Patents Issued in March 28, 2017
  • Patent number: 9604956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing cyclic acetal comprising i) preparing a liquid reaction mixture comprising a) formaldehyde source, b) an aprotic compound and c) a catalyst; and ii) converting the formaldehyde source into cyclic acetals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Celanese Sales Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Haubs, Klaus Kurz, Jurgen Lingnau
  • Patent number: 9604957
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions that are modulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The compounds can be selective MMP inhibitors, for example, selective inhibitors of MMP-2, MMP-9, and/or MMP-14. The disease, disorder, or condition can include, for example, stroke, neurological disorders, ophthalmological disorders, or wounds, such as chronic wounds or diabetic wounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Mayland Chang, Shahriar Mobashery
  • Patent number: 9604958
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to HIF inhibitors and methods of preventing cell proliferation, reducing inflammation, and treating an angiogenic disease or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Othon Iliopoulos, Michael Zimmer
  • Patent number: 9604959
    Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a thiol compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is CH2SCH2CH2SH, and R2 is hydrogen. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mixture of the thiol compound and 4-mercaptomethyl-1,8-dimercapto-3,6-dithiaoctane, wherein the ratio of the thiol compound is 0.001 to 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nishimori, Teruo Kamura, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 9604960
    Abstract: Novel aryl, heteroaryl, and non-aromatic heterocyle substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines are described in the present invention. These compounds are used in the treatment of various neurological and physiological disorders. Methods of making these compounds are also described in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuang Liu, Bruce F. Molino, Kassoum Nacro
  • Patent number: 9604961
    Abstract: Provided herein are substituted pyrazolylpyridine, pyrazolylpyridazine, and pyrazolylpyrimidine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhe Nie, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal, Michael Brennan Wallace
  • Patent number: 9604962
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1A, 1B and 1C including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4a1, R4a2, A, Aa, G, M, W, Z1, Z3, X, J, J1 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert James Pasteris, Rafael Shapiro
  • Patent number: 9604963
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3 and Z are as defined herein, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Bury, Linda N. Casillas, Adam Kenneth Charnley, Pamela A. Haile, Robert W. Marquis, Jr., John F. Mehlmann, Joseph J. Romano, Robert R. Singhaus, Jr., Gren Z. Wang
  • Patent number: 9604964
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (Formula (I), or a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are GPR40 G protein-coupled receptor modulators which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Ellsworth, Jun Shi, William R. Ewing, Elizabeth A. Jurica, Andres S. Hernandez, Ximao Wu, Zhengxiang Gu, Zhenqiu Hong, Stephen P. O'Connor
  • Patent number: 9604965
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X and m are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Ashcraft, Gustave Bergnes, Scott Collibee, Chihyuan Chuang, Jeff Gardina, Bradley P. Morgan, Alex R. Muci, Xiangping Qian, Jeffrey Warrington, Zhe Yang, Pu-Ping Lu, Antonio Romero
  • Patent number: 9604966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of medicine and organic synthesis, particularly to a method for preparing crizotinib. The method comprises the compound of formula b and the compound of formula e undergoing Suzuki coupling reaction to produce the compound of formula a which then was subjected to deprotection to afford (±) crizotinib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuanqiang Li, Jianqiang Qian, Daqing Che
  • Patent number: 9604967
    Abstract: The invention provides certain azetidinyloxyphenylpyrrolidine compounds, particularly compounds of formula I wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention further provides methods of using a compound of formula I to treat overactive bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Danwen Huang, Joshua O. Odingo
  • Patent number: 9604968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pure crystalline Form II of an L-malic acid salt of sunitinib and a process for its preparation. The invention further provides crystalline Form II of an L-malic acid salt of sunitinib having a purity of at least 97.0%. The invention also provides crystalline Form II of an L-malic acid salt of sunitinib substantially free of an anti-oxidant. The invention also provides crystalline Form II of L-malic acid salt of sunitinib which remains chemically pure on storage at 25° C.±2° C. and 40° C.±2° C. at a relative humidity of 60%±5% and 75%±5%, respectively, for at least 1 month.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Hari Babu Matta, Mahavir Singh Khanna, Mohan Prasad
  • Patent number: 9604969
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain metabolites of N-(1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-5-((6-((methyl-amino)methyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)oxy)-1H-indole-1-carboxamide In particular, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these metabolites, as well as processes for their preparation and their use in the treatment of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ulrike Glaenzel, Robert Nufer
  • Patent number: 9604970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: for use in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension and associated conditions, where R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and signify hydrogens, halogens, alkyl, alkylaryl, alkyloxy, hydroxy, nitro, amino, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylamino or dialkylamino group; R4 signifies hydrogen, alkyl, -alkylaryl or -alkylheteroaryl; X signifies CH2, oxygen atom or sulphur atom; n is 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that when n is 1, X is not CH2; and the individual (R)- and (S)-enantiomers or mixtures of enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bial-Portela & CA, S.A.
