Patents Issued in September 30, 2014
  • Patent number: 8846647
    Abstract: Compounds having drug and bio-affecting properties, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are set forth. In particular, C-17 and C-3 modified triterpenoids that possess unique antiviral activity are provided as HIV maturation inhibitors, as represented by compounds of Formulas I, II and III: These compounds are useful for the treatment of HIV and AIDS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Alicia Regueiro-Ren, Zheng Liu, Jacob Swidorski, Ny Sin, Brian Lee Venables, Sing-Yuen Sit, Yan Chen, Jie Chen, Nicholas A. Meanwell
  • Patent number: 8846648
    Abstract: Estrogen and progesterone replacement therapies are provided herein. Among others, the following formulations are provided herein: solubilized estradiol without progesterone; micronized progesterone without estradiol; micronized progesterone with partially solubilized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone in combination with partially solubilized progesterone; and solubilized estradiol with solubilized progesterone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: TherapeuticsMD, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Bernick, Janice Louise Cacace, Peter H. R. Persicaner, Neda Irani, Julia M. Amadio
  • Patent number: 8846649
    Abstract: Estrogen and progesterone replacement therapies are provided herein. Among others, the following formulations are provided herein: solubilized estradiol without progesterone; micronized progesterone without estradiol; micronized progesterone with partially solubilized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone in combination with partially solubilized progesterone; and solubilized estradiol with solubilized progesterone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: TherapeuticsMD, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Bernick, Janice Louise Cacace, Peter H. R. Persicaner, Neda Irani, Julia M. Amadio
  • Patent number: 8846650
    Abstract: Aqueous suspension formulations containing dexamethasone and ciprofloxacin are disclosed for the treatment of middle ear infections in human patients having an open tympanic membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: G. Michael Wall, Peter J. Conroy
  • Patent number: 8846651
    Abstract: It is to provide a technique for preventing aggregation or caking of menthol at the time of its keeping. In addition, it is to provide a lipid composition, which can show excellent thermal stability even in the case of high temperature at the time of keeping menthol and at the time of blending in a product, does not cause mutual aggregation of powders, particles, flakes, pellets, sticks and the like of menthol, and can maintain its shape retention property. From 10 to 50% by mass of sterols are added to and mixed with from 50 to 90% by mass of menthol, and the resultant is melted with heating. Paraffins may be further added and mixed in an amount of 20% by mass or less, based on the lipid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Kenya Ishida, Chiyomi Birou, Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8846652
    Abstract: A steroid derivative compound of formula (I) in which: one of R1 and R2 is hydroxy and the other is hydrogen; or R1 and R2 together represent oxo; R3 is hydrogen or hydroxy; and the dotted lines represent single or double carbon-carbon bonds; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof are useful for the prevention or treatment of pain, for improving nerve regeneration after nerve injury or damage or disease, for the prevention or treatment of brain injury, damage or disease and for neuroprotection. Particularly useful compounds are 11-hydroxy-?4-androstene-3,17-dione and 11-oxo-?4-androstene-3,17-dione or their derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hunter-Fleming Limited
    Inventors: Ernst Wulfert, James Robert Murray, David Wynick
  • Patent number: 8846653
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for treating neoplastic disorders, such as pancreatic cancer, using tocotrienols; namely, gamma-tocotrienol and delta tocotrienol. The antitumorogenic effects of these compounds are shown both in vitro and in vivo using several human pancreatic cancer cell lines and MIA-PACA2 human pancreatic cancer cells xenografted in nude mice. Also disclosed are methods of testing the efficacy of potential chemotherapeutic agents by measuring their effect on surrogate endpoint biomarkers, such as Ki-67 and p27. Associated compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Mokenge P. Malafa, Said M. Sebti
  • Patent number: 8846654
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the present invention is the use of compounds of formula (I) in the base, hydrate or solvate form or in the form of their mixtures, as medicaments or for the preparation of medicaments intended for the treatment of at least one cardiovascular disease and/or to prevent the appearance of at least one cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Philip Janiak, Gilbert Marciniak, Jean-Francois Nave, Fabrice Viviani
