Enzyme Inactivation By Chemical Treatment Patents (Class 435/184)
  • Publication number: 20140377292
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to modulators of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), as well as compositions and pharmaceutical methods thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Combs, Eddy W. Yue
  • Publication number: 20140378479
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit PI3K? activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3K? activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3K?) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3K? plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: ICOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward A. KESICKI, Kerry W. FOWLER, Danwen HUANG, Hua Chee OOI, Amy OLIVER, Kamal Deep PURI, Fuqiang RUAN, Jennifer TREIBERG
  • Publication number: 20140371213
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. In formula (0): X is a group R1-A-NR4— or a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A is a bond, SO2, C?O, NRg(C?O) or O(C?O) wherein Rg is hydrogen or C1-4 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted by hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy; Y is a bond or an alkylene chain of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms in length; R1 is hydrogen; a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having from 3 to 12 ring members; or a C1-8 hydrocarbyl group optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Michael Alistair O'BRIEN, Maria Grazia CARR, Theresa Rachel EARLY, Adrian Liam GILL, Gary TREWARTHA, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD, Andrew James WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT
  • Publication number: 20140371259
    Abstract: A method for treating a neoplasm in a subject, comprising co-administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anticancer agent and a substituted 6,7-methylenedioxy-4-amino-quinoline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Barry I. Gold, Xiangqun Xie, Ajay Srinivasan, LiRong Wang
  • Publication number: 20140371175
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula I and Formula II are potent inhibitors of Arginase I and II activity: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, D, M, X, and Y are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds and methods of their use for treating or preventing a disease or a condition associated with arginase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Van Zandt, Adam Golebiowski, Min Koo Ji, Darren Whitehouse, Todd Ryder, Raymond Paul Beckett
  • Publication number: 20140371247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinazolin-4-one compounds of formula (I?), their process of preparation and uses thereof. These compounds are useful as selective and reversible inhibitors of ubiquitin specific proteases, particularly USP7, for treating e.g. cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory disorders and viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: HYBRIGENICS SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Colland, Marie-Edith Gourdel
  • Patent number: 8912198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Damien Charrier, Joanne Pinder, Pierre-Henri Storck
  • Publication number: 20140364447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dual delta (?) and gamma (?) PI3K protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of Pi3K kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Swaroop K. V. S. VAKKALANKA, Prashant K. BHAVAR, Srikant VISWANADHA, Govindarajulu BABU
  • Publication number: 20140363443
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to 2,4-pyrimidinediamines substituted with tricyclic carbamates and the compositions and methods using these compounds in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, such as JAK2 or JAK3, is therapeutically useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Vadim Markovtsov
  • Publication number: 20140364507
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to methods and compositions to inhibit MASP protein activity using small molecule inhibitors. In one aspect, the disclosure is directed to methods for identifying inhibitors of MASP protein activity, including methods of screening capable of inhibiting MASP protein activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Alexandre Gingras, Russell Wallis
  • Publication number: 20140364450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising those compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, and disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Philip Collier, Gregory Henkel, Michael Liu, Timothy Neuberger, Jeremy Green
  • Patent number: 8906852
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit protein tyrosine kinase activity. In particular the invention relates to compounds that inhibit the protein tyrosine kinase activity of growth factor receptors, resulting in the inhibition of receptor signaling, for example, the inhibition of VEGF receptor signaling. The invention also provides compounds, compositions and methods for treating cell proliferative diseases and conditions and ophthalmic diseases, disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: MethylGene Inc.