    Inventors: Patrício Manuel Vieira Araújo Soares Da Silva, Maria João Macedo Da Silva Bonifácio
  • Patent number: 9604971
    Abstract: This invention relates to a co-crystal of vorapaxar and aspirin. The inventive co-crystal antagonizes the PAR-1 receptor. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inventive co-crystal as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by antagonizing the PAR-1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ARALEZ PHARMACEUTICALS TRADING DAC
    Inventors: Scott Trzaska, Alicia V. Duran-Capece, Matthew Lamm
  • Patent number: 9604972
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic compound is represented by the following formula (A). wherein Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, M is a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic group, and Ar2 is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 18 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic heteroaromatic group having 5 or 6 ring atoms, a dibenzofuran ring group that may be substituted with a substituent (excluding a 3-carbazolyl group and an N-carbazolyl group), a dibenzothiophene ring group that may be substituted with a substituent (excluding a 3-carbazolyl group and an N-carbazolyl group), or a nitrogen-containing polycyclic group among nitrogen-containing polycyclic groups respectively represented by the following formulas (1) to (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Yoshida, Ryohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9604973
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are anticancer polyketides. The uses of the polyketides described herein include treatment of cancer, for example, through regulation of the spliceosome and detection of spliceosome inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael D. Burkart, James J. La Clair, Brian D. Jones, Alexander Mandel, Reymundo Villa, Januario E. Castro, Manoj Kumar Kashyap, Deepak Kumar
  • Patent number: 9604974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compound of structural Formula I and a method for preparing said compounds. The disclosure further relates to a method of employing the Formula I compounds for modulation of Janus kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway in cancer cells, and the corresponding use of compound of Formula I as anti-cancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGPORE, BANGALORE UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LTD
    Inventors: Kanchugarakoppal Subbegowda Rangappa, Basappa, Chakrabhavi Dhananjaya Mohan, Shobith Rangappa, Hanumantharayappa Bharathkumar, Gautam Sethi, Andreas Bender, Peter Edward Lobie, Kam Man Hui, Alan Prem Kumar, Vijay Kumar Pandey, Julian Fuchs, Muthu Kumaraswamy Shanmugam, Krishna Bulusu, Xiaoyun Dai, Feng Li, Amudha Deivasigamani
  • Patent number: 9604975
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) inhibitory activity: wherein R1, R2, R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxymethyl, methoxy, trifluoromethoxy, methylamino and dimethylamino; R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-C3 alkyl, fluoro-(C1-C3)-alkyl, hydroxy-(C1-C3)-alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, fluoro-(C1-C3)-alkoxy, hydroxy-(C1-C3)-alkoxy, —N(R11)—R12, -Alk-N(R11)—R12, —O-Alk-N(R11)—R12, —C(?O)OH, carboxy-(C1-C3)-alkyl, or —C(?O)—NH—R13; Alk is a straight or branched chain divalent C1-C6 alkylene radical; R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, or C1-C3 alkoxy; X is a straight chain divalent C1-C3 alkylene radical, optionally substituted on one or more carbons by R9 and/or R10; W is selected from —C(?O)—N(—R16)— or —N(—R17)—C(?O)—; Y is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, or halo; and Q is selected from optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted cyclohexyl, or an optionally substitu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Vernalis (R&D) Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen Stokes, Nicolas Foloppe, Andrea Fiumana, Martin Drysdale, Simon Bedford, Paul Webb
  • Patent number: 9604976
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the following formula, salts, racemates, diastereomers, enantiomers, esters, carbamates, phosphates, sulfates, deuterated forms and prodrugs thereof. Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SPERO GYRASE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher James Lunniss, James T. Palmer, Gary Robert William Pitt, Lorraine Claire Axford, David Davies
  • Patent number: 9604977
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, A, E and n are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) 4 and/or 5 inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Buettelmann, Simona M. Ceccarelli, Holger Kuehne, Bernd Kuhn, Werner Neidhart, Ulrike Obst Sander, Hans Richter
  • Patent number: 9604978
    Abstract: The invention relates to certain compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, or prodrugs thereof, that are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
    Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Gary Bohnert, Jun Jiang, Zhiqiang Xia
  • Patent number: 9604979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (A) or (B), or a salt thereof capable of improving a red color of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and obtaining functions of original PQQ, and to a method of efficiently manufacturing the compound. wherein R is an alkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a dihydroxyalkyl group, or an alkoxyalkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuto Ikemoto, Hitoshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9604980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted pyrimidinyl- and pyridinylpyrrolopyridinone compounds which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by dysregulated protein kinase activity, in particular RET family kinases. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NERVIANO MEDICAL SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Maria Menichincheri, Mauro Angiolini, Jay Aaron Bertrand, Michele Caruso, Paolo Polucci, Francesca Quartieri, Barbara Salom, Matteo Salsa, Fabio Zuccotto
  • Patent number: 9604981
    Abstract: The present invention provides heterocyclic derivatives of formula (Ia) which activate the IP receptor. Activating the IP receptor signaling pathway is useful to treat many forms of PAH, pulmonary fibrosis and exert beneficial effects in fibrotic conditions of various organs in animal models and in patients. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Rebecca Butler, Catherine Leblanc, Stephen Carl McKeown, Steven John Charlton
  • Patent number: 9604982
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) or (Ia) The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) or (Ia). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) or (Ia) are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Manuel Jesus Alcazar Vaca, Jose Ignacio Andres Gil, Michael A. Letavic, Dale A. Rudolph, Brock T. Shireman, Brice M. Stenne, Jeannie M. Ziff
  • Patent number: 9604983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal benzyloxy-substituted phenyl-diones and phenyl-dioxo-thiazinones of formula (I), as well as to herbicidal compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds or compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth, in particular in controlling weeds, such as broad-leaved dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants. Formula (I), or a salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein A1 is N or CR1; A3 is C(O) or S(O)2; G is hydrogen or C(O)R6; R1, R3, X and Y are i.a. hydrogen, alkyl or haloalkyl; n is 0-5; each Z is i.a. alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy; and R6 is i.a. alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Shanahan, Alan Joseph Hennessy, Timothy Jeremiah Cornelius O'Riordan, Paul Matthew Burton
  • Patent number: 9604984
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (00A) and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Zak, Nicholas Charles Ray, Simon Charles Goodacre, Rohan Mendonca, Terry Kellar, Yun-Xing Cheng, Wei Li, Po-Wei Yuen
  • Patent number: 9604985
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-protected 6-(piperidin-4-ylcarbamoyl)piperidin-3-yl sulfonates of Formula (III): which comprises contacting a lactone of Formula (II): with an azacycloalkylamine of formula (II-Am): followed by contact with a sulfonyl halide of formula (II-Su): R4—SO2W (II-Su) in the presence of tertiary amine base, wherein PG1 and PG2 are amine protective groups; k, p and q are 0, 1, or 2, and W, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are defined herein. Additional embodiments add a series of process steps leading to the synthesis of 7-oxo-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes suitable for use as ?-lactamase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Steven P. Miller, John Limanto, Yong-Li Zhong, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Zhijian Liu
  • Patent number: 9604986
    Abstract: A process for preparation of compound of Formula (I) is disclosed. The application is also directed to polymorphic forms of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: WOCKHARDT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ravikumar Tadiparthi, Bharat Dond, Satish Birajdar, Amol Kale, Vijaykumar Jagdishwar Patil
  • Patent number: 9604987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising compound of formula CB6 or CB8, the pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier, solvent, the salts thereof or a combination thereof which is used to treat autophagy-associated diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, etc. The present invention also relates to a method of treating these diseases by administering a therapeutically-effective amount of the compound to the subject in need of the treatment. The present invention further relates to the use of this compound in preparation of the composition to treat the diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Min Li, Liang Feng Liu, Ju Xian Song, Hong Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 9604988
