Patents Issued in October 3, 2017
  • Patent number: 9776968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: David Siesel
  • Patent number: 9776969
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for preparing [(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-alkanoic acids, derivatives, inter alia, 5-aryl substituted and 5-heteroaryl substituted [(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acids. Further disclosed are methods for making prodrugs of [(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl)-amino]acetic acids, for example, {[(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acid esters and {[3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl]amino}acetic acid amides. The disclosed compounds are useful as prolyl hydroxylase inhibittors or for treating conditions wherein prolyl hydroxylase inhibition is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lanthier, Boris Gorin, Jan Oudenes, Craig Edward Dixon, Alan Quigbo Lu, James Densmore Copp, John Michael Janusz
  • Patent number: 9776970
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to solvates and the amorphous form of bosutinib; the solvates namely being a propylene glycol solvate and an acetonitrile solvate. Also provided are processes for preparing the propylene glycol solvate, the amorphous form and the crystalline acetonitrile solvate of bosutinib; as well as compositions comprising said forms. Bosutinib is a 3-quinolinecarbonitrile kinase inhibitor and is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic, accelerated, or blast phase Ph+ chronic myelogenous leukemia (CMS) with resistance or intolerance to prior therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Apotex Inc.
    Inventors: Padiyath Mohammed Akbarali, Venkata Ramana Kintali, Heggadde Nanjunda Bhatta Shreenivasa Murthy, Girisha Meenkere, Somanath Bhupal Venkata, Raja Ramesh Manda, Vishal Amrutlal Sodha, Abbulu Kante
  • Patent number: 9776971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to opioid and opioid-like compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and use thereof for prevention and treatment of disorders such as septic shock and organ damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TaiwanJ Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Edwin S. C. Wu, Mao-Hsiung Yen, Chin-Tsai Fan
  • Patent number: 9776972
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Epizyme Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chesworth, Lorna Helen Mitchell, Gideon Shapiro, Paula Ann Boriack-Sjodin, Oscar Miguel Moradei, Lei Jin, Kenneth W. Duncan
  • Patent number: 9776973
    Abstract: The present invention in one embodiment provides a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables shown in Formula I are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Silverman
  • Patent number: 9776974
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Young K. Chen, Toufike Kanouni, Stephen W. Kaldor, Jeffrey Alan Stafford, James Marvin Veal
  • Patent number: 9776975
    Abstract: A new class of antibiotics effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is disclosed. Compounds of this class can impair cell-wall biosynthesis by binding to both the allosteric and the catalytic domains of penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2a. This class of antibiotics holds promise in reversing obsolescence of staphylococcal PBPs as important targets for antibiotics. Embodiments of the invention thus provide novel antibacterial compounds that target penicillin-binding proteins and/or other important cellular targets. Methods for inhibiting the growth and/or replication of bacteria using the compounds described herein are also provided. Various embodiments exhibit activity against gram positive bacteria, including drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Mayland Chang, Shahriar Mobashery, Renee Bouley
  • Patent number: 9776976
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is directed to compounds of Formula (1a) and (1b) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful in the treatment of prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic? leukemia, melanoma and other cancers. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of compound of Formula (1a) or (1b), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention disclosed herein is also directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, ovarian, liver, kidney, colon, pancreatic, human chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma and other cancers. The invention disclosed herein is further directed to methods of treating prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, melanoma and other cancers comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound which is a dual antagonist of PPAR? and PPAR?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Inception 2, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Stock, Austin Chih-Yu Chen, Yalda Mostofi Bravo, Jason Duarte Jacintho
  • Patent number: 9776977
    Abstract: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting compounds are described. Uses of the compounds for imaging, therapy, cell sorting, and tumor mapping are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Martin G. Pomper, Ronnie C. Mease, Sangeeta Ray
  • Patent number: 9776978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-thiadiazole compounds as therapeutic agents capable of inhibiting the programmed cell death 1 (PD1) signalling pathway. The invention also refers to derivatives of the therapeutic agents. The invention also encompasses the use of the said therapeutic agents and derivatives for treatment of disorders via immunopotentiation comprising inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced due to PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Pottayil Govindan Nair Sasikumar, Muralidhara Ramachandra, Seetharamaiah Setty Sudarshan Naremaddepalli
  • Patent number: 9776979
    Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule Epstein-Barr virus-induced G-protein coupled receptor 2 (EBI2) modulator compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds. EBI2 is a therapeutic target for the treatment of a variety of diseases or conditions. In some embodiments, EBI2 is a therapeutic target for the treatment of diseases or conditions such as, but not limited to, autoimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Anthony B. Pinkerton, Robert Ardecky, Eduard A. Sergienko, Marcos Gonzalez-Lopez, Santhi Reddy Ganji, Jiwen Zou
  • Patent number: 9776980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making HMF or a derivative of HMF by dehydrating one or more hexose sugars in a reduced oxygen environment. In another, related aspect, a method for improving the stability and resistance to degradation of an HMF product involves adding one or more antioxidants to the HMF product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Archer Daniels Midland Co.