  • Patent number: 8846655
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, and Y are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Haiyan Bian, Chaozhong Cai, Bart L. DeCorte, Li Liu, Mark J. Macielag, Scott L. Dax, Philip M. Pitis, Peter J. Connolly, Wei He
  • Patent number: 8846656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I: (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: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Adams, Veronique Darsigny, Alec Nathanson Flyer, Christine Fang Gelin, Timothy Brian Hurley, Nan Ji, Rajeshri Ganesh Karki, Toshio Kawanami, Erik Meredith, Chang Rao, Michael H. Serrano-Wu, Catherine Fooks Solovay
  • Patent number: 8846657
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted imidazopyridines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew P. Christopher, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michelle Machacek, Michelle Martinez, Michael Hale Reutershan, Manami Shizuka, Binyuan Sun, Christopher Francis Thompson, B. Wesley Trotter, Matthew E. Voss, Michael D. Altman, Stephane L. Bogen, Ronald J. Doll
  • Patent number: 8846658
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds of the formula in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, in free form or in salt form, to their preparation, to their medical use and to medicaments comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Siem Jacob Veenstra
  • Patent number: 8846659
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to the novel compounds of formula I, including their salts, which inhibit HIV integrase and prevent viral integration into human DNA. This action makes the compounds useful for treating HIV infection and AIDS. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating those infected with HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Kevin Peese, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Manoj Patel, Chen Li, Michael A. Walker
  • Patent number: 8846660
    Abstract: A compound having a 7-membered nitrogen-containing ring skeleton represented by the formula (I), which is useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases, in which chymase is involved and a pharmaceutical containing the same for the prevention or treatment of a disease, in which chymase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Muto, Taisaku Tanaka, Junko Futamura, Seiichi Imajo, Hajime Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8846661
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that are diazahomoadamantane derivatives, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Schrimpf, Kevin B. Sippy
  • Patent number: 8846662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition characterized in that it comprises a benzodiazapine and/or benzodiazapine derivative, and a non-ionic solubilizer, and induces in said combination an analogous effect to an opiate, described as a Straub phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dr. Franz Koehler Chemie GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Hoernecke
  • Patent number: 8846663
    Abstract: The present application relates to 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydropyrazino[1,2-a][1,4]benzodiazepine, 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydropyrazino[1,2-a][1,5]benzodiazepine, 2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,11b-octahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-d][2]benzazepine, 1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydropyrazino[1,2-a][1]benzazepine, 1,2,3,4,4a,5-hexahydro-7H-pyrazino[1,2-a][4,1]benzoxazepine, and 2,3,4,4a,5,6-hexahydro-1H-pyrazino[2,1-d][1,5]benzoxazepine, and 5,6,7,7a,8,9,10,11-octahydropyrazino[1,2-d]pyrido[3,2-b][1,4]diazepine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, and Y3 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, and methods for identifying such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: AbbVie Inc., AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Jason T. Brewer, Irini Akritopoulou-Zanze, Stevan W. Djuric, Bhadra H. Shelat, Frauke Pohlki, Wilfried Braje, Ana-Lucia Relo
  • Patent number: 8846664
    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: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Sheng Huang, R. Mathew Thomas
  • Patent number: 8846665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula 1 and addition salts thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, a method for its preparation as well as the use of the compound as neuro-muscular blocker or skeletal muscle relaxant; wherein each symbol is as defined in the Specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: King Saud University
    Inventors: Adel S. El-Azab, Hussein I. El-Subbagh, Khalid A. Al-Rashood, Kamal E. H. El-Taher, Mohamed A. Al-Omar, Ghada S. Hassan, Fatmah A. Al-Omary, Alaa A. -M. Abdelaziz, Mohamed M. Hefnawy
  • Patent number: 8846666
