Patents Issued in May 14, 2013
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Patent number: 8440670Abstract: The invention relates to the fields of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and medicine and concerns a novel compound which can be used as an antiulcer agent. The compound is 9 -(quinony-2)-2-p-ethoxyphenylethyl-4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11-octahydropyrido [1,2-a]pyrazindione-1,4 of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable complex derivatives thereof. The compound can be used as an antiulcer agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Innovative Pharmacology Research OOO (IPHAR)Inventors: Vladimir Grigorevich Granik, Valeriya Markovna Ljubchanskaya, Valery Aleksandrovich Parshin, Marina Alekseevna Kalinkina
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Patent number: 8440671Abstract: The invention relates generally to novel pharmaceutical methods for the treatment of various conditions. Compositions comprising: at least one phosphodiesterase-5-inhibitor in combination with one or more of the following medications: a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; a cholinesterase inhibitor; a dopamine agonist; or a medication suitable to increase the chemical concentrations of the neurotransmitters, selected from amino acids, monoamines, neuropeptides and other agents capable of primary neurotransmission in the synaptic clefts, and their use for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject. The invention also relates to: Compositions comprising: at least one phosphodiestersa-5-inhibitor in combination with one or more of the following medications: a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; or a cholinesterase inhibitor, and their use for treating damaged skin in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Vivus, Inc.Inventor: Jerry M. Held
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Patent number: 8440672Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of Formula I which are 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitors. Compounds of Formula (I) are useful as anti-atherosclerotic, anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Anthony Ogawa, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Ellen K. Vande Bunte, Lin Chu, Debra Ondeyka, Ihor Kopka, Bing Li, Hyun Ok, Minal J. Patel, Jinyou Xu, Rosemary Sisco
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Patent number: 8440673Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted pyrazolyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLCInventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
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Patent number: 8440674Abstract: The present invention comprises a new class of compounds capable of modulating Raf kinase and, accordingly, useful for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, including melanomas, tumors and other cancer-related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein R1 is and A1, A2, A3, A4, X, Z, Z?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions, methods for treatment of Raf kinase mediated diseases, and intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Amgen Inc.Inventors: Frenel F. De Morin, Jian J. Chen, Elizabeth M. Doherty, Stephen A. Hitchcock, Qi Huang, Joseph L. Kim, Gang Liu, Thomas Nixey, Nick A. Paras, Jeffrey Petkus, Daniel Martin Retz, Adrian Leonard Smith, Jiawang Zhu
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Patent number: 8440675Abstract: To provide a radiation therapy potentiator, which, when employed in combination with cancer radiation therapy, can reduce radiation dose and can mitigate adverse effects. The invention provides a radiation therapy potentiator containing, as an effective ingredient, a uracil derivative represented by formula (1) (wherein R1 represents a halogen atom or a cyano group; and R2 represents a 4- to 8-membered heterocyclic group having 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms and optionally having as a substituent a lower alkyl group, an imino group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a methanesulfonyloxy group, or an amino group; an amidinothio group in which a hydrogen atom attached to a nitrogen atom may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; a guanidino group in which a hydrogen atom attached to a nitrogen atom may be substituted by a lower alkyl group or a cyano group; a lower alkylamidino group; or a 1-pyrrolidinylmethyl group) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masakazu Fukushima
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Patent number: 8440676Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising sucralose and 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one or salts, solvates, and/or esters thereof and methods of making the compositions by spray drying. The present invention also provides ingestible compositions comprising compositions of the present invention and methods of making such foods. The present invention also includes a process of preparing 2-amino-thiophene derivatives, which are key intermediates for preparing 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.Inventors: Rhondi Shigemura, Carolyn Podgurski, Boriruck Kitisin, Maria Suparno, Jennifer Ward, Thitiwan Lebien, Kevin Wirtz, James Robert Zeller
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Patent number: 8440677Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions and methods to treat certain inflammatory conditions and/or oncology by administering a compound that inhibits PI3K isoforms, particularly the delta isoform. It further provides specific stereoisomers of a compound useful for these methods. In particular, the compound is an optically active atropisomer of 2-((6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)methyl)-5-methyl-3-o-tolylquinazolin-4(3H)-one.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Gilead Calistoga LLCInventors: Jerry B. Evarts, Roger G. Ulrich
