Patents Issued in March 31, 2015
  • Patent number: 8993578
    Abstract: The present invention features interferon- and ribavirin-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the therapies comprise administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents without interferon and ribavirin to a subject with HCV infection. For example, the therapies comprise administering to a subject an effective amounts of therapeutic agent 1, therapeutic agent 2 (or therapeutic agent 3), and an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (e.g., ritonavir).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Bernstein, Rajeev M. Menon, Amit Khatri, Sven Mensing, Sandeep Dutta, Daniel E. Cohen, Scott C. Brun, Walid M. Awni, Emily O. Dumas, Cheri E. Klein, Thomas J. Podsadecki
  • Patent number: 8993579
    Abstract: There is provided a crystalline form of Lapatinib, termed APO-I, and methods for making APO-I. There is also provided a crystalline solvate form of Lapatinib, termed APO-II, and methods for making APO-II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apotex Pharmachem Inc
    Inventors: Carlos Zetina-Rocha, Eduardo Gustavo Cammisa, Gamini Weeratunga
  • Patent number: 8993580
    Abstract: The present invention provides chemical entities or compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are capable of modulating lipid kinases such PI3 kinases, tyrosine kinases and protein kinases such as mTOR. For example, the invention provides compounds of Formula: Also provided in the present invention are methods of using these compositions to modulate these kinases especially for therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Intellikine LLC
    Inventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Troy Edward Wilson, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan
  • Patent number: 8993581
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating viral disorders via the administration of an inducing agent and an anti-viral agent. In one embodiment, the inducing agent and the anti-viral agent are administered for about five days, and the anti-viral agent is subsequently administered without the inducing agent for an additional period of about sixteen days for a total cycle of about 21 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Susan Perrine, Douglas Faller
  • Patent number: 8993582
    Abstract: The present invention is related to processes for preparing chiral substituted pyrazolyl pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines of Formula III, and related synthetic intermediate compounds. The chiral substituted pyrazolyl pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines are useful as inhibitors of the Janus Kinase family of protein tyrosine kinases (JAKs) for treatment of inflammatory diseases, myeloproliferative disorders, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Jiacheng Zhou, David Meloni, Pingli Liu, Brian W. Metcalf, Tai-Yuen Yue
  • Patent number: 8993583
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PI3K? activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3K? activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3K?) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3K? plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: ICOS Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry W. Fowler, Danwen Huang, Edward A. Kesicki, Hua Chee Ooi, Amy Oliver, Fuqiang Ruan, Jennifer Treiberg, Kamal Deep Puri
  • Patent number: 8993584
    Abstract: Providing a novel control agent for soft rot and a novel control method for the same. A compound having no antibacterial activity against Erwinia carotovora but having a control activity against fungi on soil surface, specifically containing, as the active ingredient, a fungicide comprising any of a strobilurin compound such as azoxystrobin and kresoxim-methyl, an azole compound such as triflumizol, cyazofamid, amisulbrom, and thiophanate-methyl, a carboxamide compound such as penthiopyrad and boscalid, a sulfonamide compound such as flusulfamide, an organic chlorine compound such as chlorothalonil, a dicarboximide compound such as procymidone and iprodione, a phenylpyrrole compound such as fludioxonil, an anilinopyrimidine compound such as mepanipyrim, and a guanidine compound such as iminoctadine is the control agent for plant soft rot, which is applied to plant cultivation soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8993585
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds having formula I or II and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which inhibition of PKC and PKD is therapeutically useful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Hui Li, Haoran Zhao, Donald Payan, Rao Kolluri, Kin Tso, John Ramphal, Shihai Gu
  • Patent number: 8993586
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein G is R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein; pharmaceutical compositions thereof; and the use thereof in treating diseases, conditions or disorders modulated by the inhibition of an acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme(s) in an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Griffith, Robert L. Dow, Scott W. Bagley, Aaron Smith