    Inventors: Stéphane Raeppel, Franck Raeppel, Stephen William Claridge, Lijie Zhan, Frédéric Gaudette, Michael Mannion, Norifumi Sato, Yohei Yuki, Masashi Kishida, Arkadii Vaisburg
  • Publication number: 20140357566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide expressed in the salivary glands of ticks, more particularly the Ixodes ricinus arthropod tick, during the slow-feeding phase of the blood meal have, said polynucleotide and related polypeptide may be used in different constructions and for different applications which are also included in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Edmond GODFROID, Yves DECREM, Luc VANHAMME, Alex BOLLEN, Gerard LEBOULLE
  • Publication number: 20140349368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that exhibit vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the activity of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying such compounds, and use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases related to dysfunction of vasodilation, inflammation, and/or endothelial cells. In particular non-limiting embodiments, components of the invention may be used to treat hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Donald W. Landry, Yuli Xie, Yidong Lu, Gangli Gong, Shi-Xian Deng, Kirsten Alison Rinderspacher
  • Patent number: 8895613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel neuraminidase activity inhibitors and use thereof for prophylaxis and treatment of influenza infection, that is to fluorosubstituted4-acetamido-5-guanidino-3-(pentan-3-yloxy)cyclohex-1-enecarboxylic acids and their esters of the general formula 1, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or hydrates thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, an optionally substituted C1-C5alkyl, C2-C5alkenyl or C2-C5alkynyl; Rf is CH2F or CHF2. A pharmaceutical composition is provided, a method for its preparation, as well as a method for prophylaxis and treatment of viral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Alexandre Vasilievich Ivachtchenko
  • Publication number: 20140342993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to kinase inhibiting compositions and uses thereof. The invention further provides isolated kinase inhibiting peptides and uses thereof for inhibiting hyperplasia, for inhibiting the growth of neoplasms, and for inducing programmed cell death in a cell population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Alyssa PANITCH, Brandon SEAL, Brian WARD
  • Publication number: 20140343019
    Abstract: The inventive compounds are small molecule therapeutics that are potent inhibitors of Arginase I and II activity. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the inventive compounds and methods for using the inventive compounds for treating or preventing a disease or a condition associated with arginase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Van Zandt, Adam Golebiowski, Min Koo Ji, Darren Whitehouse, Todd Ryder, Raymond Paul Beckett
  • Publication number: 20140343078
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting cytochrome P450 2D6 enzymes are provided that can be used for improving the treatment of diseases by preventing degradation of drugs or other molecules by cytochrome P450 2D6. Pharmaceutical compositions are provided that can act as boosters to improve the pharmacokinetics, enhance the bioavailability, and enhance the therapeutic effect of drugs that undergo in vivo degradation by cytochrome P450 2D6 enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michael EISSENSTAT, Dehui DUAN, Ji-Hye KANG
  • Publication number: 20140341979
    Abstract: The present invention relates, for example, to a liposome, which can be a basic liposome, a transferrin-conjugated liposome, or a pH-sensitive liposome, which encapsulates a compound that specifically inhibits the activity of a protein prenyltransferase, such as a RabGGTase and/or a GGTase I. The liposomes can be used as anti-cancer therapeutics including as part of methods for treating cancer, in assays, and in kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, Jie Lu, Kohei Yoshimura, Ohyun Kwon, Hannah Fiji, Masaru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140343030
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that inhibit the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Long Li, Jincong Zhuo, Ding-Quan Qian, Song Mei, Ganfeng Cao, Yongchun Pan, Qun Li, Zhongjiang Jia
  • Patent number: 8889697
    Abstract: The present invention provides active metabolites of 3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl) -1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Incyte Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Rodgers, Argyrios G. Arvanitis, Jack Guoen Shi, Stacey Shepard
  • Publication number: 20140336171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, particularly of JAK family kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Luc Farmer, Gabriel Martinez-Botella, Albert Pierce, Francesco Salituro, Jian Wang, Marion W. Wannamaker, Tiansheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20140336193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that exhibit vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the activity of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying such compounds, and use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases related to dysfunction of vasodilation, inflammation, and/or endothelial cells. In particular non-limiting embodiments, components of the invention may be used to treat hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Donald W. Landry, Shi-Xian Deng, Stevan Pecic, Kirsten Alison Rinderspacher
  • Publication number: 20140335590
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the seminal discovery that several kinases play important roles in barrier pathways in somatic cell reprogramming. The present invention provides that modulating expression or activity of these kinases can significantly promote or enhance cell reprogramming efficiency. Key kinases are identified and key regulation networks involving such kinases are also identified that may be advantageously targeted to significantly increase reprogramming efficiency as well as direct differentiation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    Inventor: Tariq M. Rana
  • Patent number: 8883473
