Patents Issued in April 1, 2014
  • Patent number: 8685954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic compositions for treating cancer or preventing the growth of cancer cells, e.g., tumor growth, in a subject. The present invention also relates to methods for treating cancer, e.g., inhibiting tumor growth, in a subject who has become resistant to treatment, by administering to a subject an effective amount of a proteasome inhibitor and an effective amount of a therapeutic agent, e.g., a chemotherapeutic agent. The present invention further relates to methods for purging bone marrow, i.e., removing cancer cells from bone marrow, by exposing the bone marrow cells to a proteasome inhibitor and a therapeutic agent, e.g., a chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Anderson, Teru Hideshima, Constantine S. Mitsiades, Nicholas Mitsiades
  • Patent number: 8685955
    Abstract: Novel iron chelators exhibiting neuroprotective and good transport properties are useful in iron chelation therapy for treatment of a disease, disorder or condition associated with iron overload and oxidative stress, e.g., a neurodegenerative or cerebrovascular disease or disorder, a neoplastic disease, hemochromatosis, thalassemia, a cardiovascular disease, diabetes, an inflammatory disorder, anthracycline cardiotoxicity, a viral infection, a protozoal infection, a yeast infection, retarding aging, and prevention and/or treatment of skin aging and skin protection against sunlight and/or UV light. The iron chelator function is provided by a 8-hydroxyquinoline, a hydroxypyridinone or a hydroxamate moiety. The neuroprotective function is imparted to the compound, e.g., by a neuroprotective peptide. A combined antiapoptotic and neuroprotective function is provided by a propargyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Moussa B. H. Youdim, Matitiyahu Fridkin, Hailin Zheng, Rivka Warshawsky
  • Patent number: 8685956
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a pharmaceutical compositions and methods of reducing acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity. The disclosure includes pharmaceutical compositions including acetaminophen and one or more components selected from S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), S-methylmethionine (SMM), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods of reducing acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity in a subject by administering or co-administering one or more of S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), S-methylmethionine (SMM), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with acetaminophen to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois, The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Hong-Hsing Liu, Gary Allen Peltz, Guochun Liao, Timothy Alan Garrow
  • Patent number: 8685957
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions containing solid forms of tazobactam arginine, and methods of manufacturing and using these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan-Ji Lai, Jian-Qiao Gu, Pradip M. Pathare, Valdas Jurkauskas, Joseph Terracciano, Nicole Miller Damour
  • Patent number: 8685958
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are azetidinyl compounds of formula I, as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an azetidinyl compound, and a method of using an azetidinyl compound in the treatment or prophylaxis of a melanin-concentrating hormone related disease or condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventor: Lars Anders Mikael Johansson
  • Patent number: 8685959
    Abstract: Benzimidazole, benzopyrazole and benzotriazole compounds are provided which bind to CCR(4) and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, graft rejection and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Manmohan Reddy Leleti, Yandong Li, Venkat Reddy Mali, Jay Powers, Ju Yang
  • Patent number: 8685960
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) which are inhibitors of the human aldosterone synthase, and also pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds and other heteroaryl substituted quinolinone derivatives for the treatment of hyperaldosteronism and/or disorders or diseases that are mediated by 11 ?-hydroxylase (CYP11 B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Elexopharm GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf W. Hartmann, Ralf Heim, Simon Lucas
  • Patent number: 8685961
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to diazepan compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Karen M. Brashear, Paul J. Coleman, Christopher D. Cox, Anthony M. Smith, David B. Whitman
  • Patent number: 8685962
    Abstract: Articles of manufacturing (such as tobacco products), methods, devices and compositions for preventing or reducing tobacco-associated damage and/or disorders associated with oxidative stress in a subject, and which utilize a TSPO receptor ligand (such as diazepam), are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Moshe Gavish, Rafael M. Nagler
  • Patent number: 8685963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds with activity as BACE1 and NF?B modulators, and methods for treating, preventing, or ameliorating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention is also directed to the treatment of diseases related to dysfunction of cell proliferation, the immune system and/or inflammation using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions containing such candidate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York