  • Patent number: 8993587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of syrosingopine and a mitochondrial inhibitor, e.g. metformin or oligomycin, and the use of the combination of syrosingopine and a mitochondrial inhibitor for the treatment of cancer and for achieving immunosuppression. The invention also relates to a fluorescence-based method for predicting syrosingopine sensitivity of a cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Universitat Basel
    Inventors: Don Benjamin, Marco Colombi, Michael Hall, Christoph Moroni
  • Patent number: 8993588
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: wherein variables A1, A2, B, m, n, J, R4, G1, G2, G3 and Y are as described herein, which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ian Bell, Harold Selnick, C. Blair Zartman
  • Patent number: 8993589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazo [1,2-a]pyridines of formula I where R is —CH2COOH or —COOH, which inhibits exogenously or endogenously stimulated gastric acid secretion and can be used in the prevention and treatment of gastric acid related diseases and gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Mikael Dahlström
  • Patent number: 8993590
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: Wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, W, X, Cy, and the subscript a are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds inhibiting autotaxin (NPP2 or ENPP2), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases involving fibrotic diseases, proliferative diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, dermatological disorders, and/or abnormal angiogenesis associated diseases by administering the compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Galapagos NV
    Inventors: Nicolas Desroy, Bertrand Heckmann, Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Agnès Marie Joncour, Christophe Peixoto, Xavier Marie Bock
  • Patent number: 8993591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro, Daniel Oehlrich, Gary John Tresadern, Gregor James Macdonald
  • Patent number: 8993592
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclic amine compound, represented by the following formula (I) that has superior acaricidal activity, has superior properties and safety, and which can be synthesized industrially advantageously, a salt thereof and an acaricide: (wherein, Cy1 and Cy2 respectively and independently represent, for example, an aryl group, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b and R5a respectively and independently represent, for example, a hydrogen atom, R1a and R2a or R3a and R4a may together form, for example, an ethylene group, R10, R11, R20 and R21 respectively and independently represent, for example, an alkyl group, R10 or R11 may respectively or mutually, or together with an atom that bonds on Cy1, form a ring, R20 or R21 on Cy2 may respectively or mutually, or with an atom that bonds on Cy2, form a ring, m represents an integer of 0 to 5, n represents an integer of 0 to 5, p represents an integer of 0 to 5, and r represents an integer of 0 to 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isami Hamamoto, Keiji Koizumi, Makio Yano, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Hazumi Nomura, Tetsuya Haruyama
  • Patent number: 8993593
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of formula A The compound provided herein can affect the opening of, or otherwise modulate, voltage-gated potassium channels. The compound provided herein is useful for the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders which are affected by activation or modulation of potassium ion channels. One such condition is seizure disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Martha Alicia De La Rosa, Huanming Chen, Jim Zhen Wu, Gary Lee Larson, Ian Wayne Cheney
  • Patent number: 8993594
    Abstract: There are provided substituted isoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives which selectively inhibit the activity of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-1 with respect to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase PARP-2. The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful in treating diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system injury and different forms of inflammation. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. A screening method for the identification of compounds capable of binding several PARP proteins, as well the probes used in such method, are further objects of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gianluca Mariano Enrico Papeo, Jay Aaron Bertrand, Giovanni Cervi, Barbara Forte, Rosita Lupi, Alessia Montagnoli, Alessandra Scolaro, Fabio Zuccotto, Paolo Orsini, Helena Posteri
  • Patent number: 8993595
    Abstract: Provided herein are macrocyclic serine protease inhibitor compounds, for example, of Formula Ia or Ib, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for the treatment of an HCV infection in a host in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Claude Parsy, Francois-Rene Alexandre, Michel Derock, Frederic Leroy, Jean-Christophe Meillon, Thierry Convard, Dominique Surleraux
  • Patent number: 8993596
    Abstract: 4-(Azacycloalkyl)benzene-1,3-diol compounds are described corresponding to general formula (I) below: Also described, are compositions including the same, processes for preparation thereof and uses thereof in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions to treat pigmentary disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Galderma Research & Development
