Patents Issued in June 7, 2016
  • Patent number: 9358264
    Abstract: A method of controlling body weight in humans by administering an amount of decaffeinated green coffee extract effective to treat a subject. A preferred green coffee extract contains a ratio of 4-caffeoylquinic acid (4-CQA) to total chlorogenic acids (tCGA) (5-CQA/tCGA) of from about 0.1 to about 0.2. More preferably, the green coffee extract comprises from about 6% to about 8% of 4-caffeoylquinic acid and has a total chlorogenic acid concentration that exceeds about 45%. A preferred method of administration consists of administering the green coffee extracts is a dosage of about 200 mg twice a day prior to meals on an empty stomach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NATUREX, S.A.
    Inventors: Alvin Ibarra, Marc Roller, Jacques DiKansky
  • Patent number: 9358265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plant based formulation for the prevention and management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) comprising of effective amount of a hydro-alcoholic extract of Acacia arabica, Aegle marmelos and Nardostachys jatamansi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Govind P. Dubey, Aruna Agarwal, Gurprit I. Singh, Gurpreet S. Gill, Shipra Dubey, Rajesh Dubey
  • Patent number: 9358266
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of sepsis with complement inhibitors are disclosed. In particular, C3 inhibitors, such as Compstatin and Compstatin analogs, are administered at various times following the onset of sepsis to alleviate tissue damage and organ failure, which are hallmarks of the second, extravascular stage of sepsis. Combination therapies for comprehensive treatment of sepsis are also disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits for use in the methods are disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: John D. Lambris, Fletcher B. Taylor, Florea Lupu, Gary Kinasewitz
  • Patent number: 9358267
    Abstract: The invention discloses highly purified daptomycin and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound. The invention discloses a method of purifying daptomycin comprising the sequential steps of anion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and anion exchange chromatography. The invention also discloses a method of purifying daptomycin by modified buffer enhanced anion exchange chromatography. The invention also discloses an improved method for producing daptomycin by fermentation of Streptomyces roseosporus. The invention also discloses high pressure liquid chromatography methods for analysis of daptomycin purity. The invention also discloses lipopeptide micelles and methods of making the micelles. The invention also discloses methods of using lipopeptide micelles for purifying lipopeptide antibiotics, such as daptomycin. The invention also discloses using lipopeptide micelles therapeutically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kelleher, Jan-Ji Lai, Joseph P. DeCourcey, Paul D. Lynch, Maurizio Zenoni, Auro R. Tagliani
  • Patent number: 9358268
    Abstract: A method including introducing into a blood stream a delipidated high density lipoprotein (HDL) and a bioactive agent. A composition including a delipidated high density lipoprotein (HDL) and an auxiliary agent in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel. A composition including Apo A1 comprising a hydrophobic ligand suitable to interact with cell surface binding sites. A composition including Apo A1 and an agent selected to one of increase the ATP-binding cassette protein 1 (ABCA1) transporter expression in macrophages and protect ABCA1 from thiol-mediated degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Deborah Kilpatrick, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Irina Astafieva, Florian N. Ludwig, Paul M. Consigny, Jeffrey T. Ellis, Florencia Lim
  • Patent number: 9358269
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a safe and efficacious therapeutic agent for dermatitis which is not only safe and efficacious for patients with dermatitis, in particular atopic dermatitis, but also significantly effective for severe cases that are judged to be intractable by conventional external preparations, and which is also safely applicable to affected areas such as the face and neck, as well as to subjects with sensitive skin, such as infants and females. Furthermore, the invention aims to provide an external preparation that is efficacious as skin care cosmetics having effects to improve elasticity and wrinkles of the skin, moisturizing effects, and hair-growth effects. The means for solving the problem is a skin external-preparation composition, in particular, a therapeutic agent for dermatitis or a skin texture-improving agent, having C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) or B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as the active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: IGISU CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kyoko Endo
  • Patent number: 9358270