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I) and to the physiologically acceptable salts thereof. Said compounds are suitable for the treatment of hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Thomas Boehme, Christian Engel, Stefan Guessregen, Torsten Haack, Kurt Ritter, Georg Tschank
  • Patent number: 8846667
    Abstract: The application describes an assay for the identification of small molecule modulators of integrin CD11b/CD18 and small molecules capable of modulating activity of this receptor. Such compounds may be used in certain embodiments for treating a disease or condition selected from inflammation, immune-related disorders, cancer, ischemia-reperfusion injury, stroke, neointimal thickening associated with vascular injury, bullous pemphigoid, neonatal obstructive nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease, or in other embodiments for the treatment of a disease or condition selected from immune deficiency, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), myeloperoxidase deficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease, hyper-IgM syndromes, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, and severe combined immunodeficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Vineet Gupta, M. Amin Arnaout
  • Patent number: 8846668
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I), (Ia1-10), (Ib1-10), (Ic1-10), (Id1-7), (Ie1-5) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11?-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Matthias Eckhardt, Bradford S. Hamilton, Annette Schuler-Metz, Linghang Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8846669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel oxazolidinone derivative represented by Formula 1 above, in particular, a novel oxazolidinone compound having a cyclic amidoxime or cyclic amidrazone group. In Formula 1, R and Q are the same as defined in the detailed description. In addition, disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for an antibiotic which includes the novel oxazolidinone derivative of Formula 1, a prodrug thereof, a hydrate thereof, a solvate thereof, an isomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The novel oxazolidinone derivative, the prodrug thereof, the hydrate thereof, the solvate thereof, the isomer thereof, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have broad antibacterial spectrum against resistant bacteria, low toxicity and strong antibacterial effects against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and thus may be effectively used as antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Legochem Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Lag Cho, Sung Yoon Baek, Sang Eun Chae, Sun Young Kim, Hong Bum Lee, Hyang Sook Lee, Kyuman Oh, Hye Jin Heo, Tae Kyo Park, Sung Ho Woo, Yong Zu Kim
  • Patent number: 8846670
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula: or their racemic, enantiomeric or diastereoisomeric isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula I or the racemic, enantiomeric or diasteroisomeric isomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Eric Bacque, Maurice Brollo, Annie Clauss, Youssef El Ahmad, Bruno Filoche-Romme, Frank Halley, Karl Andreas Karlsson, Gilbert Marciniak, Baptiste Ronan, Laurent Schio, Bertrand Vivet, Fabrice Viviani, Andre Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8846671
    Abstract: The heterocyclic alkynyl benzene compounds of formula (I), their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and stereoisomers thereof, as well as application in preparing drugs for preventing or treating tumors. The compounds can overcome the clinically induced resistance against Gleevec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ke Ding, Deping Wang, Duanqing Pei, Zhang Zhang, Mengjie Shen, Kun Luo, Yubing Feng
  • Patent number: 8846672
    Abstract: A compound satisfying formula I, a prodrug, N-oxide, addition salt, quaternary amine, metal complex, or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof; compositions contain these compounds as active ingredient and processes for preparing these compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen R&D Ireland
    Inventors: Ludwig Paul Cooymans, Lili Hu, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Abdellah Tahri, Steven Maurice Paula Van Hoof, Sandrine Marie Helene Vendeville
  • Patent number: 8846673
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, thereof, (I) are useful as kinase modulators, including Btk modulation, wherein A1, A2, A3, R4 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jingwu Duan, Bin Jiang, Zhonghui Lu
  • Patent number: 8846674
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating ophthalmic disorders comprising at least one nitric oxide enhancing prostaglandin compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The nitric oxide enhancing prostaglandin compounds comprise at least one heterocyclic nitric oxide donor group and/or at least one nitroxide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nicox, S.A.
