Acyclic Nitrogen Double Bonded To Acyclic Nitrogen, Acyclic Nitrogen Triple Bonded To Acyclic Nitrogen Or Azide Doai Patents (Class 514/150)
  • Publication number: 20130210773
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to indole compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Craig W. Lindsley
  • Publication number: 20130210774
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: EMORY UNIVERSITY, RFS PHARMA, LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Coats, Franck Amblard, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Tamara Rosario McBrayer, Raymond F. Schinazi, Junxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20130210772
    Abstract: Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments, and methods of using such pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: COLBY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Hirak S. Basu, David A. Zarling, George Wilding, Farideh Mehraein-Ghomi, Dawn R. Church
  • Publication number: 20130209550
    Abstract: Methods of using azide-modified biomolecules, such as fatty acids, carbohydrates and lipids, to treat a plant, an insect or an animal infected with a virus or to inhibit infectivity of a virus, such as the human immunodeficiency virus, are provided. Also provided are methods of labeling a virus, such as human immunodeficiency virus, with an azide-modified biomolecule, such as a fatty acid, a carbohydrate, or an isoprenoid lipid. Also, provided are methods of tracking a virus in vivo, with an azide-modified biomolecule, such as a fatty acid, a carbohydrate, or an isoprenoid lipid. The azide-modified biomolecules may be combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to produce a pharmaceutical composition, optionally containing another anti-viral agent and/or a delivery agent, such as a liposome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Agnew, David Graham, Upinder Singh, Scott Grecian
  • Publication number: 20130210766
    Abstract: Compositions containing a small molecule therapeutic and an alkyl N,N-disubstituted amino acetate are disclosed. Inclusion of the alkyl N,N-disubstituted amino acetate enhances the pharmacokinetic properties of the small molecule therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: NEXMED HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Bassam B. Damaj, Richard Martin
  • Patent number: 8506989
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation comprising a creatine component, which has excellent bio-availability and leads to improved creatine retention in the human and animal body. The present invention further relates to a method for the production of said preparation, and to the use thereof as a nutritional supplement, functional food, animal feed additive, pharmaceutical, and as an additive for cosmetic and dermatologic formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: AlzChem Trostberg GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gastner, Frauke Warrikoff, Barbara Nieβ, Josef Fuest
  • Publication number: 20130202654
    Abstract: A topical foam pharmaceutical composition for rectal administration comprising rifaximin in the form of nanosized particles is described. Also described is a method of making the composition and the use of the composition to as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: CIPLA LIMITED
    Inventors: Amar Lulla, Geena Malhotra, Shrinivas Madhukar Purandare
  • Publication number: 20130203709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to acylsulfonamides and processes for their preparation. The processes involve a target-guided synthesis approach, whereby a thioacid and a sulfonyl azide are reacted in the presence of a biological target protein, a Bcl-2 family protein, to form the acylsulfonamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicants: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Roman Manetsch, Sameer Kulkarni, Iredia D. Iyamu, Hong-Gang Wang, Kenichiro Doi, Wayne Guida, Daniel Santiago, Courtney du Boulay
  • Publication number: 20130184241
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which can regulate VCP activity. The present invention provides the compound of formula (I) (R is as defined in the description) or oxides, esters, prodrugs, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The compounds can regulate VCP activity, and thus are useful for treating VCP-mediated diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akira Kakizuka, Seiji Hori, Toshiyuki Shudo, Tomohiro Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8476249
    Abstract: Invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia in a human, in need thereof which comprises the in vivo administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide or a non-peptide TPO receptor agonist and an anti-clotting agent or agents, and optional further active ingredients, to such human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline LLC
    Inventors: Connie L. Erickson-Miller, Michael Arning
  • Patent number: 8466131
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I: (I) has activity as a cannabinoid receptor antagonist. In Formula 1, R1 is unsubstituted or substituted aryl, unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl; R2 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl, or unsubstituted or substituted heteroaryl; and R3 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted heteroaralkyl; with the proviso that at least one of Ri and R3 is other than unsubstituted aralkyl or R2 is other than unsubstituted aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xiangqun Xie, Jianzhong Chen, Yuxun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130150332
