Patents Issued in April 10, 2018
  • Patent number: 9938253
    Abstract: The present application provides, among other things, compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, provided compounds promote highly efficient and highly Z-selective metathesis. In some embodiments, provided compounds and methods are particularly useful for producing allyl alcohols. In some embodiments, provided compounds have the structure of formula I. In some embodiments, provided compounds comprise ruthenium, and a ligand bonded to ruthenium through a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, R. Kashif M. Khan, Sebastian Torker, Ming Joo Koh
  • Patent number: 9938254
    Abstract: Compounds of formula A-I and B-I, compositions comprising the compounds, methods of making the compounds and methods of their uses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew D. Alexander, Matthew D. Correa, Joshua Hansen, Raj Kumar Raheja, John Sapienza
  • Patent number: 9938255
    Abstract: The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: VPS-3, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Hoekstra, Christopher M. Yates
  • Patent number: 9938256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and Z? have one of the meanings as indicated in the specification or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the use of compounds of formula (I) as a medicament, to pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of formula (I), as well as to medicament combinations containing one or more compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Heckel, Dieter Hamprecht, Joerg Kley
  • Patent number: 9938257
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof. They are useful in preventing, managing, treating or lessening the severity of a protein kinase-mediated disease. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: CALITOR SCIENCES, LLC, SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Xi, Minxiong Li, Xiaobo Li, Wuhong Chen, Tao Zhang, Haiyang Hu, Weilong Dai, Yanjun Wu
  • Patent number: 9938258
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to substituted 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl compounds, and more particularly to a compound represented by Structural Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined and described herein. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of a compound of Structural Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in the treatment of cancer (e.g., mantle cell lymphoma), and other diseases and disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Erkan Baloglu, Sharon Shechter, Sharon Shacham, Dilara McCauley, William Senapedis, Gali Golan, Ori Kalid
  • Patent number: 9938259
    Abstract: Compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders
  • Patent number: 9938260
    Abstract: The invention relates to activators of soluble guanylate cyclase and their use in pharmaceutical compositions, primarily topically administered ophthalmic compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for reducing intraocular pressure in animals of the mammalian species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
    Inventors: Nerina Dodic, Anne Marie Jeanne Bouillot
  • Patent number: 9938261
    Abstract: Provided herein are heterocyclic compounds for treatment of CSF1R, FLT3, KIT, and/or PDGFR? kinase mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ambit Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Hadd, Michael D. Hocker, Mark W. Holladay, Gang Liu, Martin W. Rowbottom, Shimin Xu
  • Patent number: 9938262
    Abstract: Novel benzamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein W1, W2, R1 to R7, R6, X and Y have the meaning according to the claims, are positive allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of fertility disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Henry Yu, Andreas Goutopoulos, Thomas E. Richardson, Jiezhen Li, Brian H. Heasley, Pandi Bharathi
  • Patent number: 9938263
    Abstract: There are provided, inner alia, compounds and methods for lowering total AB peptide production by inhibiting the catalytic activity of gamma-secretase. Since all of the major AB peptide variants, including the pathogenic AB42 as known in the art, are ultimately generated by gamma-secretase-mediated proteolysis of APP-C99 (i.e., the beta-secretase-mediated cleavage product of the amyloid protein precursor IAPPI), one approach to therapeutic intervention (e.g., intervention in Alzheimer's Disease, AD) relates to lowering total AB peptide production by inhibiting the catalytic activity of gamma-secretase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Rudolph E. Tanzi, Steven L. Wagner, Soan Cheng, William C. Mobley
  • Patent number: 9938264
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel compounds and methods for preventing or treating diseases associated with and/or caused by overexpression and/or uncontrolled activation of a tyrosine kinase in a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the present invention comprise a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, a linker and a ubiquitin ligase binder. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to the subject an pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Craig Crews, Momar Toure, Eunhwa Ko, Saul Jaime-Figueroa
  • Patent number: 9938265
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where: Q can be 5-methylpyridazin-3-yl,5-chloropyridazin-3-yl, 6-methylpyridazin-3-yl, or 6-fluoropyridazin-3-yl; R can be hydrogen, fluoro, or methoxy; R1 can be hydrogen, methoxy, difluoromethoxy, or trifluoromethoxy; and R2 can be methyl or ethyl. The compound of formula (I) can inhibit glutaminase, e.g., GLS1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: AstraZeneca AB, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Nissink, Maurice Raymond Verschoyle Finlay, Mark David Charles, Matt Wood
  • Patent number: 9938266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventor: Adam Jan Sanderson
  • Patent number: 9938267
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treatment using the novel heterocyclic compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Calithera Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Li, Lijing Chen, Bindu Goyal, Guy Laidig, Timothy F. Stanton, Eric B. Sjogren
  • Patent number: 9938268
    Abstract: Disclosed are C-ring modified tricyclic benzonaphthiridinone compounds and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and processes for preparing the same. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases amenable to protein kinase signal transduction inhibition, regulation and/or modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yufang Xiao, Bayard R. Huck, Amanda E. Sutton, Thomas E. Richardson, Srinivasa R. Karra
  • Patent number: 9938269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy. The compounds possess valuable therapeutic properties and are particularly suitable for treating or controlling medical disorders selected from neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders, for ameliorating the symptoms associated with such disorders and for reducing the risk of such disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: ABBVIE INC., ABBVIE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Hervé Geneste, Michael Ochse, Karla Drescher, Berthold Behl, Loic Laplanche, Jürgen Dinges, Clarissa Jakob, Katja Jantos
  • Patent number: 9938270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline and amorphous forms of 6-fluoro-2-[4-(pyridin-2-yl)but-3-yn-1-yl]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine mono-phosphate salt and methods of making these solid forms thereof. The invention compounds are modulators of mGlu5 which are useful for the treatment or prevention of central nervous system disorders as well as other disorders modulated by mGlu5 receptors. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and the use of such compounds in the manufacture of medicaments, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGlu5 is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Addex Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Béatrice Bonnet, Sonia Maria Poli
  • Patent number: 9938271
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ViiV HEALTHCARE UK (NO.5) LIMITED
    Inventors: Kyle J. Eastman, John F. Kadow, B. Narasimhulu Naidu, Kyle E. Parcella, Kevin Peese
  • Patent number: 9938272
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is selected from a 3-9 membered carbon ring or a ring which is formed by 3-9 membered carbocyclic ring fused with benzo ring, and a 4-10 membered heterocyclic ring or a ring which is formed by 4-10 membered heterocyclic ring fused with benzo ring; Y and Z are independently selected from 4-9 membered saturated heterocyclic rings respectively; R1-3 are independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, OH, SH, NH2, CHO, COOH respectively, or selected from the group, optionally substituted by R01, consisting of C1-10 alkyl, C1-10 heteroalkyl, C3-10 cyclohydrocarbyl, C3-10 heterocyclohydrocarbyl, C1-10 alkyl substituted by C3-10 cyclohydrocarbyl or C3-10 heterocyclohydrocarbyl, and C1-10 heteroalkyl substituted by C3-10 cyclohydrocarbyl or C3-10 heterocyclohydrocarbyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: North China Pharmaceutical Company., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaozhong Ding, Guanghua Lai, Shuhui Chen, Xiaobing Yan
  • Patent number: 9938273
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a tautomer, an isomer or a deuterated analog thereof, wherein Z2, Z3, and Z5 are as described herein, compositions thereof, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Guoxian Wu, Jeffrey Wu, Katrina Chan, Ken Dong, Todd Ewing, Prabha N. Ibrahim, Jack Lin, Wayne Spevak, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 9938274
    Abstract: This invention involves the field of biomedicine, and reveals naphthyridine compounds, medical combinations and use thereof. The naphthyridine compounds has the structure as shown by Formula (I), or its stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, nitrogen oxides, hydrates, solvates, metabolites, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or their prodrugs. The naphthyridine compounds of this invention has anti-tumor efficacy significantly superior to that of prior art. Moreover, the naphthyridine compounds of this invention can treat diseases mediated by protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: NANJING NATINEFY PHARMATECH CO., LTD., WUHAN NOVAFFEY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9938275
    Abstract: Imidazo-quinoline, -pyridine, and -naphthyridine ring systems (particularly quinolines, tetrahydroquinolines, pyridines, [1,5]naphthyridines, [1,5]tetrahydronaphthyridines) substituted at the 1-position with a cyclic substituent, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making these compounds, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Doris Stoermer, Joseph F. Dellaria, Jr., David T. Amos, Bernhard M. Zimmermann, Luke T. Dressel, Jason D. Bonk, Matthew R. Radmer
  • Patent number: 9938276
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6,5-bicyclic octahydropyrrolopyridine compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Kim, Scott D. Kuduk, Nigel Liverton, Gang Zhou
  • Patent number: 9938277
    Abstract: Provided herein are ergoline compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In some 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: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Xoc Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Armer, Geoff McKinley, Scott Borland, Miguel Guzman, Ármin Szabolcs, János Gerencser
  • Patent number: 9938278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which bind to the NR1H4 receptor (FXR) and act as agonists of FXR. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said nuclear receptor by said compounds and to a process for the synthesis of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Gege, Claus Kremoser, Olaf Kinzel, Peter A. Blomgren, Kevin S. Currie, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Aaron C. Schmitt, William J. Watkins, Jianjun Xu
  • Patent number: 9938279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating disease or condition susceptible to amelioration by AMPK activators and compounds of formula which are useful to activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and the use of the compounds in the prevention or treatment of disease, including pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, syndrome X, metabolic syndrome and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGENESIS BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Han-Min Chen, Cheng-Yi Kuo, Chun-Fang Huang, Jiun-Tsai Lin
  • Patent number: 9938280
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for making folic acid derivatives, intermediates, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Chemic Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald S. Jones, Jr., Joseph P. St. Laurent, Scott A. Goodrich
  • Patent number: 9938281
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Michael D. Altman, Yongqi Deng, Solomon Kattar, Jason D. Katz, Joey L. Methot, Hua Zhou, Meredeth McGowan, Matthew P. Christopher, Yudith Garcia, Neville John Anthony, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Liping Yang, Changwei Mu, Xiaona Wang, Feng Shi, Baijun Ye, Sixing Zhang, Xiaoli Zhao, Rong Zhang, Kin Chiu Fong, Xiansheng Leng
  • Patent number: 9938282
    Abstract: Novel intermediates are disclosed as intermediates for preparation of a Sitagliptin. A novel synthetic method to prepare Sitagliptin using the said intermediates is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: STEREOKEM, INC.
