Patents Issued in July 15, 2014
  • Patent number: 8778940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods for inducing neuronal differentiation in normal neural stem cells and brain cancer stem cells. The methods may take place in vitro, such as in isolates from the adult mammalian brain, or in vivo. Compounds and methods described herein may find use in the treatment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases, the repair and regeneration of the nervous system, and in treatment of neurologic malignancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jay Schneider, Jenny Hsieh, Douglas Frantz, Steven L. McKnight, Joseph M. Ready
  • Patent number: 8778941
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are useful as antagonists of TRPM8. Such compounds are useful in treating a number of TRPM8 mediated disorders and conditions and may be used to prepare medicaments and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating such disorders and conditions. Examples of such disorders include, but are not limited to, migraines and neuropathic pain. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: AMGEN Inc.
    Inventors: James Brown, Jian J. Chen, Vijay Keshav Gore, Scott Harried, Daniel B. Horne, Matthew R. Kaller, Qingyian Liu, Holger Monenschein, Thomas T. Nguyen, Nobuko Nishimura, Wenge Zhong
  • Patent number: 8778942
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Zou, Wei-Sheng Huang, R. Mathew Thomas, Jan Antoinette C. Romero, Jiwei Qi, Yihan Wang, Xiaotian Zhu, William C. Shakespeare, Rajeswari Sundaramoorthi, Chester A. Metcalf, III, David C. Dalgarno, Tomi K. Sawyer
  • Patent number: 8778943
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of substituted 10-hydroxy-9,11-dioxo-2,3,4a,5,9,11,13,13a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrrolo[1?,2?:3,4]imidazo[1,2-d]pyrazine-8-carboxamides useful as anti-HIV agents. The compounds have the formula (I-1-1): wherein ring A is an optionally substituted hexahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]-imidazole; R14 and RX are independently hydrogen or optionally substituted lower alkyl; R3 is selected from various groups; R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R is halogen; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., ViiV Healthcare Company
    Inventors: Brian A. Johns, Takashi Kawasuji, Teruhiko Taishi, Yoshiyuki Taoda
  • Patent number: 8778944
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has the effect of PDE inhibition, and which is useful as a medicament for preventing or treating schizophrenia or so on. A compound of formula (I0), wherein R1 represents a substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; Ring A represents an aromatic ring which can be substituted, and Ring B represents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring which can be substituted, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiko Taniguchi, Akira Kawada, John F. Quinn, Jun Kunitomo, Masato Yoshikawa, Makoto Fushimi
  • Patent number: 8778945
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed in embodiments relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds are disclosed that have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Hergenrother, Quinn Patrick Peterson, Danny Chung Hsu, Diana C. West, Timothy M. Fan, Chris J. Novotny
  • Patent number: 8778946
    Abstract: The invention provides certain 3-substituted-6-(pyridinylmethoxy)-pyrrolopyridine compounds, particularly compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention further provides methods of using a compound of formula I to treat Parkinsons disease Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Carlos Lamas-Peteira, Simon James Richards, Selma Sapmaz, Magnus Wilhelm Walter
  • Patent number: 8778947
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improved methods of administering pirfenidone therapy when ciprofloxacin is administered concomitantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Intermune, Inc.
    Inventor: Williamson Z. Bradford
  • Patent number: 8778948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substituted phenylpiperazine aryl alkanol derivative represented by the following general formula and its salt and hydrate, wherein C1 and C2 represent chiral carbon atoms, and the compound is one of the six isomers: (1RS, 2SR), (1RS, 2RS), (1R, 2S), (1S, 2S), (1R, 2R) or (1S, 2R); and R, R1, R2, R3 and Ar are as defined in the specification. The derivative is non-opioid analgesic, has good analgesic effect and relatively small side effects. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the derivative and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NHWA Pharma, Corporation
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Guan Wang, Guisen Zhang, Xiangping Yang, Peng Xie, Linjie Zhang, Xiangqing Xu, Yumei Wang
  • Patent number: 8778949
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: where a, and R1 through R6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Eric L. Stangeland, Lori Jean Patterson
  • Patent number: 8778950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. The present invention further relates to certain compounds of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activities of both the CB1 receptor and the CB2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Sangdon Han, Lars Thoresen, Jae-Kyu Jung, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Xiuwen Zhu, Yifeng Xiong, Dawei Yue
  • Patent number: 8778951
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomers, stereoisomers, rotamers, tautomers, diastereomers, or racemates thereof. Also provided is a method of treating a disease or condition mediated by CDK9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Cheng Hu, Jeff Jin, Robert Keyes, Robert Kucejko, Xiaodong Lin, Yue Pan, Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik, James Sutton, Lifeng Wan
  • Patent number: 8778952
    Abstract: A method of treating osteoarthritis by reducing intraosseous hypertension in a patient in need thereof by administering to a patient an effective amount of a composition containing a bone edema medication, such as a vasoactive medication or phosphodiesterase inhibitor, including a PDE-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Bernstein
  • Patent number: 8778953
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are p38 MAP kinase inhibitors useful for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases: wherein: G is —N? or —CH?; D is an optionally substituted divalent mono- or bi-cyclic aryl or heteroaryl radical having 5-13 ring members; R6 is hydrogen or optionally substituted CrC3 alkyl; P represents hydrogen and U represents a radical of formula (IA); or U represents hydrogen and P represents a radical of formula (IA); wherein A represents an optionally substituted divalent mono- or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5-13 ring members; z is O or 1; —X1-L1-Y— is a linker radical or bond; R1 is a carboxylic acid group (—COOH), or an ester group which is hydrolysable by one or more intracellular esterase enzymes to a carboxylic acid group; and R2 and R3 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Chroma Therapeutics Ltd.