    Abstract: 9-aminonoscapine, prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions including 9-aminonoscapine, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. 9-aminonoscapine is a noscapine analog that can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers, by binding tubulin and inducing apoptosis selectively in tumor cells (ovarian and T-cell lymphoma) resistant to paclitaxel, vinblastine and teniposide. 9-aminonoscapine can perturb the progression of cell cycle by mitotic arrest, followed by apoptotic cell death associated with increased caspase-3 activation and appearance of TUNEL-positive cells. Thus, 9-aminonoscapine is a novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers, including ovarian and T-cell lymphoma cancers, even those that have become drug-resistant to currently available chemotherapeutic drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: EMORY UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Emory University
  • Patent number: 8445466
    Abstract: The present invention provides amide-protected creatine molecules and compositions, containing one or more bioactive forms of creatine in aqueous compositions, wherein bioactive forms of creatine do not appreciably degrade into creatinine. Also provided are various beneficial effects of administering aqueous compositions having at least one amide-protected creatine molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventor: John H. Owoc
  • Publication number: 20130123216
    Abstract: The present invention provides cyclic nitro compound, pharmaceutical compositions of cyclic nitro compounds and methods of using cyclic nitro compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent diseases or disorders characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC., RADIORX, INC., C/O INTERWEST VENTURE PARTNERS
    Inventors: RADIORX, INC., C/O INTERWEST VENTURE PA, ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
  • Publication number: 20130115257
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating biofilms and diseases associated with amyloidosis such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, and Type 2 diabetes, by destroying amyloid fibrils in a two-step treatment are disclosed. The first step consists of binding to the amyloid fibril an intercalating molecule with a negatively charged group such as Congo red. The second step consists of adding metal ions, such as silver, gold(I), copper(I), palladium or lead ions or metal colloids of silver or gold, which destabilize the amyloid-dye complex. This process results in a disintegration of the fibril into peptide monomers and small aggregates of monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Maarten Gysemans, Johan Snauwaert, Chris Van Haesendonck
  • Publication number: 20130078186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable as modulators of protein misfolding and/or protein aggregation. The compounds are particularly suitable as inhibitors of amyloid aggregate formation and/or modulators of amyloid surface properties, and/or as activators of degradation or reduction of amyloid aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MAX-DELBRUECK-CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN
    Inventors: Erich Wanker, Thomas Wiglenda, Julius Tachu Babila, Annett Boeddrich, Michael Schmidt, Franziska Schiele
  • Patent number: 8404665
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of simultaneously treating both cancer and the Multidrug Resistance Phenotype via inhibition of cellular thiols, such as Glutathione S-Transferase (GST). This enzyme is overproduced in leukemia and solid tumor cells and is one of the main pathways involved in the Multidrug Resistance phenotype. The treatment provides for the administration of a chemically inert pro-drug, designed to be a specific substrate for the GST enzyme that, once cleaved, liberates the bioactive toxin Nitric Oxide (NO) intracellularly at the site of a malignant growth. NO then acts to inhibit the growth of the malignant cells and to induce cellular differentiation and apoptosis therein, effectively treating an existing cancerous condition. Additionally, once NO is liberated from the pro-drug, the remaining structure acts to inhibit further GST activity, providing a treatment for the Multidrug Resistant phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Paul Shami
  • Publication number: 20130065862
    Abstract: A method of increasing the bioavailability of balsalazide by administration of an oral dosage form with food is provided, as well as an article of manufacture comprising an oral dosage form of balsalazide in a suitable container and associated with printed labeling which describes the increased bioavailability of the medication in the container when taken with food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Lorin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130065864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel iridium and/or rhodium containing complexes for use as a cytotoxic, such as an anti-cancer agent. There is also provided a method of preparing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
    Inventors: Abraha Habtemariam, Zhe Liu, Joan Josep Soldevila, Ana Maria Pizarro, Peter John Sadler
  • Publication number: 20130065863
