Patents Issued in January 24, 2017
  • Patent number: 9549893
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions, methods and kits for the removal of harmful or irritating substances from bodily surfaces. Kits may include a composition containing capsaicin and a capsaicin-cleansing composition, e.g., a composition in which capsaicin is soluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo J. Angel, Larry W. Litle, Keith R. Bley, Allan L. Wilcox, Gene C. Jamieson, Naweed Muhammad
  • Patent number: 9549894
    Abstract: A water-releasing cosmetic composition in the form of an emulsion and process for preparing the cosmetic composition are provided. The cosmetic composition includes an aqueous phase and an oil phase. The aqueous phase includes a hydrating agent at a concentration, by weight, of about 1% to about 50%. The oil phase includes a silicone polymer, an emulsifying crosslinked siloxane elastomer gel including an emulsifying crosslinked siloxane elastomer, and a hydrophobic silica. The emulsifying crosslinked siloxane elastomer gel includes an emulsifying crosslinked siloxane elastomer at a concentration, by weight of about 0.5% to about 7% based upon weight of the composition. The hydrophobic silica is at a concentration, by weight, of about 0.1% to about 5%, based upon weight of the composition. The cosmetic composition converts from an emulsion to a plurality of droplets upon rubbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Catherine Chiou
  • Patent number: 9549895
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for maintaining the viability of photoreceptor cells following retinal detachment. The viability of photoreceptor cells can be preserved by administering a neuroprotective agent, for example, a substance capable of suppressing endogenous MCP-1, a MCP-1 antagonist, a substance capable of suppressing endogenous TNF-alpha, a TNF-alpha antagonist, a substance capable of suppressing endogenous IL-1 beta, an IL-1 beta antagonist, a substance capable of inducing endogenous bFGF, exogenous bFGF, a bFGF mimetic, and combinations thereof, to a mammal having an eye with retinal detachment. The neuroprotective agent maintains the viability of the photoreceptor cells until such time that the retina becomes reattached to the underlying retinal pigment epithelium and choroid. The treatment minimizes the loss of vision, which otherwise may occur as a result of retinal detachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    Inventor: Toru Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9549896
    Abstract: A bioerodible patch comprising at least one bioadhesive layer and at least one non-bioadhesive layer, wherein the bioadhesive layer comprises at least one polyaphron dispersion and at least one bioadhesive polymer, and wherein the polyaphron dispersion comprises at least one pharmaceutically active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DRUG DELIVERY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Crutchley, Steen Sindet-Pedersen, Stephen Lenon
  • Patent number: 9549897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for sublingual or buccal administration of actives with low to poor aqueous solubility, e.g. the hormone estradiol, which contains a solution of the active in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent adsorbed or absorbed onto particles of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of preparing and using the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: John A. McCarty
  • Patent number: 9549898
    Abstract: A waterless foamable pharmaceutical composition suitable for external administration is disclosed. The composition includes a foamable carrier least one liquefied or compressed gas propellant. The foamable carrier includes at least one liquid oil; at least one silicone and at least one least one stabilizing agent; wherein the stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of about 0.01% to about 25% by weight of at least one surface-active agent alone or on combination with a foam adjuvant; and about 0% to about 5% by weight of at least one polymeric agent alone or on combination with a foam adjuvant; and mixtures thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising active agents, methods for their preparation, propellants suitable for use with the carriers and uses thereof are further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    Inventors: Dov Tamarkin, Helena Shifrin, Rita Keynan, Enbal Ziv, Tal Berman, David Schuz, Elana Gazal
  • Patent number: 9549899
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions that are abuse resistant and may also provide controlled release. The present disclosure also relates to the use of pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: EGALET LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Holm Tygesen, Karsten Lindhardt, Martin Rex Olsen, Gina Engslev Fischer, Jan Martin Overgard, Georg Boye, Nikolaj Skak, Torben Elhauge
  • Patent number: 9549900
    Abstract: A method of treating a human subject in need of melatonin therapy includes administering to a human subject a compressed tablet comprising melatonin, citric acid, and a cellulosic polymer. The melatonin, citric acid, and cellulosic polymer combine after ingestion to form an acidic hydrogel that dissolves the melatonin and is effective to provide a first release dose of melatonin for assisting in inducement of sleep and a subsequent sustained release dose of melatonin for assisting in sustaining sleep while in the human subject's gastrointestinal tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Physician's Seal, LLC
    Inventors: Syed M. Shah, Daniel Hassan
  • Patent number: 9549901
    Abstract: A particle includes an aqueous core; a first amphiphilic layer surrounding the aqueous core; and a polymeric matrix surrounding the first amphiphilic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jinjun Shi, Zeyu Xiao, Cristian Vilos, Alexander Votruba, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad
  • Patent number: 9549902
    Abstract: A transdermal patch suitable for the administration of nitroglycerin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BOUTY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paola Stefanelli, Sergio Comuzio
  • Patent number: 9549903
