Respiratory Distress Syndrome (e.g., Ards, Irds, Etc.) Affecting Patents (Class 514/1.5)
  • Patent number: 8715654
    Abstract: The current invention is directed to methods of inducing migration of an immune cell toward a cancer cell comprising inhibiting the activity of a chemorepellant released from the cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Celtaxsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Surendra Chavan, Jonathan L. Moon, Lopa Bhatt
  • Patent number: 8703697
    Abstract: A method for treatment of severe diffuse acute respiratory distress syndrome in an intubated-ventilated patient which includes sedating said patient with at least one alpha-2 agonist, maintaining spontaneous ventilation and applying pressure support ventilation of at least 5-10 cmH2O combined to a high positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 10-24 cmH2O. A pharmaceutical composition containing at least one alpha-2 agonist suitable for treatment of ARDS in combination with, if appropriate, at least one sedative agent which does not depress ventilatory drive is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: Luc Quintin
  • Publication number: 20140094400
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel pharmaceutically-useful peptides, in particular cyclic peptides that are agonists of the AngII type 2 receptor (AT2 receptor). The invention further relates to the use of such peptides as medicaments, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: LANTHIOPEP B.V.
    Inventors: Louwe De Vries, Sieger Adriaan Nelemans, Rick Rink, Antonius Jacobus Marinus Roks, Gert Nikolaas Moll
  • Patent number: 8673861
    Abstract: Provided herein are tissue protective peptides derived from or sharing consensus sequences with portions of cytokine receptor ligands, including Erythropoietin (EPO), that are generally located on or within the region of the cytokine receptor ligand that faces away from a receptor complex while the ligand is bound to the receptor. Also provide herein are fragments, chimeras, as well as peptides designed to mimic the spatial localization of key amino acid residues within the tissue protective receptor ligands, e.g., EPO; methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder using tissue protective peptides; and methods for enhancing excitable tissue function using tissue protective peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Araim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Cerami, Michael Brines, Thomas Coleman
  • Publication number: 20140056906
    Abstract: The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INCYTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry Yue, Monique G. Yao, Ameena R. Gandhi, Mariah R. Baughn, Anita Swarnakar, Narinder Walia, Madhusudan M. Sanjanwala, Michael Thorton, Vicki S. Elliott, Yan Lu, Kimberly J. Gietzen, Neil Burford, Li Ding, April J. A. Hafalia, Y. Tom Tang, Olga Bandman, Bridget A. Warren, Cynthia D. Honchell, Dyung Aina M. Lu, Kavitha Thangaveln, Sally Lee, Yuming Xu, Junming Yang, Preeti G. Lal, Bao Tran, Craig H. Ison, Brendan M. Duggan, Stephanie Sapperstein
  • Publication number: 20140037634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel regulatory T cell proteins. One protein, designated PD-L3, resembles members of the PD-L1 family, and co-stimulates ?CD3 proliferation of T cells in vitro. A second, TNF-like, protein has also been identified as being upregulated upon ?CD3/?GITR stimulation. This protein has been designated Treg-sTNF. Proteins, antibodies, activated T cells and methods for using the same are disclosed. In particular methods of using these proteins and compounds, preferably antibodies, which bind or modulate (agonize or antagonize) the activity of these proteins, as immune modulators and for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, allergy, infection and inflammatory conditions, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Randolph J. Noelle, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 8642034
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of treating an infant at risk of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia, including premature infants, by administering a TGF-? antagonist during the perinatal period, including the prenatal period and/or the postnatal period. For administration during the prenatal period, the TGF-? antagonist can be administered either directly to the infant in utero, or indirectly by administration to the mother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Streisand, Jesse D. Roberts, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140011730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptide ligands of the melanocortin receptors, in particular the melancortin-4 receptor, and as such, are useful in the treatment of disorders responsive to the activation of this receptor, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus and sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Zheng Xin DONG, Daniel B. DEOLIVEIRA, Jeanne Mary COMSTOCK
  • Publication number: 20140005096
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are peptides for use in inhibiting the interactions of PF4 and RANTES. Further disclosed herein, are methods for treating an inflammatory disease, disorder, condition, or symptom. In some embodiments, the method comprises co-administering an agent that inhibits the interactions of PF4 and RANTES and a second active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Carolus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Robert SCHULTZ, Benedikt VOLLRATH, Court TURNER
  • Patent number: 8618045
    Abstract: Provided is a modified human tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 polypeptide or a fragment thereof that binds to a tumor necrosis factor in vivo or ex vivo. The modified human tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 polypeptide or fragment exhibits improved ability to bind tumor necrosis factor and resistance to proteases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hanall Biopharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wuk Kim, Sung Soo Jun, Seung Kook Park, Song Young Kim, Eun Sun Kim, Jae Kap Jeong, Ha Na Kim, Yeon Jung Song