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (I) in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided is a method of treating various disorders, such as a disorder selected from the group consisting of a cardiovascular disorder, cancer, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and inflammation in a patient comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: The Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of the University of Arizona, Office of Technology Transfer, NIH
    Inventors: Katrina M. Miranda, David A. Wink, Debra J. Salmon, Debashree Basudhar, Larry K. Keefer, Joseph E. Saavedra, Daniela Andrei
  • Publication number: 20130059823
    Abstract: A compound having the structure (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R3 is hydrogen, deuterium, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R8 is hydrogen, deuterium, or C1-6alkyl; R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, —C1-6alkyl, —OH, —OC1-6alkyl, or halogen; R13 and R14 are independently —C1-6alkyl, —(CH2)1-2OH, or —OC1-6alkyl, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 4- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom and 0 or 1 oxygen atoms, wherein said ring is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or tri-substituted with halogen or —C1-6alkyl; R15 is (CR1R2)nC(O)OR16, wherein n is 0, 1 or 2, —C(O)NHCH(R17)OR16, or —C(O)NHCH(R17)C(O)NHCH(R18)C(O)OR16; R16 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or (CH2)1-2N+R19R20R21; R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, R17, R18, R19, R20, and R21 are independently hydrogen or —C1-6alkyl; and stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of stereoisomers thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Lin Yan, Pei Huo, Ravi Nargund
  • Publication number: 20130058915
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of Angelman Syndrome autism spectrum disorders are provided. The methods comprise administrating to a subject an agent that increases the expression of or increases activity of, ?-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) at neuronal synapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicants: Children's Medica Center Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Michael E. Greenberg, Paul L. Greer
  • Publication number: 20130053348
    Abstract: Chemical entities that modulate smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with smooth muscle myosin and/or non-muscle myosin are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Chihyuan (Grace) Chuang, Pu-Ping Lu, Sing Yao, Qing (Kevin) Lu, Hong Jiang, Wenyue Wang, Bradley P. Morgan, David J. Morgans, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130053352
    Abstract: A compound having the structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, —OH, —O—C1-6 alkyl, ?O, or halogen; R2 is hydrogen, C(O)OR8, C6H5C(O)OR8, (CH2)1-2OH, CR9R10OH, C(O)O(CH2)0-2 aryl, C(O)NR9R10, C(O)SO2NR9R10, C6H5OR9, W—C(O)OR8, W—OR9, Y, or P(O)(OR9)(ORlO); R3 is hydrogen or —C1-6 alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, —OH or —C(O)OR9; R5 is hydrogen or deuterium; R6 and R7 are independently —C1-6 alkyl, fluoro-substituted —C1-6 alkyl, deutero-substituted —C1-6 alkyl or —(CH2)1-2R11, wherein any carbon atom of the fluoro-substituted —C1-6 alkyl is mono- or di-substituted with fluoro, and any carbon atom of the deutero-substituted —C1-6 alkyl is mono- or di-substituted with fluoro; R8, in each instance in which it occurs, is independently hydrogen, —C1-6 alkyl, or —(CH2)2N+(CH3)3; R9 and R10, in each instance in which they occur, are independently —C1-6 alkyl; R11 is —OH, —O—C1-6 alkyl, -0CD3, —OC(O)OC1-6 alkyl, —NH2, —C6H5, —N3, or W; W is an unsubslituted 5- or 6-raembered heteroaryl ri
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Edward Metzger, Lin Yan
  • Publication number: 20130039856
    Abstract: The present invention concerns medicaments for slowing ageing. The medicaments can include an inhibitor of microbial folate biosynthesis as well as agents capable of reducing folate uptake by an animal. Examples of such medicaments include inhibitors that reduce the activity of an enzyme in the folate biosynthesis pathway, such as sulfonamides including sulfamethoxazole. The invention also concerns a food supplement, additive, functional food, or nutraceutial comprising the inhibitor or agent or composition as discussed above, as well as methods for screening for an agent for use as a medicament for slowing ageing comprising determining whether a test agent inhibits microbial folate biosynthesis, or whether the test agent reduces folate uptake by a non-human animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: University of Durham
    Inventor: David Weinkove
  • Publication number: 20130040917
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted phenazopyridines represented by Formula I. The present invention also relates to the discovery that compounds of Formula I have increased bioavailability as compared to unconjugated phenazopyridine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Pinnacle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney HECHT, Nour Eddine Fahmi, Samir D. Roy, George Bonneville
  • Patent number: 8372822
    Abstract: New polymorphs of Eltrombopag and Eltrombopag ethanolamine salt have been obtained and characterized. These polymorphs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are useful, for example, in treating conditions leading to thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O.