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an effective and safe therapeutic preparation for rhinitis, which not only has significant effects on improvement in rhinitis, in particular allergic rhinitis, but also is rapid in manifestation of efficacy, fast-acting, and long-lasting, without local side effects. Means for solving the problem is a therapeutic preparation for rhinitis, in particular allergic rhinitis, comprising C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) or B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as the active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: IGISU Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyoko Endo
  • Patent number: 9358271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a natriurectic peptide, such as urodilatin, for treating a patient suffering from heart failure, such as acute decompensated heart failure. Preferably, a composition comprising an effective amount of urodilatin is intravenously administered to the patient continuously through a time period of at least 24 hours and up to 120 hours, preferably at least 48 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cardiorentis AG
    Inventors: Veselin Mitrovic, Hartmut Luss, Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Markus Meyer, Klaus Dohler
  • Patent number: 9358272
    Abstract: Multicomponent compositions and methods of use thereof are disclosed herein. Some embodiments of the present invention include multicomponent compositions comprising a first component and a second component, where the first component comprises a notch influencing molecule and the second component comprises a GPCR targeted molecule. Kits comprising the multicomponent composition are also disclosed. Methods for providing the multicomponent composition to one or more cells are additionally provided. Further embodiments include methods of using the multicomponent composition such as, for example, methods of administering the multicomponent composition and method of treating organisms (such as mammals) using the multicomponent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    Inventors: David H. Coy, Lichun Sun
  • Patent number: 9358273
    Abstract: The application reports that perlecan domain V (DV) or the LG3 domain thereof reduces deposition and toxicity of A? peptide, the major component of plaques in Alzheimer's disease. Methods of using DV, LG3 and related molecules in treatment of amyloidogenic diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bix, Sarah Wright, Irene Griswold-Prenner
  • Patent number: 9358274
    Abstract: Physiologically acceptable anti-biofilm compositions comprising Serratia peptidase and optionally one or more of bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme. Additional components can include antimicrobials, antibiotics, antifungals, herbals, chelating agents, lactoferrin and related compounds, minerals, surfactants, binders, and fillers useful for the inhibition and treatment of gastrointestinal biofilms in humans. Physiologically acceptable anti-biofilm compositions containing these enzymes are useful in the inhibition, reduction and/or treatment of biofilms such as in the ear, vagina, joints, bones, gut, surgical sites and other locations, and are useful for the inhibition, reduction and/or treatment of associated systemic symptoms caused by biofilm associated microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: PROTHERA Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Francis Olmstead
  • Patent number: 9358275
    Abstract: A stable pharmaceutical composition in liquid form or in solid form, containing factor VII. The composition is free of mannitol, sucrose, and any antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Laboratorie Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies
    Inventors: Annie Bardat, Cornelius Pompe
  • Patent number: 9358276
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. SIBO-caused conditions include irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, an autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. Also disclosed are a method of screening for the abnormally likely presence of SIBO in a human subject and a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject. A method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject, in whom small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been detected, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Henry C. Lin, Mark Pimentel
  • Patent number: 9358277
    Abstract: Methods for preventing, delaying the onset of, or treating rejection of an allograft using a DNA vaccine, where the vaccine can comprise a polynucleotide encoding a pro-apoptotic protein, like BAX and/or a polynucleotide encoding an autoantigen or donor antigen, like secreted glutamic acid decarboxylase 55. Administering one of the DNA vaccines to a transplant recipient, as described herein, can induce a donor specific tolerogenic response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Loma Linda University
    Inventors: Fengchun Li, Alan P. Escher
  • Patent number: 9358278
    Abstract: Precipitated bacterial capsular polysaccharides can be efficiently re-solubilised using alcohols as solvents. The invention provides a process for purifying a bacterial capsular polysaccharide, comprising the steps of (a) precipitation of said polysaccharide, followed by (b) solubilisation of the precipitated polysaccharide using ethanol. CTAB can be used for step (a). The material obtained, preferably following hydrolysis and sizing, can be conjugated to a carrier protein and formulated as a vaccine. Also, in vaccines comprising saccharides from both serogroups A and C, the invention provides that the ratio (w/w) of MenA saccharide:MenC saccharide is >1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Paolo Costantino