  • Publication number: 20130331310
    Abstract: This invention describes an ICE inhibitor prodrug (I) having good bioavailability. Compound I is useful for treating IL-1 mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory peritonitis, septic shock, pancreatitis, traumatic brain injury, organ transplant rejection, osteoarthritis, asthma, psoriasis, Alzheimer's disease, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, Huntington's disease, atherosclerosis, atopic dermatitis, leukemias and related disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, uveitis or multiple myeloma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20130288950
    Abstract: The present application provides compositions and methods for treating acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The methods include administering one or more tight junction antagonists to the lung of a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: ALBA THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Blake Paterson, Peter Ward, Alessio Fasano
  • Publication number: 20130261047
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of recombinant human CC10 (rhCC10), also known as recombinant human uteroglobin, for use as a therapeutic in the treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic lung disease and/or pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). More particularly, the invention provides methods, including broadly the critical dosage ranges of rhCC10, which may be administered to safely and effectively treat the aforementioned conditions. The invention further provides a composition useful in administering rhCC10 to humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CLARASSANCE, INC.
    Inventor: Aprile L. Pilon
  • Publication number: 20130237472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified human tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 polypeptide which is capable of binding to a tumor necrosis factor in vivo or ex vivo, or to a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: HANALL BIOPHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Wuk Kim, Sung Soo Jun, Seung Kook Park, Song Young Kim, Eun Sun Kim, Jae Kap Jeong, Ha Na Kim, Yeon Jung Song
  • Patent number: 8524866
    Abstract: An antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof which binds to mammalian ?7 subunit of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor or its functional variant and which is an agonist of said receptor or variant. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. A method of treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory condition comprising administering to said subject an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Lihong Yang, Kevin J. Tracey
  • Publication number: 20130217616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel chimeric molecules of ficolin-associated polypeptides, such as fusion polypeptides for the use in the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation, apoptosis, autoimmunity, coagulation, thrombotic or coagulopathic related diseases. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such fusion polypeptides, vectors and host cells used in the production of the fusion polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Garred, Tina Hummelshøj Glue, Mikkel-Ole Skjødt
  • Patent number: 8501679
    Abstract: A protein selected from the amino acid sequence of the region valine Val(91) to glycine Gly(121) of the mature human tumor necrosis factor, or a portion thereof, with the proviso that the protein comprises at least the amino acid sequence of the region lysine Lys(98) to glutamic acid Glu(116), with the cysteine Cys(101) being replaced by a glycine and an amide bond being formed between the amino group of the side chain of the lysine Lys(98) and the carboxyl group of the side chain of the glutamic acid Glu(116), which activates epithelial ion channels and improves the lung function and which can be used for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of diseases associated with the lung function, such as oedemas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Apeptico Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Fischer, Rudolf Lucas
  • Publication number: 20130184198
    Abstract: Synthetic pulmonary surfactant compositions comprising dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and essentially neutral lipid, and having essentially no 1-palmitoyl 2-oleoyl phosphatidylglycerol and essentially no palmitic acid are provided. Methods for treating respiratory disease are also provided comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a synthetic pulmonary surfactant comprising dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and essentially neutral lipid, and having essentially no 1-palmitoyl 2-oleoyl phosphatidylglycerol and essentially no palmitic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8486383
    Abstract: A method of treating a pulmonary disease such as, for instance idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), mixed connective tissue disease and asthma, comprising administering an aerosolized interferon such as interferon ? in a therapeutically effective amount is provided herein. Also, pharmaceutical compositions of one or more aerosolized interferon(s) alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: New York University, The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Gerald Smaldone, Rany Condos
  • Patent number: 8470767
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of recombinant human CC10 (rhCC10), also known as recombinant human uteroglobin, for use as a therapeutic in the treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic lung disease and/or pulmonary fibrosis, Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). More particularly, the invention provides methods, including broadly the critical dosage ranges of rhCC10, which may be administered to safely and effectively treat the aforementioned conditions. The invention further provides a composition useful in administering rhCC10 to humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Clarassance, Inc.
