The dexlansoprazole propylene glycolate hydrate maybe such that the propylene glycol component is present in approximately equal proportions of (R) absolute configuration and (S) absolute configuration, or present in predominantly (R) absolute configuration, or predominantly (S) absolute configuration. Salts of dexlansoprazole are also provided. In particular, crystalline dexlansoprazole isopropylammonium salt and crystalline MTBE solvate of dexlansoprazole t-butylammonium salt are provided. Pharmaceutical formulations comprising dexlansoprazole propylene glycolate hydrate are also provided. Furthermore, processes for preparation of dexlansoprazole propylene glycolate hydrate are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: APOTEX PHARMACHEM INC.
    Inventors: Fan Wang, Kevin W. Kells, Kaarina Milnes, Cameron L. McPhail
  • Publication number: 20130065928
    Abstract: Disclosed is the discovery that the mTORC2 complex plays a role in the regulation of PKN3 phosphorylation at the turn motif threonine; and the use of the phosphorylation status of the turn motif threonine of PKN3 as a biomarker. In some embodiments, the phosphorylation status of the turn motif threonine of PKN3 is determined using an antibody that specifically binds to the turn motif threonine of a PKN3 protein, such as an anti-phosphoT860 antibody. In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods for screening compounds that have cancer therapeutic potential, methods for diagnosing cancer, methods for determining the prognosis of a patient suffering from cancer, methods for stratifying patients in a clinical trial, methods for treating a patient suffering from cancer, and methods for determining the effectiveness of a particular treatment regimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WYETH LLC
    Inventors: Anke Klippel-Giese, Keziban Unsal-Kacmaz
  • Publication number: 20130065929
    Abstract: Methods for treating and/or preventing at least one symptom of a disorder associated with oxidative stress, carbonyl stress, or combinations thereof in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of pyridoxamine, an analog or derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. Also provided are methods for treating or preventing a nephropathy, acute renal injury, acute renal failure, or combinations thereof in a subject, and formulations adapted for intravenous administration comprising pyridoxamine, an analog or derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
  • Publication number: 20130065930
    Abstract: A topical composition comprising: fipronil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; at least one surfactant and at least one crystallization inhibitor for the treatment and protection of animals which are infested with parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Omnipharm Limited
    Inventors: Geena MALHOTRA, Amar Lulla, Martin Benedict George Donnelly
  • Publication number: 20130065931
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for controlling pests of the order Coleoptera are described herein. Methods of reducing wireworm damage in potatoes by applying a compound or composition disclosed herein in a foliar treatment is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: John Bell, Kelvan R. Luff, Philip John Sarasqueta
  • Publication number: 20130065932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two main components, mahanine and mahanimbine (dehydroxy-mahanine) from Murraya koenigii for the treatment of glioblastoma and cervical carcinoma. Mahanimbine exhibited anti-cancer activity against lymphoid leukemia, myeloid leukemia, glioma, cervical carcinoma, pancreatic, colon and lung cancers in nineteen cells of different genetic status. C-3 hydroxy and NH groups are responsible contributing groups for their cytotoxicity. Mahanine reduced the doses of cisplatin and paclitaxel in cervical cancer showing better efficacy and useful as an adjunct chemotherapeutic agent to reduce toxicity these two drugs. A new cheap process for this preparation was established. EtOAc extract containing alkaloids enriched with mahanimbine and mahanine, is active against glioma and cervical cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Chitra Mandal, Bikas Chandra Pal, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Suman Kumar Samanta, Sayantani Sarkar, Ranjita Das
  • Publication number: 20130065933
    Abstract: The invention relates to pharmacy. It comprises block copolymer pharmaceutical compositions containing 3,3?-diindolylmethane (DIM). The pharmaceutical composition for peroral administration comprises 3,3?-diindolylmethane as an active component and a target additive, the target additive being a block copolymer of oxyethylene and oxypropylene, in which the content of the hydrophobic block is less than 50 mass % and the molecular mass of the hydrophilic block is equal to 2,250 Da or more, at a ratio of the active component to the selected block copolymer varying between 10:1 and 2:1. The composition improves absorption of the active compound by the bloodstream upon peroral delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Vsevolod Ivanovich Kiselev, Irina Gennadievna Vassilieva
  • Publication number: 20130065934