    Abstract: The invention relates to transdermal therapeutic system for the transdermal administration of buprenorphine, comprising a buprenorphine-containing self-adhesive layer structure comprising A) a buprenorphine-impermeable backing layer, and B) a buprenorphine-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on said buprenorphine-impermeable backing layer, the adhesive layer comprising a) at least one polymer-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, b) an analgesically effective amount of buprenorphine base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and c) a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, levulinic acid and mixtures thereof, in an amount sufficient so that said analgesically effective amount of buprenorphine is solubilized therein to form a mixture, and the carboxylic acid buprenorphine mixture forms dispersed deposits in the said pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein said buprenorphine-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is the skin cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Hille, Gabriel Wauer, Kevin John Smith, Helen Elizabeth Johnson, Gillian Elizabeth Mundin
  • Patent number: 9549904
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preventing or inhibiting biofilm formation by a population of bacteria comprising the administration of a sterile intravenous normal saline solution containing glycerin and amino acids. In some embodiments, the concentration of glycerin in the normal saline solution is approximately 3%. In some embodiments, the concentration of amino acids in the normal saline solution is approximately 3%. In some embodiments, the intravenous solution is administered for 48 hours at 80 cc/hour. In some embodiments, the solution is infused via intracavernous administration into an infected body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Bryan
  • Patent number: 9549905
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising of resveratrol and/or derivatives thereof and/or functionally related compounds and benzoyl peroxide and/or derivatives thereof and/or functionally related compounds for the treatment of acne and other inflammatory or infectious skin disorders. Also disclosed are methods of treating acne and other inflammatory and infectious skin disorders using the compositions described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Emma Taylor, Jackson Thomas S. Champer, Jenny J. Kim
  • Patent number: 9549906
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of treatment of ocular inflammation and/or neuropathic pain in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof a CB2 target agent, a cannabimimetic agent or a combination thereof. The agent is optionally a cannabinoid, such as a non-psychotropic cannabinoid or a synthetic cannabinoid. In certain embodiments, the non-psychotropic phytocannabinoid is ?-caryophyllene or cannabidiol [CBD] and the synthetic cannabinoid is HU-433, HU-308, or a modified CBD such as CBD-DMH. In methods of the disclosure, CBD-DMH is optionally administered in combination with a further CB2 target agent or cannabimimetic agent. The disclosure also provides ocular pharmaceutical compositions containing the CB2 target agents and/or cannabimimetic agents described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: Mary Lynch, Melanie Kelly
  • Patent number: 9549907
    Abstract: Disclosed is an immediate release solution for oral administration of guaifenesin and at least one additional drug. In addition to water the solution comprises as solvents propylene glycol and glycerol in a concentration which significantly increases the bioavailability of guaifenesin in the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SOVEREIGN PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Hafey
  • Patent number: 9549908
    Abstract: A composition for inducing differentiation into beige adipocytes from white adipocytes, including butein, a butein derivative, or a pharmaceutically available salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method of inducing the differentiation are provided. Increases in expressions of UCP-1 and PRDM4 are confirmed using the active ingredient, that is, the butein or butein derivative, and therefore the composition is expected to be used in preventing or treating obesity, and more basically, for target treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Ltd., Gyeonggi Institute of Science & Technology Promotion
    Inventors: Kye Won Park, Nojoon Song, Suk Chan Lee, Jin-Mo Ku
  • Patent number: 9549909
    Abstract: A method of treating and/or preventing Dravet Syndrome in a patient such as a patient previously diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, by administering an effective dose of fenfluramine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt to that patient. Dravet Syndrome patients are typically children under the age of 18 and are treated at a preferred dose of less than about 0.5 to about 0.01 mg/kg/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospital Antwerp
    Inventors: Berten Ceulemens, Lieven Lagae
  • Patent number: 9549910
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, Leber's congenital Amaurosis, Syndromic retinal degenerations, age-related macular degeneration and Usher Syndrome, and hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: USHER III INITIATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Roland Werner Bürli, William Rameshchandra Krishna Esmieu, Christopher James Lock, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Andrew Pate Owens, William E. Harte
  • Patent number: 9549911
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to the use of metabolites of ginger and analogs thereof for the treatment and prevention of diseases, including but not limited to, cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina A&T State University
    Inventors: Shengmin Sang, Huadong Chen, Yingdong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9549912
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for reducing stroke rate, methods for preventing atrial remodeling, and methods for reversing atrial remodeling by administering budiodarone to reduce atrial fibrillation (AF) episode duration and an anticoagulant (AC). According to some methods of the invention, the average AF episode duration can be reduced to less than about 24, 5, 3 or 1 hour(s), and the maximum AF episode duration may be reduced to less than about 20, 10 or 5 hours. According to some methods of the invention, the reduced stroke rate upon administration of budiodarone and AC is less than the age-adjusted overall stroke rate. Further, some methods provide that patients who were refractory to one or more anti-arrhythmic drugs prior to administration of budiodarone may also be treated. Some methods provide for prevention of atrial remodeling and others provide for the reversal of atrial remodeling, including methods to quantify the reversal of atrial remodeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Armetheon, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Milner, David J. Ellis