    Inventors: Jean-Guy Boiteau, Karine Bouquet, Sandrine Talano, Corinne Millois Barbuis
  • Patent number: 8993597
    Abstract: Provided are peptides, compositions thereof, and methods for treating or preventing dyslipidemia, a cardiovascular disease, endothelial dysfunction, a macrovascular disorder, or a microvascular disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Cerenis Therapeutics Holding SA
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Dasseux, Anna Shenderova Schwendeman, Lingyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8993598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: wherein A is pyridyl group having at least one substituent wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen or a C1-6 alkoxy group optionally substituted by halogen, R4 and R6 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen, R5 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen or a C1-6 alkoxy group optionally substituted by halogen, and R7 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen or a salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nishida, Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Ikuo Fujimori
  • Patent number: 8993599
    Abstract: In one general aspect of the present invention, pharmaceutical formulations comprising both a proton pump inhibitor microencapsulated or dry coated with a material that enhances the shelf-life of the pharmaceutical composition and one or more antacid are described. In another general aspect of the present invention, pharmaceutical formulations comprising both a proton pump inhibitor microencapsulated or dry coated with a taste-masking material and one or more antacid are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Santarus, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Hall, Kay Olmstead, Laura Weston
  • Patent number: 8993600
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8993601
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tetomilast crystal that is industrially easily produced in a large volume. (1) a tetomilast hydrate crystal having a power X-ray diffraction spectrum that is substantially the same as the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum shown in FIG. 2; (2) an anhydrous tetomilast type A crystal having a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum that is substantially the same as the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum shown in FIG. 4; (3) an anhydrous tetomilast type C crystal having a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum that is substantially the same as the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum shown in FIG. 8; (4) a tetomilast acetonitrile solvate crystal having a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum that is substantially the same as the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum shown in FIG. 10; and (5) a mixture consisting of the above anhydrous tetomilast type A crystal and an anhydrous tetomilast type B crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Aoki, Kenji Nakaya, Masahiro Sota, Masashi Ishigami
  • Patent number: 8993602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a benzoic acid salt of methyl(2R,3R)-2-{3-[amino(imino)methyl]benzyl}-3-{[4-(1-oxidopyridin-4-yl)benzoyl]amino}butanoate, and to a benzoic acid salt of methyl(2R,3R)-2-{3-[amino(imino)methyl]benzyl}-3-{[4-(1-oxidopyridin-4-yl)benzoyl]amino}butanoate which is in a crystalline form or in at least partially crystalline form, as well as a process for the preparation of the same, methods of using such salt to treat subjects suffering from conditions which can be ameliorated by the administration of an inhibitor of Factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Norbert Nagel, Bruno Baumgartner, Harald Berchtold, Timothy Ayers
  • Patent number: 8993603
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing one or more antifungal agents selected from an arylamidine derivative represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents an amidino group that may be substituted with a hydroxyl group that may be protected with an acyl group, an amidino group that may be substituted with an alkoxy group that may be substituted, or an amidino group that may be substituted with an aralkyloxy group that may be substituted; R2 and R3 identically or differently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom) or a salt thereof, an azole antifungal agent, a polyene antifungal agent, a candin antifungal agent and a fluoropyrimidine antifungal agent has a strong antifungal activity and is useful for the treatment of fungal infection. A method for using them in combination is useful as an excellent therapeutic method for fungal infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Nomura, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Noritomo Fujino
  • Patent number: 8993604
    Abstract: Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain 2-aryl-benzothiazole or 2-heteroaryl-benzothiazole derivative compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Siga Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chelsea M. Byrd, Dongcheng Dai, Robert Jordan, Dennis E. Hruby
  • Patent number: 8993605