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Patent number: 8440678Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful for treatment of depression and the like, and which comprises a compound having an adenosine A2A receptor antagonistic activity such as (E)-8-(3,4-dimethoxystyryl)-1,3-diethyl-7-methyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an antidepressant drug (for example, a tricyclic antidepressant, a tetracyclic antidepressant, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, a selective noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, a serotonin-noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor, monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a 5-HT2 antagonist or the like), and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kase, Minoru Kobayashi, Shizuo Shiozaki, Akihisa Mori, Naoki Seno
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Patent number: 8440679Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted aromatic bicyclic compounds containing pyrimidine and pyridine rings of formula (I) having the structure as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, preferably SRC family kinases (SFKs) inhibitors, in particular as multi SFK/JAK. kinases inhibitors and even preferably as dual c-SRC/JAK kinases inhibitors, thereby inhibiting the STAT3 activation and therefore abnormal growth of particular cell types. Notably, the compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment or inhibition of certain diseases that are the result of deregulation of STAT3.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Debiopharm S.A., Aurigene Discovery Technologies LtdInventors: Andrès Mc Allister, Maximilien Murone, Saumitra Sengupta, Shankar Jayaram Shetty
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Patent number: 8440680Abstract: A chemical compound having the following structural formula wherein optionally at least one of the phenyl —C6H5 groups bound to the Carbon atoms in position 2 and 6 is independently substituted with a methyl —CH3 or ethyl —C2H5 group, and wherein optionally the ?CH2 group in position 10 is substituted with a sulphinyl ?SO or sulphonyl ?SO2 group. Subject-matter of the invention is also a process of manufacture of 2,6-diphenyl-4,8-diazoadamantan-1-one and the use of this chemical compound and above-mentioned derivatives thereof as components for the formulation of solutions with sterilizing and disinfectant effect. The figure shows the IR spectrum of 2,6-diphenyl-4,8-diazoadamantan-1-one.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Pietro AffaitatiInventors: Pietro Affaitati, Giancarlo Folchitto
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Patent number: 8440681Abstract: The invention provides novel pyrimidine derivatives of formula (1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for using such compounds. For example, the pyrimidine derivatives of the invention may be used to treat, ameliorate or prevent a condition which responds to inhibition of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1R) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: IRM LLCInventors: Thomas H. Marsilje, Wenshuo Lu, Bei Chen, Xiaohui He, Badry Bursulaya, Christian Cho-Hua Lee
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Patent number: 8440682Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein the variants R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are as defined herein, and wherein said compound is an inhibitor of CETP, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by CETP or responsive to the inhibition of CETP.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Muneto Mogi, Ken Yamada, Kayo Yasoshima, Toshio Kawanami, Ichiro Umemura, Yuki Iwaki, Hongbo Qin, Hidetomo Imase
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Patent number: 8440683Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical remedy used to treat demyelinating diseases of the nervous system. The remedy contains stephaglabrin sulfate that contributes to the restoration of the myelin sheath of nerve fibers. A method for treating demyelinating diseases of the nervous system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Biogen TechnologiesInventors: Evgeny Venjaminovich Arzamastsev, Klavdia Ignatievna Malinovskaya, Margarita Ivanovna Mironova
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Patent number: 8440684Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polycyclic pyrrolidine-2,5-dione derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the N-formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Beard, Vidyasagar Vuligonda, Thong Vu, John E. Donello, Veena Viswanath, Michael E. Garst
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Patent number: 8440685Abstract: A method for treatment of the symptoms of neurologic dysfunctions, including major depression, an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and schizophrenia. The patient is administered an amount of a compound that increases the catalytic activity of MAO-A. The effective compound is preferably reserpine, administered in a dosage of less than about 0.03 mg per day. The reserpine may be administered topically or transdermally at a dosage in the range from about 0.002 mg per day to about 0.02 mg per day.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: MedDEV, Inc.Inventor: Elaine A. DeLack
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Patent number: 8440686Abstract: The present invention relates to ester prodrugs of nalmefene of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, chemical processes for preparing these compounds and their use in the treatment of substance abuse disorders such as alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence and impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling and addiction to shopping.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NVInventors: Michel Joseph Maurice André Guillaume, Tim Gaekens
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Patent number: 8440687Abstract: The invention provides compounds that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from those of the compound not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Nektar TherapeuticsInventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Bo-Liang Deng, Timothy A. Riley
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Patent number: 8440688Abstract: Methods, compounds, and topical formulations for reduction of skin sagging, creasing and/or wrinkling are disclosed. The methods comprise topically applying a composition comprising an ?2 adrenergic receptor agonist. Amelioration of skin sagging, creasing and/or wrinkling begins within minutes after topical application of a disclosed composition. A single application can significantly reduce skin sagging, creasing and/or wrinkling for at least about 8 hours.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Galderma Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Jack DeJovin, Isabelle Jean DeJovin