  • Patent number: 9549913
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Marlene Michelle Dressman, Louis William Licamele, Mihael H. Polymeropoulos
  • Patent number: 9549914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of virology. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful for treating human cytomegalovirus using Wnt pathway modulators. In a specific embodiment, a method for treating human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in a patient in need thereof comprises administering an effective amount of Wnt pathway modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Ravit Boger
  • Patent number: 9549915
    Abstract: A compound having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof. The compound may be used in the treatment or prevention of a disorder selected from appetite regulation, obesity, metabolic disorders, cachexia, anorexia, pain, inflammation, neurotoxicity, neurotrauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, levodopa-induced dyskinesia, Huntington's disease, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, tardive dyskinesia, dystonia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, insomnia, nausea, emesis, alcohol disorders, drug addictions such as opiates, nicotine, cocaine, alcohol and psychostimulants, hypertension, circulatory shock, myocardial reperfusion injury, atherosclerosis, asthma, glaucoma, retinopathy, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, acute and chronic liver disease such as hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, arthritis and osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BIAL-PORTELA & CA, S.A.
    Inventors: Carla Patricia da Costa Pereira Rosa, Rita Gusmao De Noronha, Laszlo Erno Kiss, Patricio Manuel Vieira Araujo Soares Da Silva, Domenico Russo, Jorge Bruno Reis Wahnon, William Maton
  • Patent number: 9549916
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to compounds of Formula I as described herein and compositions containing such compounds, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat bacterial infections. In certain aspects, the invention provides methods and compositions comprising these compounds for treating infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jiping Fu, Xianming Jin, Subramanian Karur, Guillaume Lapointe, Ann Marie Madera, Zachary Kevin Sweeney
  • Patent number: 9549917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Casey C. McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Frank Narjes, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Richard Soll, Hao Wu, Anandan Palani, Xing Dai, Hong Liu, Shuwen He, Zhong Lai, Qun Dang, Nicolas Zorn
  • Patent number: 9549918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising comprising a solid dispersion of tacrolimus in a vehicle further comprising a stabilizing agent capable of providing a pH below 7 in the composition, as measured after re-dispersion in water, and preventing or reducing the formation upon storage of major degradation products of tacrolimus, in particular the 8-epitacrolimus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: VELOXIS PHARMACEUTICALS A/S
    Inventors: Nikolaj Skak, Per Holm
  • Patent number: 9549919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful in therapy, to compositions comprising said compounds, and to methods of treating diseases comprising administration of said compounds. The compounds referred to are positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic acetylcholine ?7 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Jorgen Eskildsen, Anette Graven Sams, Ask Puschl
  • Patent number: 9549920
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an implantable drug depot useful for reducing, preventing or treating post-operative pain in a patient in need of such treatment, the implantable drug depot comprising a polymer and a therapeutically effective amount of a local anesthetic or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the drug depot is implantable at a site beneath the skin to reduce, prevent or treat post-operative pain, and the drug depot is capable of releasing (i) a bolus dose of the local anesthetic or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a site beneath the skin and (ii) a sustained release dose of an effective amount of the local anesthetic or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof over a period of at least 4 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Amira Wohabrebbi, William F. McKay, Vanja Margareta King, Danielle L. Biggs, Katara Shaw, Christopher Hobot, Phillip Edward McDonald
  • Patent number: 9549921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shuwen He, Zhong Lai, Xing Dai, Dong Xiao, Clare London, Nicolas Zorn, Ravi Nargund, Anandan Palani, Casey C. McComas, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Richard Soll
  • Patent number: 9549922
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for use in treating diseases associated with excessive cellular proliferation, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nomoto, Jiayi Wu
  • Patent number: 9549923
    Abstract: The presently described technology provides compositions comprising aryl carboxylic acids chemically conjugated to hydrocodone (morphinan-6-one, 4,5-alpha-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methyl) to form novel prodrugs/compositions of hydrocodone, including benzoates and heteroaryl carboxylic acids, which have a decreased potential for abuse of hydrocodone. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical kits and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KemPharm, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Mickle, Sven Guenther, Christal Mickle, Guochen Chi, Jaroslaw Kanski, Andrea K. Martin, Bindu Bera
  • Patent number: 9549924
    Abstract: The present invention provides method and compositions for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain by administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a buprenorphine dimer compound, wherein the two buprenorphine portions are linked via an ethylene spacer, and wherein the spacer is bonded to the two opioid molecules via an ether bond. Preferably, the active agent is provided in the form of an injectable depot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ORPHOMED, INC.