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 1,2,5-oxadiazole derivatives, and compositions of the same, which are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and are useful in the treatment of cancer and other disorders, and to the processes and intermediates for making such 1,2,5-oxadiazole derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Eddy W. Yue, Richard B. Sparks, Wenyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8993606
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, effective oral formulations based on desazadesferrithiocin polyether (DADFT-PE) analogs, salts and polymorphs thereof, as well as their application for treatment of metal overload, in particular, iron overload, and associated diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: FerroKin Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8993607
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I, II, and III as defined herein, as well as salts thereof. The compounds may have activity as anti-proliferative agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Edmond J. LaVoie, Joseph E. Rice
  • Patent number: 8993608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of Hsp90 and inhibit topoisomerase II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Zhenjian Du, Minghu Song, Weiwen Ying
  • Patent number: 8993609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide compositions and therapies for treating cells and subjects infected with papilloma virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Nanovir, LLC, The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: James K. Bashkin, Kevin J. Koeller, Terri Grace Edwards, Christopher Fisher
  • Patent number: 8993610
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising beta-alanylhistidine peptides and/or beta-alanines, and methods for administering these peptides and amino acids. In one aspect, the compositions and methods cause an increase in the blood plasma concentrations of beta-alanine and/or creatine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Harris, Mark Dunnett
  • Patent number: 8993611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a family of stable polyamine arylethylamide compounds, and to the use of these compounds as agents inhibiting DNA damages induced by by-products of the non-enzymatic glycosylation of skin tissues. The invention also relates to cosmetic or dermocosmetic compositions intended to fight skin disorders associated with said glycosylation by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Exsymol
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Seguin
  • Patent number: 8993612
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitors, methods for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of treatment using them. The present disclosure also relates to methods for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with CRAC inhibitors, and to methods for identifying therapeutics for treating and of diagnosing cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SA
    Inventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Srikant Viswanadha, Kanthikiran V S Varanasi, Gayatri Swaroop Merikapudi, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka
  • Patent number: 8993613
    Abstract: The invention provides an ectoparasiticidal formulation which comprises an ectoparasiticidal agent, preferably fipronil, as the pesticidally-active ingredient, together with a crystallization inhibitor selected from the group consisting of alkyl-substituted pyrrolidones, and optionally, one or more organic solvents and/or co-solvents. Preferably, the crystallization inhibitor is N-octyl pyrrolidone, and the organic solvent, if present, preferably comprises diethylene glycol monoethyl ether. The ectoparasiticidal formulation surprisingly yields a significantly enhanced speed of kill. Methods for manufacturing the formulation, as well as methods for treating animals infested with ectoparasites, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Hartz Mountain Corporation
    Inventors: W. Lance Hemsarth, Keith Goldman, Ellen McGarvey
  • Patent number: 8993614
    Abstract: There are provided compounds of the formula wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao, Daniel Fishlock
  • Patent number: 8993615
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Donald J. Zack, Zhiyong Yang, Cynthia Berlinicke, Harry Quigley
  • Patent number: 8993616
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8993617
    Abstract: The present invention directed to a method of treating multiple myeloma with the following compound: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is a novel small molecule inhibitor of Ire1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Albert C. Koong, Ioanna Papandreou
  • Patent number: 8993618
    Abstract: New pharmaceutical compositions extracted from Ferula assa-foetida are confirmed to effectively treat influenza A (H1N1) virus. The extraction method of the new pharmaceutical compositions mainly includes steps of: (a) extracting F. assa-foetida with methanol to obtain a crude extract; (b) fractioning the crude extract with n-hexane-methanol to obtain a methanol extract; (c) fractioning the methanol extract with chloroform-water to obtain a chloroform extract; and (d) chromatographing the chloroform extract to obtain the pharmaceutical compositions, which can be further fractioned and chromatographed to obtain various sesquiterpene coumarins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Kaohsiung Medical University