    Abstract: The invention relates to fatty acid COX inhibitor derivatives; compositions comprising an effective amount of a fatty acid COX inhibitor derivative; and methods for treating or preventing a metabolic, autoimmune, inflammatory, or neurodegenerative disorder comprising the administration of an effective amount of a fatty acid COX inhibitor derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: CATABASIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jill C. Milne, Michael R. Jirousek, Jean E. Bemis, Chi B. Vu
  • Publication number: 20130065935
    Abstract: The invention features compounds and methods relating to novel hydroxy-proline analog inhibitors of the ASCT1 and ASCT2 neutral amino acid transporters. These analogs are potent and selective inhibitors of ASCT2 and ASCT1-mediated amino acid transport as evidenced by significantly reduced glutamine or alanine transport-associated currents or radiolabeled substrate (amino acid) uptake in Xenopus oocytes expressing ASCT2 or ASCT1. Selectivity has been established in the same manner whereby reduced substrate associated current or substrate uptake is unobserved in Xenopus oocytes expressing ATA2, SN1, or EAAT(s) (excitatory amino acid transporter). The compounds and methods of the invention can be used in research or clinical applications (e.g., for the treatment of cancer, microbial infection, or ischemia-related central nervous system injury).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Michael P. Kavanaugh, Brent Lyda, Nicholas R. Natale, Stephanie Lynn Martinelli
  • Publication number: 20130065936
    Abstract: The present invention provides method for increasing levels of epoxygenated fatty acids by administration of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hammock, Ahmet Bora Inceoglu, Karen Wagner, Nils Helge Schebb
  • Publication number: 20130065937
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (C): (wherein R101 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, R102, R103, R104 and R105 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a haloalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R106 represents a hydrogen atom, or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group which is a straight or branched chain having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, but excluded is the case where R101 is a 3-furyl group, R102, R103, R104 and R105 are all methyl groups, and R106 is a methyl group, a 4-methyl-3-pentenyl group or a 4,8-dimethyl-3,7-nonadienyl group); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has selective inhibitory activity on hypoxic cell growth in a broad range of the concentration and therefore is useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for cancer prevention or treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Osaka University
    Inventors: Motomasa Kobayashi, Naoyuki Kotoku, Masayoshi Arai, Takashi Kawachi
  • Publication number: 20130065938
    Abstract: Methods of reducing spontaneous mutation rate of a cell in a subject in need thereof by reducing endogenous levels of miR-155 are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Carlo M. Croce
  • Publication number: 20130065939
    Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutic nucleic acids such as interfering RNA (e.g., siRNA) that target the expression of genes associated with tumorigenesis and/or cell transformation, lipid particles (e.g., nucleic acid-lipid particles) comprising one or more (e.g., a cocktail) of the therapeutic nucleic acids, methods of making the lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering the lipid particles, e.g., for the treatment of a cell proliferative disorder such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc., Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Adam Judge, Yun-Han Lee, Ian MacLachlan, Snorri S. Thorgeirsson
  • Publication number: 20130065940
    Abstract: The present invention discloses preparation and application of double-stranded RNA molecules stable in mammalian body fluids. The mammalian-body-fluid-stable RNA molecules disclosed in the present invention are comprised of only unmodifide nucleotides. For the first time, the present invention discloses the applications of mammalian-body-fluid-stable RNA molecules for immunotherapy and siRNA drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Quan Du, Zicai Liang
  • Publication number: 20130065941
    Abstract: In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of bone conditions associated with low bone density. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of osteoprotegerin-responsive conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Edward I. GINNS, Gary R. OSTROFF
  • Publication number: 20130065942
    Abstract: Compositions, methods, and applications that increase the efficiency of nucleic acid transfection are provided. In one aspect, a pharmaceutical composition may include at least about 0.5 mg/ml concentration of a nucleic acid condensed with a cationic lipopolymer suspended in an isotonic solution, where the cationic lipopolymer includes a cationic polymer backbone having cholesterol and polyethylene glycol covalently attached thereto, and wherein the molar ratio of cholesterol to cationic polymer backbone is within a range of from about 0.1 to about 10, and the molar ratio of polyethylene glycol to cationic polymer backbone is within a range of from about 0.1 to about 10. The composition further may include a filler excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Egen, Inc.