    Inventor: Nikhilesh Nihala Singh
  • Patent number: 9549925
    Abstract: A system for treating or providing prophylaxus against a pulmonary infection is disclosed comprising: a) a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition, and b) an inhalation delivery device. A method for providing prophylaxis against a pulmonary infection in a patient and a method of reducing the loss of antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition upon nebulization comprising administering an aerosolized pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: INSMED INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jeff Weers
  • Patent number: 9549926
    Abstract: Provided are formulations comprising therapeutically effective amounts of ambrisentan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and tadalafil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and methods of treating and/or preventing pulmonary hypertension by administration of the formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Belardinelli, Hunter Campbell Gillies, Faquan Liang, John Shryock, Suya Yang
  • Patent number: 9549927
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Richland Tester, Prasoon Chaturvedi, Zhendong Zhu, Sekhar S. Surapaneni, Lisa Beebe
  • Patent number: 9549928
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating a mental condition in a subject in need thereof, includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a CDD-102A compound [5-(3-ethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine], or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: William S. Messer, Michael Ragozzino
  • Patent number: 9549929
    Abstract: Described herein are pyrrolo{2,3-d}pyrimidine derivatives, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Mark Edward Flanagan, Andrea Gonzales, Timothy Allan Johnson, Neelu Kaila, Mark J. Mitton-Fry, Joseph Walter Strohbach, Ruth E. TenBrink, John David Trzupek, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Michael L. Vazquez, Mihir D. Parikh
  • Patent number: 9549930
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating disordered and/or prodromal stage tissue infected with by a virus in a mammal by co-administering a systemic anti-virus drug and topically administered anti-infective composition. The systemic anti-virus drug is internally administered and disrupts or inhibits virus replication systemically within the mammal. Examples include nucleoside analogs, nucleoside analog precursors, and nucleotide analogs. The topically administered anti-infective composition includes at least one anti-infective agent, such as an organohalide (e.g., benzalkonium chloride), and is formulated to penetrate below the skin surface and allow the anti-infective agent to kill viruses at a treatment site. The topical anti-infective composition enhances efficacy of the systemic anti-virus drug and reduces the time and/or number of dosages otherwise required for the systemic anti-virus drug to treat the viral infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: QUADEX PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventor: B. Ron Johnson
  • Patent number: 9549931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Wayne Kuntz, Richard Chesworth, Kenneth William Duncan, Heike Keilhack, Natalie Warholic, Christine Klaus, Sarah Kathleen Knutson, Timothy James Nelson Wigle, Masashi Seki, Syuji Shirotori, Satoshi Kawano
  • Patent number: 9549932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 2-(morpholin-4-yl)-1,7-naphthyridine compounds of general formula (I) or (Ib), to methods of preparing said compounds, to intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyperproliferative disease as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lars Wortmann, Ulrich Lücking, Julien Lefranc, Hans Briem, Franz Von Nussbaum, Benjamin Bader, Gerhard Siemeister, Wilhelm Bone, Philip Lienau, Dieter Moosmayer, Uwe Eberspächer, Hans Schick, Knut Eis, Marcus Koppitz, Antje Margret Wengner, Joanna Grudzinska-Goebel
  • Patent number: 9549933
    Abstract: Described are a compound of formula (II) or (III): The compounds are effective in the treatment of disease, including a tauopathy condition or a disease of tau protein aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: WisTa Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Clunas, John Mervyn David Storey, Janet Elizabeth Rickard, David Horsley, Charles Robert Harrington, Claude Michel Wischik
  • Patent number: 9549934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having ?2 adrenergic agonist and M3 muscarinic antagonist dual activity, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to the process for their preparation and to their use in respiratory therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Almirall, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Aiguade Bosch, Silvia Gual Roig, Maria Prat Quinones, Carlos Puig Duran
  • Patent number: 9549935
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for treating or preventing migraine headache and/or symptoms thereof in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of noribogaine, noribogaine derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DEMERX, INC.