    Inventors: Donald W. Landry, Shi Xian Deng, Gangli Gong, Yuli Xie, Yidong Liu, K. Alison Rinderspacher
  • Patent number: 8685964
    Abstract: The present application relates to the use of heterocyclic compounds, some of which are known, for controlling animal pests including arthropods and in particular insects, furthermore to novel heterocyclic compounds and to processes for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Martin Füβlein, Adeline Köhler, Friedrich August Mühlthau, Eva-Maria Franken, Arnd Voerste
  • Patent number: 8685965
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), (wherein variables A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, L, J, Q, R4, Ea, Eb, Ec, R6, R7, Re, Rf, RPG, W, Y and Z are as described herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors, and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP receptors are involved, such as headache, and in particular migraine and cluster headache. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Donnette D. Staas, Ian M. Bell, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 8685966
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series of compounds which exhibit isoform selective inhibition of GRP94, a homologue of Hsp90 that is localized to the endoplasmic recticulum. Through GRP94 inhibition, these compounds are likely to manifest anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-metastasis, and immunosuppressive activities, as well as utility in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: University of Kansas
    Inventors: Brian S. J. Blagg, Adam S. Duerfeldt
  • Patent number: 8685967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazolopyridines and analogs thereof, the use of the compounds as phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitors for the treatment of PDE10-modulated disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ginny D. Ho, Elizabeth M. Smith, Eugenia Y. Kiselgof, Kallol Basu, Zheng Tan, Brian McKittrick, Deen Tulshian
  • Patent number: 8685968
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and, as an active ingredient, the compound 2-(1H-indazol-4-yl)-6-(4-methanesulfonyl-piperazin-1-ylmethyl)-4-morpholin-4-yl-thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine bismesylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Irina Chuckowree, Adrian Folkes, Tim Hancox, Stephen Shuttleworth
  • Patent number: 8685969
    Abstract: Compounds having formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, formula (I) are useful as kinase modulators, including Btk modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Chunjian Liu, James Lin, George V. DeLucca, Douglas G. Batt, Qingjie Liu
  • Patent number: 8685970
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, diseases or disorders related to aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, blood clotting disorders, inflammation, cancer, and/or flushing as well as diseases or disorders that would benefit from increased mitochondrial activity. Also provided are compositions comprising a sirtuin-modulating compound in combination with another therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline, LLC
    Inventors: Chi B. Vu, Jeremy S. Disch, Stephanic K. Springer, Charles A. Blum, Robert B. Perni
  • Patent number: 8685971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides and stereoisomeric forms, solvates, hydrates and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamide compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these compounds together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluent. Said quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides are useful for prophylaxsis, treatment and/or after-treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, tumors and particularly cancer metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Axel Ullrich, Robert Torka, Yixiang Zhang, György Kéri, László Örfi, István Szabadkai
  • Patent number: 8685972
    Abstract: The invention encompasses pyrimidine derivatives as gamma secretase modulators, useful for treating diseases associated with the deposition of beta-amyloid peptide in the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease, or of preventing or delaying the onset of dementia associated with such diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexey A. Rivkin, Sean P. Ahearn, Stephanie M. Chichetti
  • Patent number: 8685973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of pyrimidinedione cyclohexyl compounds and methods of using these compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Clark, George Hynd, Nicholas Ray, Mohammad Sajad
  • Patent number: 8685974
