Patents Issued in February 4, 2020
  • Patent number: 10548885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treatment of movement disorders, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of befiradol, where in the administering step provides an average patient's maximum plasma concentration of befiradol below 15 ng/mL which occurs more than 4 hours post administration, said method minimizing side effects of dizziness and nausea. Sustained release pharmaceutical compositions that can be used according to this method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT
    Inventors: Bruno Paillard, Laurence Del Frari, Valérie Brunner, Adrian Newman Tancredi, Mark Varney
  • Patent number: 10548886
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating ocular diseases and certain respiratory diseases using the compound 5-ethyl-2-fluoro-4-(3-(5-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)phenol or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Melanie A. Kleinschek, Glenn D. Crater
  • Patent number: 10548887
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing a combination of anti-chondrogenesis agents are disclosed. Methods of reducing scleral chondrogenesis, reducing one or more ocular chondrogenic proteins, reducing inflammation induced chondrogenesis and treating myopia by administering an effective amount of one or more anti-chondrogenesis agents are also provided. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for treating myopia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Philip WU
    Inventors: Pei-Chang Wu, Chia-Ling Tsai, Chueh-Tan Chen
  • Patent number: 10548888
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and unit dosage forms comprising Compound (I) are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: EXELIXIS
    Inventors: Jo Ann Wilson, Khalid Shah
  • Patent number: 10548889
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with a chemokine receptor such as CXCR4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: X4 PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Karel Marie Joseph Brands
  • Patent number: 10548890
    Abstract: There may be provided compositions of lipophilic pharmaceutical agents with improved solubility and stability. For example, there may be provided a non-aqueous composition that comprises a lipophilic pharmaceutical agent, and an amphiphilic polymeric solvent such as PEG400 but essentially free of organic solvents and non-solubilized particles. The composition may be further diluted with a desired aqueous diluent such as an infusion fluid for parenteral administration to a subject such as a human. The compositions may be useful for the treatment for diseases or conditions that are sensitive to lipophilic agents, such as infectious diseases, malignant or autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Platform Brightworks Two, Ltd.
    Inventors: Borje S. Andersson, Benigno C. Valdez, Jeffrey Tarrand
  • Patent number: 10548891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory effect on the production of kynurenine, represented by formula (I): (wherein R6 and R7 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R8, R9, R10, and R11 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R1 represents lower alkyl which may be substituted with cycloalkyl, or the like, and R3 represents optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Fukuda, Toshimi Kanai, Yoshisuke Nakasato, Keisuke Kimpara
  • Patent number: 10548892
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention provide compositions and methods for therapeutic use of diketopiperazines including cyclic G-2-Allyl Proline and other cyclic Glycyl Proline compounds to treat symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodevelopmental Disorders as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, liquid formulations, gels, injectable solutions, and other formulations that are useful for treatment of such conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NEUREN PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Lawrence Irwin Glass, Michael John Bickerdike, Michael Frederick Snape, Patricia Perez De Cogram
  • Patent number: 10548893
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs by identifying a subject having one or more drug resistant cells; administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor compound, and contacting one or more drug resistant cells with the inhibitor compound to reduce the export of the inhibitor compound from the one or more drug resistant tumor cells and to block the transport of drug(s) from the one or more drug resistant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: John G. Wise, Pia D. Vogel, Frances K. Brewer, Courtney A. Follit
  • Patent number: 10548894
    Abstract: Reversing resistance to a B-Raf inhibitor for the treatment of a proliferative disease by obtaining a tumor sample from the patient and testing it for genetic alterations in a panel of genes comprising BRAF, CRAF, CCND1, CDK4, HER2, IGF-1R, cMET, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 EGFR, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, NRAS, KRAS HRAS, PTEN, PIK3CA, and P16 and administering a drug combination therapy comprising the B-Raf inhibitor and a second inhibitor which overcomes resistance to the B-Raf inhibitor, which second inhibitor is selected based on genetic alterations discovered in the tumor sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Giordano Caponigro, Darrin Stuart, Laure De Parseval
  • Patent number: 10548895