    Inventors: Alexandra Sanborn, Erik Hagberg, Stephen Howard, Erin M Rockafellow
  • Patent number: 9776981
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Rico Lavoie, John A. Bender, Zhong Yang, Makonen Belema, Omar D. Lopez, Qi Chen, Gan Wang, Piyasena Hewawasam
  • Patent number: 9776982
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formulae I, II, III, and IV including pro-drugs for treprostinil and prostacyclin analogs. Uses include treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The structures of the compounds can be adapted to the particular application for a suitable treatment dosage. Transdermal applications can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CORSAIR PHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Cyrus K. Becker, Meenakshi S. Venkatraman, Xiaoming Zhang
  • Patent number: 9776983
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for making a fluoropolymer comprising an aqueous emulsion polymerization of one or more fluorinated monomers wherein said aqueous emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of at least one cyclic fluorocompound of the following formula (I): wherein X1, X2, X3, equal or different from each other are independently selected among H, F, and C1-6 (per)fluoroalkyl groups, optionally comprising one or more catenary or non-catenary oxygen atoms; L represents a bond or a divalent group; RF is a divalent fluorinated C1-3 bridging group; Y is a hydrophilic function selected among anionic functionalities, cationic functionalities and non-ionic functionalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marchionni, Vito Tortelli, Ivan Wlassics, Valeriy Kapelyushko
  • Patent number: 9776984
    Abstract: Compound containing a pentalene unit having general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2, equal to or different from each other, are selected from: linear or branched C1-C20, preferably C2-C12, alkyl groups, saturated or unsaturated, optionally containing heteroatoms, cycloalkyl groups optionally substituted, linear or branched C1-C20, preferably C2-C12, alkoxyl groups, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted; or the groups R1 and R2 can be optionally bound to each other so as to form, together with the carbon atoms to which they are bound, a cycle or a polycyclic system containing from 3 to 14 carbon atoms, preferably from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, optionally containing one or more heteroatoms such as, for example, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorous, selenium; R3 is selected from aryl groups optionally substituted, heteroaryl groups optionally substituted; n is 0 or 1; with the proviso that: when n is 0, X represents a covalent bond and Y represents a sulfur atom
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriele Bianchi, Giuliana Schimperna
  • Patent number: 9776985
    Abstract: Provided is a novel process for the preparation of alogliptin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Navin Ganesh Bhatt, Samir Naik, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Mahendra Joma Choraghe, Shekhar Bhaskar Bhirud
  • Patent number: 9776986
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral, topical or injectable compositions for combating liver fluke parasites in mammals, comprising at least one indole derivative active agent. The invention also provides for an improved method for eradicating and controlling liver fluke parasite infections and infestations in a mammal comprising administering the compositions of the invention to the mammal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Charles Meng, Loïc Le Hir de Fallois
  • Patent number: 9776987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel amide derivatives, stereoisomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; methods for preparing the compound; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound. The novel amide derivatives, according to the present invention, having an effect as GPR119 agonist can be used for treatment of metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus (especially type II) and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CHONG KUN DANG PHARMACEUTICAL CORP
    Inventors: Yuntae Kim, ChangSik Lee, DaeKyu Choi, MooSung Ko, Younghue Han, SoYoung Kim, JaeKi Min, DoHoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9776988