    Abstract: The present invention includes a crystal comprising a complex of the pro form of a matrix metalloprotease (proMMP) and a small-molecule allosteric processing inhibitor that inhibits that activation of the proMMP, methods for identifying small-molecule allosteric processing inhibitors that inhibit the activation of a proMMP, and methods of treatment using small-molecule allosteric processing inhibitors that inhibit the activation of a proMMP. The present invention relates to the crystal structure of a complex of proMMP9 bound to a small-molecule allosteric processing inhibitor that inhibits activation of proMMP9. The invention further relates to the use of the methods and the crystal and related structural information for designing, selecting and/or optimizing small-molecule allosteric processing inhibitors that inhibit activation of proMMP9 and proMMP9 homologues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Kristi A. Leonard, Richard Scott Alexander, Joseph Kent Barbay, Roger F. Bone, Carl Crysler, Ingrid Christa Deckman, Paul F. Jackson, Lawrence C. Kuo, Frank A. Lewandowski, Diane M. Maguire, Carl Manthey, Cynthia M. Milligan, Beverley Moore, Kenneth J. Rhodes, Robert H. Scannevin, Celine Schalk-Hihi, Barry Springer, John C. Spurlino, Matthew J. Todd, Brett A. Tounge, Aihua Wang
  • Patent number: 8884000
    Abstract: Inhibitors of saporin-L1 are disclosed, as are related compositions and uses thereof, in particular in cancer therapy that employs saporin-L1-linked immunotoxins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Industrial Research Limited
    Inventors: Vern L. Schramm, Gary Brian Evans, Peter Charles Tyler, Jennifer Mary Mason
  • Publication number: 20140329842
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compounds which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) and are thus useful for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of PKC. This disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sacha Holland, Rao Kolluri, Salvador Alvarez, Matthew Duncton, Rajinder Singh, Jing Zhang, Esteban Masuda
  • Publication number: 20140328858
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide for compositions and methods that regulate microRNA-binding protein-mediated miRNA biogensis; for example Lin28-mediated biogenesis of let-7; and in particular Lin28A-recruited 3? terminal uridylyl transferase (TUTase) uridylation of pre-let-7. A particular embodiment provide compositions and methods for screening for agents that inhibit TUTase-dependent Lin28A-mediated repression of let-7 miRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: Children's Medical Center Corporation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard I. Gregory, Elena Piskounova, Dimitrios Iliopoulos
  • Publication number: 20140329794
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Duncan, Richard Chesworth, Paula Ann Boriack-Sjodin, Michael John Munchhof, Lei Jin
  • Publication number: 20140329738
    Abstract: The invention provides novel guanylate cyclase-C agonist peptides and their use in the treatment of human diseases including gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation or cancer (e.g., a gastrointestinal cancer). The peptides can be administered either alone or in combination with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase. The gastrointestinal disorder may be classified as either irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, or excessive acidity etc. The gastrointestinal disease may be classified as either inflammatory bowel disease or other GI condition, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kunwar Shailubhai, Gary S. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20140329815
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein Z, X, J, R2 and W are set forth in the specification, as well as solvates, hydrates, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit protein tyrosine kinases, especially c-fms kinase. Methods of treating autoimmune diseases; and diseases with an inflammatory component; treating metastasis from ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, hairy cell leukemia; and treating pain, including skeletal pain caused by tumor metastasis or osteoarthritis, or visceral, inflammatory, and neurogenic pain; as well as osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and other diseases in which bone resorption mediates morbidity including rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, prosthesis failure, osteolytic sarcoma, myeloma, and tumor metastasis to bone with the compounds of Formula I, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Carl R. ILLIG, Shelley K. Ballentine, Jinsheng Chen, Renee Louise Desjarlais, Sanath K. Meegalla, Mark Wall, Kenneth Wilson
  • Publication number: 20140323465
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Juswinder Singh, Arthur F. Kluge, Lixin Qiao
  • Publication number: 20140323418
    Abstract: Provided are pyrimidine compounds for inhibiting of Syk kinase, intermediates used in making such compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for inhibition Syk kinase activity, and methods for treating conditions mediated at least in part by Syk kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaozhong J. Jia, Brian Kane, Qing Xu, Shawn M. Bauer, Yonghong Song, Anjali Pandey, Ryan Dick
  • Publication number: 20140315860
    Abstract: This invention relates to, among other items, benzoxaborole compounds and their use for treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent S. HERNANDEZ, Charles Ding, Jacob J. Plattner, Michael Richard Kevin Alley, Fernando Rock, Suoming Zhang, Eric Easom, Xianfeng Li, Ding Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140315931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, particularly of JAK family kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Ledeboer, David Messersmith, Francois Maltais, Huai Gao, Tiansheng Wang, Jingrong Cao, John Duffy, Gabriel Martinez-Botella, Cornelia Forster, Marion Wannamaker, Francesco Salituro, Albert Pierce, Luc Farmer, Valerie Marone
  • Publication number: 20140315907
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing chronic lymphocytic leukemia, comprising administering an effective amount of a Dihydropyrazino-Pyrazine Compound to a patient having chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: HEATHER RAYMON, SHUICHAN XU, ANTONIA LOPEZ-GIRONA, TOSHIYA TSUJI, KRISTEN MAE HEGE