    Abstract: The invention pertains to ligands that bind to CD81 and that inhibit or block Plasmodium attachment to CD81, compositions and methods for preventing, inhibiting or treating infection by Plasmodium and ligands that target a Plasmodium binding site on CD81 and methods of making and using them. A series of ligand binding sites on the large extracellular loop of the open conformation of CD81 have been identified. Several important sites were located in regions identified by mutational studies to be the site of Plasmodium binding. Ligands that recognize these sites were identified. Linking together two or three ligands that bind with low or moderate affinities to different structurally unique sites on a target protein were used to generate small molecule ligand conjugates that exhibit very high affinities to their CD81 targets. Hybrid ligand molecules were also designed using fragment-based drug design methods to generate analogs of the ligands that bind more tightly to the protein than the parent compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The American University in Cairo
    Inventors: Hassan Azzazy, Reem Al-Olaby, Rodney Balhorn
  • Patent number: 10548896
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors (including neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC)) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and the like, using substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds useful for the inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiangchun Xu, Robert Cho, Aaron Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10548897
    Abstract: This invention relates to antagonists of Kinase Suppressor of Ras (KSR). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising KSR inhibitors and methods of treating cancer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Inventors: Arvin Dar, Neil Dhawan, Alex P. Scopton
  • Patent number: 10548898
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) and tautomers and pharmaceutical salts thereof, compositions and formulations containing such compounds, and methods of using and making such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Gilead Sciences Inc., Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the AS CR, V.V.I.
    Inventors: Ondrej Baszczynski, Milan Dejmek, Yunfeng Eric Hu, Petr Jansa, Eric Lansdon, Richard L. Mackman, Petr Simon
  • Patent number: 10548899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which has a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and may be useful as a medicament such as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, Lewy body dementia and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. In the formula (I), each symbol is as described in the attached specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Sugimoto, Shinkichi Suzuki, Hiroki Sakamoto, Masami Yamada, Minoru Nakamura, Makoto Kamata, Kenichiro Shimokawa, Masaki Ogino, Eiji Kimura, Masataka Murakami, Takuto Kojima, Jinichi Yonemori
  • Patent number: 10548900
    Abstract: A composition and method of treatment of neuromuscular, neuromuscular degenerative, neurodegenerative, autoimmune, developmental, traumatic, hearing loss related, and/or metabolic diseases, including spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) syndrome (SMA1, SMA2, SMA3, and SMA4, also called Type I, II, III and IV), traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion, keratoconjunctivitis sicca (Dry Eye Disease), glaucoma, Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, post-LASIK surgery, anti-depressants use, Wolfram Syndrome, and Wolcott-Rallison syndrome. The composition is selected from the group consisting of 2,3-DNP, 2,4-DNP, 2,5-DNP, 2,6-DNP, 3,4-DNP, or 3,5-DNP, bipartite 2,3-dinitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 2,5-dinitrophenol, 2,6-dinitrophenol, 3,4-dinitrophenol, or 3,5-dinitrophenol (2,3-DNP, 2,4-DNP, 2,5-DNP, 2,6-DNP, 3,4-DNP, or 3,5-DNP) prodrugs; Gemini prodrugs, bioprecursor molecules, and combinations thereof. A dose of the composition for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases may be from about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: MITOCHON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., BIOVENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: John Gerard Geisler, Robert Alonso, Peter Anthony Crooks, Narsimha Reddy Penthala, Zaineb Albayati
  • Patent number: 10548901
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a pig is described that includes administering to the pig in need thereof an effective amount of meloxicam or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Lang, Ioannis Papatsas
  • Patent number: 10548902
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for enhancing the activity of telomerase using a composition containing ecdysterone. The invention also discloses the use of a composition containing ecdysterone and/or an extract containing ecdysterone, isolated from a plant source in preventing/delaying cell aging in mammals by increasing the activity of telomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMI LABS LIMITED
    Inventors: Muhammed Majeed, Kalyanam Nagabhushanam, Lakshmi Mundkur
  • Patent number: 10548903
    Abstract: Novel methods for prevention, reduction or elimination of the incidence of male androgen deficiency symptoms or diseases including male hypogonadism-associated symptoms and diseases associated with low serum testosterone and/or low DHEA or low total androgens in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of an amount of a sex steroid precursor, particularly dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) (particularly acolbifene), an antiestrogen or a prodrug of the two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernand Labrie, Sylvain Gauthier
  • Patent number: 10548904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monolithic intravaginal rings comprising progesterone, methods of making, and uses thereof. The intravaginal rings comprise progesterone, a polysiloxane elastomer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrocarbon or glycerol esters of a fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FERRING B.V.