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general Formula (I), wherein hydrogen atoms shown as attached to pyrazole and benzimidazole rings are attached to one of nitrogen atoms of the pyrazole or benzimidazole ring, respectively; R1 represents —X-Q-P, wherein X is absent or represents —CH2—, —C(O)—, or —C(O)NH—(CH2)k—, wherein k is 0, 1 or 2; Q is selected from the group consisting of Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5; P is absent or represents straight- or branched-chain C1-C3 alkyl, —(CH2)l—NR2R3, or —(CH2)m—C(O)—NR2R3, wherein l and m independently of each other represent 0, 1 or 2, with the proviso that when B in Q1 represents oxygen atom, then P is absent; and R2 and R3 independently represent C1 or C2 alkyl, or R2 and R3 together with nitrogen atom to which they are both attached form a 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring, wherein one of carbon atoms can be replaced with oxygen, —NH— or —N(C1-C2)alkyl-; and acid addition salts thereof. The compound can be useful in the treatment of cancer diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Celon Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Daria Zdzalik, Joanna Lipner, Maciej Wieczorek, Karolina Dzwonek, Abdellah Yamani, Krzysztof Dubiel, Monika Lamparska-Przybysz, Paulina Grygielewicz, Aleksandra Stanczak
  • Patent number: 9776989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chromone alkaloid of formula 1 isolated from the plant Dysoxylum binectariferum. The compound 5,7-dihydroxy-6-(3-hydroxy-1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-2-methyl-4H-chromen-4-one, is found to be a potential inhibitor of cell growth and proliferation and also inhibits production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The formulations of this particular compound can be used for treatment of cancer and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ram Asrey Vishwakarma, Shreyans Kumar Jain, Sandip Bibishan Bharate, Abid Hamid Dar, Anamika Khajuria, Samdarshi Meena, Sunil Kumar Bhola, Asif Khurshid Qazi, Aashiq Hussain, Tabasum Sidi, Shaanker Ramanan Uma, Gudasalamani Ravikanth, Ramesh Vasudeva, Kumara Patel Mohana, Kotiganahalli Narayanagowda Ganeshaiah
  • Patent number: 9776990
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of formula (I) wherein A, Y, J, R1, R2, and R3 have any of the values defined therefor in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including inflammatory diseases, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and AIDS. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: John K Pratt, Dachun Liu, Chang H Park, George S Sheppard, Lisa A Hasvold, Le Wang
  • Patent number: 9776991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X have the meanings indicated in the claims. The compounds of formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They are highly potent and selective soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases or could show beneficial effects in pain, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis wound healing and stroke. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Maria Mendez-Perez, Kristin Breitschopf, Katrin Lorenz, Hartmut Strobel, Li-hsing Wang, Alexander Schiffer, Jochen Goerlitzer
  • Patent number: 9776992
    Abstract: 1-Oxo-1,2-dihydroisoquinolin-7-yl-(5-substituted-thiophen-2-yl)-sulfonamide compounds, formulations containing those compounds, and their use as AICARFT inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Harold Burns Brooks, Robert Dean Dally, Timothy Barrett Durham, Kevin Robert Fales, Kwame Frimpong, Jefferson Ray McCowan, Frank George Njoroge, Timothy Alan Shepherd, Chong Si, Kenneth Jeff Thrasher, James Lee Toth, Zhipei Wu
  • Patent number: 9776993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel isoxazoline carboxamide derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Lothar Willms, Monika H. Schmitt, Thomas Frenzel, Klaus Bernhard Haaf, Isolde Haeuser-Hahn, Ines Heinemann, Elmar Gatzweiler, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Heinz Kehne, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Martin Hills, Jan Peter Schmidt, Mazen Es-Sayed, Philipe Rinolfi, Stephane Brunet, Marie-Claire Grosjean-Cournoyer, Helene Lachaise, Jacky Vidal, Pierre-Yves Coqueron, Arounarith Tuch
  • Patent number: 9776994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein P is selected from P1 and P2, or P and R5 together are P3 or P is a heterocycle H, selected from H1 to H9 wherein Y1, Y2 and Y3 are independently of each other C—H, C—R5, or nitrogen; and G1, G2, G3, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, p, n and k are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to methods of controlling insects, acarines, nematodes or molluscs which comprises applying to a pest, to a locus of a pest, or to a plant susceptible to attack by a pest an insecticidally, acaricidally, nematicidally or molluscicidally effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Long Lu, Jerome Yves Cassayre, Guillaume Berthon, Myriem El Qacemi, Yaming Wu
  • Patent number: 9776995
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels, in particular Nav1.7. The compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of sodium channels such as pain disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Weiss, Erin F. DiMauro, Thomas Dineen, Russell Graceffa, Angel Guzman-Perez, Hongbing Huang, Charles Kreiman, Isaac E. Marx, Hanh Nho Nguyen, Emily Anne Peterson, Holly L. Deak
