Cyclopeptide Utilizing Patents (Class 514/19.9)
  • Patent number: 10967042
    Abstract: Provided herein are peptidomimetic macrocycles containing amino acid sequences with at least two modified amino acids that form an intramolecular cross-link that can help to stabilize a secondary structure of the amino acid sequence. Suitable sequences for stabilization include those with homology to the p53 protein. These sequences can bind to the MDM2 and/or MDMX proteins. Also provided herein are methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of diseases and disorders, such as cancers or other disorders characterized by a low level or low activity of a p53 protein or high level of activity of a MDM2 and/or MDMX protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AILERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Guerlavais, Carl Elkin, Huw M. Nash, Tomi K. Sawyer, Bradford J. Graves, Eric Feyfant
  • Patent number: 10709757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting angiogenesis, containing neo-N-methylsansalvamide (NMSSV), which is a cyclic pentadepsipeptide, as an effective ingredient, and specifically, since the NMSSV of the present invention has excellent activity which inhibits cell migration and tube formation associated with angiogenesis, and concentration-dependently inhibits angiogenesis induced by a vascular endothelial growth factor, it is expected that the NMSSV of the present invention may inhibit angiogenesis and be usefully used as a therapeutic agent for various diseases in which angiogenesis is abnormally regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CHUNG-ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chan Lee, Sung-Kwon Moon, Jee Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 10471120
    Abstract: Methods for treating solid tumor, determined to lack a p53 deactivation mutation, in a subject are provided. Also provided are peptidomimetic macrocycles for use in treatment of a solid tumor, determined to lack a p53 deactivation mutation, in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AILERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hubert Chen, David Allen Annis, Yong Chang, Manuel Aivado, Karen Olson, Chris J. Viau
  • Publication number: 20150132396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient and a coating. The invention also relates to the use of the formulation in the treatment and prevention of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SIGMOID PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Ivan Coulter, Vincenzo Aversa, Mónica Rosa, Bernard Francis McDonald
  • Publication number: 20150126450
    Abstract: Novel peptoid oligomers are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following formula Ia or Ib: The peptoid oligomers are prepared as modulators of androgen receptor (AR), and may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions and used for the prevention or treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals, including humans, associated with unwanted or aberrant AR activity. The present peptoid oligomers are particularly valuable for the treatment of subjects with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kent Kirshenbaum, Paul Michael Levine, Michael John Garabedian
  • Publication number: 20150105328
    Abstract: The invention concerns peptoid-peptide hybrids that may act as protein interaction inhibitors (PPIIs). Another aspect of the invention concerns a method for treating a disorder (e.g., an oncologic disorder) in a human or animal subject, comprising administering an effective amount of a peptoid-peptide hybrid (a peptoid body) of the invention, or a composition comprising a peptoid-peptide hybrid, to the subject in need thereof. Another aspect of the subject invention concerns a method for killing or inhibiting the growth of cells (e.g., cancer cells or malaria-infected cells), comprising contacting a cancer cell in vitro or in vivo with an effective amount of a peptoid-peptide hybrid, or a composition comprising the peptoid-peptide hybrid. Another aspect of the invention concerns a method for producing a peptoid-peptide hybrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: MARK MCLAUGHLIN, PRIYESH JAIN
  • Publication number: 20150087577
    Abstract: Template-fixed ?-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I) wherein Z is a template-fixed chain of 12, 14 or 18 ?-amino acid residues which, depending on their positions in the chain (counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid), are Gly, NMeGly, Pro or Pip, or of certain types which, as the remaining symbols in the above formula, are defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have CXCR4 antagonizing properties These ?-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: Universität Zürich, POLYPHOR LTD.