    Inventors: Edislav Leksic, Helena Ceric, Tina Mundorfer, Irena Zrinski Antonac, Zrinka Mastelic Samardzic
  • Publication number: 20130035284
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions involving small molecule inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of flavivirus infection, such as dengue virus and West Nile virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley J. Watowich, Suzanne M. Tomlinson, Scott Gilbertson
  • Publication number: 20130029942
    Abstract: Disclosed are 4-arylamino-quinazolines and analogs thereof that are effective as activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. The compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Myrexis, Inc.
    Inventor: Myrexis, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130029941
    Abstract: New highly functionalizable Huprine derivatives of formula I: and a method for preparing such compounds and their use for treating neurological diseases in which the level of acetylcholine is affected such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN
    Inventors: Cyril Ronco, Pierre Yves Renard, Ludovic Jean, Florian Nachon, Anthony Romieu
  • Publication number: 20130023497
    Abstract: The present invention comprises inter alia triazine compounds as shown in formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Chunlin Tao, Qinwei Wang, Tulay Polat, Laxman Nallan, Neil Desai
  • Publication number: 20130023498
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for identifying agents which modulate microRNA activity. The invention involves contacting a cell harboring a microRNA and a microRNA binding sequence, which is operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a reporter protein, with a test agent and determining whether the test agent increases or decreases the expression of the reporter protein thereby identifying a microRNA modulator. Antagonists identified by this screening assay are provided, as are methods for using the same to inhibit microRNA activity and prevent or treat disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Qihong Huang, Alexander Deiters, Kiranmai Gumireddy
  • Patent number: 8357673
    Abstract: A series of mono- and binuclear 4-arylazo-3,5-diamino-pyrazoles which are useful for inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases (preferably CDK9). Hence they can be used as antimitotic-, pro-apoptotic and antiinflammatory drugs, in particular, in chemotherapy of cancer and asthma, therapy of psoriasis and parasitoses as those caused by fungi or protists, treatment of Alzheimer's disease or as antineurodegenerative drugs, or to suppress immunostimulation. These compounds are useful in a variety of utilities, including as intermediates in the preparation of flame-retardants, diagnostic reagents and therapeutics, including antivirals and immunosuppressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci
    Inventors: Petr Cankar, Iveta Frysova, Vladimir Krystof, Rene Lenobel, Jan Slouka, Miroslav Strnad, Peter Martin Fischer
  • Publication number: 20130005693
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns the reduction of protein aggregation in the neurons of a mammal through the use of a ketogenic treatment such as a ketogenic diet, a physical training regimen and/or administration of agents to increase fatty acid oxidation. Such ketogenic treatment can be useful in the reduction of certain aggregates including amyloid ? peptide, polyglutamine containing huntintin protein, polyglutamine containing androgen receptor, polyglutamine containing atrophin-1, polyglutamine containing ataxins, ?-synclein, prion protein, tau and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ACCERA, INC.