  • Patent number: 9358279
    Abstract: The present application discloses an immunogenic composition comprising a Hib saccharide conjugate, at least one additional bacterial, for example N. meningitidis, saccharide conjugate(s), and a further antigen selected from the group consisting of whole cell pertussis and hepatitis B surface antigen, wherein the saccharide dose of the Hib saccharide conjugate is less than 5 ?g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Leon Biemans, Dominique Boutriau, Carine Capiau, Philippe Denoel, Pierre Duvivier, Jan Poolman
  • Patent number: 9358280
    Abstract: Influenza viruses for use in preparing human vaccines have traditionally been grown on embryonated hen eggs, although more modern techniques grow the virus in mammalian cell culture e.g. on Vero, MDCK or PER.C6 cell lines. The inventor has realized that the conditions used for influenza virus culture can increase the risk that pathogens other than influenza virus may grow in the cell lines and have identified specific contamination risks. Suitable tests can thus be performed during manufacture in order to ensure safety and avoid iatrogenic infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventor: Jens-Peter Gregersen
  • Patent number: 9358281
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enhancing, modulating or stimulating the innate immune response to HIV-1 and other viral pathogens and to the modulation and application of immune modulators and peptides for HIV-1 or other pathogen vaccines. The invention provides methods and means to activate an innate response to HIV-1 utilizing or via the HIV capsid protein or peptide, including modulating the binding of cyclophilin A to HIV capsid protein and modulating the ability of HIV to activate the major innate transcription factor IRF3 and interferon. Methods and assays are provided for screening for compounds, agents, or peptides capable of enhancing or activating innate immune response, particularly to HIV-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Dan Littman, Nicolas Manel
  • Patent number: 9358282
    Abstract: The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a condition characterized by the presence of unwanted cells, the agent comprising: (i) a targeting moiety that is capable of targeting to the unwanted cells; and (ii) a T cell antigen, wherein the T cell antigen can be released from the targeting moiety by selective cleavage of a cleavage site in the agent in the vicinity of the unwanted cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Birmingham
    Inventors: Mark Cobbold, David Millar
  • Patent number: 9358283
    Abstract: This invention provides diatom-based vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Synaptic Research, LLC
    Inventors: Lynette B. Corbeil, Mark Hildebrand, Roshan Shrestha, Aubrey Davis, Rachel Schrier, George A. Oyler, Julian N. Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 9358284
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the reductive amination of a carbonyl group at the reducing terminus of a polysaccharide, wherein the reductive amination is carried out at a pH between 4 and 5. The invention also provides a process for preparing a conjugate of a polysaccharide and a carrier molecule, comprising the steps of: (a) coupling the polysaccharide to a linker, to form a polysaccharide-linker compound in which the free terminus of the linker is an ester group; and (b) reacting the ester group with a primary amine group in the carrier molecule, to form a polysaccharide-linker-carrier molecule conjugate in which the linker is coupled to the carrier molecule via an amide linkage. The invention also provides a process for reducing contamination of a polysaccharide-linker compound with unreacted linker, comprising a step of precipitating unreacted linker under aqueous conditions at a pH of less than 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
    Inventors: Allan James Saul, Francesca Micoli
  • Patent number: 9358285
    Abstract: Methods of stimulating or enhancing an immune response in a host are disclosed. The methods include contacting a monocyte with 15 kD granulysin thereby producing a monocyte-derived dendritic cell. In one example, the method further includes contacting the monocyte or monocyte-derived dendritic cell with a target antigen, such as a tumor antigen or an autoimmune antigen. In another embodiment, the method includes contacting the monocyte with an additional agent that enhances maturation of dendritic cells or induces immunological tolerance. The methods are of use in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Alan M. Krensky, Carol Clayberger
  • Patent number: 9358286
    Abstract: The invention provides means and methods for producing one or more Ig-like molecules in a single host cell. Novel CH3 mutations enabling the production of monospecific and/or bispecific Ig-like molecules of interest are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Merus B.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis A. De Kruif, Linda Johanna Aleida Hendriks, Ton Logtenberg