    Inventors: Salah U. Ahmed, Jiaxiang Tsao, Anu Mahashabde, Diane D. Harrison
  • Patent number: 10548905
    Abstract: Amorphous forms of onapristone and methods of making such amorphous forms are provided. Amorphous forms can be characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction patterns and other properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CONTEXT BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Harry G. Brittain, Stefan Proniuk
  • Patent number: 10548906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of accelerating, promoting or increasing hepatic regeneration, or increasing liver mass in a subject, by using a compound of formula (A): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, and n are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Leonardus Maria Jansen, Stephanus Willibrordus Maria Olde Damink, Franciscus Gerardus Schaap, Isabelle Anne Leclercq
  • Patent number: 10548907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating allergic rhinitis in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof comprising nasally administering to the subject an effective amount of a fixed-dose pharmaceutical composition comprising mometasone or its salt and olopatadine or its salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Glenmark Specialty S.A.
    Inventors: Neelima Khairatkar-Joshi, Abhay Kulkarni, Dinesh Pradeep Wale, Vikram Mansingh Bhosale, Piyush Agarwal, Patrick Keohane, Sudeesh K. Tantry, Chad Oh
  • Patent number: 10548908
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of treatment of heterotopic ossification, vascular calcification, or pathologic calcification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Nostopharma, LLC
    Inventor: Ekaterina Vert-Wong
  • Patent number: 10548909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of tramadol and co-crystal formers selected from NSAIDs/coxibs, processes for preparation of the same and their uses as medicaments or in pharmaceutical formulations, more particularly for the treatment of pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS, S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos Ramon Plata Salaman, Nicolas Tesson
  • Patent number: 10548910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein B, X, Y, R, R1, R2 and R10 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivative, and methods of using the Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Graham, Tao Yu, Sherman T. Waddell, John A. McCauley, Andrew Stamford, Wensheng Liu, Jay A. Grobler, Libo Xu
  • Patent number: 10548911
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating fibrosis in a patient in need thereof that includes administering to the patient an amount of an active agent, as identified herein, that is therapeutically effective to inhibit myofibroblast formation and thereby treat the fibrosis. Also disclosed is a recombinant cell line that includes a recombinant gene that expresses a detectable expression product in a dose-dependent response to TGF?, as well as methods of identifying a compound that inhibits TGF?-mediated expression of the detectable expression product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Richard P. Phipps, Collynn Woeller
  • Patent number: 10548912
    Abstract: The present inventors provides one or more of a tiacumicin compound, a stereo-isomer thereof, a polymorph thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof for use in the oral treatment of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) or Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) in a patient according to a dosage regimen comprising: (1) administering to the patient in an initial course of treatment 200 mg of the tiacumicin compound twice a day; (2) monitoring the efficacy of the initial course of treatment in the patient by means of monitoring changes of one or more indicators of CDI or CDAD; (3) assessing whether there is a positive change of the one or the more of the indicators; and (4) switching to an intermittent course of treatment by administering to the patient 200 mg of the tiacumicin compound every other day if the one or the more of the indicators of CDI or CDAD are positively changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Johannis Karas, Christopher Mark Longshaw, Leticia Delgado-Herrera, Bernhardt George Zeiher
  • Patent number: 10548913
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions of nicotinamide mononucleotide derivatives and their methods of use. The invention also relates to methods of preparing nicotinamide mononucleotide derivatives. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and nutritional supplements containing a nicotinamide mononucleotide derivative. The invention relates to methods of using nicotinamide mononucleotide derivatives that promote the increase of intracellular levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in cells and tissues for treating diseases and improving cell and tissue survival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Metro International Biotech, LLC
    Inventors: Karl D. Normington, David A. Sinclair, David J. Livingston, James M. McKearin, Bruce Szczepankiewicz, Jonathan N. Kremsky
  • Patent number: 10548914
    Abstract: The present application discloses a lentiviral transfer system which includes: (i) a self-inactivating transfer vector comprising: multiple gene units, wherein each gene unit includes a heterologous nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a regulatory nucleic acid sequence; and (ii) a helper construct which lacks a 5? LTR, wherein the 5? LTR has been replaced with a heterologous promoter, in which the helper construct further comprises: a lentiviral env nucleic acid sequence containing a deletion, wherein the deleted env nucleic acid sequence does not produce functional env protein; and a packaging signal contains a deletion, wherein the deleted packaging signal is nonfunctional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: American Gene Technologies International Inc.