    Inventor: Aprile L Pilon
  • Patent number: 8470766
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel formulations of a ?PKC inhibitor. The ?PKC inhibitor can be, for example, a peptide. The present invention also discloses a method of preventing acute pulmonary cell injury associated with trauma, ALI or ARDS and a method of inhibiting an inflammatory response in pulmonary cells by inhibiting the activity of ?PKC. The invention also provides a method of treating a pulmonary disease with an aerosol formulation of a ?PKC inhibitor to inhibit neutrophil activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Laurie Ellen Kilpatrick, Helen Marie Korchak, Clifford S. Deutschman
  • Publication number: 20130157928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nociceptin peptide mimetics that have ?-helical structures and bind to and modulate the opioid receptor-like-1 (ORL-1) receptor. The peptide mimetics are constrained cyclic nociceptin analogues which have either agonist or antagonist activity. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the nociceptin peptide mimetics and methods of treating or preventing a disease or condition ameliorated by modulating the ORL-1 receptor are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: David Fairlie, Rosemary Sharon Harrison, Nicholas Evan Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20130143791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, in particular peptides which are capable of stabilizing barrier functions of epithelium and endothelium. The peptides and other compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases or disorders associated with a localized or systemic breakdown of epithelial and endothelial barrier functions. Particular diseases and disorders to be treated and/or prevented with the peptides or other compounds, methods and uses provided herein are burns, acute lung injury (ALI), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), ventilator induced lung injury (VILI), systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), acute kidney injury (AKI), sepsis, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS), or edema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: XiberScience GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Petzelbauer, Sonja Reingruber
  • Publication number: 20130109614
    Abstract: Enclosed is an antagonist, which includes a peptide chain represented by an amino acid sequence. The amino acid sequence has a short sequence, C-X1X2X3X4X5-N, which is situated before and neighbored to the third cysteine (Cys, C) of the N-terminus, wherein X1 is an amino acid with aromatic ring, hydrophobic property or long chain, and X2, X3, X4 and X5 are glutamine (G), serine (S), alanine (A) and proline (P) respectively. In one embodiment, X1 is phenylalanine (F). The present antagonists can be used to inhibit or treat with the diseases caused by the activated cells expressing CXCR1 and/or CXCR2 receptor, for example, the acute or chronic inflammatory reaction induced with polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) expressing CXCR1 and/or CXCR2 receptor, and angiogenesis accompanied by tumor growth inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Jya-Wei Cheng, Kuo-Chun Huang, Hsi-Tsung Cheng, Hui-Yuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20130085096
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for modulating the growth state of an lung tissue, or a cell thereof, e.g., by ectopically contacting the tissue, in vitro or in vivo, with a hedgehog therapeutic, a ptc therapeutic, or an FGF-10 therapeutic in an amount effective to alter the rate (promote or inhibit) of proliferation of cells in the lung tissue, e.g., relative to the absence of administeration of the hedgehog therapeutic or ptc therapeutic. The subject method can be used, for example, to modulate the growth state of epithelial and/or mesenchymal cells of a lung tissue, such as may be useful as part of a regimen for prevention of a disease state, or in the treatment of an existing disease state or other damage to the lung tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Carmen Pepicelli, Paula Lewis, Andrew P. McMahon
  • Publication number: 20130079275
    Abstract: Reconstituted surfactants comprising a lipid carrier, a polypeptide analog of the native surfactant protein SP-C, and a polypeptide analog of the native surfactant protein SP-B are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of RDS and other respiratory disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: JAN JOHANSSON, TORE CURSTEDT, LENA STALAND JONSSON, JOAKIM ROBERTSON, SOEREN ROBERTSON, MAGNUS ROBERTSON, CHARLOTTE ROBERTSON, GERTIE ROBERTSON GROSSMANN
  • Patent number: 8399406
    Abstract: Reconstituted pulmonary surfactants comprising a lipid carrier, a combination of polypeptide analog of the native surfactant protein SP-C with a particular polypeptide analog of the native surfactant protein SP-B may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of RDS and other respiratory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fausto Pivetti, Monica Bocchi, Annamaria Soliani Raschini
  • Publication number: 20130064835