  • Patent number: 9776996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to azole bicyclic heteroaryl 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: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emmerson Campbell, Kevin Wayne Kuntz
  • Patent number: 9776997
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel 3-aryl-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, alone or in combinations, for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Alexandros Vakalopoulos, Markus Follmann, Ingo Hartung, Philipp Buchgraber, Alexey Gromov, Niels Lindner, Frank Wunder, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Gorden Redlich, Volkhart Min-Jian Li
  • Patent number: 9776998
    Abstract: Provided herein are intermediates and processes useful for facile synthesis of compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a tautomer, an isomer or a deuterated analog thereof, wherein Q, P1 and P2 are as defined in this disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Jack Lin, Wayne Spevak, Jiazhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9776999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel dihydroazole of formula (I) and salts thereof: Wherein R1, A1, A2, G, X and Y are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses to prevent or treat parasitic infections or infestations in animals and as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MERIAL INC.
    Inventors: Loic Patrick Le Hir de Fallois, Hyoung Ik Lee, Douglas Edward Wilkinson, Brent Christopher Beck
  • Patent number: 9777000
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a pharmaceutical composition, which is used in agents for preventing and/or treating various diseases related to PDE10 (e.g. mental disorder and neurodegenerative disorder). The present invention provides: compounds having PDE10 inhibitory effect, in particular, compounds having a 4-heteroarylpyrazole-5-carboxylic acid amide structure represented by the following formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; pharmaceutical compositions comprising, as active ingredients, the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates; and medical use of the compounds, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or their solvates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Okano, Kouki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9777001
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James R. Corte, Indawati De Lucca, Tianan Fang, Wu Yang, Yufeng Wang, Andrew K. Dilger, Kumar Balashanmuga Pabbisetty, William R. Ewing, Yeheng Zhu, Ruth R. Wexler, Donald J. P. Pinto, Michael J. Orwat, Leon M. Smith, II
  • Patent number: 9777002
    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 and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Walsh, Brian Cato, Jessica L. Frie, Dooseop Kim, Alexander Pasternak, Zhi-Cai Shi
  • Patent number: 9777003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic heterocycles which are inhibitors of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t and are useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Stacey Shepard, Lixin Shao, Haisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9777004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to amino-substituted imidazopyridazine compounds of general formula (I), in which A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and n are as defined in the claims, 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 hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Knut Eis, Florian Puehler, Ludwig Zorn, Volker Schulze, Detlev Sülzle, Philip Lienau, Andrea Hägebarth, Kirstin Petersen, Ulf Bömer
  • Patent number: 9777005
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity, and useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula wherein ring A is a 4- to 7-membered ring optionally having substituent(s); L is —O—, —S—, —SO— or —SO2—; R1 is a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having substituent(s) (provided that when L is —O—, R1 is not a C1-6 alkyl group optionally substituted by halogen atom(s)), or a cyclic group optionally having substituent(s); X1 is —CRa? or —N?; X2 is —CRb? or —N?; X3 is —CRc= or —N?; Ra, Rb and Rc are each a C1-6 alkyl group, C2-6 alkenyl group, C1-6 alkoxy group, C3-6 cycloalkyl group, C3-6 cycloalkoxy group or C6-14 aryl group, each of which optionally having substituent(s), H or halogen, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugimoto, Minoru Nakamura, Hiroki Sakamoto, Shinkichi Suzuki, Masami Yamada, Makoto Kamata, Takuto Kojima, Ikuo Fujimori, Kenichiro Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 9777006
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds encompassed by the Formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for inhibiting LTA-4 hydrolase, and methods for the treatment of a disease and disorder which is ameliorated by the inhibition of LTA4h activity. Non-limiting examples of such diseases and conditions include inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Celtaxsys, Inc.
