Patents Issued in July 1, 2014
  • Patent number: 8765723
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds which are derivatives of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, cilostazol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This invention also provides pyrogen-free compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention and the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are treated by administration of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, such as cilostazol. The invention also relates to the use of the disclosed compounds and compositions as reagents in analytical studies involving cilostazol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: CoNCERT Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rose A. Persichetti, Julie F. Liu, Craig E. Masse, Scott L. Harbeson
  • Patent number: 8765724
    Abstract: A topical ophthalmic composition comprised of povidone-iodine 0.01% to 10.0% combined with a steroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. This solution is useful in the treatment of active infections of at least one tissue of the eye (e.g., conjunctiva and cornea) from bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, fungal, or amoebic causes, as well as treatment to prevent such infections in appropriate clinical settings (e.g. corneal abrasion, postoperative prophylaxis, post-LASIK/LASEK prophylaxis). Additionally the solution is effective in the prevention of infection and inflammation in the post-operative ophthalmic patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: CLS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Michael Samson, Bo Liang, Joseph A. Capriotti
  • Patent number: 8765725
    Abstract: The present invention further provides method of preparing nanocrystals of a hydrophobic therapeutic agent such as fluticasone, pharmaceutical compositions (e.g., topical or intranasal compositions) thereof and methods for treating and/or preventing the signs and/or symptoms of disorders such as blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction or skin inflammation or a respiratory disease (e.g., asthma).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Aciex Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Cavanagh, Shikha P. Barman
  • Patent number: 8765726
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel use of pyridone derivatives such as pirfenidone for the prevention and treatment of damages to tissues or organs induced by various cytotoxic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents, biologics, immunosuppressants and radiation. Such prophylactic and/or therapeutic effects of the pyridone derivatives make it possible to increase therapeutic dosages of the cytotoxic agent, thereby enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of the cytotoxic agent and radiation therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Genomics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Wu
  • Patent number: 8765727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or quaternary ammonium salts thereof wherein constituent members are provided hereinwith, as well as their compositions and methods of use, which are JAK/ALK inhibitors useful in the treatment of JAK/ALK-associated diseases including, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, as well as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Combs, Richard B. Sparks, Eddy Wai Tsun Yue, Hao Feng, Michael Jason Bower, Wenyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8765728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) compositions, in particular pharmaceutical compositions, and medicaments comprising at least one compound of formula (I). The invention also relates to the use of such a compound for manufacturing a medicament. In particular the medicament and the pharmaceutical composition are intended to treat diseases linked with insulin regulation problems, such as diabetes. This invention aims also to methods for treating or preventing such diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: MelliTech
    Inventors: Didier Roche, Fabrice Chimienti, Martin Ohsten
  • Patent number: 8765729
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to cancer therapy, and, in particular, to a method of preventing or treating cancer using low molecular weight antioxidants (e.g., mimetics of superoxide dismutase (SOD)) as the active agent or as a chemo- and/or radio-protectant. The invention also relates to compounds and compositions suitable for use in such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Aeolus Sciences, Inc., Duke University, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
    Inventors: James D. Crapo, Brian J. Day, Ines Batinic-Haberle, Richard Gammans, Zeljko Vusjaskovic
  • Patent number: 8765730
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel 1-hydroxyimino-3-phenyl-propanes of the formula wherein R1 to R10 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are GPBAR1 agonists and may be used as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
    Inventors: Caterina Bissantz, Henrietta Dehmlow, Shawn David Erickson, Kyungjin Kim, Rainer E. Martin, Patrizio Mattei, Ulrike Obst Sander, Sherrie Lynn Pietranico-Cole, Hans Richter, Christoph Ullmer
  • Patent number: 8765731
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R5, R5?, R6, m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: James A. Henderson, John Maxwell, Louis Vaillancourt, Mark Morris, Ronald Grey, Jr., Simon Giroux, Laval Chan Chun Kong, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Bingan Liu, Carl Poisson, Caroline Cadilhac, Monica Bubenik, T. Jagadeeswar Reddy, Guy Falardeau, Constantin Yannopoulos, Jian Wang, Oswy Z. Pereira, Youssef L. Bennani, Albert C. Pierce, Govinda Rao Bhisetti, Kevin M. Cottrell, Valerie Marone
  • Patent number: 8765732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wayne Kuntz, Richard Chesworth, Kenneth William Duncan, Heike Keilhack, Natalie Warholic, Christine Klaus, Sarah Kathleen Knutson, Timothy James Nelson Wigle, Masashi Seki, Syuji Shirotori, Satoshi Kawano
  • Patent number: 8765733
    Abstract: The invention relates to amine substituted methanesulfonamide derivatives as vanilloid receptor ligands, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Frank, Gregor Bahrenberg, Thomas Christoph, Bernhard Lesch, Jeewoo Lee
  • Patent number: 8765734
