Patents Issued in March 31, 2015
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Patent number: 8993578Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8993579Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Apotex Pharmachem IncInventors: Carlos Zetina-Rocha, Eduardo Gustavo Cammisa, Gamini Weeratunga
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Patent number: 8993580Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Intellikine LLCInventors: Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Troy Edward Wilson, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan
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Patent number: 8993581Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Susan Perrine, Douglas Faller
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Patent number: 8993582Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Incyte CorporationInventors: Jiacheng Zhou, David Meloni, Pingli Liu, Brian W. Metcalf, Tai-Yuen Yue
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Patent number: 8993583Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: ICOS CorporationInventors: Kerry W. Fowler, Danwen Huang, Edward A. Kesicki, Hua Chee Ooi, Amy Oliver, Fuqiang Ruan, Jennifer Treiberg, Kamal Deep Puri
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Patent number: 8993584Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 8993585Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Hui Li, Haoran Zhao, Donald Payan, Rao Kolluri, Kin Tso, John Ramphal, Shihai Gu
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Patent number: 8993586Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: David A. Griffith, Robert L. Dow, Scott W. Bagley, Aaron Smith
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Patent number: 8993587Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Universitat BaselInventors: Don Benjamin, Marco Colombi, Michael Hall, Christoph Moroni
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Patent number: 8993588Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Ian Bell, Harold Selnick, C. Blair Zartman
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Patent number: 8993589Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Inventor: Mikael Dahlström
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Patent number: 8993590Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Galapagos NVInventors: Nicolas Desroy, Bertrand Heckmann, Reginald Christophe Xavier Brys, Agnès Marie Joncour, Christophe Peixoto, Xavier Marie Bock
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Patent number: 8993591Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: José Maria Cid-Núñez, Andrés Avelino Trabanco-Suárez, Juan Antonio Vega Ramiro, Daniel Oehlrich, Gary John Tresadern, Gregor James Macdonald
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Patent number: 8993592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isami Hamamoto, Keiji Koizumi, Makio Yano, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Hazumi Nomura, Tetsuya Haruyama
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Patent number: 8993593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Valeant Pharmaceuticals InternationalInventors: Jean-Michel Vernier, Martha Alicia De La Rosa, Huanming Chen, Jim Zhen Wu, Gary Lee Larson, Ian Wayne Cheney
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Patent number: 8993594Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8993595Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Claude Parsy, Francois-Rene Alexandre, Michel Derock, Frederic Leroy, Jean-Christophe Meillon, Thierry Convard, Dominique Surleraux
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Patent number: 8993596Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Galderma Research & DevelopmentInventors: Jean-Guy Boiteau, Karine Bouquet, Sandrine Talano, Corinne Millois Barbuis
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Patent number: 8993597Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Cerenis Therapeutics Holding SAInventors: Jean-Louis Dasseux, Anna Shenderova Schwendeman, Lingyu Zhu
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Patent number: 8993598Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Haruyuki Nishida, Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Ikuo Fujimori
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Patent number: 8993599Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Santarus, Inc.Inventors: Warren Hall, Kay Olmstead, Laura Weston
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Patent number: 8993600Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
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Patent number: 8993601Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Aoki, Kenji Nakaya, Masahiro Sota, Masashi Ishigami
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Patent number: 8993602Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: SanofiInventors: Norbert Nagel, Bruno Baumgartner, Harald Berchtold, Timothy Ayers
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Patent number: 8993603Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiko Nomura, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Noritomo Fujino
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Patent number: 8993604Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Siga Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chelsea M. Byrd, Dongcheng Dai, Robert Jordan, Dennis E. Hruby
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Patent number: 8993605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Incyte CorporationInventors: Andrew P. Combs, Eddy W. Yue, Richard B. Sparks, Wenyu Zhu
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Patent number: 8993606Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: FerroKin Biosciences, Inc.Inventor: Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
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Patent number: 8993607Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Edmond J. LaVoie, Joseph E. Rice
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Patent number: 8993608Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of Hsp90 and inhibit topoisomerase II.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.Inventors: Zhenjian Du, Minghu Song, Weiwen Ying
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Patent number: 8993609Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide compositions and therapies for treating cells and subjects infected with papilloma virus.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignees: Nanovir, LLC, The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: James K. Bashkin, Kevin J. Koeller, Terri Grace Edwards, Christopher Fisher
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Patent number: 8993610Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Natural Alternatives International, Inc.Inventors: Roger Harris, Mark Dunnett
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Patent number: 8993611Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: ExsymolInventor: Marie-Christine Seguin
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Patent number: 8993612Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Rhizen Pharmaceuticals SAInventors: Meyyappan Muthuppalaniappan, Srikant Viswanadha, Kanthikiran V S Varanasi, Gayatri Swaroop Merikapudi, Swaroop Kumar V. S. Vakkalanka
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Patent number: 8993613Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Hartz Mountain CorporationInventors: W. Lance Hemsarth, Keith Goldman, Ellen McGarvey
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Patent number: 8993614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AGInventors: David Joseph Bartkovitz, Xin-Jie Chu, Binh Thanh Vu, Chunlin Zhao, Daniel Fishlock
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Patent number: 8993615Abstract: Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Donald J. Zack, Zhiyong Yang, Cynthia Berlinicke, Harry Quigley
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Patent number: 8993616Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8993617Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Albert C. Koong, Ioanna Papandreou
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Patent number: 8993618Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Kaohsiung Medical UniversityInventors: Yang-Chang Wu, Fang-Rong Chang, Lien-Chai Chiang
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Patent number: 8993619Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8993620Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityInventors: Umesh R. Desai, Brian L. Henry, Aiye Liang, Jay Thakkar, John B. Mangrum, Ivo Torres Filho, Bruce D. Spiess, Masahiro Sakagami, Bhawana Saluja
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Patent number: 8993621Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Chemigen, Inc.Inventors: Junyi Liu, Yansheng Du
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Patent number: 8993622Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Eirium ABInventors: Göran Wadell, Karin Edlund, Marten Strand, Emma Andersson, Christopher Öberg, Mikael Elofsson, Ya-Fang Mei
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Patent number: 8993623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Phenomenome Discoveries Inc.Inventor: Dayan Burke Goodenowe
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Patent number: 8993624Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.Inventors: Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Amir Guri, Raquel Hontecillas
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Patent number: 8993625Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Stable Solutions LLCInventor: David F. Driscoll
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Patent number: 8993626Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: Ignacio R. Rodriguez, Jiahn-Dar Huang, Juan A. Amaral, Jung Wha Lee, William Samuel, Ignacio Marcos Larrayoz
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Patent number: 8993627Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Sentient LifeSciences, Inc.Inventor: Glenn A. Goldstein