  • Patent number: 9358287
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that bind to the human glucagon receptor, designated GCGR and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human GCGR. The antibodies of the invention are useful for lowering blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels and are also useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with one or more GCGR biological activities, including the treatment of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, long-term complications associated with diabetes, or other metabolic disorders characterized in part by elevated blood glucose levels, including stress hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joyce Harp, Haruka Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9358288
    Abstract: A method of identifying a combination of antibodies with a combined improved anti-tumor activity is provided. The method comprising: (a) identifying binding epitopes of anti ErbB-2 antibodies; and (b) selecting a combination of at least two antibodies of the anti ErbB-2 antibodies exhibiting binding to different epitopes on the ErbB-2, at least one of the different epitopes being localized to a dimerization site of the ErbB-2, the combination of antibodies being with the combined improved anti-tumor activity. Also provided are novel antibody combinations uncovered according to the present teachings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Sela, Yosef Yarden, Bilha Schechter, Tsipi Ben-Kasus
  • Patent number: 9358289
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that specifically bind to PD-1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for detecting PD-1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-1 antibodies. The present invention further provides methods for using a combination immunotherapy, such as the combination of anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies, to treat hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer. The invention also provides methods for altering adverse events related to treatment with such antibodies individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alan J. Korman, Mohan Srinivasan, Changyu Wang, Mark J. Selby, Bingliang Chen, Josephine M. Cardarelli, Haichun Huang
  • Patent number: 9358290
    Abstract: The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising (a) a compound of the formula (1), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituents, at least one of which contains a carborane cluster; and M is selected from two hydrogen ions and one or two metal ions, wherein any metal ions present are charge-balanced by one or more counter ions; and (b) a vehicle comprising: (i) dimethylacetamide as solvent; and (ii) a co-solvent comprising one or more of tetraglycol; propylene glycol; polyethylene glycol; and a non-ionic surfactant. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful as radiation sensitizers in radiation treatment of cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Morex Development Partners LLP
    Inventor: Chris Beattie
  • Patent number: 9358291
    Abstract: Hydrophobic weak base compounds such as hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutic agents (which are not an anthracycline) for use in the treatment of medical conditions such as proliferative disease or disorder in a subject, in combination with illumination of a region in a body of the subject which is characterized by the presence of proliferating cells, are disclosed. The hydrophobic weak base compound and a wavelength of illumination are selected such that the hydrophobic weak base compound acts as a therapeutically effective photosensitizer when exposed to the illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Yehuda G. Assaraf, Yamit Adar Turgeman, Andrzej M. Skladanowski, Arjan W. Griffioen, Henk Verheul, Kristy Gotink, Hubert Van Den Bergh, Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska
  • Patent number: 9358292
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of a cell proliferation disorder in a subject, involving: (1) administering to the subject at least one activatable pharmaceutical agent that is capable of effecting a predetermined cellular change when activated, either alone or in combination with at least one energy modulation agent; and (2) applying an initiation energy from an initiation energy source to the subject, wherein the applying activates the activatable agent in situ, thus causing the predetermined cellular change to occur, wherein the predetermined cellular change treats the cell proliferation disorder, preferably by causing an increase or decrease in rate of cell proliferation, and a kit for performing the method, a computer implemented system for performing the method, a pharmaceutical composition useful in the method and a method for causing an autovaccine effect in a subject using the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Immunolight, LLC
    Inventor: Frederic A. Bourke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9358293