    Abstract: The present invention provides piperidin-4-yl azetidine derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK1 including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Taisheng Huang, Chu-Biao Xue, Hui-Yin Li, Qun Li
  • Patent number: 8765735
    Abstract: The present invention provides isoxazoline FAAH inhibitors of the formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof, wherein each of G, Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd are as defined herein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The present invention also provides methods for treating an FAAH-mediated condition comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Behnke, Alfredo C. Castro, Lawrence K. Chan, Catherine A. Evans, Louis Grenier, Michael J. Grogan, Yves Leblanc, Tao Liu, Stephane Peluso, Daniel A. Snyder, Thomas T. Tibbitts
  • Patent number: 8765736
    Abstract: The invention relates to azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, and hexahydroazepinyl compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Z and q are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Bin Shao, Jiangchao Yao
  • Patent number: 8765737
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions for purifying the non-addictive alkaloid noribogaine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: DemeRx, Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah C. Mash, Richard D. Gless, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8765738
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structural formula (I) and (II) and use of the compounds and salts and hydrates thereof, as therapeutic agents are disclosed. Treatable diseases and conditions include cancers, inflammatory diseases and conditions, and immunodeficiency diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Incuron, LLC
    Inventors: John Tucker, Sergey Sviridov, Leonid Brodsky, Catherine Burkhart, Andrei Purmal, Katerina Gurova, Andrei Gudkov
  • Patent number: 8765739
    Abstract: Compounds of formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Ikegashira, Taku Ikenogami, Naoki Ogawa, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Takahiro Oka, Takuya Matsuo, Takayuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8765740
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel benzodiazepine derivatives with antiproliferative activity and more specifically to novel benzodiazepine compounds of formula (I)-(VII). The invention also provides conjugates of the benzodiazepine compounds linked to a cell-binding agent. The invention further provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a proliferative disorder in a mammal using the compounds or conjugates of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: ImmunoGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Michael Miller, Nathan Fishkin, Ravi V. J. Chari
  • Patent number: 8765741
    Abstract: The invention is directed to 5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-one compounds of Formula I wherein X is CR3, and A is and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds that are useful in treating infections by hepatitis C virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Dragovich
  • Patent number: 8765742
    Abstract: Three dihydrate forms B, C and D and a monohydrate form E of methylthioninium chloride are described. Forms B, C, D and E can be prepared under controlled humidity and temperature from methylthioninium chloride with higher water content or conversion of a hydrate. The hydrates can be incorporated in pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Wista Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Rolf Hilfiker, Timo Rager
  • Patent number: 8765743
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PI3-kinase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Ian Robert Baldwin, Kenneth David Down, Paul Faulder, Simon Gaines, Julie Nicole Hamblin, Joelle Le, Christopher James Lunniss, Nigel James Parr, Timothy John Ritchie, Juliet Kay Simpson, Christian Alan Paul Smethurst
  • Patent number: 8765744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula I wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R7, A, Z and m are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11beta-HSD1) and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this enzyme, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2, obesity, and dyslipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Himmelsbach
  • Patent number: 8765745
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to inhibitors that preferentially inhibit immunoproteasome activity over constitutive proteasome activity. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of immune related diseases, comprising administering a compound of the invention. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of cancer, comprising administering a compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Onyx Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Shenk, Francesco Parlati, Han-jie Zhou, Catherine Sylvain, Mark S. Smyth, Mark K. Bennett, Guy J. Laidig
  • Patent number: 8765746
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula I-A or I-B: wherein HY, G1, G2, R2, R12, W1, W2, n, and Ring A are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and/or mTor and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Freeze, Masaaki Hirose, Hong Myung Lee, Todd B. Sells, Zhan Shi, Leo R. Takaoka, Stepan Vyskocil, Tianlin Xu
  • Patent number: 8765747
    Abstract: The present application relates to therapeutic organic compounds of formula (I), wherein Q, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound; and methods for treating and preventing disease such as cancer comprising administering and effective amount of a therapeutic organic compound to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Hwan Geun Choi, Taebo Sim, Nathanael Gray, Wenjun Zhou, Jae Won Chang, Jianming Zhang, Ellen Weisberg
  • Patent number: 8765748
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound is represented by Structural Formula (A): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by Structural Formula (A) described above or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. Also disclosed is a method of treating a subject having cancer, wherein the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (A) described above or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Heinz W. Pauls, Bryan T. Forrest, Radoslaw Laufer, Miklos Feher, Peter Brent Sampson, Guohua Pan, Sze-Wan Li, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 8765749