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating a RAGE-related disorder in a subject afflicted therewith comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antagonist of rho-associated protein kinase 1 (ROCK1) so as to thereby treat the RAGE-related disorder. A method is also provided for treating a ROCK1-related disorder in a subject afflicted therewith comprising administering to the subject therapeutically effective amount of antagonist of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) so as to thereby treat the ROCK-related disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Ann Marie Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8372799
    Abstract: A protein which is composed N-terminally of one or several C-terminal parts of the amino acid sequence of the mature tumor necrosis factor and C-terminally of one or several N-terminal parts of the amino acid sequence of the mature tumor necrosis factor, which activates epithelial ion channels and improves the lung function and which can be used for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of diseases associated with the lung function, such as oedemas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Apeptico Forschung und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Fischer, Rudolf Lucas
  • Publication number: 20130005644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclic or constrained acyclic compounds which modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors and are useful in the treatment of conditions mediated by G protein-coupled receptors, for example, inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: PROMICS PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: David FAIRLIE, Stephen Maxwell Taylor, Angela Monique Finch, Allan Wong
  • Publication number: 20120328635
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to chaperonin 10 N-terminal variants. More specifically, the invention relates to chaperonin 10 N-terminal variants with enhanced immunomodulatory capacity and/or enhanced binding affinity for pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and/or damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: CBio Limited
    Inventors: Dean Jason Naylor, Richard James Brown, Christopher Bruce Howard, Christopher John De Bakker, Jeanette Elizabeth Stok, Andrew Leigh James, Daniel Scott Lambert, Kylie Jane Ralston, Walter Rene Antonius Van Heumen, Linda Allison Ward
  • Publication number: 20120328632
    Abstract: This invention relates to the inhibition of intercellular adhesion mediated by L-selectin by administering a newly identified L-selectin ligand, CD34. More particularly, the invention concerns a method for inhibiting leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells by administering an effective amount of an isolated, purified CD34 polypeptide or an antibody capable of binding native CD34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence A. Lasky, Susanne Baumhueter, Steven D. Rosen, Mark S. Singer
  • Patent number: 8337815
    Abstract: Synthetic pulmonary surfactant compositions comprising dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and essentially neutral lipid, and having essentially no 1-palmitoyl 2-oleoyl phosphatidylglycerol and essentially no palmitic acid are provided. Methods for treating respiratory disease are also provided comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a synthetic pulmonary surfactant comprising dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and essentially neutral lipid, and having essentially no 1-palmitoyl 2-oleoyl phosphatidylglycerol and essentially no palmitic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Maithili Rairkar, Rom E Eliaz, Ralph Niven, Mark E. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120321701
    Abstract: The application provides Ang-(1-7) receptor agonist peptides and their use for treating acute lung injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CHARITÉ-UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventors: Thomas Walther, Wolfgang Kuebler
  • Publication number: 20120302493
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic compounds which have the ability to modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors. The compounds preferably act as antagonists. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides cyclic peptidic and peptidomimetic antagonists of C5a receptors, which are active against C5a receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages. The compounds of the invention are both potent and selective, and are useful in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Promics PTY Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Maxwell Taylor, Ian Alexander Shiels, David Fairlie, Darren March, Michael W. Whitehouse
  • Publication number: 20120289452
    Abstract: A method for treating and/or preventing cell necrosis and diseases associated therewith, comprising the inhibition of one or more elastase enzymes within said cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Ilana Nathan
    Inventors: Ilana NATHAN, Alexandra Lichtenstein
  • Publication number: 20120283167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing the inflammatory effects of viral infection of the upper and lower respiratory tracts, including infection by SARS coronovirus (SARS), pandemic Influenza A H5N1 (avian influenza) and pandemic influenza A H1N1 (swine 'flu).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Wynne Weston-Davies
  • Publication number: 20120277142