    Abstract: This invention relates to an agent for treating or inhibiting recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia and an agent for inhibiting growth of leukemia stem cells comprising a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each represent aryl or heteroaryl; L represents O, S, NH, NHCO, or CONH; X represents CH or N; Y represents C1-3-alkylene; Z1 represents hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl, amino-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkylamino-C1-6-alkyl, di(C1-6-alkyl)amino-C1-6-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy-C1-6-alkyl, or carboxy-C1-6-alkyl; and Z2 represents C1-6-alkyl, amino-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkylamino-C1-6-alkyl, di(C1-6-alkyl)amino-C1-6-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy-C1-6-alkyl, or carboxy-C1-6-alkyl, Z1 and Z2 may, together with adjacent nitrogen, form a heterocyclic group containing as a ring member one or more hetero atoms, in addition to the nitrogen adjacent to Z1 and Z2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Fumihiko Ishikawa, Yoriko Saito, Yoshinobu Hashizume, Yasuko Koda, Hitomi Yuki
  • Patent number: 9604989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of a cancer that is sensitive to Pi3K/Akt pathway inhibition by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH, BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lars Bärfacker, William Scott, Andrea Hägebarth, Stuart Ince, Hartmut Rehwinkel, Oliver Politz, Roland Neuhaus, Hans Briem, Ulf Bömer
  • Patent number: 9604990
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of pemetrexed diacid are provided (Forms 1 and 2) which are readily produced for either laboratory-scale or industrial scale. Processes for the preparation of Forms 1 and 2 are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SCINOPHARM TAIWAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Tzu Lin, Kuan-Hsun Wang, Wei-Shuo Lo, Wen-Wei Lin, Wan-Yin Cheng
  • Patent number: 9604991
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing Ticagrelor (I), comprising the following steps: a cyclization reaction of 5-amino-1,4-di-substituted-1,2,3-triazole (II) and dialkyl carbonate (HI), to obtain 9-substituted-2,6-dihydroxy-8-azapurine (IV); chlorination of intermediate (IV), to obtain 9-substituted-2,6-dichloro-8-azapurine (V); an amination reaction of intermediate (V) and trans-(1R,2S)-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)cyclopropanamine (VI) generates 9-substituted-6-amino-substituted-2-chloro-8-azapurine (VII); and a propanethiolation reaction of intermediate (VII) and propanethiol (VIII), to obtain Ticagrelor (I). The preparation method is simple in process, has a high chemical and chiral purity and provides a new preparation method for industrializing Ticagrelor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SUZHOU MIRACPHARMA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuenong Xu
  • Patent number: 9604992
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of dibenzylidene sorbitol ester type corresponding to the following formulae (I) and (II): in which: R, R? and R? represent a hydrogen atom or a —C(O)Y radical in which Y represents a C2-C25 hydrocarbon radical or an optionally substituted aryl radical; the R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R?1, R?2, R?3, R?4 and R?5 radicals represent a hydrogen atom; a C1-C18 alkyl radical; a C1-C18 alkoxy radical; a phenoxy radical; an optionally substituted phenyl radical; or a benzyl radical; the divalent radical A represents, in the formula (II), a C1-C52 hydrocarbon radical; an optionally substituted arylene radical; or a silicone radical. The invention also relates to their process of preparation, to their use in structuring lipophilic media, in particular oils, to the cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to a cosmetic treatment method employing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Gerard Malle, Tiina Luukas
  • Patent number: 9604993
    Abstract: Methods of synthesizing intermediates useful for the synthesis of halichondrin B analogs are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles E. Chase, Atsushi Endo, Francis G. Fang, Jing Li
  • Patent number: 9604994
    Abstract: The present application provides a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, G, M, Q and X are as defined herein. A compound of formula (I) and its salts have aPKC inhibitory activity, and may be used to treat proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Bruce D Dorsey, Keith S. Learn, Emma L. Morris, Gregory R Ott, Jonathan R. A. Roffey, Christelle N. Soudy, Jason C. Wagner
