Patents Issued in July 15, 2014
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Patent number: 8778940Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas SystemInventors: Jay Schneider, Jenny Hsieh, Douglas Frantz, Steven L. McKnight, Joseph M. Ready
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Patent number: 8778941Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8778942Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8778943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: Shionogi & Co., Ltd., ViiV Healthcare CompanyInventors: Brian A. Johns, Takashi Kawasuji, Teruhiko Taishi, Yoshiyuki Taoda
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Patent number: 8778944Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Takahiko Taniguchi, Akira Kawada, John F. Quinn, Jun Kunitomo, Masato Yoshikawa, Makoto Fushimi
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Patent number: 8778945Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Paul Joseph Hergenrother, Quinn Patrick Peterson, Danny Chung Hsu, Diana C. West, Timothy M. Fan, Chris J. Novotny
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Patent number: 8778946Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Carlos Lamas-Peteira, Simon James Richards, Selma Sapmaz, Magnus Wilhelm Walter
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Patent number: 8778947Abstract: The disclosure relates to improved methods of administering pirfenidone therapy when ciprofloxacin is administered concomitantly.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Intermune, Inc.Inventor: Williamson Z. Bradford
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Patent number: 8778948Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: NHWA Pharma, CorporationInventors: Jianqi Li, Guan Wang, Guisen Zhang, Xiangping Yang, Peng Xie, Linjie Zhang, Xiangqing Xu, Yumei Wang
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Patent number: 8778949Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLCInventors: Eric L. Stangeland, Lori Jean Patterson
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Patent number: 8778950Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Sangdon Han, Lars Thoresen, Jae-Kyu Jung, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Xiuwen Zhu, Yifeng Xiong, Dawei Yue
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Patent number: 8778951Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Paul A. Barsanti, Cheng Hu, Jeff Jin, Robert Keyes, Robert Kucejko, Xiaodong Lin, Yue Pan, Keith B. Pfister, Martin Sendzik, James Sutton, Lifeng Wan
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Patent number: 8778952Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventor: Joseph Bernstein
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Patent number: 8778953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Chroma Therapeutics Ltd.Inventors: David Festus Charles Moffat, Stephen John Davies, Stephane Pintat
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Patent number: 8778954Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Miura, Seiichi Sato, Hajime Yamada, Junya Tagashira, Ryohei Sekimoto, Rie Ishida, Hitomi Aoki, Tadaaki Ohgiya
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Patent number: 8778955Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Olaf Ritzeler, Gerhard Jaehne
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Patent number: 8778956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NVInventors: Kathleen Battista, Gilles Bignan, Peter J. Connolly, Allen B. Reitz, Tina Morgan Ross, Malcolm Scott, Steven A. Middleton, Michael Orsini
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Patent number: 8778957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Craig A. Stump, Amy G. Quigley
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Patent number: 8778958Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventor: John R. Cashman
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Patent number: 8778959Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: AbbVie Inc.Inventors: Lei Shi, William H. Bunnelle, Tao Li, Marc J. Scanio, Michael R. Schrimpf, Chih-Hung Lee
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Patent number: 8778960Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland LimitedInventors: Daniel Deaver, Mark Todtenkopf
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Patent number: 8778961Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Mariusz A. Wasik, Leslie M. Shaw
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Patent number: 8778962Abstract: Rapamycin derivatives have interesting effects in the treatment of solid tumours, optionally in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationInventors: Heidi Lane, Terence O'Reilly, Jeanette Marjorie Wood
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Patent number: 8778963Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Larry R. Krepski, Joseph F. Dellaria, Jr., Gregory J. Marszalek
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Patent number: 8778964Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Bayer Pharma AktiengesellschaftInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8778965Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Maruho Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Hirota
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Patent number: 8778966Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NVInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8778967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Genzyme CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8778968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventors: Nnaemeka Ikechukwu Amobi, Ian Christopher Smith
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Patent number: 8778969Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Inventor: Peter H Proctor
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Patent number: 8778970Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., LtdInventors: Tomohiro Toyoda, Tomoaki Nishida, Hidefumi Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 8778971Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Bridge Pharma, Inc.Inventors: A.K. Gunnar Aberg, Vincent B. Ciofalo
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Patent number: 8778972Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Qi-Ying Hu, Sylvie Chamoin, Christopher M. Adams, Chun Zhang
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Patent number: 8778973Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc.Inventors: Li Chen, Lichun Feng, Mengwei Huang, Jia Li, Fajun Nan, Tao Pang, Lifang Yu, Mei Zhang
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Patent number: 8778974Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NVInventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Pauline Carol Stanislawski, Wei Zhuang, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus
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Patent number: 8778975Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Link Geonomics, Inc.Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Masaichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8778976Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Baylor College of MedicineInventors: Motonari Uesugi, Salih J. Wakil, Lutfi Abu-Elheiga, Qian Mao, Shinji Kamisuki, Akira Kugimiya
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Patent number: 8778977Abstract: The present invention provides pyridinonyl PDK1 inhibitors and methods of treating cancer using the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8778978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Targacept, Inc.Inventors: Julio A. Munoz, John Genus, James R. Moore
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Patent number: 8778979Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Yale UniversityInventors: Vladimir Coric, John H. Krystal, Gerard Sanacora
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Patent number: 8778980Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignees: 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
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Patent number: 8778981Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Topokine Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Murat V. Kalayoglu, Michael S. Singer
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Patent number: 8778982Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Megan A. Diehl, Dolores A. Shaw
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Patent number: 8778983Abstract: Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Clark, Brian Andrew Stearns, Lucy Zhao, Thomas Jon Seiders, Deborah Volkots, Jeannie M. Arruda, David Nathan Zalatan
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Patent number: 8778984Abstract: The present invention provides aldosterone synthase inhibitors of the formula: intermediates, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical preparations, and methods for their use.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Michael Gregory Bell, Paul J. Hoogestraat, Thomas Edward Mabry, Quanrong Shen, Ana Maria Escribano
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Patent number: 8778985Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: The University of RochesterInventors: Berislav V. Zlokovic, Rashid Deane, Benjamin L. Miller
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Patent number: 8778986Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Jun Tan, Doug Shytle, Kavon Rezai-Zadeh
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Patent number: 8778987Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Symrise AGInventors: Jakob Ley, Susanne Paetz, Thomas Riess, Gerhard Krammer
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Patent number: 8778988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Tehshik P. Yoon, Jonathan D. Parrish, Michael A. Ischay
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Patent number: 8778989Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Natura Cosmeticos S.A.Inventors: Roberta Roesler, Rosa Friedlander