    Abstract: Thienylpyri(mi)dinylazole of the formula (I) in which R1 to R8 and X1 have the meanings given in the description, and agrochemically active salts, to their use and to methods and compositions for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi in and/or on plants or in and/or on seed of plants and for reducing mycotoxins in plants and parts of the plants, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions and treated seed and also to their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, in animal husbandry, in the protection of materials, in the domestic and hygiene field and for the reduction of mycotoxins in plants and parts of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Alexander Sudau, Mazen Es-Sayed, Julia Neumann, Catherine Sirven, Jürgen Benting, Christoph Andreas Braun, Ruth Meissner, Anne-Sophie Rebstock, Samir Bennabi, Philippe Desbordes, Arounarith Tuch, Philippe Rinolfi, Stephane Brunet, Hiroyuki Hadano, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer
  • Patent number: 8685975
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Omeros Corporation
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Thomas Neil Wheeler, Thomas L. Little
  • Patent number: 8685976
    Abstract: The subject invention discloses an agent for promoting cell adhesion to a support, comprising a dispirotripiperazine derivative represented by Formula I below or a salt thereof; a method for promoting cell adhesion to a support comprising adding the dispirotripiperazine derivative represented by Formula I below or a salt thereof to a culture medium, or applying the same to a support; and an agonist of a heparin sulfate that comprises the dispirotripiperazine derivative represented by Formula I below or a salt thereof, and that promotes cell adhesion and/or cell growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kyoto University
    Inventors: Motonari Uesugi, Sayumi Yamazoe
  • Patent number: 8685977
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to a new sulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar1, X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description. Nav 1.7 inhibitors are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, particularly pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Bell, Alan Daniel Brown, Russell Andrew Lewthwaite, Ian Roger Marsh, David Simon Millan, Manuel Perez Pacheco, David James Rawson, Nunzio Sciammetta, Robert Ian Storer, Paul Anthony Stupple, Nigel Alan Swain, Marcel John De Groot
  • Patent number: 8685978
    Abstract: Novel 3?-deoxy-3?-acylaminospectinomycin compounds are described. Also described are methods of using the 3?-deoxy-3-acylaminospectinomycin compounds and other spectinomycin analogs in treating tuberculosis and in treating microbial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard E. Lee, Jianjun Qi, Julian G. Hurdle, Bernd Meibohm, Vnr Pavan Kumar Vaddady, Rakesh, Jiuyu Liu
  • Patent number: 8685979
    Abstract: The invention relates to (among other things) oligomer-diarylpiperazine conjugates and related compounds. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over previously administered un-conjugated diarylpiperazine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier
  • Patent number: 8685980
    Abstract: The disclosed compounds relate to treatments and therapies for protein kinase-associated disorders. There is also a need for compounds useful in the treatment or prevention or amelioration of one or more symptoms of cancer, transplant rejections, and autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, there is a need for methods for modulating the activity of protein kinases, such as CDK1, CDK2, CDK4, CDK5, CDK6, CDK7, CDK8 and CDK9, using the compounds provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Novartis AG, Astex Therapeutics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gilbert Ebai Besong, Christopher Thomas Brain, Clinton Alan Brooks, Miles Stuart Congreve, Claudio Dagostin, Guo He, Ying Hou, Steven Howard, Yue Li, Yipin Lu, Paul Neil Mortenson, Troy D. Smith, Moo Je Sung, Steven John Woodhead, Wojciech Wrona, Bharat Lagu
  • Patent number: 8685981
    Abstract: Compounds exhibiting an osteogenesis-promoting action having the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A is selected from among a 3- to 10-membered heterocyclyl group, B is selected from among an amino group, and X is selected from N and CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Katsuyoshi Nakajima, Kazumasa Aoki, Ryoichi Tanaka, Shimpei Hirano, Kiyoshi Oizumi, Daigo Asano
  • Patent number: 8685982
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein A is selected from the group of:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Meanwell, Tao Wang, Zhongxing Zhang, Lawrence G. Hamann, John F. Kadow
  • Patent number: 8685983
    Abstract: Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as HGF mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases and other maladies or conditions involving, cancer and the like. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Seong Kim, David Bauer, Steven Bellon, Alessadro Boezio, Shon Booker, Deborah Choquette, Derin C. D'Amico, Noel D'Angelo, Celia Dominguez, Ingrid M. Fellows, Julie Germain, Russell Graceffa, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Satoko Hirai, Daniel La, Matthew Lee, Longbin Liu, Mark H. Norman, Michele Potashman, Philip Roveto, Aaron C. Siegmund, Ning Xi, Kevin Yang
  • Patent number: 8685984
    Abstract: The present invention features interferon- and ribavirin-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the therapies comprise administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents without interferon and ribavirin to a subject with HCV infection. For example, the therapies comprise administering to a subject an effective amounts of therapeutic agent 1, therapeutic agent 2 (or therapeutic agent 3), and an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (e.g., ritonavir).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Bernstein, Rajeev M. Menon, Amit Khatri, Sven Mensing, Sandeep Dutta, Daniel E. Cohen, Scott C. Brun, Walid M. Awni, Emily O. Dumas, Cheri E. Klein, Thomas J. Podsadecki