    Abstract: A method of treating neurological condition in a subject by administration of a cardiac glycoside is provided. Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or stroke are treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of cardiac glycoside to a subject. The cardiac glycoside can be present in a dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Phoenix Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Otis C. Addington, Robert A. Newman
  • Patent number: 9358294
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a method for preparing a vaccine composition comprising at least aluminum oxyhydroxide (AlOOH), and at least the hepatitis B surface antigen and the Haemophilus influenzae type b antigen. According to the invention, the hepatitis B surface antigen is kept adsorbed on the AlOOH, whereas the Hib antigen is kept nonadsorbed. To this end: the hepatitis B surface antigen is adsorbed onto AlOOH in order to obtain an AlOOH/HBsAg complex, then—said AlOOH/HBsAg complex is mixed with the Hib antigen in the presence of cationic amino acids at a concentration of at least 100 mg/l, and of phosphate ions at a concentration of 35 to 45 mMol/l.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI PASTEUR
    Inventors: Landry Bertaux, Isabelle Chacornac, Alain Françon, Jean-François Hau, Sandrine Lentsch Graf
  • Patent number: 9358295
    Abstract: The present invention provides immediate release pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration that are resistant to abuse by intake of alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EGALET LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Holm Tygesen, Jan Martin Oevergaard, Joakim Oestman
  • Patent number: 9358296
    Abstract: Disclosed are preparations and formulations of high thermodynamic activity lipophilic associations (LA), in which there is pairing between an ionizable pharmaceutical agent and a lipophilic species having ionic characteristics opposite to that of the pharmaceutical agent. Such lipophilic associations manifest high thermodynamic activity, as evidenced by their being predominantly in a liquid phase at room temperature or solvated in a lower-than-water dielectric solvent. Further the pharmaceutical agent being solubilized means that dissolution is not rate limiting to transmucosal absorption. This LA or LA-solvate is formulated into a low dielectric dosage form, from whence, upon the dosage form's hydration, the pharmaceutical agent is driven through the mucosal tissue and into systemic circulation. The invention therefore provides an enhanced transmucosal drug delivery system for ionizable pharmaceutical agents at or near physiological pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTIONS INC.
    Inventor: John McCarty
  • Patent number: 9358297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous solutions useful as pharmaceutical compositions of posaconazole for intravenous administration. These compositions include a solubilizing agent, such as a modified ?-cyclodextrin in an acidified solution, which can also include a chelating agent such as disodium edetate (EDTA). In clinical trials, a 200 mg posaconazole dose of the selected composition was found to achieve acceptable pharmacokinetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Susan K. Heimbecher, David Monteith, James D. Pipkin
  • Patent number: 9358298
    Abstract: The present invention provides for bioavailable oral dosage forms containing esters of 17-hydroxyprogesterone as well as related methods. The oral dosage forms can be formulated for pregnancy support and can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form for pregnancy support is provided. The pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The oral dosage form can, when measured using a USP Type-II dissolution apparatus in 900 mL of deionized water with 0.5 (w/v) of sodium lauryl sulfate at 50 RPM at 37° C., release at least 20 wt % of the dose of the ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone after 60 minutes, or in the alternative release at least 20 wt % more after 60 minutes than an equivalently dosed oral dosage form without the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LIPOCINE INC.
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Giliyar, Srinivasan Venkateshwaran, Basawaraj Chickmath, Satish Kumar Nachaegari, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 9358299
    Abstract: The present invention provides for bioavailable oral dosage forms containing esters of 17-hydroxyprogesterone as well as related methods. The oral dosage forms can be formulated for pregnancy support and can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form for pregnancy support is provided. The pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage can include a therapeutically effective amount of an ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The oral dosage form can, when measured using a USP Type-II dissolution apparatus in 900 mL of deionized water with 0.5 (w/v) of sodium lauryl sulfate at 50 RPM at 37° C., release at least 20 wt % of the dose of the ester of 17-hydroxyprogesterone after 60 minutes, or in the alternative release at least 20 wt % more after 60 minutes than an equivalently dosed oral dosage form without the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LIPOCINE INC
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Giliyar, Srinivansan Venkateshwaran, Basawaraj Chickmath, Satish Kumar Nachaegari, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 9358300