    Abstract: Disclosed are a 1,6-substituted indole compound having a protein kinase inhibition activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of cancers caused by abnormal cell growth comprising the compound as an effective ingredient. Since the novel indole compound exhibits superior inhibition activity against various protein kinases involved in growth factor signal transduction, it is useful as an agent for preventing or treating cancers caused by abnormal cell growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tae Bo Sim, Young Jin Ham, Kyung Ho Yoo, Chang Hyun Oh, Jung Mi Hah, Hwan Geun Choi, Hwan Kim, Eun Jin Jun
  • Patent number: 8765750
    Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Urade, Makoto Kitade, Kazuhiko Shigeno, Keiko Yamane, Katsunao Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8765751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Additionally, the present invention also relates to novel processes for the production of various morpoholine based intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Stephen Clinton Young, Christopher John Davis, John Studley
  • Patent number: 8765752
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a GPR40 activating agent containing, as an active ingredient, a novel compound having a GPR40 agonist action, a salt of the compound, a solvate of the compound or the salt, or the like, particularly, an insulin secretagogue and a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent against diabetes, obesity, or other diseases. [Means of Solving the Problem] A compound of Formula (I): (where p is 0 to 4; j is 0 to 2; k is 0 to 1; a ring A is an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cycroalkyl group, a cycroalkenyl group, a spirocyclic group; a ring B is an aryl group, a heteroaryl group; X is O or —NR7—; and R1 to R7 and L are specific groups), a salt of the compound, or a solvate of the compound or the salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Munetaka Ohkouchi
  • Patent number: 8765753
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of s-triazine derivatives of the formula in which R is a C1-C12-alkyl radical, by reacting a cyanuric acid halide with a p-aminobenzoic acid ester, which comprises a C6-C12-alkyl radical as radical of the ester alcohol, in a molar ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 in a xylene isomer mixture as solvent. 10 The process is characterized in that the solvent is used in amounts of from 0.6 to 2.1 mol/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Rudi Kroner
  • Patent number: 8765754
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): wherein all symbols have the same meanings as defined in the specification; a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, an N-oxide thereof, or a prodrug thereof, has a Btk inhibitory activity, and is useful as a method for preventing and/or treating a rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease, a B cell lymphoma of cancer, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Locus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenon Konteatis, Kristofer Moffett, Younghee Lee, Wenchun Chao, Dora Do-York Wong
  • Patent number: 8765755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-containing heterocyclic compounds that are inhibitors of protein kinases including JAK kinases. In particular, the compounds are selective for JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 or TYK2 kinases and combinations thereof such as JAK1 and JAK2. The kinase inhibitors can be used in the treatment of kinase associated diseases such as immunological and inflammatory diseases including organ transplants; hyperproliferative diseases including cancer and myeloproliferative diseases; viral diseases; metabolic diseases; and vascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: YM Biosciences Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: David Gerard Bourke, Christopher John Burns, Anthony Nicholas Cuzzupe, John Thomas Feutrill, Marcel Robert Kling, Tracy Leah Nero
  • Patent number: 8765756
    Abstract: A plant disease controlling composition, containing a carboxamide compound represented by formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; and a pyridazine compound represented by formula (II) wherein A1 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a cyano group or a methyl group, and A2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Yuichi Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 8765757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 3-Heterocyclic Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tin-Yau Chan, Jose S. Duca, Liwu Hong, Charles A. Lesburg, Brian A. McKittrick, Haiyan Pu, Li Wang, Henry M. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 8765758
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for whitening of eyes. The provided compositions and methods utilize low concentrations of selective ?-2 adrenergic receptor agonists. The compositions preferably include brimonidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Eye Therapies LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Horn
  • Patent number: 8765759
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula: (wherein variables A1, A2, A3, G1, G2, G3, G4, J, Ea, Eb, Ec, R6, R7, and Y are as described herein) which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Harold G. Selnick, Ian M. Bell, Melody McWherter, Donnette D. Staas, Shawn J. Stachel, Thomas Steele, Craig Stump, Michael R. Wood, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 8765760
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula (I): A-L-B??(I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers thereof, wherein A is wherein X is (i) CR1 or N, or (ii) O or NR2, each Y is independently N or CR3, and each Z is independently N or C, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined in the specification; L is a linker, and B is a multicyclic ring; methods of their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of their use. The compounds provided herein are inhibitors of phosphodiesterases and useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or management of various disorders, such as CNS disorders and metabolic disorders, e.g., neurological disorders, psychosis, schizophrenia, obesity and diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emmerson Campbell, Philip Jones, Michael Charles Hewitt
  • Patent number: 8765761