  • Patent number: 8685985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized by an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) (1) at least one haloalkylnicotinic acid derivative of the formula (I) in which AA and R1A are as defined in the description, or (2) at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) in which XB, R1B, R2B, R3B, L1B, L2B and L3B are as defined in the description, or (3) at least one anthranilamide of the formula (III) in which A1C, A2C, XC,R1C, R2C, R3C, R4C, R5C, R7C, R8Cand R9C are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound from the group of compounds given in the description, in particular cloquintocet-mexyl, isoxadifen-ethyl and mefenpyr-diethyl for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Rüdiger Fischer, Christian Funke, Achim Hense, Wolfram Andersch, Heike Hungenberg, Wolfgang Thielert, Udo Reckmann, Lothar Willms, Christian Arnold
  • Patent number: 8685986
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a medical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of glaucoma which comprises a pyridylaminoacetic acid compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, Y, and Z are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hagihara, Kenji Yoneda, Eiji Okanari, Manabu Shigetomi
  • Patent number: 8685987
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines and their use as modulators of potassium channels. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds, in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ataxion, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrik Svane Sørensen, Birgitte L. Eriksen, Charlotte Hougaard, Dorte Strøbæk, Palle Christophersen
  • Patent number: 8685988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for the treatment of tumors and related diseases related to the dysregulation of kinase (such as EGFR (including HER), Alk, PDGFR, but not limited to) pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Acea Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Xu, Xiaobo Wang, Long Mao, Li Zhao, Biao Xi
  • Patent number: 8685989
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) promote axonal outgrowth angiogenesis and can therefore be used to reduce central nerve injuries such as head injury and spinal cord injury, cerebral infarction, ischemic heart diseases, peripheral arterial occlusive diseases, or after-effects of these diseases. in which Nx group is preferably a 6-membered aromatic ring containing two nitrogen atoms; R0, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an amino group; E is an oxygen atom or an —NR8 group (wherein R8 is an alkyl group or the like); n is an integer of of 0 to 5; X and Y are each a connected bond, a cycloalkyl group, or —CO—; and Q is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naohiro Takemoto, Kenji Murata, Norihito Murayama, Chikaomi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8685990
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and L, A, and Ra are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Haiyan Bian, Peter J. Connolly, Gilles Bignan, Chaozhong Cai, Scott L. Dax, Bart L. DeCorte, Shu-Chen Lin, Li Liu, Mark J. Macielag, Philip M. Pitis, Yue-Mei Zhang, Bin Zhu, Wei He
  • Patent number: 8685991
    Abstract: This invention relates to: (a) compounds and salts thereof that, inter alia, inhibit HCV; (b) intermediates useful for the preparation of such compounds and salts; (c) compositions comprising such compounds and salts; (d) methods for preparing such intermediates, compounds, salts, and compositions; (e) methods of use of such compounds, salts, and compositions; and (f) kits comprising such compounds, salts, and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Rolf Wagner, Warren M. Kati, Dachun Liu, Yaya Liu, Kenton L. Longenecker, Clarence J. Maring, John K. Pratt, Todd W. Rockway, Kent D. Stewart, Michael D. Tufano
  • Patent number: 8685992
    Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds derived from trisubstituted 1H-pyrrole rings and aromatic rings, which have the following formula (I): wherein: R1 and R2 represent, independently, an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl radical or an optionally substituted heteroaryl radical; A and M represent, independently, a methylene group or a single bond, in which case the adjacent aromatic ring would be attached directly to the amide group; the Y?Z group represents together and indistinctly an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a cis-vinylidene group, an imino group, or a methine group with a sp2-hybridized carbon atom; X represents indistinctly a methine group, a cis-vinylidene group or a nitrogen atom; and W represents a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group or an optionally substituted C6-C10 aryl group; or a salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, as well as to the process for their preparation and the use thereof for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Universidad del País Vasco, Ikerschem, S.L.