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Patent number: 8440689Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating disorders, diseases, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other disorders, diseases, and conditions for which inhibition of SYK is indicated.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Qing Dong, Victoria Feher, Benjamin Jones, Betty Lam, Zhe Nie, Christopher Smith, Masashi Takahashi
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Patent number: 8440690Abstract: Quinuclidine carbonate derivatives act as muscarinic receptor antagonists and are effective for the prevention and/or treatment of a broncho-obstructive or inflammatory diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.Inventors: Gabriele Amari, Maurizio Delcanale
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Patent number: 8440691Abstract: Compounds that are antagonists of the VR1 receptor, having formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or salt of a prodrug thereof, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R7, R8, R9, X, Y, Z, L, n, and m, are as defined herein, and are useful in disorders prevented or ameliorated by inhibiting the VR1 receptor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Arthur Gomtsyan, Erol K. Bayburt, Robert G. Schmidt, Jr., Chih-Hung Lee, Brian S. Brown, Tammie K. Jinkerson, John R. Koenig, Jerome F. Daanen, Steven P. Latshaw
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Patent number: 8440692Abstract: 2-aryl-4-quinolones are converted into phosphates by reacting with tetrabenzyl pyrophosphate to form dibenzyl phosphates thereof, which are then subject to hydrogenation to replace dibenzyl groups with H, followed by reacting with Amberlite IR-120 (Na+ form) to form disodium salts. The results of preliminary screening revealed that these phosphates showed significant anti-cancer activity. A novel intermediate, 2-selenophene 4-quinolone and ?/, ?/-dialkylaminoalkyl derivatives of 2-phenyl-4-quinolones are also synthesized. These novel intermediates exhibited significant anticancer activities.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: China Medical UniversityInventors: Sheng-Chu Kuo, Che-Ming Teng, Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Li-Jiau Huang, Li-Chen Chou, Chih-Shiang Chang, Chung-Ming Sun, Tian-Shung Wu, Shiow-Lin Pan, Tzong-Der Way, Jang-Chang Lee, Jing-Gung Chung, Jai-Sing Yang, Chien-Ting Chen, Ching-Che Huang, Shih-Ming Huang
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Patent number: 8440693Abstract: The invention relates to substituted nitrogen containing bicyclic heterocycles of the formula (I) wherein Z is CH2 or N—R4 and X, R1, R2, R4, R6, R7 and n are as defined in the description. Such compounds are suitable for the treatment of a disorder or disease which is mediated by the activity of MDM2 and/or MDM4, or variants thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Joerg Berghausen, Nicole Buschmann, Pascal Furet, François Gessier, Joanna Hergovich Lisztwan, Philipp Holzer, Edgar Jacoby, Joerg Kallen, Keiichi Masuya, Carole Pissot Soldermann, Haixia Ren, Stefan Stutz
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Patent number: 8440694Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinoline compounds of the formula (I) and to the salts thereof. The compounds possess valuable therapeutic properties and are particularly suitable, for treating diseases that respond to modulation of the serotonin 5-HT6 receptor. In formula (I) R is a moiety of the formula (R) wherein * indicates the binding site to the quinolinyl radical and wherein A, B, X?, Y, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, m, n, p, q, Ra, Rb, X and Ar are as defined in claim 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Sean Colm Turner, Wilfried Braje, Andreas Haupt, Udo Lange, Karla Drescher, Karsten Wicke, Liliane Unger, Mario Mezler, Matthias Mayrer, Andrea Hager-Wernet
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Patent number: 8440695Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating certain metabolic processes and for treating a variety of disorders associated with metabolic syndrome, including insulin related disorders, ischemia, oxidative stress, atherosclerosis, hypertension, obesity, abnormal lipid metabolism, and stroke by administering an effective dose of a chloroquine compound. The invention also provides methods and compositions relating to administering an effective dose of a chloroquine compound in combination with at least a second pharmaceutically active ingredient or compound including an antihyperglycemic diabetes treatment, an antihypertensive agent, an antithrombotic agent, and/or an inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis or absorption.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: St Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Washington UniversityInventors: Michael B. Kastan, Clay F. Semenkovich, Jochen Schneider
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Patent number: 8440696Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the effects of platelet activating factor (PAF). For instance, a disease or condition mediated by PAF (particularly inflammation) can be treated or platelet aggregation can be inhibited. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the production and/or release of interleukin 8 (IL-8) by cells. The effects of PAF and the production and/or release of IL-8 are inhibited according to the invention by a compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the application, or a physiologically-acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: DMI Acquisition Corp.Inventors: David Bar-Or, C. Gerald Curtis, Nagaraja K. R. Rao, Greg Thomas