    Inventors: Satyanarayana Janagani, Venkateshwar Kumar Thaduri, Ravisankar Vamaraju
  • Patent number: 9938283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystalline form of baricitinib characterized by an XRPD pattern substantially as depicted in FIG. 1, a process for its preparation, a pharmaceutical composition comprising it, and its use for the treatment of JAK-associated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Gyanendra Pandey, Javeena, Kaptan Singh, Mohan Prasad
  • Patent number: 9938284
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1), useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders characterized by disruption of or damage to certain cGMP/PKG mediated pathways (e.g., in cardiac tissue). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and methods of treatment of cardiovascular disease and related disorders, e.g., congestive heart disease, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Hailin Zheng, Jun Zhao, Lawrence P. Wennogle
  • Patent number: 9938285
    Abstract: Processes for preparing oxymorphone are provided. Said processes encompass a step which is a hydrogenation of an 14-hydroxymorphinone salt in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and/or a glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: RHODES TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Joshua Robert Giguere, Keith Edward McCarthy, Marcel Schleusner
  • Patent number: 9938286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new nalmefene salts which salts fall within at least one of the two following categories: non-hydrate forming salts and non-solvate forming salts. In particular, the invention relates to the hydrogen adipate salt, the hydrogen malonate salt, the lactate salt, the hydrogen fumarate salt, the hydrogen succinate salt, the benzene sulfonate salt, the hydrogen maleate salt and the salicylate salt of nalmefene. The present invention also relates to such salts for use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: H. LUNDBECK A/S
    Inventor: Heidi Lopez De Diego
  • Patent number: 9938287
    Abstract: A blue fluorescence dopant is characterized by the following structural formula: in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are, each independently, selected from, a hydrogen atom, a C1-C10 linear or branched alkyl group, a C1-C20 linear or branched alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted N-(phenylmethyl)imino group, a phenyl group, phenylamine, diphenylamine, phenyl pyridinylamine, bipyridinylamine, phenyl naphthylamine, binaphthylamine, phenyl phenanthrylamine, biphenanthrylamine, phenyl anthrylamine, bianthrylamine, phenanthridine, biphenyl, a pyridinyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a quinolyl group and a triazinyl group. The blue fluorescence dopant disclosed in the present invention may facilitate to lower driving voltage and increase efficiency, brightness, heat stability, color purity, lifetime, etc. Further, an organic electroluminescent device using the blue fluorescence dopant has excellent performances of high efficiency and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Chao Qian, Xiaowei Wang
  • Patent number: 9938288
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel Compound (1) having tumor vascular remodeling effect and/or anti-CAF (Cancer Associated Fibroblasts) activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a medical uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Eisai R&D Management Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshito Kishi, Kazunobu Kira, Ken Ito
  • Patent number: 9938289
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 have any of the values defined therefor in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as therapeutic agents in the treatment of TGF?-mediated conditions, including cancer and fibrotic disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: FBM THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen D. Barrett, James B. Kramer, Mark L. Boys, Huifen Chen
  • Patent number: 9938290
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: W is O, N—H, N—(C1-C10 alkyl) or S; each X is independently CH or N; R1 is a 5 to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted heterocycle containing at least 1 heteroatom selected from N or O; R2 is (LQ)mY; and each R3 is independently H, C1-C10 alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, are surprisingly found to be inhibitors of PI3K-p110?, and therefore have utility in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Karus Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: Stephen J. Shuttleworth, Alexander R. Liam Cecil, Thomas J. Hill, Franck A. Silva
  • Patent number: 9938291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: (structurally represented) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl; R6 is alkyl; A is absent or present, and when present is —C(O)— or —C(O)NH—; B is substituted or unsubstituted monocycle, bicycle, heteromonocycle, heterobicycle, benzyl, CO2H or (C1-C4 alkyl)-CO2H, wherein when B is CO2H, then A is present and is —C(O)—, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTESS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Konstantin Petrukhin, Christopher Cioffi, Graham Johnson, Nicoleta Dobri, Emily Freeman, Ping Chen, Michael Conlon, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 9938292