    Inventor: Samuel T. Henderson
  • Patent number: 8343934
    Abstract: Classes of compounds that exhibit effective inhibition of autotaxin enzymes are provided. Such classes include naphthalenesulfones, phenylsulfones, and certain peptides with unnatural amino acids and exhibit reactivity with autotaxin to ultimately reduce the size of the reactive sites thereon to prevent conversion of lysophosphatidyl choline to lysophophatidic acid. Furthermore, such compounds can be incorporated within delivery forms for human ingestion. As such, these compounds accord an excellent manner of potentially reducing generation of certain cancers attributable to the presence of naturally occurring autotaxin within the human body. Methods of inactivating autotaxin to certain degrees therewith such compounds are encompassed within invention as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: University of Memphis
    Inventors: Abby Louise Parrill-Baker, Daniel Lee Baker, Elton Jeffrey North
  • Patent number: 8338392
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for identifying agents which modulate microRNA activity. The invention involves contacting a cell harboring a microRNA and a microRNA binding sequence, which is operably linked to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a reporter protein, with a test agent increases or decreases the expression of the reporter protein thereby identifying a microRNA modulator. Antagonists identified by this screening assay are provided, as are methods for using the same to inhibit microRNA activity and prevent or treat disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: The Wistar Institute, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Qihong Huang, Alexander Deiters, Kiranmai Gumireddy
  • Patent number: 8338140
    Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for delivery of therapeutic agents to target cells, tissues or organisms. In preferred embodiments, the therapeutic agents are delivered in the form of therapeutic-loaded polymers that may comprise many copies of one or more therapeutic agents. In more preferred embodiments, the polymer may be conjugated to a peptide moiety that contains one or more haptens, such as HSG. The agent-polymer-peptide complex may be delivered to target cells by, for example, a pre-targeting technique utilizing bispecific or multispecific antibodies or fragments, having at least one binding arm that recognizes the hapten and at least a second binding arm that binds specifically to a disease or pathogen associated antigen, such as a tumor associated antigen. Methods for synthesizing and using such therapeutic-loaded polymers and their conjugates are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Immunomedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Serengulam V. Govindan, Sung-Ju Moon, David M. Goldenberg, Chien-Hsing Chang
  • Publication number: 20120309717
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which inhibit poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (“PARP”), compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these PARP inhibitors to treat, prevent and/or ameliorate the effects of the conditions described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: EISAI INC.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Kalish, Jie Zhang, Weizheng Xu, Jia-He Li, Amy Dongxia Xing, Qun Liu
  • Publication number: 20120294938
    Abstract: Any pharmaceutical preparation for oral administration with controlled release of active ingredient in the small bowel, on the basis of active ingredient carriers provided with at least one active ingredient which are provided with an inner layer to control the release of active ingredient and with a gastro-resistant coating layer disposed thereon, which is characterized in that the inner layer is formed from at least two diffusion layers whose permeability for the diffusing active ingredient decreases from the inside to the outside, and a method for the production thereof, are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Dr. R. Pflefger Chemische Fabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd JUNG, Albert SCHAUPP
  • Patent number: 8314082
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bisphenyl compounds that are useful for inhibiting the ADP-ribosyl cyclase (ADPR-cyclase). More particularly, the disclosed compounds can be used for treatment and prevention of hypertension, hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy, diabetes, and diabetic nephropathy, in which pathogenesis ADPR-cyclase is involved. The compounds and compositions of the invention can be used for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, particularly, hypertension or diabetes related disorders, such as, hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy, diabetic nephropathy, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University
    Inventors: Uh-Hyun Kim, Ho-Jeong Kwon, Mie-Jae Im, Seon-Young Kim, Kwang-Hyun Park, So-Young Rah, Tae-Sik Nam, Byung-Ju Kim, Gul Rukhsana
  • Patent number: 8288365
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted phenazopyridines represented by Formula I. The present invention also relates to the discovery that compounds of Formula I have increased bioavailability as compared to unconjugated phenazopyridine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Pinnacle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney Hecht, Nour Eddine Fahmi, Samir D. Roy, George Bonneville