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds capable of facilitating transport of biologically active agents or substances into cells having the general structure: wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; L is any bivalent organic radical capable of linking each Q, such as C, CH, (CH2)l, or {(CH2)i—Y—(CH2)j}k, wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of CH2, an ether, a polyether, an amide, a polyamide, an ester, a sulfide, a urea, a thiourea, a guanidyl, a carbamoyl, a carbonate, a phosphate, a sulfate, a sulfoxide, an imine, a carbonyl, and a secondary amino group and wherein Y is optionally substituted by —X1-L?-X2—Z or —Z; R1 R6, independently of one another, are selected from the group consisting of H, —(CH2)p-D-Z, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an aryl, and an alkyl or alkyl ether optionally substituted by one or more of an alcohol, an aminoalcohol, an amine, an amide, an ether, a polyether, a polyamide, an ester, a mercaptan, an alkylthio, a urea, a thiourea, a guanidyl, or a carbamoyl group, and wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongliang Chu, Malek Masoud, Gulilat Gebeyehu
  • Patent number: 9358301
    Abstract: Biodegradable triblock copolymer compositions are provided which are useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery. The copolymers are reverse thermal gels in that when heated from a lower temperature to a higher temperature, they gel. These gels are useful in drug delivery when complexed with an active agent. For example the compositions can be used for intraocular injection of active agents, such as anti-angiogenic agents for treatment of a maculopathy or retinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Friberg, Daewon Park, Yadong Wang
  • Patent number: 9358302
    Abstract: Glycoconjugate vaccines and methods of preparing and using the same are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Fikri Avci, Dennis L. Kasper
  • Patent number: 9358303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising a vascular disrupting agent (VDA) associated and a MMP proteolytic cleavage site. The compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Incanthera Ltd
    Inventors: Jason Gill, Paul Loadman, Rob Falconer, Laurence Patterson, Jennifer Xavier, Michael Bibby
  • Patent number: 9358304
    Abstract: Novel modulatators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Stemcentrx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stull, Laura Saunders, Scott J. Dylla, Orit Foord, David Liu, Michael Torgov, Hui Shao
  • Patent number: 9358305
    Abstract: A system and method for transcellular transport of compositions containing agents (e.g., research, analytical, reporter or molecular probes, diagnostic and therapeutic agents, biologically active agents, research agents, analytical agents, imaging agents, monitoring agents, enzymes, proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, lipids, sugars, hormones, lipoproteins, chemicals, viruses, bacteria, cells, including modified cells, biosensors, markers, antibodies and/or ligands) across the gastrointestinal epithelial layer including use of a composition containing the agent and a targeting moiety, specific for a determinant at the target location. An exemplary composition of the system includes an anti-ICAM antibody targeting moiety, specific for targeting ICAM-1. The system enables effective, versatile, and safe targeting and transport of agents. The system is useful in research applications, as well as in the context of translational science and clinical interventions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Silvia Muro Galindo, Rasa Ghaffarian
  • Patent number: 9358306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of killing cells. In particular examples, the method includes contacting a cell having a cell surface protein with a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody-IR700 molecule, wherein the antibody specifically binds to the cell surface protein, such as a tumor-specific antigen on the surface of a tumor cell. The cell is subsequently irradiated, such as at a wavelength of 660 to 740 nm at a dose of at least 1 J cm?2. The cell is also contacted with one or more therapeutic agents (such as an anti-cancer agent), for example about 0 to 8 hours after irradiating the cell, thereby killing the cell. Also provided are methods of imaging cell killing in real time, using fluorescence lifetime imaging. Also provided are wearable devices that include an article of clothing, jewelry, or covering; and an NIR LED incorporated into the article, which can be used with the disclosed methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as rep. by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Hisataka Kobayashi, Peter Choyke, Marcelino Bernardo
  • Patent number: 9358307