    Inventors: Zhennan Lai, Jeffrey Galvin
  • Patent number: 10548915
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a combination for treating an EV71 infection, which comprises two or more compounds at each's non-effective level and provides an unexpected synergistic activity against EV71 replication, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of auranofin, ouabain, emetine, niclosamide, and S-(+)-fluoxetine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SUN JET BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Yeou Guang Tsay, Szu-Hao Kung
  • Patent number: 10548916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for prevention or treatment of sepsis or septic shock, in which the composition includes neoagarooligosaccharide as an active ingredient, and the neoagarooligosaccharide according to the present invention has an excellent effect in terms of immune enhancement by effectively suppressing inflammation, and also exhibits a good effect in preventing sepsis, and therefore can be effectively used in pharmaceuticals and functional foods for prevention or treatment of sepsis or septic shock and immune enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: DYNEBIO INC.
    Inventors: Je Hyeon Lee, Moon Hee Lee, Sun Joo Hong, Soon Kwang Hong
  • Patent number: 10548917
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and supplement for preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress, including ulcer conditions, in animals are disclosed. The supplement comprises mastic gum and an emulsifying agent such as lecithin. The supplement may also comprise B vitamins, one or more prebiotics or probiotics, and one or more minerals as well as, pH buffers and flavoring. A disclosed method of preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress comprises orally dosing an animal with the supplement at least one daily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KAECO Group Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Terry, Leon Kratochvil, James Harless, Tom Kratochvil
  • Patent number: 10548918
    Abstract: The object of the present invention relates to the new and surprising use of sulfated hyaluronic acid (HAS) as regulator agent of the cytokine activity (pro- and antiinflammatory) and consequently the use of HAS for the preparation of a new medicine for the prevention and treatment of pathologies associated with the activation and/or deficiency of cytokines of a pro- and antiinflammatory nature. The Applicant has in fact discovered its exclusive capacity in modulating the activity of these particular proteins, it has studied the action mechanism and demonstrated the substantial difference between the different sulfated types known in the state of the art, but above all it has demonstrated an unexpectedly high activity of HAS vs different types and strains of Herpes virus, HIV, Cytomegalovirus and the virus of vesicular stomatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FIDIA FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Devis Galesso, Anna Maria Zanellato
  • Patent number: 10548919
    Abstract: A shear-thinning hydrogel composition includes: a first polymer chain including: (i) a first plurality of units each having at least one of a monosaccharide and an amino acid; and (ii) a cross-linking group bound to the at least one of the monosaccharide and the amino acid of one of the first plurality of units via conversion of a carboxyl group of the unit to a peptide bond; a second polymer chain including a second plurality of the units; and a cross-linking additive connecting one of the second plurality of units to the first polymer chain via the cross-linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: OUROTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Duleeka Nimantha Bandara Ranatunga, Andrew Christopher Wenger, Zhi Yuan (William) Lin
  • Patent number: 10548920
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for delivering a pharmaceutical gas to a patient. The methods and systems provide varying quantities of pharmaceutical gas delivered to the patient in two or more breaths based on the monitored respiratory rate or changes in the patient's respiratory rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Limited
    Inventors: Frederick J. Montgomery, Duncan P. Bathe
  • Patent number: 10548921