    Inventors: Majed Matar, Jason Fewell, Danny H. Lewis, Khursheed Anwer
  • Publication number: 20130065943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the CD45 gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Antonin De Fougerolles, Pamela Tan, Anna Borodovsky, Tatiana Novobrantseva, Sina Bavari, Kelly Lyn Warfield
  • Publication number: 20130065944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reverse micelle system based on sterols, acylglycerols, phospholipids or sphingolipids and nucleic acids. The reverse micelle system of the invention is able to cross mucosa and cellular membranes. It thus allows vectorization of nucleic acids to target sites. It is advantageously useful in the pharmaceutical and dietetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MEDESIS PHARMA
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Maurel
  • Publication number: 20130065945
    Abstract: A novel marker for diagnosis of liver cancer and use thereof are provided. To be specific, a marker for diagnosis of liver cancer using over-expression of NLK (neuro-like kinase) in liver cancer cell is provided, along with a composition for diagnosis of liver cancer, a kit, a microarray, and a method for diagnosing liver cancer using the marker. Additionally, a method for screening a substance to prevent or treat liver cancer by decreasing expression of the marker gene or protein, and a composition for preventing or treating liver cancer including such substance are provided. Accordingly, the NLK gene can be efficiently used as a target for diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Suk Woo Nam
  • Publication number: 20130065946
    Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods related to modulation of mismatch and genomic stability by miR-155.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Nicola Valeri
  • Publication number: 20130065947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of PAR4, in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of PAR4. The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of PAR4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cu RNA ,Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Collard, Olga Khorkova Sherman
  • Publication number: 20130065948
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for generating novel nucleic acid molecules through targeted spliceosome mediated simple or double trans-splicing. The compositions of the invention include pre-trans-splicing molecules (PTMs) designed to interact with a target precursor messenger RNA molecule (target pre-mRNA) and to mediate a simple or double trans-splicing reaction resulting in the generation of a novel chimeric RNA molecule (chimeric RNA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: ASSOCIATION INSTITUT DE MYOLOGIE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), INTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)
    Inventors: Luis GARCIA, Stephanie LORAIN
  • Publication number: 20130065949
    Abstract: The present invention generally concerns methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing cancer with microRNAs. In specific embodiments, the present invention encompasses a particular microRNA, microRNA-31, as useful in cancer therapy and/or prevention. Specific cancers may be treated, including at least ovarian, prostate, urothelial, osteosarcoma, and glioblastoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Martin M. Matzuk, Chad Creighton, Zhifeng Yu, Michael Fountain, Preethi Gunaratne, Matthew A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20130065950
    Abstract: Compounds comprising an oligonucleotide moiety covalently linked to a lipid moiety are disclosed. The oligonucleotide moiety comprises a sequence that is complementary to the RNA component of human telomerase. The compounds inhibit telomerase activity in cells with a high potency and have superior cellular uptake characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Sergei Gryaznov, Krisztina Pongracz
  • Publication number: 20130065951
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for diagnosing and/or treating vascular diseases including cancer, cardiac diseases, vascular diseases of the eye, and inflammatory diseases. The methods involve measuring the levels of one or multiple miRNAs in patient samples and using the test results to diagnose and/or predict an optimal treatment regimen for the patient. Compositions described in the invention include nucleic acids that function as miRNAs or miRNA inhibitors that can be introduced to a patient to reduce or increase vascularization as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jikui Shen, Kevin Kelnar, Jeffrey Shelton, David Brown, Peter Campochiaro
  • Publication number: 20130065952
    Abstract: Provided are tumor-specific promoters, oncolytic virus vectors and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the virus vector. The virus vector comprising the novel tumor-specific promoter shows excellent oncolytic effects on tumor cells, and thus it is useful for treating a cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: MOGAM BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, GREEN CROSS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daekyung Koh, Seongtae Yun, Kyuhyun Lee, Hong-Kyu Lee, Mihee Hwang, Chae-Ok Yun, Eui-Cheol Jo
  • Publication number: 20130065953