    Inventors: David Festus Charles Moffat, Stephen John Davies, Stephane Pintat
  • Patent number: 8778954
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a novel compound which has both an antagonistic activity on an angiotensin II receptor and a PPAR?-activating activity and is therefore useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for hypertension, heart diseases, arteriosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, diabetic complications, metabolic syndrome or the like; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Miura, Seiichi Sato, Hajime Yamada, Junya Tagashira, Ryohei Sekimoto, Rie Ishida, Hitomi Aoki, Tadaaki Ohgiya
  • Patent number: 8778955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to indole derivatives or benzimidazole derivatives, to processes for preparing such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for the prophylaxis and therapy of a disease associated with an increased activity of I?B kinase comprising administering such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Ritzeler, Gerhard Jaehne
  • Patent number: 8778956
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel hydroxy alkyl substituted 1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-4-one derivatives of the general formula wherein all variables are as defined herein, useful in the treatment of disorders and conditions mediated by the ORL-1 G-protein coupled receptor. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of disorders and conditions such as anxiety, depression, panic, dementia, mania, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, neuropathic pain, acute pain, chronic pain, migraine, asthma, cough, psychosis, schizophrenia, epilepsy, hypertension, obesity, eating disorders, cravings, diabetes, cardiac arrhythmia, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, urinary incontinence, adrenal disorders, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's disease, for improved cognition or memory and for mood stabilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Kathleen Battista, Gilles Bignan, Peter J. Connolly, Allen B. Reitz, Tina Morgan Ross, Malcolm Scott, Steven A. Middleton, Michael Orsini
  • Patent number: 8778957
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) (wherein variables A1, A2, A3, ring-B, m, n, J, E1, E2, E3, R5, RPG and Y are as described herein), which are 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 the compounds of formula (I) and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of diseases in which CGRP receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Stump, Amy G. Quigley
  • Patent number: 8778958
    Abstract: The disclosed opioid-related compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are useful in a variety of applications relating to the modulation of receptors and receptor signaling within and outside the nervous system. For example, the compounds and compositions are useful in methods for the treatment of addictions and other CNS-related disorders. The disclosed compounds can be delivered or administered to a mammal including humans, alone in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrolysable precursor thereof, or in the form of a pharmaceutical composition, wherein a therapeutically effective amount of a compound is mixed with suitable carriers or excipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: John R. Cashman
  • Patent number: 8778959
    Abstract: The present application relates to indole and indoline derivatives of formula (I) wherein a, R1, R2, R3, h, i, j, m, n, L, Q, and X are as defined in the specification. The present application also relates to compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating disease conditions using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Shi, William H. Bunnelle, Tao Li, Marc J. Scanio, Michael R. Schrimpf, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8778960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel opioid modulator effective in reducing pharmacologically induced weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic use. The present invention provides methods of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain, methods for suppressing food intake and reducing ghrelin levels induced by atypical antipsychotic medications in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Deaver, Mark Todtenkopf
  • Patent number: 8778961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of alleviating and inhibiting a lymphoproliferative disorder in a mammal, the method comprising administering one or more rapamycin derivatives (including rapamycin) to the mammal. Further, the invention provides a method for identifying agents which are useful for alleviating and inhibiting a lymphoproliferative disorders, as well as a method for identifying agents which are capable of inhibiting metastasis of lymphatic tumors in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Mariusz A. Wasik, Leslie M. Shaw
  • Patent number: 8778962
    Abstract: Rapamycin derivatives have interesting effects in the treatment of solid tumours, optionally in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
    Inventors: Heidi Lane, Terence O'Reilly, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
  • Patent number: 8778963
    Abstract: Imidazo-quinoline, -pyridine, and -naphthyridine ring systems substituted at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Larry R. Krepski, Joseph F. Dellaria, Jr., Gregory J. Marszalek
  • Patent number: 8778964
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxamides, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Ingo Hartung, Markus Follmann, Rolf Jautelat, Alexander Straub, Jorma Haβfeld, Niels Lindner, Dirk Schneider, Frank Wunder, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Volkhart Min-Jian Li, Eva-Maria Becker, Andreas Knorr