    Inventors: Fernando Pedro Cossío Mora, Aizpea Zubia Olascoaga, Yosu Vara Salazar, Eider Ion San Sebastián Larzabal, Dorleta Otaegui Ansa, María del Carmen Masdeu Margalef, Eneko Aldaba Arévalo
  • Patent number: 8685993
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel methods of treating a disease or disorder characterized by hyperactivity of Vps34, and compound as Vps34 inhibitors; particularly compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as methods of treating a disease, disorder, or syndrome associated with Vps34 inhibition, particularly hyperproliferative diseases. The present invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions including compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ivan Cornella Taracido, Edmund Martin Harrington, Ayako Honda, Erin Keaney
  • Patent number: 8685994
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising two analgesic compounds and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof consisting of celecoxib and/or at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and oxycodone and/or at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, said two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient. Also disclosed is a method of effectively treating pain in humans or other mammals, comprising orally administering to the patient an oral dosage form comprising two analgesic compounds consisting of celecoxib and/or at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and oxycodone and/or at least one pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, said two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Burch, Paul D. Goldenheim, Richard S. Sackler
  • Patent number: 8685995
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods of treating a disorder or disease characterized by cellular proliferation and migration by co-administering a synergistically effective amount of an mTOR inhibitor and a ?-opioid receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Jonathan Moss, Patrick A. Singleton
  • Patent number: 8685996
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for making aldehydes and ketones comprising allowing the corresponding primary or secondary alcohol to react in the presence of trichoroisocyanuric acid, a compound of formula R1SR2 and a base. In one embodiment, the alcohol is a compound of formula (I): wherein R3 is a protecting group. Also disclosed are methods for making 3-O-protected morphine dienol carboxylates comprising allowing a compound of formula (I) to oxidize in the presence of a chlorine-containing compound and a compound of formula R1SR2; and allowing the product of the oxidation step to react with an acylating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Andreas Stumpf
  • Patent number: 8685997
    Abstract: New camptothecin derivatives with the following structure of the formula (I), their use and the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The compounds of the present invention have good anti-tumor activities and good solubility in water, and can be used in development of medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Jian Ding, Heyong Gao, Liping Lin, Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 8685998
    Abstract: An extended release oral dosage form comprising as active substance tacrolimus or a pharmaceutically active analogue thereof for a once daily immunosuppressive treatment of a patient in need thereof, preferable a kidney or liver transplant patient. The dosage form releases the active substance over an extended period of time. It also provides improved pharmacokinetic parameters due to an extended and constant in vivo release including substantial decreased peak concentrations, despite increased bioavailability, substantial extended times for maximal concentration, and higher minimal concentrations when compared with conventional immediate release dosage forms and a recent modified release tacrolimus dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S
    Inventors: Robert D. Gordon, Per Holm, Anne-Marie Lademann, Tomas Norling
  • Patent number: 8685999
    Abstract: The invention is directed to ?-carboline sulphonylurea derivatives as EP4 receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, inflammation, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Carl Berthelette, Michael Boyd, Jason Burch, Claude Dufresne, Julie Farand, Yongxin Han, Claudio F. Sturino
  • Patent number: 8686000
    Abstract: Ketosultams and diketopyridines of the formula (I) and use thereof as herbicides are described. In this formula (I), G, X, Y and Z are each radicals such as hydrogen and organic radicals such as alkyl. W represents organic radicals such as alkyl. A represents a heterocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Stefan Lehr, Christian Waldraff, Elmar Gatzweiler, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Ines Heinemann, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • Patent number: 8686001
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmic medicament for treating glaucoma which comprises a clathrate compound prepared by dissolving cilostazol or a salt thereof in a cyclodextrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Okamoto, Yoshimasa Ito, Yoshimi Kawakami, Takuji Kurimoto, Noriaki Nagai, Tatsuya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8686002
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula (I), corresponding enantiomeric, diastereomeric and/or tautomeric forms thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and the prodrugs of said compounds. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds as binding partners for 5-HT5 receptors for treating diseases that are modulated by a 5-HT5 receptor activity, in particular, for treating neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders as well as signs, symptoms and dysfunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Amberg, Astrid Netz, Andreas Kling, Michael Ochse, Udo Lange, Charles W. Hutchins, Francisco Javier Garcia-Ladona, Alfred Hahn
  • Patent number: 8686003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that are tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase inhibitors. The disclosed compounds are used to treat, prevent, or abate vascular calcification, arterial calcification and other cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Jose Luis Millan, Eduard Sergienko