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods related to rendering ineffective Th1 T cells resistant to the inhibitory cytokine milieu present in a cancer microenvironment. Tumor-specific T cells are modified to employ a chimeric receptor that binds inhibitory/suppressive cytokines and converts their intracellular consequences to a Th1 immunostimulatory/activating signal. The T cells employ a chimeric antigen receptor having exodomains for IL10, IL13 and/or IL4 fused with the signal transducing endodomains for IL2 and/or IL7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Ann Marie Leen, Juan F. Vera
  • Patent number: 10548922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of generating modified hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells. One aspect of the invention includes a modified hematopoietic stem or progenitor cell comprising a nucleic acid capable of decreasing expression of an endogenous gene or a portion thereof, wherein the endogenous gene encodes a polypeptide comprising an antigen domain targeted by a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Another aspect of the invention includes a method for generating a modified hematopoietic stem or progenitor cell. Also included are methods and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modified cell for adoptive therapy and treating a condition, such as an autoimmune disease or cancer. In certain embodiments, the invention includes a modified hematopoietic stem or progenitor cell comprising a nucleic acid capable of decreasing expression of CD33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Saar Gill, Miriam Kim
  • Patent number: 10548923
    Abstract: A method of enhancing the binding of growth factors and cell cultures to a demineralized allograft bone material which includes applying ex vivo an effective quantity of an ionic force change agent to at least a portion of the surface of a demineralized allograft bone material to produce a binding-sensitized demineralized allograft bone material and implanting the binding-sensitized demineralized allograft bone material into a host bone. The ionic force change agent may include at least one of enzymes, pressure, chemicals, heat, sheer force, oxygen plasma, supercritical nitrogen, supercritical carbon, supercritical water or a combination thereof. A molecule, a cell culture, or a combination thereof is administered to the binding-sensitized demineralized allograft bone material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Guobao Wei, Susan J. Drapeau
  • Patent number: 10548924
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel methods and compositions utilizing adipose tissue-derived stromal stem cells for treating fistulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: TIGENIX, S.A.U., UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID
    Inventors: Maria Gema Fernandez Miguel, Manuel Angel Gonzalez De La Pena, Rosa Ana Garcia Castro, Mariano Garcia Arranz, Damian Garcia-Olmo
  • Patent number: 10548925
    Abstract: A composition for use in treating penile defects, including erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease, is provided. The composition includes adipose tissue and stem cells. The stem cells may be derived from adipose tissue. In embodiments the composition includes additional additives such as growth factors, anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, compositions useful for wound healing, and collagenases. Also provided is a method of treating a penile defect in a patient. The method includes providing a composition containing adipose tissue and stem cells, and implanting that composition into a patient in need of treatment for a penile defect. In some embodiments the patient has Peyronie's disease. In other embodiments, the patient has erectile dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Michael P. Zahalsky
  • Patent number: 10548926
    Abstract: An innovative method of collecting cord blood stem cells from an isolated mammalian non-exsanguinated or partially exsanguinated placenta by placental perfusion is described and also an easy method for safe long duration cold storage of the placenta. Placental perfusion can include perfusing the isolated placenta with a pulsatile flow of perfusion solution, for example, using a pulsatile or peristaltic pump or device. The stem cells can then be isolated from the perfusate. Significantly increased amounts of CD133+ stem cells can be collected from the perfusate. The perfusion solution can include an anticoagulant. The isolated mammalian placenta need not be treated with an anticoagulant prior to perfusing. The isolated placenta can be free from an anticoagulant prior to perfusing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CELULARITY, INC.