  • Publication number: 20140315904
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds described herein are useful for inhibiting arginine methyltransferase activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating arginine methyltransferase-mediated disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Epizyme, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chesworth, Lorna Helen Mitchell, Gideon Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20140314674
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) characterized by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and/or promoter methylation status, comprising administering an effective amount of a Dihydropyrazino-Pyrazine Compound to a patient having glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) characterized by O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and/or promoter methylation status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: HEATHER RAYMON, KRISTEN MAE HEGE
  • Publication number: 20140314673
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating or preventing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma characterized by deletion of chromosome 11q22 or loss of ataxia telangiectasia mutated expression, comprising administering an effective amount of a dihydropyrazino-pyrazine to a patient having head and neck squamous cell carcinoma characterized by deletion of chromosome 11q22 or loss of ataxia telangiectasia mutated expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Signal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: HEATHER RAYMON, SHUICHAN XU, TOSHIYA TSUJI, KRISTEN MAE HEGE
  • Publication number: 20140315973
    Abstract: We describe a nucleic acid comprising the sequence RNNWCAAA, in which R is independently G or A, N is independently T, C, G or A and W is independently T or A, suitable for the treatment or prevention of hepatitis B or cancer. N at position 3 may be C, A or T, preferably A or T, more preferably T; N at position 2 may be C; W at position 4 may be T; and R at position 1 may be A. The nucleic acid may have the sequence ACATCAAA or ACTTCAAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ee Chee Ren, Hui Ling Ko
  • Publication number: 20140309212
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Btk, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Minna Bui, Patrick Conlon, Julio H. Cuervo, Daniel A. Erlanson, Junfa Fan, Bing Guan, Brian T. Hopkins, Tracy J. Jenkins, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Alexey A. Lugovskoy, Doug Marcotte, Noel Powell, Daniel Scott, Laura Silvian, Art Taveras, Deping Wang, Min Zhong
  • Publication number: 20140309209
    Abstract: Provided are pyrazine compounds for inhibiting of Syk kinase, intermediates used in making such compounds, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for inhibition Syk kinase activity, and methods for treating conditions mediated at least in part by Syk kinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yonghong Song, Qing Xu, Zhaozhong J. Jia, Brian Kane, Shawn M. Bauer, Anjali Pandey
  • Patent number: 8859553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, isomers, or solvates thereof, wherein the variables are described herein. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise the compounds of Formula I, and to methods for inhibiting protein kinase and methods of treating diseases, such as cancers, inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Astar Biotech LLC
    Inventors: Chunrong Yu, Haihong Huang, Dongfeng Zhang, Peng Li
  • Publication number: 20140303106
    Abstract: Compounds having methyltransferase inhibitory activity are disclosed. The compounds have the structure and are useful in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases associated with inappropriate methyltransferase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Weihong Zheng, Minkui Luo, Glorymar del Valle Ibanzen Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20140303165
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Juswinder Singh, Shomir Ghosh, Arthur F. Kluge, Russell C. Petter, Richland W. Tester
  • Publication number: 20140303074
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of reducing immunodeficiency virus transcription, involving use of diflunisal or an active ester thereof. The disclosure also provides methods of treating an immunodeficiency virus infection in an individual, the method generally involving administering to the individual an effective amount of diflunisal or an active ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Eric M. Verdin, Kotaro Shirakawa
  • Publication number: 20140303193
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds that inhibit E1 activating enzymes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful for treating disorders, particularly cell proliferation disorders, including cancers, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders; and inflammation associated with infection and cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Claiborne, Stephen Critchley, Courtney A. Cullis, Steven P. Langston, Hirotake Mizutani, Edward J. Olhava, Stephane Peluso, Irache Visiers, Stepan Vyskocil, Gabriel S. Weatherhead
  • Publication number: 20140296268
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for suppressing lymphangiogenesis, angiogenesis and/or tumor growth. The methods comprise contacting the tumor with a compound that (i) stabilizes a protein kinase in the inactive state and (ii) is not an ATP competitive inhibitor of the protein kinase in the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Eric A. Murphy, David A. Cheresh, Lee Daniel Arnold
  • Publication number: 20140296233
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: Sanofi, Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Akullian D'Agostino, Robert Tjin Tham Sjin, Deqiang Niu, Joseph John McDonald, Zhendong Zhu, Haibo Liu, Hormoz Mazdiyasni, Russell C. Petter, Juswinder Singh, Matthieu Barrague, Alexandre Gross, Mark Munson
  • Publication number: 20140294855
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation, and an assay for screening for a candidate compound for inducing, enhancing or increasing satellite cell proliferation. Also provided is a method for repairing or regenerating a damaged muscle tissue of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Lee L. Rubin, Amanda Gee, Amy J. Wagers