    Abstract: The present invention provides peptides (including analogs and derivatives thereof) corresponding to residues 96-110 and 35-47 of ras-p21, which peptides have attached thereto a membrane-penetrating leader sequence. The subject peptides, analogs and derivatives thereof are useful in treatment of cancers and have been shown to induce phenotypic reversion of pancreatic cancer cells to non-cancerous cells. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more subject peptides are also provided by the present invention. The present invention further provides replication incompetent Adenovirus (AdV) vectors comprising a promoter sequence and a nucleotide sequence encoding a subject peptide. Methods of treating cancer by administering one or more subject peptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or AdV vectors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Pincus, Josef Michl
  • Publication number: 20130065954
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to the use of a S1P receptor agonist in the manufacture of a medicament in the treatment of an ocular disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventor: NOVARTIS AG
  • Publication number: 20130065955
    Abstract: The present invention provides crystalline forms, including an anhydrate form, of cabazitaxel and processes for the preparation of these forms, designated as Forms C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C8b, C9 and C9p.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Scinopharm Taiwan, LTD.
    Inventors: Julian Paul Henschke, TsungYu Hsiao, MengFen Ho, YuanChang Huang
  • Publication number: 20130065956
    Abstract: Provided are composition and/or methods useful in preventing onset and/or recurrence of cardiovascular events, especially in patients who have escaped the unstable period after cardiovascular angioplasty or in hyperlipidemia patients who have been treated with HMG-CoA RI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130065957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of diclofenac-tramadol salt in 1:1 ratio and a pharmaceutical formulation comprising such compound. The present invention also relates to a method for treating a patient with moderate to moderately severe pain. The method comprises: identifying a patient suffering from moderate to moderately severe pain with pain intensity scale of 5-9, and administering to said patient the diclofenac-tramadol salt, in an effective amount. The method is particularly useful in treating postoperative pain after Cesarean, postoperative pain after non-Cesarean surgeries, cancer pain, osteoarthritis pain, or rheumatoid arthritis pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: CARLSBAD TECHNOLOGY, INC., YUNG SHIN PHARM. IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung Shin Pharm. Ind. Co., Ltd., Carlsbad Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130065958
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are materials and methods for reducing, preventing, or eliminating the biological contamination of surfaces in spaces that are reasonably partitioned, defined or contained. A reagent that includes peroxides or molecules that includes peroxide bonds are contacted with at least one surface of an article. Some of these methods include disinfection within an apparatus and may include the step of volatilizing the peroxide bond containing agent, through, for example, vapour pressure and vaporization or evaporation effects, the addition of volatilization aids, or passive or assisted diffusion at modest temperatures and relatively long exposure times measured in some embodiments on the order of hours, days, or months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Dunn
  • Publication number: 20130065959
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating items to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of an item with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and iii) water wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Fresh Express Incorporated
    Inventor: Kai Lai Grace Ho
  • Publication number: 20130065960
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a powder mixture containing an alkali metal salt that exhibits basicity in an aqueous solution (component (A)); at least one type of metal salt selected from the salts of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and zinc (component (B)); and a compound represented by the following general formula (1) (component (C)), including spraying and mixing an aqueous solution of metal which is an aqueous solution of the aforementioned component (B) with a powder of the aforementioned component (A), and then mixing a powder of the aforementioned component (C) therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: LION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Suekuni, Takayasu Kubozono, Kodo Horie
  • Publication number: 20130065961
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of modulating glutathione metabolism in the central nervous system of mammals and to agents for use therein. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of up-regulating glutathione metabolism in the central nervous system by up-regulating levels of glutathione precursor molecules. The method of the present invention is particularly useful, inter alia, in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions characterised by aberrant, unwanted or otherwise inappropriate central nervous system oxidation homeostasis including, but not limited to, schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
    Inventor: The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria