Abstract: The invention provides a method, composition and kit for treating T-cell mediated diseases, degenerative joint diseases or diseases mediated by platelet activating factor (PAF) comprising administering to an animal in need thereof, an effective amount a pharmaceutical composition containing N-acetyl-kynurenine (NAK) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as the active ingredient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 25, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
David BAR-OR, Leonard T. RAEL, Raphael BAR-OR
Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the treatment of diverticulosis. It is more specifically directed to compositions including L-glutamine, its salts, or its derivatives, and uses of such compositions in the treatment of diverticulosis. In a method aspect, the present invention provides a method of treating diverticulosis. The method includes ingestion of 0.05 g/kg body weight to 10.0 g/kg body weight of L-glutamine, an L-glutamine salt or an L-glutamine derivative per day by a person who has diverticulosis.
Abstract: Compositions including a fatty acid, such as an odd chain fatty acid or a very long even chain fatty acid, and salts and derivatives thereof, and methods for treatment and prophylaxis of conditions related to anemic conditions, are provided, including compositions and methods for treating anemic conditions such as hemolytic anemia and anemia of chronic disease, and other related conditions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Abstract: The present invention encompasses oils that have anti-inflammatory or resolution-stimulating activity that contain or are enriched with Specialized Proresolving Mediators (SPM) or SPM precursors, which originate from an oil obtained from organisms containing long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, crustaceae, algae, and mollusks. The invention also encompasses a method for the production of these oils, and the utilization of the oils for nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical formulations, and cosmetic formulations, which can be employed for treating an inflammatory condition.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 8, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Gerhardus Lucas Bannenberg, Charles Nicholas Serhan, Fernando Moreno Egea
Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising eicosapentaenoic acid and/or derivatives thereof and nicotinic acid, to methods of manufacturing such compositions, and to therapeutic methods for treating carious diseases and disorders.
Abstract: The present invention provides a compound, and method of inhibiting the activity of a Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP) comprising contacting the FABP with a compound, having the structure:
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 15, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
Inventors:
Iwao Ojima, Dale Deutsch, Martin Kaczocha, William T. Berger, Robert Rizzo, Trent E. Balius
Abstract: The subject disclosure provides compositions for reducing serum cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels in subjects. These compositions can comprise racemic ?-hydroxybutyrate or D-?-hydroxybutyrate, optionally in the acid form, physiologically compatible salts of racemic ?-hydroxybutyrate or ?-hydroxybutyrate, esters of D-?-hydroxybutyrate, oligomers of D-?-hydroxybutyrate containing from 2 to 20 or more monomeric units in either linear or cyclic form, racemic 1,3 butandiol or R-1,3 butandiol alone and can be, optionally, administered in conjunction with a low fat diet to a subject.
Abstract: The present invention relates to controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumaric acid ester(s) as active substance(s). The compositions are suitable for use in the treatment of e.g. psoriasis or other hyperproliferative, inflammatory or autoimmune disorders and are designated to release the fumaric acid ester in a controlled manner so that local high concentrations of the active substance within the gastrointestinal tract upon oral administration can be avoided and, thereby, enabling a reduction in gastro-intestinal related side-effects.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 6, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Henrik NILSSON, Florian SCHOENHARTING, Bernd W. MUELLER, Joseph R. ROBINSON
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing dimethyl fumarate (DMF), More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for oral use in treating hyperproliferative, inflammatory or autoimmune disorders by administering a low daily dosage in the range of 410 mg±5% or 400 mg±5% dimethyl fumarate, wherein the pharmaceutical formulation is in the form of an erosion matrix tablet.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 6, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Christin GALETZKA, Chris RUNDFELDT, Roland RUPP, Peder M. ANDERSEN
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) ?-lactam antibiotics and (b) a metallo-?-lactamases (MBLs) inhibitor. The inhibitor relates to Bi(III) compounds or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present patent also provides methods of making Bi(III) compounds or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided is a method for treating MBLs-producing bacterial infection using a metal replacement mechanism.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 8, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Hongzhe SUN, Richard Yi Tsun KAO, Runming WANG, Tsz Pui LAI, Hongmin ZHANG, Hongyan LI
Abstract: Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating acute wounds, chronic wounds and/or a wound or epithelial tissue surface that contains bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide topical formulations including antiseptic formulations, for management and promotion of wound healing and in particular infected wounds. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-negative bacterial infections.