    Abstract: Provided is a modified human tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 polypeptide or a fragment thereof that binds to a tumor necrosis factor in vivo or ex vivo. The modified human tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 polypeptide or fragment exhibits improved ability to bind tumor necrosis factor and resistance to proteases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: HANALL BIOPHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Wuk Kim, Sung Soo Jun, Seung Kook Park, Song Young Kim, Eun Sun Kim, Jae Kap Jeong, Ha Na Kim, Yeon Jung Song
  • Publication number: 20120264676
    Abstract: An antioxidant compound is disclosed, along with pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment which utilize said compound. The compound is characterized by a peptide including at least three amino acid residues of which at least two are cysteine residues, and a first hydrophobic or non-charged moiety being attached to an amino terminal of the peptide via a first bond and a second hydrophobic or non-charged moiety being attached to a carboxy terminal of the peptide via a second bond, as described herein. Cleavage of the peptide by an intracellular peptidase results in generation of a plurality of antioxidant species, each including one of the cysteine residues, thereby providing for a plurality of different antioxidant species acting in synergy in exerting antioxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventor: Daphne ATLAS
  • Publication number: 20120252743
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of making and using compounds of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein n is an integer between 1 and 2 inclusively; m is an integer between 0 and 2 inclusively; X is selected from the group consisting of CH or N; R1 is selected from the group consisting of —CH2NH2, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —OH, —NH2 and acetyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of —H, benzyloxycarbonyl and benzylsulfonyl; and R4 is selected from the group consisting of —OH, wherein p is an integer between 0 and 2 inclusively, Y is selected from the group consisting of —O—, —S—, —S(?O)—, —SO2—, methylene, —CH(OH)—, —CH(NH2)—, —CH(CH2—OH)—, —CH(CH2—NH2)— or —N(R6)—, R5 is selected from the group consisting of —H or a simple (C1-C3) alkyl and R6 is selected from the group consisting of —H, a simple (C1-C3) alkyl or a simple (C1-C3) acyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Herold, Stjepan Jelakovic, Mohammed Daghish, Claudia Reichelt, Alexander Schulze, Andrea Schweinitz, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Adel Rafai Far, Ting Kang
  • Patent number: 8268331
    Abstract: The invention provides gp38 polypeptides, which play a role in immunomodulation, nucleic acid molecules encoding these polypeptides, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods employing these polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules. The invention also provides methods for identifying compounds that modulate the biological activities of gp38 nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides, and therapeutic methods employing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Viron Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant McFadden, Karim Essani
  • Publication number: 20120225808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating TRPV1 activity-related or inflammation-related, diseases or conditions, containing a Maillard peptide separated from well-aged traditional soy sauce as an active ingredient. The Maillard peptide according to the present invention functions both as a TRPV1 agonist and a TRPV1 antagonist, and thus functions as a TRPV1 activity modulator. Therefore, the present Maillard peptide can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating TRPV1 activity-related diseases such as pain, neurological diseases, urgent defecation, inflammatory bowel disease, respiratory diseases, urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, neurogenic/allergic/inflammatory skin diseases, skin, eye or mucosal irritation, hyperacusis, tinnitus, vestibular hypersensitivity, heart disease, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, KOREA FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mee-Ra Rhyu, Ah-Young Song, Eun-Young Kim, Seog Bae Oh, YoungJoo Lee, Won Chung Lim
  • Publication number: 20120196789
    Abstract: The present invention provides peptide-based peroxidase inhibitors having the formula AA1-AA2-AA3, wherein AA1 is a positively charged, negatively charged or neutral amino acid, AA2 is a redox active amino acid, and AA3 is an amino acid possessing a reducing potential such that AA3 is capable of undergoing a redox reaction with a radical of amino acid AA2 or a retro or retro-inverso analog thereof. The result of such a combination is a highly effective inhibitor of peroxidase activity that has potent anti-inflammatory properties in widely diverse models of vascular disease and injury. Exemplary tripeptides effectively inhibit peroxidase mediated LDL oxidation, increase vasodilation in SCD mice, inhibit eosinophil infiltration and collagen deposition in asthma mice, inhibit acute lung injury, and decrease ischemic injury of the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Yang Shi, Hao Xu, Kirkwood A. Pritchard, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120196790
    Abstract: The present application relates to cyclic depsipeptides, or derivatives thereof, having the structure of formula (I), and uses thereof, e.g. as inhibitors of kallikrein 7 and human neutrophil elastase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Philipp KRASTEL, Brigitta-Maria LIECHTY, Josef Gottfried MEINGASSNER, Esther SCHMITT, Erwin Paul SCHREINER