    Inventor: William Guilford
  • Patent number: 9777007
    Abstract: The invention relates to besylate salts of the compound of formula (I): Methods of preparing the salts, and their use as medicaments, in particular for sedative or hypnotic, anxiolytic, muscle relaxant, or anticonvulsant purposes is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PAION UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Stuart Tilbrook, Louisa Jane Quegan
  • Patent number: 9777008
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Michael John Munchhof, Lei Jin
  • Patent number: 9777009
    Abstract: The present invention in one embodiment provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables shown in Formula I are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger D. Tung, Adam J. Morgan
  • Patent number: 9777010
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl, wherein two or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5 are other than H; R6 is H, OH, or halogen; and B is a substituted or unsubstituted heterobicycle, wherein when R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is H, R2 is CF3, R3 is H, R4 is CF3, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is H, R3 is H, R4 is F, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, then B is other than or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Christopher Cioffi, Graham Johnson, Rando Allikmets, Emily Freeman, Ping Chen, Michael Conlon, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 9777011
    Abstract: In certain embodiments the invention is directed to a process for preparing an oxycodone hydrochloride composition having less than 25 ppm of 14-hydroxycodeinone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: PURDUE PHARMA L.P., THE P.F. LABORATORIES, INC., PURDUE PHARMACEUTICALS L.P., RHODES TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Robert Chapman, Lonn S. Rider, Qi Hong, Donald Kyle, Robert Kupper
  • Patent number: 9777012
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: and compounds of Formula II: are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising either the compound of Formula I or Formula II are disclosed. Methods of treating patients having cancer are provided by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds having Formula I or Formula II to treat the patient. The compounds of Formula I or II are preferably conformationally restricted furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines having dual inhibition of microtubule assembly and receptor tyrosine kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit
    Inventor: Aleem Gangjee
  • Patent number: 9777013
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides new analogs of uncialamycin of formulae (I) and (II). The present disclosure also provides novel synthetic pathways to obtaining uncialamycin and analogs thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure also describes methods of use of uncialamycin and analogs thereof. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising the compounds of formulae (I) and (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Min Lu, Debashis Mandal, Sanjeev Gangwar, Naidu S. Chowdari, Yam B. Poudel
  • Patent number: 9777014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydro-3,4,8,10-tetrahydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-9-methoxypyrano[3,2-c]isochromen-6(10bH)-one analogs of the Formula I, wherein, R, R? and R? are as herein described. In addition, the invention relates to methods of using compounds for treating or preventing various inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Shreyans Kumar Jain, Tabasum Sidiq, Samdarshi Meena, Anamika Khajuria, Ram Asrey Vishwakarma, Sandip Bibishan Bharate
  • Patent number: 9777015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thiophene derivative of the following general formula I or an enantiomer, diastereoisomer, hydrate, solvate, tautomer, racemic mixture or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or to its use as a drug in particular intended for treating and/or preventing diabetes, its complications and/or associated pathologies, advantageously diabetes of type II and hyperglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: METABRAIN RESEARCH
    Inventors: Franck F. Lepifre, Gersande R. Lena, Valerie Autier, Micheline R. Kergoat, Lauren R. Faveriel, Christine G. Charon, Sophie N. Raynal, Annick M. Audet
  • Patent number: 9777016
    Abstract: Provided herein are isoergoline compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In other embodiments, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders such as, for example, migraine using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of agonizing receptors such as, for example, the 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B and 5-HT1D receptors without agonizing the 5-HT2B receptor using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of antagonizing the 5-HT2B adrenergic alpha2A and/or the alpha2B receptors using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of antagonizing the D2 and D3 receptor using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Xoc Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Armer, Geoff McKinley, Scott Borland, Miguel Guzman
  • Patent number: 9777017
    Abstract: The present invention provides tricyclic fused thiophene derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: Incyte Holdings Corporation, Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Wenyu Zhu, Song Mei