    Inventor: Naoko Takebe
  • Patent number: 10548927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a synbiotic composition comprising a probiotic bacterial strain and a prebiotic growth medium which is specific to the growth of the probiotic bacterial strain, wherein the bacterial strain is capable of producing the same growth medium by reverse enzyme reaction. The present invention also relates to methods of producing and screening for such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Patrick O'Hara, Robert Rastall
  • Patent number: 10548928
    Abstract: The present invention provides the use of Lactobacillus paracasei, for maintaining or increasing the intestinal microbiota diversity in a subject having dysbiosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRNOMIQUE
    Inventors: Gianfranco Grompone, Muriel Derrien, Johan Van Hylckama Vlieg, Pascale Serror, Lionel Rigottier-Gois, Laureen Crouzet, Claire Cherbuy
  • Patent number: 10548929
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a oncolytic adenovirus with selectivity for cancer cells, wherein the adenovirus comprises a transgene under the control of a promoter endogenous to the virus, wherein the transgene comprises a DNA sequence encoding a membrane anchored anti-CD3 antibody or a binding fragment thereof, compositions comprising same, methods of generating the viruses, and use of the viruses and compositions in treatment, particularly in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PSIOXUS THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Robert Champion, Alice Claire Noel Brown
  • Patent number: 10548930
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus or MVAAE3L delivered intratumorally or systemically as an anticancer immunotherapeutic agent, alone, or in combination with one or more immune checkpoint blocking agents for the treatment of malignant solid tumors. Particular embodiments relate to mobilizing the host's immune system to mount an immune response against the tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Liang Deng, Jedd Wolchok, Taha Merghoub, Stewart Shuman, Peihong Dai, Weiyi Wang
  • Patent number: 10548931
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of anxiety conditions associated with the use of cannabis are disclosed herein. The medicinal compositions include cannabidiol or cannabidiolic acid and one or more of the following compounds: bergamottin or dihydroxybergamottin, phloretin or a phloretin glycoside, piperine, apigenin or an apigenin glycoside and ursolic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Canopy Growth Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Hetherington, Jason Green
  • Patent number: 10548932
    Abstract: An extract of Amaranth, having enriched nitrate content, L-arginine, Flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, carbohydrates, proteins, potassium, and with negligible amount of oxalic acid or oxalate content. The extract of Amaranth can be prepared from fresh or dried leaves and stem of Amaranth. Dosage forms of extract include fast melt tablet, lozenge, candy, chewing gum, beverage, tablet, capsule, pill, and powder. The extract of Amaranth enhances nitric oxide concentration, enhances nitrate level concentration, and enhances nitrite level in blood as well as in saliva. Administering the extract can lower blood pressure, increase physical endurance, increase swimming endurance, increase running endurance, and improve sexual performance among human beings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ARJUNA NATURAL PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Benny Antony
  • Patent number: 10548933
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a broccoli protein peptide. The method uses a broccoli protein as the raw material, and obtains a broccoli protein peptide powder through the steps of preprocessing, enzymatic hydrolysis, terminating enzymatic hydrolysis, separation, and drying and the like. Also provided is the use of the prepared broccoli protein peptide in resisting oxidation, reducing cholesterol and lowering blood lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG HISUN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG TELEY BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jidong Wang, Huan Qi, Xiaohe Zheng, Hui Zhang, Yongdong Wang, Hailing Tang, Haiming Lin
  • Patent number: 10548934
    Abstract: The present application discloses a Chinese herbal oral paste for keeping balanced constitution. The Chinese herbal oral paste includes the following raw material components: tangshen, largehead atractylodes rhizome, fuling, prepared liquorice root, glossy privet fruit, polygonatum odoratum, dwarf lilyturf tuber, flatstem milkvetch seed, Chinese yam, unprocessed hawthorn fruit, prepared fleeceflower root, milkvetch root, dried tangerine peel, angelica, dendrobium, Chinese arborvitae kernel, root and vine of manyprickle acanthopanax, radix asparagi, danshen root, figwort root, gorgon euryale seeds, villous amomum fruit, coix seed, mulberry fruit, fruit of Chinese magnoliavine, lilium brownii, prepared milkwort root, barbary wolfberry fruit, donkey-hide gelatin, tortoise-plastron gelatin, and xylitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Zhonghua Ci