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Patent number: 8440697Abstract: The invention relates to perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of HfnEF, as well as to a method of treating HfnEF, which comprises administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of perhexiline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to treat said HFnEF. The invention further relates to a treatment program for treating HFnEF, which involves the co-use or co-administration of perhexiline with one or more other compounds that are advantageous in treating HFnEF or the symptoms thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Heart Metabolics LimitedInventors: Houman Ashrafian, Michael P. Frenneaux
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Patent number: 8440698Abstract: Substituted 3-(4-((1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)-5-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ken Chow, Ling Li
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Patent number: 8440700Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted aryloxazole derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Peter Nell, Walter Hübsch, Barbara Albrecht-Küpper, Jorg Keldenich, Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Frank Süssmeier, Katja Zimmermann, Dieter Lang, Daniel Meibom
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Patent number: 8440701Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1-(alkyl)-3-aniline-5-aryl triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to potent positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors which have the capability of increasing the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NVInventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Theodorus Dinklo, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Wei Zhuang
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Patent number: 8440702Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. The compounds have 3 cyclic groups connected by single bonds, as for example triphenyl, which are attached directly to the ring of formula I or attached at the position B.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Amjad Ali, Zhijian Lu, Peter J. Sinclair, Yi-Heng Chen, Cameron J. Smith, Hong Li
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Patent number: 8440703Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a aminopyridine dispersed in a release matrix, including, for example, a composition that can be formulated into a stable, sustained-release oral dosage formulation, such as a tablet which provides, upon administration to a patient, a therapeutically effective plasma level of the aminopyridine for a period of at about 12 hours and the use of the composition to treat various neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis. A method of selecting individuals based on responsiveness to a treatment, including, for example, identifying individuals who responded to treatment with a sustained release fampridine composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Andrew R. Blight, Ron Cohen
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Patent number: 8440704Abstract: This invention relates to a composition containing quercetin, vitamin B3, and vitamin C. Also disclosed is a method of using the composition for enhancing physical or mental performance or treating various diseases or disorders.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Quercegen Pharmaceuticals LLCInventor: Thomas Christian Lines
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Patent number: 8440705Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided for treatment or amelioration of one or more symptoms of ?-synuclein toxicity, ?-synuclein mediated diseases or diseases in which ?-synuclein fibrils are a symptom or cause of the disease. In one embodiment, the compounds for use in the compositions and methods are heteroaryl acylguanidines, heteroarylhydrazones, dihydropyridones, heteroaryl and aryl styryl ketones, and heteroarylpyrazoles.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Susan L. Lindquist, Tiago Outeiro, Richard Labaudinière
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Patent number: 8440706Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Kevin M. Cottrell, John Maxwell, Qing Tang, Anne-Laure Grillot, Arnaud Le Tiran, Emanuele Perola
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Patent number: 8440707Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: John Howard Hutchinson, Thomas Jon Seiders, Bowei Wang, Jeannie M. Arruda, Jeffrey Roger Roppe, Timothy Parr
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Patent number: 8440708Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, R1 is optionally substituted triazolyl, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonists and methods of making the compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLCInventors: Li Chen, Michael Patrick Dillon, Lichun Feng, Ronald Charles Hawley, Minmin Yang
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Patent number: 8440709Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphs, solvate pseudomorphs and amorphous form of 5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile (fipronil). The present invention also provides methods for preparing the novel polymorphs, pseudomorphs and amorphous form, as well as insecticidal or pesticidal compositions comprising same, and methods of use thereof as pesticidal agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd.Inventor: Sharona Zamir
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Patent number: 8440710Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The are useful as HSL inhibitors and may, for example, be used in treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Jean Ackermann, Stephan Brugger, Aurelia Conte, Daniel Hunziker, Werner Neidhart, Matthias Nettekoven, Tanja Schulz-Gasch, Stanley Wertheimer
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Patent number: 8440711Abstract: The present invention relates to (R,S) 2-aryl-2-fluoropropanoic acids, their single enantiomers (R) and (S), their derivatives amides and acylsulfonamides and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, which are used in the prevention and treatment of tissue damage due to the exacerbated recruitment of polymorphonucleated neutrophils (PMN leukocytes) at inflammation sites. The present invention provides compounds for use in the treatment of psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, melanoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bullous pemphigo, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis and in the treatment of damages caused by ischemia and reperfusion.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Dompe Pha.r.ma S.p.A.Inventors: Marcello Allegretti, Andrea Aramini, Maria Candida Cesta