    Abstract: An imidazopyrazine having the structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are provided herein. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of Syk activity, which comprises administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are provided. Also provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of Syk kinase in a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Mitchell, Kevin S. Currie
  • Patent number: 8765762
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, Leber's congenital Amaurosis, Syndromic retinal degenerations, age-related macular degeneration and Usher Syndrome, and hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Usher III, Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Werner Bürli, William Rameshchandra Krishna Esmieu, Christopher James Lock, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Andrew Pate Owens, William E. Harte
  • Patent number: 8765763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new CGRP-antagonists of general formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, Rb, Rc, X, Y and Z are defined as mentioned hereinafter, the individual diastereomers, the individual enantiomers and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, medicaments containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Dreyer, Henri Doods, Kai Gerlach, Dirk Gottschling, Annekatrin Heimann, Stephan Georg Mueller, Klaus Rudolf, Gerhard Schaenzle
  • Patent number: 8765764
    Abstract: A 2-acylaminothiazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an excellent effect of proliferating human c-mpl-Ba/F3 cells and an activity of increasing platelets based on the effect of promoting the formation of megakaryocytic colonies. A compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful in treating thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Keizo Sugasawa, Susumu Watanuki, Yuji Koga, Hiroshi Nagata, Ryutaro Wakayama, Fukushi Hirayama, Ken-Ichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8765765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metabolites of(thio)-carbamoyl cyclohexane derivatives, particularly, metabolites of trans-4-{2-[4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-ethyl}-N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl-cyclohexylamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and to their use in the treatment and/or prevention of a conditions which requires modulation of dopamine receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Richter Gedeon Nyrt.
    Inventors: Eva Againe Csongor, Norbert Antal Kirschner, Eva Schmidt, Istvan Gyertyan, Bela Kiss
  • Patent number: 8765766
    Abstract: A subject of the invention is the compounds of formula (I); in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R have the meanings indicated in the description, their preparation process, their use as medicaments having an antagonist activity on the vitronectin receptor and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Lefrancois, Bertrand Heckmann
  • Patent number: 8765767
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds modulate the mGluR2 receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Mattson, Zhaoxing Meng
  • Patent number: 8765768
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heteroaryls having the general formula (I) and compositions containing them, for the treatment of general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, including but not restricted to autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), myestenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, multiples sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, allergic conditions including all forms of hypersensitivity, The present invention also enables methods for treating cancers that are mediated, dependent on or associated with p1 108 activity, including but not restricted to leukemias, such as Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML), Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myelo-proliferative diseases (MPD), Chronic Myeloid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy David Cushing, Julia Winslow Lohman, Youngsook Shin
  • Patent number: 8765769
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel fused 4-aminopyrimidines, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, alone or in combinations, for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Follmann, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Jens Ackerstaff, Nils Griebenow, Andreas Knorr, Frank Wunder, Volkhart Min-Jian Li
  • Patent number: 8765770
    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: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ataxion, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrik Svane Sørensen, Birgitte L. Eriksen, Charlotte Hougaard, Dotre Strøbæk, Palle Christophersen
  • Patent number: 8765771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to provision of a novel compound that has an activity of promoting insulin secretion from pancreatic ? cells and thus is useful as a prophylaxis and/or therapeutic agent for diseases caused by hyperglycemia such as diabetes mellitus, and the compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein one of A and B represents a nitrogen atom and the other represents a nitrogen atom or CR10, X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —(CH2)n-N(R12)—, Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —N(R13)—, and R1 to R9 each represent a hydrogen atom or another substituent, or a salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kowa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Morimoto, Tomoaki Koshizawa, Gen Watanabe, Tadaaki Ohgiya, Nao Yamasaki, Noriyuki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8765772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-6alkylamino, C1-6alkoxy, or C3-7cycloalkyloxy; m is an integer having a value of 3 to 6; n is an integer having a value of 0 to 4; and salts thereof are inducers of human interferon. Compounds which induce human interferon may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example the treatment of allergic diseases and other inflammatory conditions for example allergic rhinitis and asthma, the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, and may also be useful as vaccine adjuvants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Keith Biggadike, Diane Mary Coe, Xiao Qing Lewell, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Stephen Allan Smith, Naimisha Trivedi