  • Patent number: 8778965
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a lotion preparation which exerts an excellent antibacterial effect, is excellent in the stability of active ingredient and does not contain an additive having a safety problem. The lotion preparation contains (a) 1-cyclo-propyl-8-methyl-7-[5-methyl-6-(methylamino)-3-pyridyl]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) a lower alcohol, (c) a water-soluble polymer and (d) a polyhydric alcohol and the pH of the preparation is in the range of 9 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Maruho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Hirota
  • Patent number: 8778966
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), their use as PARP inhibitors as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, m and X have defined meanings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Jorge Eduardo Vialard, Patrick René Angibaud, Laurence Anne Mevellec, Christophe Meyer, Eddy Jean Edgard Freyne, Isabelle Noëlle Constance Pilatte, Bruno Roux, Elisabeth Thèrése Jeanne Pasquier, Xavier Marc Bourdrez, Christophe Denis Adelinet, Laurence Françoise Bernadette Marconnet-Decrane, Jacqueline Anne Macritchie, James Edward Stewart Duffy, Andrew Pate Owens, Pierre-Henri Storck, Virginie Sophie Poncelet
  • Patent number: 8778967
    Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds consisting of a core nitrogen atom surrounded by three pendant groups, wherein two of the three pendant groups are preferably benzimidazolyl methyl and tetrahydroquinolyl, and the third pendant group contains N and optionally contains additional rings. The compounds bind to chemokine receptors, including CXCR4 and CCR5, and demonstrate protective effects against infection of target cells by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Bridger, Renato T Skelj, Al Kaller, Curtis Harwig, David Bogucki, Trevor R Wilson, Jason B Crawford, Ernest J McEachern, Bem Atsma, Siqiao Nan, Yuanxi Zhou, Dominique Schols, Christopher Dennis Smith, Maria R Di Fluri
  • Patent number: 8778968
    Abstract: A compound having formula I. R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently H or lower alkyl. R5 is aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, cycloalkyloxy, heterocycloalkyloxy, arylamino, heteroarylamino, cycloalkylamino, heterocycloalkyl amino, arylthio, heteroarylthio, cycloalkylthio, heterocycloalkylthio, or cyclic olefin, any of which may be substituted or non-substituted; or substituted alkyl, substituted alkyl oxy or substituted alkyl amino wherein the substituent is an aryl, a heteroaryl, a cycloalkyl, a heterocycloalkyl or a cyclic olefin, any of which may be substituted or non-substituted. X is C or N. n and p are independently whole numbers selected from 0, 1 and 2. (CH2)n and (CH2)p may be substituted or non-substituted. Ar1 and Ar2 are independently aryl or heteroaryl groups which may be substituted or non-substituted. Certain specific compounds are excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Nnaemeka Ikechukwu Amobi, Ian Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: 8778969
    Abstract: Nitrone, nitroso, and nitroxide spintraps and spin labels and their reduction products are claimed for the prevention and treatment of fibrocystic disease of breast, premenstrual dysphoric syndrome and associated symptomology, prevention and treatment of migraine headache, cyclic vomiting syndrome, rectal hemorrhoids, trigeminal neuralgia, peripheral vascular disease, influenza, peridontitis and gingivitis, herpes zoster, herpes simplex, and post-herpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Peter H Proctor
  • Patent number: 8778970
    Abstract: Provided is a new serotonin-reuptake inhibitor that exhibits affinity for serotonin-1A receptors. Said serotonin-reuptake inhibitor is a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a 2-hydroxyethyl group, or a 2-methoxyethyl group. R2 represents one of the following bonded to a methylene group which is bonded to a piperidine ring: a chlorine atom bonded in a p-position; a bromine atom bonded in a p-position; a methyl group bonded in a p-position; a chlorine atom bonded in an m-position; or a bromine atom bonded in an m-position. Either Y1 represents a hydrogen atom and Y2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, or Y1 and Y2 together represent an oxo group. Z represents a group represented by one of the following formulas: formula (3-1-1), formula (3-1-2), formula (3-2-1), formula (3-2-2), formula (3-3-1), formula (3-3-2), formula (3-4-1), or formula (3-4-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tomohiro Toyoda, Tomoaki Nishida, Hidefumi Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 8778971
    Abstract: The methods disclosed herein relate to the treatment of skin infections in dogs, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of norketotifen. Therapeutic antimicrobial activity of norketotifen against Malassezia sp. is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bridge Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: A.K. Gunnar Aberg, Vincent B. Ciofalo
  • Patent number: 8778972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Qi-Ying Hu, Sylvie Chamoin, Christopher M. Adams, Chun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8778973
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R7 have the significance given herein. The compounds are useful in the treatment of prophylaxis of diseases that are related to AMPK regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.
    Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Mengwei Huang, Jia Li, Fajun Nan, Tao Pang, Lifang Yu, Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8778974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-aryl-3-aniline-5-alkyl-1,2,4-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, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Pauline Carol Stanislawski, Wei Zhuang, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus
  • Patent number: 8778975
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a compound which is stable in an acid, has an antibacterial effect against a bacterium Helicobacter pylori, can exert a satisfactory level of an antibacterial effect when used singly, does not affect an enteric bacterium, has an antibacterial effect against a bacterium resistant to an antibacterial agent, and has an inhibitory effect on gastric acid secretion; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound. Specifically disclosed are: a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt thereof: wherein R represents a linear alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably 5 to 7 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Link Geonomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Masaichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8778976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizing fatostatin A and/or a derivative and/or analog thereof. In other aspects, the compound for treatment and/or prevention of one or more metabolic disorders utilizes an A-B-C tripartite structure, wherein A, B, and C are identical or non-identical structures and are described in detail herein. In specific aspects, the metabolic disorder includes obesity or diabetes, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: Motonari Uesugi, Salih J. Wakil, Lutfi Abu-Elheiga, Qian Mao, Shinji Kamisuki, Akira Kugimiya
  • Patent number: 8778977
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridinonyl PDK1 inhibitors and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Egnard Lind, Kathy Cao, Edward Yin-shiang Lin, Thinh Ba Nguyen, Bradley T. Tangonan, Daniel A. Erlanson, Kevin Guckian, Robert Lowell Simmons, Wen-cherng Lee, Lihong Sun, Stig Hansen, Nuzhat Pathan, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 8778978
    Abstract: Patients susceptible to or suffering from conditions and disorders, such as central nervous system disorders, are treated by administering to a patient in need thereof compositions that are hydroxybenzoate salts of E-metanicotine-type compounds. The formation of hydroxybenzoate salts of the E-metanicotine compounds is also useful in purifying the E-metanicotine compounds, as the hydroxybenzoate salts tend to crystallize out, leaving impurities such as Z-metanicotine compounds, and compounds where the double bond has migrated, in solution. If desired, the hydroxybenzoate salts can be converted to either the free base (the E-metanicotine) or to another pharmaceutically acceptable salt form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Targacept, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio A. Munoz, John Genus, James R. Moore
  • Patent number: 8778979
    Abstract: Methods of treating mental disorders, including anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, are provided. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of a glutamate modulator to an individual in need thereof. Also provided are methods of enhancing the activity of a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) comprising co-administering a glutamate modulator and a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Pharmaceutical composition comprising a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and a glutamate modulator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Vladimir Coric, John H. Krystal, Gerard Sanacora
  • Patent number: 8778980
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein W is a bond, —C(?S)—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —C(R6)(R7)—, —N(R5)— or —C(?N(R5))—; X is —O—, —N(R5)— or —C(R6)(R7)—; provided that when X is —O—, U is not —O—, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(?O)— or —C(?NR5)—; U is a bond, —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —C(O)—, —O—, —P(O)(OR15)—, —C(?NR5)—, —(C(R6)(R7))b— or —N(R5)—; wherein b is 1 or 2; provided that when W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, U is not —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—; provided that when X is —N(R5)— and W is —S(O)—, —S(O)2—, —O—, or —N(R5)—, then U is not a bond; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Brian A McKittrick, Zhong-Yue Sun, Yuanzan C Ye, Johannes H Voigt, Corey Strickland, Elizabeth M. Smith, Andrew Stamford, William J. Greenlee, Robert Mazzola, John Caldwell, Jared N. Cumming, Lingyan Wang, Yusheng Wu, Ulrich Iserloh, Tao Guo, Thuy X. H. Le, Kurt W. Saionz, Suresh D. Babu, Rachael C. Hunter, Michelle L. Morris, Huizhong Gu, Gang Qian, Dawit Tadesse
  • Patent number: 8778981