  • Publication number: 20120189673
    Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptides comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from a naturally occurring protein which modulates blood coagulation, or a fragment, variant, fusion or derivative thereof, or a fusion of said fragment, variant or derivative thereof, for use in the treatment or prevention of inflammation and/or excessive coagulation of the blood. Related aspects of the invention provide isolated polypeptides comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 11, or a fragment, variant, fusion or derivative thereof, or a fusion of said fragment, variant or derivative thereof which exhibit an anti-inflammatory and/or anti-coagulant activity, together with isolated nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells for making the same. Additionally provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polypeptide of the invention, as well as methods of use of the same in the treatment and/or prevention of inflammation and/or excessive coagulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Martina Kalle, Nils Martin Malmsten, Praveen Papareddy, Victoria Rydengard, Artur Schmidtchen, Björn Ulrik Walse
  • Patent number: 8222202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of novel compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of, inter alia, conditions associated with critical care sepsis, septic shock, hepatorenal syndrome type I, hypertension induced by endstage venal disease, severe burns, thermal injury as well as to a method for treatment of the conditions by administering the compounds. The compounds used are represented by the general formula (1), as further defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ferring B.V.
    Inventors: Regent Laporte, Pierre J. M. Riviere
  • Publication number: 20120164123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a subject with pulmonary disease including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide including at least one arginine residue susceptible to ADP-ribosylation and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). In some embodiments, the polypeptide and/or NAD is administered via inhalation. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition including at least one polypeptide (such as HNP-1) and NAD. The disclosure also provides in vitro methods of producing a polypeptide with altered activity, including contacting the polypeptide with NAD and an arginine-specific mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase (for example, ART1) to produce a polypeptide including at least one ADP-ribosylated arginine residue, incubating the ADP-ribosylated polypeptide under conditions sufficient for conversion of at least one ADP-ribosylated arginine residue to ornithine, and isolating the ornithine-containing polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Joel Moss, Linda Stevens, Rodney L. Levine
  • Patent number: 8206745
    Abstract: A nonaqueous, single-phase vehicle that is capable of suspending an active agent. The nonaqueous, single-phase vehicle includes at least one solvent and at least one polymer and is formulated to exhibit phase separation upon contact with an aqueous environment. The at least one solvent may be selected from the group consisting of benzyl benzoate, decanol, ethyl hexyl lactate, and mixtures thereof and the at least one polymer may be selected from the group consisting of a polyester, pyrrolidone, ester of an unsaturated alcohol, ether of an unsaturated alcohol, polyoxyethylenepolyoxypropylene block copolymer, and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the at least one solvent is benzyl benzoate and the at least one polymer is polyvinylpyrrolidone. A stable, nonaqueous suspension formulation that includes the nonaqueous, single-phase vehicle and an active agent, and a method of forming the same, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine M. Rohloff, Guohua Chen, Andrew S. Luk, Rupal A. Ayer, Paul R. Houston, Michael A. Desjardin, Pauline Zamora, Stan Lam
  • Publication number: 20120135916
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for determining progression of a condition, onset of a condition, or efficacy of treatment of a condition characterized by an adipocyte imbalance in a patient. In addition, methods are disclosed of treating diabetes, abnormal adipocyte activity, and insulin resistance using monomeric, homodimeric, and heterodimeric forms of certain C-terminal fragments of adiponectin receptor. In addition, methods of treating abnormal adipocyte activity, treating metabolic syndrome, causing insulin secretion, increasing insulin levels, inhibiting insulin degradation enzyme, treating Alzheimer's disease, treating cardiovascular disease associated with adiponectin levels, inhibiting ADAM-17 enzyme, inhibiting a protease, treating a condition associated with TNF-alpha, and treating a condition associated with HER2-neu are disclosed. Compositions, dosage forms, and kits are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Pugia, Rui Ma
  • Patent number: 8178489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of Aviptadil and its derivatives. The stability of the Aviptadil formulation was shown to be improved by a formulation having a defined concentration of Aviptadil prepared in a buffer having a defined pH range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: MondoBiotech AG
    Inventors: Gerald Bacher, Dorian Bevec