    Inventor: Holger Weis
  • Patent number: 9549936
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dry powder for inhalation formulation comprising salmeterol xinafoate, fluticasone propionate and tiotropium bromide, as pharmaceutically active ingredients, and a carrier, and an inhalation formulation comprising same and a method for preparing the same. The inventive dry powder inhalation formulation having good content uniformity and showing small changes in the aerodynamic size distribution in accordance with the flow rate changes can effectively deliver said pharmaceutically active ingredients to a target site upon administration, and thus can be useful in the prevention or treatment of respiratory diseases, particularly asthma and COPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Soo Kim, Deokkyu Lee, Dong Ho Kim, Yong II Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Jong Soo Woo
  • Patent number: 9549937
    Abstract: Described herein are manufactured dietary supplements that contain a phospholipid extract and the extract contains two forms of phospholipid-docosahexanoic acid. One form of phospholipid-docosahexanoic acid is phosphatidylcholine-docosahexanoic acid, and another form of phospholipid-docosahexanoic acid is phosphatidylethanolamine-docosahexanoic acid. The manufactured dietary supplement also contains L-methylfolate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Burvia, LLC.
    Inventors: Brett B. Bartel, Rhett Sean Daniels
  • Patent number: 9549938
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds useful for treating fungal infections, more specifically topical treatment of onychomycosis and/or cutaneous fungal infections. This invention is directed to compounds that are active against fungi and have properties that allow the compound, when placed in contact with a patient, to reach the particular part of the skin, nail, hair, claw or hoof infected by the fungus. In particular the present compounds have physiochemical properties that facilitate penetration of the nail plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Baker, Tsutomu Akama, Vincent S. Hernandez, Karin M. Hold, Kirk Maples, Jacob J. Plattner, Virginia Sanders, Yong-Kang Zhang, Gregory T. Fieldson, James J. Leyden
  • Patent number: 9549939
    Abstract: A system for treating or providing prophylaxis against a pulmonary infection is disclosed comprising: a) a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition, and b) an inhalation delivery device. A method for providing prophylaxis against a pulmonary infection in a patient and a method of reducing the loss of antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition upon nebulization comprising administering an aerosolized pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: INSMED INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jeff Weers
  • Patent number: 9549940
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of topiramate for once-a-day oral administration are provided. The formulations comprise a sustained-release component and an optional immediate-release component, the compositions of which can be selectively adjusted, respectively, to release the active ingredient along a pre-determined release profile. Method of treating or preventing pathological disorders in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Hua Wang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, Michael L. Vieira
  • Patent number: 9549941
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a composition and unit dosage form for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection comprising GS-7977 and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, as well as methods for making said composition and unit dosage form. Also disclosed herein is a method of treating a subject, preferably a human, infected with hepatitis C virus, said method comprising administering to the subject for a time period an effective amount of GS-7977 and an effective amount of ribavirin. In one aspect, the method comprises administering to the subject an interferon-free treatment regimen comprising an effective amount of GS-7977 and an effective amount of ribavirin. In a particular aspect, the method is sufficient to produce an undetectable amount of HCV RNA in the subject for at least 12 weeks after the end of the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Gilead Pharmasset LLC
    Inventors: Darryl G. Cleary, Charles J. Reynolds, Miriam Michelle Berrey, Robert G. Hindes, William T. Symonds, Adrian S. Ray, Hongmei Mo, Christy M. Hebner, Reza Oliyai, Vahid Zia, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Rowchanak Pakdaman, Melissa Jean Casteel
  • Patent number: 9549942
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a health functional food composition, and a method for preventing or treating a brain disease or diabetes. The pharmaceutical composition, health functional food composition, and method includes at least one active ingredient that is chlorhexidine, thioguanosine, mebendazole, fenbendazole, colchicine, farnesol, trimethobenzamide hydrochloride, disulfuram, azathioprine, mebeverine hydrochloride, zaprinast, tosufloxacin hydrochloride, efavirenz, thiostrepton, probenecid, entacapone, harmine hydrochloride, flunisolide, thimerosal, hexestrol, sulfaquinoxaline sodium salt, monensin sodium salt, raloxifene hydrochloride, 2-chloropyrazine, or topotecan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Jo, Jong Sung Park, Youngkwang Youn, Yuri Choi, Ui Jeong Yun