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Patent number: 8440712Abstract: Crystalline sodium atorvastatin, compositions containing the same and methods for the production thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: Arrow International Limited, Zhejiang Neo-Dankong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kailan Zhou, Hong Liu, Zhirong Chen, Huabin Hong, Yang Sun, Yunde Wang, Jiangchun Pan
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Patent number: 8440713Abstract: A [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene compound expressed by General Formula (I): General Formula (I) where X and Y are each independently a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; or a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having an alicyclic alkenyl group optionally having a halogen atom, a functional group having a carboxyl group, or a functional group having a thiol group, as a partial structure; and X and Y are the same or each independently different, provided that at least one of X and Y has a straight or branched aliphatic alkenyl group, an alicyclic alkenyl group, a carboxyl group or a thiol group, as a partial structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Goto, Masafumi Torii, Tamotsu Horiuchi, Tamotsu Aruga, Hiroshi Ikuno, Toshiya Sagisaka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Orito, Masataka Mohri, Takashi Okada, Takuji Kato, Shinji Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8440714Abstract: The present application discloses an acid labile lipophilic molecular conjugate of cancer chemotherapeutic agents and methods for reducing or substantially eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy associated with the administration of a cancer chemotherapeutic agent to a patient in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Arbor Therapeutics, LLCInventors: James D. McChesney, John T. Henri, Sylesh Kumar Venkataraman, Mahesh Kumar Gundluru
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Patent number: 8440715Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of treating Excessive daytime Sleepiness (EDS) in a subject, comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein Rx is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, halogen selected from F, Cl, Br and I, alkoxy containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, nitro, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, and thioalkoxy containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms; x is an integer of 1 to 3, with the proviso that R may be the same or different when x is 2 or 3; R1 and R2 can be the same or different from each other and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 can be joined to form a 5 to 7-membered heterocycle substituted with a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl groups, wherein the cyclicType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Abdallah Ahnaou, Wilhelmus H. L. M. Drinkenburg, Joseph Palumbo, Jonathan Sporn
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Patent number: 8440716Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The inventive compounds are useful as deacetylase inhibitors (e.g., histone deacetylase inhibitors) and may be useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer. In particular, the inventive compounds are HDAC6 inhibitors. The invention also provide synthetic methods for preparing the inventive compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.Inventors: Weiping Tang, James Elliot Bradner, Stuart L. Schreiber
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Patent number: 8440717Abstract: A method for regulating hair growth is provided which comprises administering, to a subject in need thereof, dodecylcarbomoylmethyltrimethylammonium chloride and/or a compound of salt thereof selected from 2-dimethylamino-N-ethyl-acetamide, 2-dimethylamino-N-(2-{2-[2-(2-dimethylamino-acetylamino)-ethoxy]-ethoxy}-ethyl)-acetamide, 2-dimethylamino-N-[8-(2-dimethylamino-acetylamino)-octyl]-acetamide, 2-dimethylamino-N-[2-(2-{2-[2-(2-dimethylamino-acetylamino)-ethoxy]-ethoxy}-ethoxy)-ethyl]-acetamide, 2-dimethylamino-N-[12-(2-dimethylamino-acetylamino)-dodecyl]-acetamide, and 2-dimethylamino-N-[4-(2-dimethylamino-acetamino)-butyl]acetamide.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yasuto Suzuki, Naoko Morisaki, Michiyo Sasajima
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Patent number: 8440718Abstract: This invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing lipoxin compounds and therapeutic uses for the compounds in treating or preventing a disease or condition associated with columnar epithelial inflammation. The invention also discloses methods for screening for compounds useful in preventing columnar epithelial inflammation.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.Inventors: James L. Madara, Charles N. Serhan, Sean P. Colgan
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Patent number: 8440719Abstract: Carboxylic anhydrides are highly suitable as additive for industrial materials, cosmetics, pharmaceutics and foodstuffs, in particular beverages, for protecting them against attack and/or destruction by microorganisms.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbHInventors: Johannes Kaulen, Erasmus Vogl, Edwin Ritzer, Manfred Hoffmann
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Patent number: 8440720Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to methods of treatment, prevention, and inhibition of viral disorders. In one aspect, the present invention relates to inhibition of the M2 proton channel of influenza viruses (e.g. influenza A virus) and other similar viroporins (e.g., VP24 of Ebola and Marburg viruses; and NS3 protein of Bluetongue). The present invention further relates, inter alia, to compounds which have been shown to possess antiviral activity, in particular, inhibiting the M2 proton channel of influenza viruses.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Influmedix, Inc.Inventors: Jizhou Wang, Xiaodong Fan, Lidia Cristian