    Abstract: Disclosed are quinoline derivatives as hedgehog pathway inhibitors, especially as SMO inhibitors. Compounds of the present invention can be used in treating diseases relating to hedgehog pathway including cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Chaofeng Long, Jun Lin, Xiaoxin Chen, Yunhui Li, Zhuowei Liu, Changqing Wei, Lijuan Chen, Shuhui Chen
  • Patent number: 9938294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tricyclic heterocycles of Formula (I): 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: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Incyte Corporation, Incyte Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Richard B. Sparks, Thomas P. Maduskuie, Jr., James D. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 9938295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which p, q, Y1, Y2, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R7 and R8 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christine Hiu-Tung Chen, Zhuoliang Chen, Michael Dore, Jorge Garcia Fortanet, Rajesh Karki, Mitsunori Kato, Matthew J. LaMarche, Lawrence Blas Perez, Troy Douglas Smith, Sarah Williams, John William Giraldes, Martin Sendzik, Bakary-Barry Toure
  • Patent number: 9938296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of carbamoylpyridone derivatives such as the compound of formula (VIIIa):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: VIIV Healthcare Company
    Inventors: Steven N. Goodman, Huan Wang, Douglas Mans, Matthew Kowalski
  • Patent number: 9938297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of everolimus of formula (I): and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cipia Limited
    Inventors: Dharmaraj Ramachandra Rao, Geena Malhotra, Venkata Srinivas Pullela, Vinod Parameshwaran Acharya
  • Patent number: 9938298
    Abstract: The present invention describes a new crystalline form of rifaximin, characterized in that it is a solvated form of rifaximin called rifaximin ?. The invention also describes a process for the preparation of rifaximin ?, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said rifaximin form, and its use for treating inflammations and infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ALFA WASSERMANN S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Claudio Viscomi, Paola Maffei, Annalisa Sforzini, Fabrizia Grepioni, Laura Chelazzi
  • Patent number: 9938299
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds with enhanced permeability for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: ALECTOS THERAPEUTICS, INC., MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Harold G. Selnick, Kun Liu, Ernest J. McEachern, Ramesh Kaul, Zhongyong Wei, Yaode Wang, Jiang Chang
  • Patent number: 9938300
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5?, X1, X2, X3, n, and m are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Forma Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanos Ioannidis, Adam Charles Talbot, Bruce Follows, Alexandre Joseph Buckmelter, Minghua Wang, Ann-Marie Campbell
  • Patent number: 9938301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dihydropyrimido fused ring derivative as a HBV inhibitor, and in particular relates to a compound shown as formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: QILU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiying He, Kai Zhou, Hua Qin, Xiaolin Li, Yuedong Zhou, Xiaofei Wang, Xuemei Chi, Jian Li, Shuhui Chen
  • Patent number: 9938302
    Abstract: The present invention provides chimeric compounds that modulate protein function, to restore protein homeostasis, including cytokine, aiolos, and/or ikaros activity, TNF-alpha activity, CK1-alpha activity and cell-cell adhesion. The invention provides methods of modulating protein-mediated diseases, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, conditions, or responses. Compositions, including in combination with other cytokine and inflammatory mediators, are provided. Methods of treatment, amelioration, or prevention of protein-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, such as cytokine-mediated diseases, disorders, and conditions, including inflammation, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, uveitis, inflammatory lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, organ transplant rejection, and cancer, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: BioTheryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle W. H. Chan, Leah Fung, Robert Sullivan, Paul E. Erdman, Frank Mercurio, Eduardo Torres
  • Patent number: 9938303
    Abstract: Disclosed are Si-containing thin film forming precursors, methods of synthesizing the same, and methods of using the same to deposit silicon-containing films using vapor deposition processes for manufacturing semiconductors, photovoltaics, LCD-TFT, flat panel-type devices, refractory materials, or aeronautics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Dussarrat, Glenn Kuchenbeiser, Venkateswara R. Pallem