  • Patent number: 9604995
    Abstract: An improved process for preparation of Olanzapine pamoate monohydrate from Olanzpaine is disclosed which comprises mixing at room temperature a solution of olanzapine prepared in water in presence of an acid, with a solution of pamoic acid prepared in water in presence of a base; stirring and maintaining the reaction mixture for a sufficient time till precipitation of solid and drying the solid to obtain olazapine pamoate monohydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NEULAND LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ponnaiah Ravi, Praveenkumar Neela, Kashyap Ravindrabhai Wadekar, Kubireddy Vigneshwar Reddy, Sampath Kumar Laxmalla
  • Patent number: 9604996
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxamide derivatives (“thienouracil”-carboxamides), to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary and cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Härter, Martina Delbeck, Bernd Kalthof, Klemens Lustig, Niels Lindner, Raimund Kast, Pierre Wasnaire, Frank Süβmeier
  • Patent number: 9604997
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use for treating, reducing a symptom of or reducing the risk of macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Jordan, John Clifford Chabala, Ke-Qing Ling, William A. Kinney
  • Patent number: 9604998
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, kidney disease, edema, and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Reynalda Keh DeJesus, Fa-Xiang Ding, Shuzhi Dong, Jessica L. Frie, Xin Gu, Jinlong Jiang, Aurash Shahripour, Barbara Pio, Haifeng Tang, Shawn Walsh
  • Patent number: 9604999
    Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason R. Harris, Qing Xu, Zhe Li
  • Patent number: 9605000
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, which has an SSTR5 antagonistic action: wherein each symbol has the same definition as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Shizuo Kasai, Masaki Ogino, Ryo Mizojiri, Takeshi Yamasaki, Hideki Hirose, Nobuyuki Takakura, Tohru Yamashita, Sachie Morimoto, Takashi Nakahata, Asato Kina
  • Patent number: 9605001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to production of polyketides and other natural products and to libraries of compounds and individual novel compounds. One important area is the isolation and potential use of novel FKBP-ligand analogues and host cells that produce these compounds. The invention is particularly concerned with methods for the efficient transformation of strains that produce FKBP analogues and recombinant cells in which cloned genes or gene cassettes are expressed to generate novel compounds such as polyketide (especially rapamycin) FKBP-ligand analogues, and to processes for their preparation, and to means employed therein (e.g. nucleic acids, vectors, gene cassettes and genetically modified strains).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Buck Institute for Research On Aging
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Steven James Moss
  • Patent number: 9605002
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of 5,5-heteroaromatic compounds, syntheses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of using such compounds and compositions. Various embodiments provide methods of killing and/or inhibiting the growth of M. tuberculosis and/or M. avium, and methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating M. tuberculosis and/or M. avium infections in a subject. In various embodiments, the 5,5-heteroaromatic compound is N-(4-(4-chlorophenoxy)benzyl)-2,6-dimethylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-5-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
    Inventors: Garrett Moraski, Marvin J. Miller
  • Patent number: 9605003
    Abstract: Substituted bicyclic heterocyclic compounds such as isoquinolinone compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfredo C. Castro, Catherine A. Evans, Andre Lescarbeau, Tao Liu, Daniel A. Snyder, Martin R. Tremblay, Pingda Ren, Yi Liu, Liansheng Li, Katrina Chan
  • Patent number: 9605004
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I), wherein X, Ra, Rb, Rc, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Alan John Dowling, Timothy Robert Desson, William Guy Whittingham, Anne Jacqueline Dalencon, James Alan Morris, Jutta Elisabeth Boehmer, Mangala Phadte, Adrian Longstaff, Matthew Brian Hotson, Paul John De Fraine, Alison Jane Thompson, Shuji Hachisu
  • Patent number: 9605005
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (0): wherein Q, A1-A8, R4 and R5 and each has the meaning as described herein. Compounds of Formula (0) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders in which undesired or over-activation of NF-kB signaling is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Blaquiere, Georgette Castanedo, Jianwen A. Feng, Baihua Hu, Steven Staben, Po-wai Yuen, Guosheng Wu, Jason Burch