    Inventors: Jürg Zumbrunn, Steven J. Demarco, Sergio Lociuro, Jan Wim Vrijbloed, Frank Gombert, Reshmi Mukherjee, Kerstin Moehle, Daniel Obrecht, John Anthony Robinson, Heiko Henze, Barbara Romagnoli, Christian Ludin
  • Patent number: 8987414
    Abstract: Provided herein are peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Guerlavais, Christopher R. Conlee, Scott Paul Lentini
  • Publication number: 20150080312
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated, compound of Formula (1) or derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also includes all isomeric and tautomeric forms of the compound of Formula (1) or the derivatives thereof. The present invention further relates to processes for the production of the compound of Formula (1) by fermentation of the fungal strain of Actinomycetes (PM0895172/MTCC 684), pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound of Formula (1) as the active ingredient; and use of the compounds or composition containing them in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Prabhu Dutt Mishra, Sreekumar Sankaranarayanan Eyyammadichiyl, Saji David George, Shailendra Sonawane, Narayan Subhash Chakor, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Rajiv Sharma
  • Patent number: 8980838
    Abstract: Cyclic peptidomimetics that inhibit the interaction between MLL1 and WDR5 are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting MLL1 activity and methods of treating cancers also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Hacer Karatas, Yali Dou, Elizabeth Townsend, Denzil Bernard, Fang Cao
  • Publication number: 20150065434
    Abstract: Provided herein are cyclic peptide inhibitors of lysine-specific demethylase 1. These cyclic peptides have the potential to treat cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Patrick M. WOSTER, Isuru R. KUMARASINGHE
  • Publication number: 20150051155
    Abstract: Provided herein are peptidomimetic macrocycles containing amino acid sequences with at least two modified amino acids that form an intramolecular cross-link that can help to stabilize a secondary structure of the amino acid sequence. Suitable sequences for stabilization include those with homology to the p53 protein. These sequences can bind to the MDM2 and/or MDMX proteins. Also provided herein are methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of diseases and disorders, such as cancers or other disorders characterized by a low level or low activity of a p53 protein or high level of activity of a MDM2 and/or MDMX protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Vincent GUERLAVAIS, Carl ELKIN, Huw M. NASH, Tomi K. SAWYER, Bradford J. GRAVES, Eric FEYFANT
  • Publication number: 20150051157
    Abstract: Provided herein are formulations of romidepsin. Also provided are methods for producing these formulations and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the formulation is a combination of romidepsin and mannitol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Lianfeng HUANG, Ho-Wah HUI, Victor PEYKOV, Willard R. FOSS, Vijay NARINGREKAR, Mei LAI
  • Patent number: 8957027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to deacetylase inhibitor (e.g., histone deacetylase inhibitor) therapies and demonstrates that individuals with low electrolyte levels may have increased susceptibility to certain unwanted side effects such as cardiac side effects. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods of administering DAC or DAC inhibitor therapy that includes electrolyte supplementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: William McCulloch, Richard L. Piekarz, Susan E. Bates
  • Publication number: 20150038430
    Abstract: The present invention provides biologically active peptidomimetic macrocycles for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders such as cancer and immunoproliferative disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Huw M NASH, David Allen ANNIS, Rosana KAPELLER-LIBERMANN, Tomi K. SAWYER, Noriyuki KAWAHATA, Jiawen HAN
  • Publication number: 20150037249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for delivering at least one agent unto or into a biological sample or a biological subject. The methods comprise a step of contacting the biological sample or subject with a payload-carrying nanostructure. The nanostructure can be a porous low density nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Aihua Fu
  • Publication number: 20150017259
    Abstract: Integrin interaction inhibitors using a beta-turn promoter are described herein. These peptides are useful in treating cancer, such as multiple myeloma, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the integrin interaction inhibitor. Data show that integrin interaction inhibitors act synergistically or additively interact with anti-proliferative agents such as doxorubicin, SAHA, arsenic trioxide, and etoposide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: LORI HAZLEHURST, MARK MCLAUGHLIN, PRIYESH JAIN, WILLIAM S. DALTON
  • Publication number: 20140371159
    Abstract: In vitro method to modify the deplexion profile of Treg Cells present in a total splenocyte population of a biological sample comprising isolating, cultivating and submitting the splenocyte at a ATP medium and polymyx B, where the splenocytes at concentrations of Polymyxin B in the range 0.1 ?g/ml to 100 ?g/ml, and combined use of Polymyxin B and ATP to prepare a medicament useful in the treatment tumor or cancer mammals, where cancer is melamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
    Inventors: Claudio Acuna, Claudio Capelli, Claudio Coddou, Alejandro Escobar, Monica Imarai, Yohana Labra, Ximena Lopez, Miguel Rios, Mercedes Lopez
  • Publication number: 20140341849