  • Publication number: 20120232039
    Abstract: A compound having the structure useful for treating hypertension, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), congestive heart failure, conditions resulting from excessive water retention, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, cirrhosis, pre-eclampsia, osteoporosis or nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Amjad ALI, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Brent Whitehead, Shrenik K. Shah, Lin Yan, Timothy J. Henderson, Zack Zhiqiang Guo
  • Patent number: 8263579
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds obtained by fermentation of Myxobacteria strain (PM0670013/MTCC 5570). The present invention further relates to the processes for the production of the novel anti-inflammatory compounds, to the culture no. PM0670013 (MTCC 5570), and to pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention as an active ingredient and its use in medicines for the treatment of inflammatory diseases or disorders mediated by proinflammatory cytokines such as Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-?) and/or interleukins such as IL-6, having anti-inflammatory activity The invention also includes all stereoisomeric forms of compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Piramal Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Koteppa Pari, Girish Badrinath Mahajan, Nidhi Tomar, Vijaya Phani Kumar Yemparala, Asha Adrian Kulkarni-Almeida, Saji George
  • Publication number: 20120213772
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method for identifying a biomarker in a fecal sample of a subject in need of such identification comprising: determining whether a fecal sample collected from a subject comprises a biomarker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Janet R. Jansson, Benjamin Willing, Phillippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Agnes Fekete, Marianna Lucio
  • Patent number: 8246942
    Abstract: The invention relates to synergistic mixtures of o-phenylphenol with other microbicidally active compounds, such as bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanedial), 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Wachtler, Martin Kugler
  • Patent number: 8242144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring polyphenol compounds that upregulate the expression of Apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I). The disclosed compositions and methods can be used for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol or lipid related disorders, such as, e.g., atherosclerosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Resverlogix Corp.
    Inventors: Norman C. W. Wong, Joseph E. L. Tucker, Henrik C. Hansen, Fabrizio S. Chiacchia, David McCaffrey
  • Publication number: 20120203102
    Abstract: This invention is directed to non-benzenoid aromatic compounds. Other aspects include methods of using non-benzenoid aromatic compounds for imaging and phototherapeutic uses thereof. Non-benzenoid compounds provided herein generally have one or more substituent groups which allow tailoring of the spectral properties or provide photoreactivity or targeting ability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: MALLINCKRODT LLC
    Inventor: Raghavan Rajagopalan
  • Publication number: 20120190651
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds obtained by fermentation of Myxobacteria strain (PM0670013/MTCC 5570). The present invention further relates to the processes for the production of the novel anti-inflammatory compounds, to the culture no. PM0670013 (MTCC 5570), and to pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the present invention as an active ingredient and its use in medicines for the treatment of inflammatory diseases or disorders mediated by proinflammatory cytokines such as Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-?) and/or interleukins such as IL-6, having anti-inflammatory activity The invention also includes all stereoisomeric forms of compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Koteppa Pari, Girish Badrinath Mahajan, Nidhi Tomar, Vijaya Phani Kumar Yemparala, Asha Adrian Kulkarni-Almeida, Saji George
  • Publication number: 20120178723
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of formula IA-a or IB-a and subsets thereof: wherein Z, HY, R1, R2, G1, W, n, and A and subsets thereof are as described in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of PI3K and are thus useful for treating proliferative, inflammatory, or cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirose, Zhigen Hu, Yongbo Hu, Hong Myung Lee, Zhan Shi, Stepan Vyskocil, Tianlin Xu
  • Patent number: 8217021
    Abstract: New polymorphs of Eltrombopag and Eltrombopag ethanolamine salt have been obtained and characterized. These polymorphs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are useful, for example, in treating conditions leading to thrombocytopenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O.
    Inventors: Edislav Leksic, Helena Ceric, Tina Mundorfer, Irena Zrinski Antonac, Zrinka Mastelic Samardzic