    Abstract: The invention provides microparticles or nanoparticles for treatment of tumors comprising: (i) a targeting agent to the tumor or the tumor environment; and (ii) at least one inducer that stimulates a desired immune response in the tumor environment, leading to tumor apoptosis, wherein components (i) and (ii) are non-covalently or covalently attached to the surface of said microparticles or nanoparticles. The targeting agent is an agent that recognizes and binds to an antigen, a receptor or other molecules found on the surface of tumor cells or in the tumor environment and are preferably antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: GAVISH-GALILEE BIO APPLICATIONS LTD., HADASIT MEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Jacob Pitcovski, Ehud Shahar, Raphael Gorodetsky
  • Patent number: 9358308
    Abstract: This invention describes a protein nanoparticle system for targeting siRNA or other drugs into tumors. The basis of the protein system is elastin-like peptides that self-assemble once exposed to the nucleic acid of the siRNA. Specific targeting peptides are fused to the core ELP structure by standard genetic engineering techniques. These targeting peptides confer specific binding of the nanoparticle to receptors on the surface of tumor cells and allow for uptake of the nanoparticle into the tumor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NanoOncology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Primiano, Bey-Dih Chang, Jeremy Heidel
  • Patent number: 9358309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radioimmunoconjugate that binds human CD37. Pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof for the treatment of cancer and in particular B cell malignancies are aspects of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Nordic Nanovector AS
    Inventors: Roy H. Larsen, Jostein Dahle, Øyvind S. Bruland
  • Patent number: 9358310
    Abstract: The invention provides stabilized, biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with material from epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCg), which is a polyphenols- or flavonoids-rich plant material that can be obtained from green tea. The EGCg is an antioxidant reducing agent derived from green tea. The gold nanoparticles of the invention can be radioactive or non radioactive and are formed via a simple room temperature fabrication method. In preferred embodiment method of making, an aqueous solution containing gold salts is provided. The aqueous solution is mixed with EGCg in a buffer, such as deionized water. The gold salts react to form biocompatible gold nanoparticles that are stabilized with a coating of EGCg. The thermodynamically feasible redox couple of AuCl4-/EGCg leading to the reduction of AuCl4- by EGCg to form gold nanoparticles. In another embodiment, pre-cooled gold salt and EGCg solutions form multi-layered EGCg coated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Kattesh V. Katti, Raghuraman Kannan, Kativa K. Katti, Satish Kumar Nune, Cathy S. Cutler, Charles Caldwell, Ravi Shukla, Nripen Chanda, Ajit Zambre, Anandhi Upendran
  • Patent number: 9358311
    Abstract: A gas sterilization apparatus comprises a housing with a sterilizing unit and a power device. An ozone generator and an air purifying device are provided in the housing. The power device is operated to allow air to pass through the ozone generator and flow into the sterilizing unit so as to perform sterilization. After being sterilized, the air in the sterilizing unit can be drained via the purification of the air purifying device. The gas sterilization apparatus can sterilize the air by use of ozone, thus it is applicable for articles and materials which can be sufficiently soaked by ozone to achieve the sterilization effect, and it can reduce the denaturation of biological materials, so it has wide application. The gas sterilization apparatus can sterilize the articles and materials in simple and convenient ways for user, so it is beneficial to use in the industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ling-Huei Huang
  • Patent number: 9358312
    Abstract: A method of operating an apparatus for the sterilization of plastics material containers is provided, wherein charge carriers are generated in a working operation and are conveyed through a guide chamber and emerge from this guide chamber by way of an outlet window bounding this guide chamber and wherein the outlet window is introduced into the plastics material containers at least in part through an aperture of the aforesaid plastics material containers during the sterilization of the plastics material containers. The outlet window is acted upon with a flowable cleaning medium in a cleaning operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Hans Scheuren, Josef Knott
  • Patent number: 9358313
    Abstract: An ultraviolet area sterilizer or disinfector is incorporated into a building structure where concern exists regarding the presence of pathogenic bacteria on environmental surfaces. Ultraviolet C (UV-C) generators generate UV-C that is directed to architectural partitions of an enclosed area. The architectural partitions reflect UV-C to kill pathogens in the enclosed area. The device transmits a calculated dose of UV-C from a fixture mounted to an architectural partition in the enclosed area. Once an effective cumulative dose of UV-C has been reflected to radiation sensors, as measured by the sensors, the device shuts down. The device may allocate power to specific UV-C emitters so as to direct UV-C radiation more uniformly throughout the area, as measured by the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Jeffery L. Deal