    Inventors: Yang-Chang Wu, Fang-Rong Chang, Lien-Chai Chiang
  • Patent number: 8993619
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful for treating disorders mediated by acyl coA-diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1), e.g. metabolic disorders. The invention also provides methods of treating such disorders, and compounds and compositions etc. for their treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Sejal Patel, Justin Mao, Qian Liu, Rui Zheng, Tyler Harrison, Rohit Duvadie, Xin Chen, Frederic Zecri, Jay Larrow, Xuchun Zheng, Yizong Zhou, Jiong Ye, Yiping Ding, Yu Gai
  • Patent number: 8993620
    Abstract: Cinnamic acid-based oligomers and therapeutic uses thereof are provided. The oligomers are used as anti-inflammation agents, inhibitors of elastase and anti-oxidants, and in some cases (e.g. the treatment of lung disorders such as lung cancer) all three activities are simultaneously beneficial. Subsets of the oligomers (e.g. ?-O4 and ?-5 trimers and tetramers) are used as anticoagulants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Umesh R. Desai, Brian L. Henry, Aiye Liang, Jay Thakkar, John B. Mangrum, Ivo Torres Filho, Bruce D. Spiess, Masahiro Sakagami, Bhawana Saluja
  • Patent number: 8993621
    Abstract: This invention relates to caffeic acid derivatives and improving viability of neuronal cells by contacting neuronal cells by caffeic acid derivatives as shown in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Chemigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Junyi Liu, Yansheng Du
  • Patent number: 8993622
    Abstract: The present invention provides new antiviral compounds and pharmacological compositions comprising these new compounds and their use in the prophylaxis, prevention and treatment of viral infections, particularly adenovirus and herpes virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Eirium AB
    Inventors: Göran Wadell, Karin Edlund, Marten Strand, Emma Andersson, Christopher Öberg, Mikael Elofsson, Ya-Fang Mei
  • Patent number: 8993623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of lowering cholesterol in a patient in need thereof by administering to said patient a therapeutic effective amount of a compound selected from the group of Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP); 1-acyl-DHAP; 1-alkyl-DHAP; 1-alkyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P); 1-alkyl, 2-acyl-G3P; 1-alkyl, 2-acyl-glycerol; 1-alkyl,2-acyl-glycerylphosphatidylethanolamine (GPE), 1-alkyl, diacyl glycerol (sn-1=16:0, sn-2=docosohexaenoic acid (DHA); sn-3=DHA) (sn-1 position has an alkyl ether bond, sn-2 and sn-3 positions have acyl bonds); 1-alkyl diacyl glycerol (sn-1=16:0, sn-2=18:1, sn-3=18:1) (sn-1 position has an alkyl ether bond, sn-2 and sn-3 positions have acyl bonds); triacyl glycerol (sn-1=16:0, sn-2=DHA, sn-3=DHA) (all three positions have acyl bonds); and triacyl glycerol (sn-1=16:0, sn-2=18:1, sn-3=18:1) (all three positions have acyl bonds) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Phenomenome Discoveries Inc.
    Inventor: Dayan Burke Goodenowe
  • Patent number: 8993624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a therapeutically effective amount of abscisic acid (ABA) or its analogs to treat or prevent inflammation induced by exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or respiratory inflammation. The invention also relates to methods and composition for enhancing vaccine efficacy using ABA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Amir Guri, Raquel Hontecillas
  • Patent number: 8993625
    Abstract: A method of parenterally administering a composition, the method including parenterally administering to a person a composition including at least one omega-3 fatty acid and at least one drug, wherein the at least one omega-3 fatty acid source and the at least one drug are administered simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Stable Solutions LLC
    Inventor: David F. Driscoll
  • Patent number: 8993626
    Abstract: The use of sterculic acid, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, described for the treatment of inflammation, in particular, 7-ketocholesterol induced inflammation, 7-ketocholesterol toxicity, and unregulated angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Ignacio R. Rodriguez, Jiahn-Dar Huang, Juan A. Amaral, Jung Wha Lee, William Samuel, Ignacio Marcos Larrayoz
  • Patent number: 8993627
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising N-acetylcysteine amide (NAC amide) and derivatives thereof are used in treatments and therapies for human and non-human mammalian diseases, disorders, conditions and pathologies. Pharmaceutically or physiologically acceptable compositions of NAC amide or derivatives thereof are administered alone, or in combination with other suitable agents, to reduce, prevent, or counteract oxidative stress and free radical oxidant formation and overproduction in cells and tissues, as well as to provide a new source of glutathione.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sentient LifeSciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn A. Goldstein