    Inventor: David S. Garvey
  • Patent number: 8846675
    Abstract: Compounds and methods are provided for the treatment of, inter alia, Type II diabetes and other diseases associated with poor glycemic control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingyuan Ma, Christopher J. Rabbat, Jiangao Song, Xin Chen, Imad Nashashibi, Zuchun Zhao, Aaron Novack, Dong Fang Shi, Peng Cheng, Yan Zhu, Alison Murphy
  • Patent number: 8846676
    Abstract: The invention relates to the 6-cycloamino-3-(pyridin-4-yl)imidazo[I,2-b]pyridazine derivatives corresponding to general formula (I): Wherein R2, R3, R7, R8, A, L and B are as defined herein. Also disclosed are the preparative methods and therapeutic use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Antonio Almario Garcia, Mathieu Barrague, Philippe Burnier, Cecile Enguehard-Gueiffier, Zhongli Gao, Pascal George, Alain Gueiffier, Adrien Tak Li, Frederic Peuch, Roy Vaz, Qiuxia Zhao
  • Patent number: 8846677
    Abstract: Novel compounds which interact with the histamine H3 receptor are defined. These compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases or conditions in which histamine H3 interactions are beneficial. Thus, the compounds may find use, e.g., in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the pulmonary system, the gastrointestinal system and the endocrinological system. The novel compounds have a core consisting of a 6 membered aromatic ring containing at least one nitrogen atom and two carbon atoms in the ring and, at the remaining positions in the ring, there is either a carbon or a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: High Point Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Rolf Hohlweg, Knud Erik Andersen, Jan Lindy Sorensen, Jane Marie Lundbeck
  • Patent number: 8846678
    Abstract: Disclosed are pyridazine derivatives represented by Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of treating and/or preventing diseases or disorders associated with viral infections in patients using the compounds, and the use of the compounds in preparing the medicaments for treating and/or preventing diseases or disorders associated with viral infections. The compounds represented by Formula I have antiviral activity, especially anti-microRNA viral activity. Symbols in the compounds represented are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology Academy of Military Medical Sciences P.L.A. China
    Inventors: Song Li, Hongliang Wang, Junhai Xiao, Xian Zhang, Lili Wang, Zhibing Zheng, Wu Zhong, Yunde Xie, Xingzhou Li, Xinbo Zhou, Guoming Zhao, Xiaokui Wang
  • Patent number: 8846679
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel solid formulations comprising as pharmaceutically active compound pimobendan and to processes for producing such solid formulations. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of congestive heart failure, wherein the solid formulations according to the invention are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Martin A. Folger, Bernhard Hassel, Stefan Henke, Jens Schmalz
  • Patent number: 8846680
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel solid formulations comprising as pharmaceutically active compound pimobendan and to processes for producing such solid formulations. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of congestive heart failure, wherein the solid formulations according to the invention are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Martin A. Folger, Bernhard Hassel, Stefan Henke, Jens Schmalz
  • Patent number: 8846681
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, including tautomers, resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, metabolites, salts and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Array BioPharma, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian S. Mitchell, James F. Blake, Rui Xu, Nicholas C. Kallan, Dengming Xiao, Keith Lee Spencer, Josef R. Bencsik, Eli M. Wallace, Stephen T. Schlachter, Anna L. Banka, Jun Liang, Brian Safina, Jun Li, Christine Chabot
  • Patent number: 8846682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): Wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hetero- or homocyclic or a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hetero- or homocyclic group; R2 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or aryl group; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hetero- or homocyclic or a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hetero- or homocyclic group; L is a single bond, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, NHCO, O, S, NHCONH or NHCOO; X, Y and Z are independently O, N, NH, S or CH; W is a single bond or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Neuropore Therapies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eliezer Masliah, Edward M. Rockenstein, Wolfgang Wrasidlo, Igor Flint Tsigelny
  • Patent number: 8846683
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, including tautomers, resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates, metabolites, salts and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs thereof. Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Array BioPharma, Inc., Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef R. Bencsik, James F. Blake, Nicholas C. Kallan, Ian S. Mitchell, Keith L. Spencer, Dengming Xiao, Rui Xu, Christine Chabot, Jun Liang, Brian S. Safina
  • Patent number: 8846684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides compounds as inhibitors of arboviruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Scott Larsen, Janice Sindac, Scott Barraza, David J. Miller
  • Patent number: 8846685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds effective as human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors thereby regulating angiogenesis. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising said human protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (HPTP-?) inhibitors, and to methods for regulating angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Aerpio Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lyle Gray, Kande K. D. Amarasinghe, Cynthia Monesa Clark, Ryan Matthew Nichols, Matthew B. Maier