Abstract: Pharmaceutical preparations comprising cannabinoid resins encapsulated in liposomes are provided. The preparations are characterised by particular molar ratios of carboxyl containing cannabinoids to their decarboxylated counterparts. Also provided are methods of preparing the pharmaceutical preparations and their use in the treatment of disease or disorders.
Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for inhibiting cancer cell motility and/or metastasis. In particular embodiments, KBU2046 (or an analog thereof) and one or more additional therapies (e.g., cancer therapies (e.g., hormone therapies and chemotherapies) are provided to inhibit cancer cell motility, inhibit metastasis, and/or treat cancer (e.g., prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, etc.).
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 19, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Raymond C. Bergan, Karl A. Scheidt, Li Xu
Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for delaying or preventing progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with prediabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for modified delivery of mycophenolic acid active agents, including mycophenolate sodium, in canine subjects. Presently disclosed methods and compositions are useful, for example, to treat autoimmune diseases, blood disorders, and immune rejection related to transplant or graft procedures.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 7, 2018
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Michael KLOTSMAN, Padmaja SHIVANAND, Wayne H. Anderson, Gayatri SATHYAN
Abstract: A method for treating or preventing fatty acid binding protein 3 induced ?-amyloid aggregation diseases is disclosed, comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need, where in the pharmaceutical composition comprises artemisinin.
Abstract: Treating subjects having a lipid storage disorder with a composition comprising a PKC activator, such as bryostatins, bryologs, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides methods for treating human subjects suffering from lipid storage disorders, such as Niemann-Pick disease, by administering PKC activators. The present disclosure provides, according to certain embodiments, methods comprising administering to a subject with Niemann-Pick Type C disease a pharmaceutically effective amount of bryostatin 1.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Yiannis A. IOANNOU, Lawrence ALTSTIEL, David R. CROCKFORD, Sathapana KONGSAMUT
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and kits including a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor; melanin, a melanin promoter, or a combination thereof; a p450 3A4 promoter; and a leucine aminopeptidase inhibitor are provided. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject, comprising administering an effective amount of a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor, a melanin promoter, a p450 3A4 promoter, and a leucine aminopeptidase inhibitor to the subject in need thereof. Also provided are methods of reducing cell proliferation in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor, a melanin promoter, a p450 3A4 promoter, and a leucine aminopeptidase inhibitor to the subject in need thereof.
Abstract: Compositions comprising bis(tryptophan) derivatives are provided that act as antimicrobials. Also provided are methods for reversing antibiotic resistance in a bacterium, or recovering or enhancing antimicrobial activity of an antibiotic against a variety of microbes, by co-administration with a bis(tryptophan) derivative.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 20, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
George W GOKEL, Joseph W MEISEL, Mohit B PATEL
Abstract: Disclosed herein are spirocyclic compounds, together with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of ameliorating and/or treating a cancer described herein with one or more of the compounds described herein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 15, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Peter Qinhua Huang, Mehmet Kahraman, Deborah Helen Slee, Kevin Duane Bunker, Chad Daniel Hopkins, Joseph Robert Pinchman, Sunny Abraham, Rakesh Kumar Sit, Daniel Lee Severance
Abstract: Providedherein are compositions for cryopreservation of mammalian cells, tissues, and organs. The compositions include a necroptosis inhibitor compound and a Bax channel inhibitor compound. Provided herein are also methods of use of the compositions, for treating, preventing, inhibiting, or reducing the incidence of cellular plasticity, or necroptosis or necrosis, of a plurality of cells, wherein the cells are brought into contact with the composition.
Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating B-cell proliferative disorders in particular Follicular Lymphoma and/or Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma using immunoconjugates comprising anti-CD79b antibodies in combination with additional therapeutic agents.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 19, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
Genentech, Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew POLSON, Shang-Fan YU, Yu-Waye CHU, Michael WENGER
Abstract: This invention is a prosthetic device generally placed on the outside surface of the vessel or graft which then elutes antiproliferative drugs or agents from a drug-eluting matrix material. Methods of perivascular antiproliferative drug administration also are disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 8, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Sriram S. Iyer, Nicholas N. Kipshidze, Victor V. Nikolaychik
Abstract: The present invention is directed to inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDACs) such as HDAC6, and their use in the treatment of diseases such as cell proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer), neurological (e.g., neurodegenerative disease or neurodevelopmental disease), inflammatory or autoimmune disease, infection, metabolic disease, hematologic disease, or cardiovascular disease.
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a specific MDM2 inhibitor to the subject according to a specific dosage regimen and a pharmaceutical composition for use in treating a cancer according to the dosage regimen. The present invention also provides a method for treating liposarcoma in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a specific MDM2 inhibitor to the subject and a pharmaceutical composition for use in treating liposarcoma, comprising the MDM2 inhibitor.
Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treating or ameliorating the effects of a cancer in a subject, which cancer is refractory or resistant to non-ERK MAPK pathway inhibitor therapy. Also provided are methods for identifying a subject having cancer who would benefit from therapy with an ERK inhibitor and methods for inhibiting phosphorylation of RSK in a cancer cell that is refractory or resistant to a non-ERK MAPK pathway inhibitor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 22, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Saurabh Saha, Dean Welsch, Gary Decrescenzo, Jeffrey Roix
Abstract: Methods of treating a human suffering from or susceptible to C3 glomerulopathy comprising administering to the human an effective amount of a C5aR antagonist are provided.
Abstract: Provided herewith are bioactive agents that increase the intracellular concentration and/or activity of one or more heat shock proteins, including Hsp70, for use in the treatment of a disease associated with dysregulation of cholesterol homeostasis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Thomas Kirkegaard Jensen, Elina Ikonen, Burcin Gungor
Abstract: Provided are a pharmaceutical composition comprising a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist and use thereof. When the pharmaceutical composition is orally administered to a patient having chronic kidney disease in need thereof, the effective and safe AUC ranges from 188 ng*h/mL to 3173 ng*h/mL, with bioavailability of 50% or more in mammals. When the pharmaceutical composition is orally administered at a daily dose of 0.1 to 1.0 mg to treat chronic kidney disease, the AUC is controlled at a safe and effective level.
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating neurological disorders by administering same are provided. The compositions comprise dextromethorphan in combination with quinidine.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 26, 2018
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Gerald YAKATAN, James BERG, Laura E. POPE, Richard A. SMITH
Abstract: The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating autoimmune disorders. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
Abstract: The embodiments described herein include methods and formulations for treating viruses and diseases that are exacerbated by inflammatory responses in the body. The methods and formulations include, but are not limited to, methods and formulations for delivering effective concentrations of levocetirizine and montelukast to a patient in need. The methods and formulations can comprise conventional and/or modified-release elements, providing for drug delivery to the patient.
Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to induction of cell death such as in cancer cells are disclosed. Compounds and related methods for synthesis and use thereof, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Compounds in connection with modification of procaspases such as procaspase-3 are disclosed. In various embodiments, the compounds and compositions are capable of activation of procaspase-3.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 21, 2018
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Inventors:
Paul J. Hergenrother, Karson S. Putt, Quinn P. Peterson, Valerie Fako
Abstract: The present invention provides a heat shock protein expression-inducing agent, more specifically, a heat shock protein expression-inducing agent comprising a compound represented by formula (I): wherein R is a lower alkyl, phenyl, or hydroxyphenyl, or a salt thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 26, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicants:
AMINO UP CHEMICAL CO., LTD., OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions and methods of treating cancer by inhibiting histone methyltransferases alone or in combination by synergistically inhibiting a histone demethylase, or a histone deacetylase (HDAC), or a bromodomain (BRD)-containing protein, or a B-Raf kinase. In particular, the cancers have deficient of SWUSNF chromatin remodeling complexes because of mutations in one or more of the complex's subunit members.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 7, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Inventors:
David E. FISHER, Qing Yu WENG, Shinichiro KATO
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of inducing the self-renewal of stem/progenitor supporting cells, including inducing the stem/progenitor cells to proliferate while maintaining, in the daughter cells, the capacity to differentiate into hair cells.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 20, 2018
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Christopher LOOSE, Will MCLEAN, Megan HARRISON, Michael R. JIROUSEK
Abstract: In the present invention, compound such as (1R,2S)-2-(((2,4-dimethylpyrimidin-5-yl)oxy)methyl)-2-(3-fluorophenyl)-N-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamide have been found to be potent orexin receptor antagonists, and may be useful in the treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia, as well as for other therapeutic uses.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 23, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Margaret MOLINE, Gina PASTINO, Yurie AKIMOTO, Yasuhiro ZAIMA, Nobuya SUZUKI, Nobuo YOSHIDA
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, and the like.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Andrew WASMUTH, Donald W. LANDRY, Shi Xian DENG, Banavara L. MYLARI, Ravichandran RAMASAMY, Ann Marie SCHMIDT
Abstract: In one aspect, methods of treating bacterial infections are described herein employing compounds having more than one target for antibacterial activity. Additionally pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds are also described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 1, 2018
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Zemer Gitai, James Martin, Hsin-Jung Li, Max Wilson, Hahn Kim
Abstract: The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for treating Prader-Willi syndrome. More specifically, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions that when administered inhibit the G9a driven methylation of histone H3 lysine 9.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2017
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Yong-hui Jiang, Yuna Kim, Hyeong-min Lee, Jian Jin, Bryan L. Roth
Abstract: The present application relates to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, and in particular, to a pyrrolopyrimidine compound represented by general formula (I), a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the pyrrolopyrimidine compound represented by general formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions and an application of the pyrrolopyrimidine compound in treating diseases mediated by Janus Kinase.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2015
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
Li Zhu, Dengming Xiao, Yuandong Hu, Liguang Dai, Xiaowei Duan, Yinghui Sun, Yong Peng, Fansheng Kong, Hong Luo, Yongxin Han, Ling Yang, Shanchun Wang
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R12, X, A and n are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating pathologies involving a deficit in apoptosis, such as cancer, auto-immune diseases, and diseases of the immune system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 8, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Inventors:
András KOTSCHY, Zoltán Szlávik, Márton Csékei, Attila Paczal, Zoltán Szabó, Szabolcs Sipos, Gábor Radics, Ágnes Proszenyák, Balázs Bálint, Alain Bruno, Olivier Geneste, James Edward Paul Davidson, James Brooke Murray, I-Jen Chen, Françoise Perron-Sierra
Abstract: The present invention is directed to pemetrexed formulations comprising a non-aqueous solvent that remains stable after dilution for at least about 48 hours when stored at 2° C. to 8° C. The present invention is also directed to pemetrexed formulations comprising a non-aqueous solvent that remains stable for at least about 24 months when stored at 2° C. to 8° C.
Abstract: The invention relates to N-(substituted-phenyl)-sulfonamide compounds, which are extremely useful as inhibitors of protein kinases (e.g. PERK kinase) and accordingly can be used for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, or diseases associated with activated unfolded protein response pathways, such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
Abstract: Modified release formulations of viloxazine and methods of administering the same are disclosed. High-drug load formulations of viloxazine are further disclosed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 8, 2019
Publication date:
July 4, 2019
Applicant:
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael L. VIEIRA, Austin B. HUANG, Padmanabh P. BHATT
Abstract: Methods of inhibiting a receptor tyrosine kinase in a subject in need thereof. Methods of inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell in a subject in need thereof. Methods of treating pancreatic cancer in a subject in need of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Methods of treating HER2 positive breast cancer in a subject in need of treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer. Methods of treating drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer in a subject in need of treatment for drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer. Each of these methods can include administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating diseases, such as cancer, using a combination therapy. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise administering an effective amount of a phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an effective amount of a second agent selected from a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, a Bcl-2 inhibitor, an EZH2 inhibitor and a combination thereof to a patient.