    Abstract: Provided are methods for increasing fat locally in a body of a subject in need thereof comprising percutaneously administering to the subcutaneous fat of the subject a thiazolidinedione or an orexigenic compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, optionally delivered as a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as described herein. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprises a percutaneous carrier, as described herein. Further provided are compositions comprising a thiazolidinedione or an orexigenic compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, for use according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Topokine Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Murat V. Kalayoglu, Michael S. Singer
  • Patent number: 8778982
    Abstract: This invention relates to synergistic combinations of selected microbicides in combination with a second microbicide or formulation ingredient or raw material. The combinations have greater efficacy than would be expected from combinations of the individual components. The combinations include mixtures of (a) 5-Chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one+2-Methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, (b) Methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, or (c) 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one with one or more of a variety of other compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Megan A. Diehl, Dolores A. Shaw
  • Patent number: 8778983
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Clark, Brian Andrew Stearns, Lucy Zhao, Thomas Jon Seiders, Deborah Volkots, Jeannie M. Arruda, David Nathan Zalatan
  • Patent number: 8778984
    Abstract: The present invention provides aldosterone synthase inhibitors of the formula: intermediates, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical preparations, and methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Paul J. Hoogestraat, Thomas Edward Mabry, Quanrong Shen, Ana Maria Escribano
  • Patent number: 8778985
    Abstract: Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-? peptide (A?) and Receptor for Advanced Gly-cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of A? in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving A?/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of A? into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Rochester
    Inventors: Berislav V. Zlokovic, Rashid Deane, Benjamin L. Miller
  • Patent number: 8778986
    Abstract: The bioflavonoid luteolin reduces amyloid-? peptide (A?) generation. Luteolin is also a selective GSK-3 inhibitor that 1) decreases amyloidogenic ?-secretase APP processing, and 2) promotes presenilin-1 (PS1) carboxyl-terminal fragment (CTF) phosphorylation. GSK-3? activity is essential for both PS1 CTF phosphorylation states and PS1-APP interaction. To validate The findings were validated in vivo, using a Tg2576 Alzheimer's Disease model system. Luteolin treatment decreased soluble A? levels, reduced GSK-3 activity, and disrupted PS1-APP association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Jun Tan, Doug Shytle, Kavon Rezai-Zadeh
  • Patent number: 8778987
    Abstract: The use is described of the 4-hydroxychalcone derivatives of the formula (I) wherein A may represent a single or double bond, R1, R2 and R3, mutually independently, may in each case mean H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, providing that at least one of the residues R1 to R3 means OH, and R4 means H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, and/or (ii) the salts thereof and (iii) mixtures thereof to mask or reduce the unpleasant taste impression of an unpleasant tasting substance, as are corresponding methods and preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Jakob Ley, Susanne Paetz, Thomas Riess, Gerhard Krammer
  • Patent number: 8778988
    Abstract: A method of making an endoperoxide from a diene and oxygen in the presence of a photocatalyst having an excited state lifetime of at least 100 nanoseconds, the endoperoxide being represented by the formula: where R1 is an aryl substituted with at least one group selected from the group consisting of alkoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, carbamate, sulfonamide, silyloxy, amide, and combinations thereof or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkynyl, or aryl, R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkynyl, or aryl, R4 is alkynyl or aryl, R5 is hydrogen or a substituent, R6 is hydrogen or a substituent, and A1, A2, and A3 are the same or different atoms and form a divalent group that combines with the two carbon atoms of the endoperoxide ring to form a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted ring system of a size of from five to six atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tehshik P. Yoon, Jonathan D. Parrish, Michael A. Ischay
  • Patent number: 8778989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising: a—from 85.0% to 99.9% by weight of a lipid fraction of vegetable origin, and b—from 0.1% to 15.0% by weight of an anti-crystallizing agent, the percentages being defined on the basis of the total weight of the composition. The present invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising olein, propoxylated stearyl alcohol and/or propoxilated stearyl ether. These cosmetic compositions are ecologically correct and exhibit high resistance to oxidation and to solidification, and further provide to the skin softness, lubrication and also brings about the formation of a film that protects the skin against drying out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Natura Cosmeticos S.A.
    Inventors: Roberta Roesler, Rosa Friedlander