  • Patent number: 8846686
    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; solid forms 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-1: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Additionally, the compounds of this invention have formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Pierre-Henri Storck, John Studley, Francoise Yvonne Theodora Marie Pierard, Steven John Durrant, Benjamin Joseph Littler, Paul Angell, Robert Michael Hughes, David Andrew Siesel, Armando Urbina, Carl Zwicker, Nicholas LoConte, Timothy E. Barder
  • Patent number: 8846687
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) or a salt, suitably a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, wherein the groups R1, R2, Ar?, A and Y are defined in the description, to compositions and use of the compounds in the treatment of inflammatory and allergic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ian Bruce, Emma Budd, Lee Edwards, Catherine Howsham
  • Patent number: 8846688
    Abstract: This invention relates to sodium channel blocking phenyl guanidine compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of using them for blocking sodium channels, promoting hydration of mucosal surfaces, and for methods of treating diseases including cystic fibrosis, COPD, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and pneumonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Parion Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8846689
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein A, B, X, R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and their use for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Stadtmueller, Ioannis Sapountzis
  • Patent number: 8846690
    Abstract: Heterocyclic carboxylic acid derivatives comprising a 2,5-substituted oxazolopyrimidine ring as Edg-1 receptor agonists The present invention relates to oxazolopyrimidine compounds of the formula I, in which A, R1, R2, R3, X and Y are defined as indicated in the claims. The compounds of the formula I modulate the activity of the Edg-1 receptor and in particular are agonists of this receptor, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure or peripheral arterial occlusive disease, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Dieter Kadereit, Matthias Schaefer, Stephanie Hachtel, Axel Dietrich, Thomas Huebschle, Katrin Hiss
  • Patent number: 8846691
    Abstract: The invention relates to oxazolopyrimidine compounds of formula (I), where A, R1, R2, R3, R4, X and Y are defined as stated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are suitable, for example, for wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Dieter Kadereit, Matthias Schaefer, Stephanie Hachtel, Axel Dietrich, Thomas Huebschle, Andreas Gille, Katrin Hiss
  • Patent number: 8846692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxazolopyrimidine compounds of the formula I, in which A, R1, R2, R3 and X are defined as indicated in the claims. The compounds of the formula I modulate the activity of the Edg-1 receptor and in particular are agonists of this receptor, and are useful for the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure or peripheral arterial occlusive disease, for example. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Dieter Kadereit, Matthias Schaefer, Stephanie Hachtel, Axel Dietrich, Thomas Huebschle, Katrin Hiss
  • Patent number: 8846693
    Abstract: 1- or 2- or 7-(substituted)-3-(optionally hetero)arylamino-[1H,2H]-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4,6(5H,7H)-dione derivatives, in free, salt or prodrug form, are useful as pharmaceuticals, particularly as phosphodiesterase 1 inhibitors, useful for the treatment of diseases involving disorders of the dopamine D1 receptor intracellular pathway, such as Parkinson's disease, depression, narcolepsy and damage to cognitive function, e.g., in schizophrenia or disorders that may be ameliorated through enhanced progesterone-signaling pathway, e.g., female sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Jun Zhao, Hailin Zheng
  • Patent number: 8846694
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R, X, Y, Z, R3 and R4 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of methionine aminopeptidase and can be employed for the treatment of tumours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Heinrich, Mireille Krier, Thorsten Knoechel, Alfred Jonczyk, Frank Zenke, Holger Enderle
  • Patent number: 8846695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the finding that certain DPP-4 inhibitors are particularly suitable for improving glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients with inadequate glycemic control despite metformin therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Dugi
  • Patent number: 8846696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein one of R1 and R2 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl, and the other is H; R3 and R4 are each independently H, branched or unbranched C1-C6 alkyl, or aryl, and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 is other than H; R5 is a branched or unbranched C1-C5 alkyl group or a C1-C6 cycloalkyl group, each of which may be optionally substituted with one or more OH groups; R6, R7, R8 and R9 are each independently H, halogen, NO2, OH, OMe, CN, NH2, COOH, CONH2, or SO2NH2. A further aspect of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula 1, and the use of said compounds in treating proliferative disorders, viral disorders, stroke, alopecia, CNS disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, or diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Cyclacel Limited, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter Martin Fischer, Michael Jarman, Edward McDonald, Bernard Nutley, Florence Raynaud, Stuart Wilson, Paul Workman