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of determining the prognosis of a breast cancer patient by evaluating the activity of the glucocorticoid receptor in tumor cells. Other embodiment include methods of treating breast cancer cells, particularly, chemo-resistant cells, with a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist and an anticancer agent or compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Deng PAN, Masha Kocherginsky, Suzanne D. Conzen
  • Patent number: 8883718
    Abstract: Provided is a cyclic peptide which comprises: (i) a CDK4 peptide region; and (ii) a cell-penetrating region; wherein the CDK4 peptide region comprises the amino acid sequence P1R1x1y1R2P2V (SEQ ID NO: 1), in which P1 and P2 are each proline, R1 and R2 are each arginine and each of x1 and y1 are either a linker or proline, wherein if x1 is a linker then y1 is proline or if x1 is proline then y1 is a linker, or wherein x1 and y1 when taken together form a linker, and wherein V may be present or absent; and wherein the cell-penetrating region is capable of enhancing the uptake of the cyclic peptide or a part thereof into cancer cells and comprises an amphiphilic amino acid sequence; and wherein the cyclic peptide or a part thereof is cytotoxic to and/or inhibiting to the growth of a cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Theryte Limited
    Inventors: Hilmar Meek Warenius, William Ure Primrose
  • Publication number: 20140322332
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved compositions for cellular delivery of peptides. Using segments of only 3-5 positively-charged residues, one can effectively transfer peptides, including therapeutic peptides, into cells. Also provided are modified peptides such as those include stapled and cyclized peptide technology, as well as peptoids/peptidomimetics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: GENUS ONCOLOGY, LLC, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Donald W. KUFE, Surender KHARBANDA
  • Patent number: 8859502
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating MLL-rearranged ALL by administering to a patient an HDAC inhibitor alone or in combination with a DNA demethylating agent. Also provided are methods of treating MLL-rearranged infant ALL. Methods of treating cells by these agents are also provided. Additionally, disclosed is a method for screening for compounds capable to treat MLL-rearranged ALL, in particular, MLL-rearranged infant ALL. In one embodiment, the HDAC inhibitor is romidepsin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Stam, Dominique J. P. M. Stumpel
  • Patent number: 8859723
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Guerlavais, Noriyuki Kawahata
  • Patent number: 8853151
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions and applications for efficient, site-specific drug delivery using pro-drug complexes comprising one or more functional groups (e.g., imaging agents, targeting agents, and trigger agents) conjugated with a therapeutic agent (e.g., a chemotherapeutic agent), methods of synthesizing the same, as well as systems and methods utilizing the therapeutic and diagnostic compositions (e.g., in diagnostic and/or therapeutic settings (e.g., for the delivery of therapeutics, imaging, and/or targeting agents (e.g., in disease (e.g., cancer) diagnosis and/or therapy, etc.))). Trigger agents include an indolequinone; attachment groups include a triazole ring; and therapeutic agents include camptothecin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: James R. Baker, Jr., Baohua M. Huang, Thommey P. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140294865
    Abstract: The invention relates to tumor therapy. In one aspect, the present invention relates to conjugates of an amatoxin and a target-binding moiety, e.g. an antibody, connected by certain linkages, which are useful in the treatment of cancer. In a further aspect the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HEIDELBERG PHARMA GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Simon, Christian Lutz, Christoph Muller, Jan Anderl
  • Publication number: 20140271540
    Abstract: This disclosure relates, at least in part, to a method of treatment. In one embodiment, the method of treatment comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a first therapeutic agent including compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a second therapeutic agent, wherein the first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are administered either simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ONCOCEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin STOGNIEW, Joshua E. ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20140256650
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for identifying a cancer patient at risk for resistance to an HDAC inhibitor therapy, comprising obtaining a tumor sample from the cancer patient; detecting the presence of Testis-specific Y-encoded-like protein 5 (TSPYL5) expression in the sample; quantifying a level of the TSPYL5 expression in the sample, wherein a high level of the TSPYL5 expression, relative to a defined expression threshold of the TSPYL5, correlates with resistance to the HDAC inhibitor therapy; and applying the correlation to identify the cancer patient at risk for resistance to the HDAC inhibitor therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Torsten Bernhard Trowe
  • Patent number: 8822442
    Abstract: The invention features somatostatin-dopamine chimeric analogs and methods relating to their therapeutic use for the treatment of neoplasia, acromegaly, and other conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Zheng Xin Dong, Michael Dewitt Culler, Yeelena Shen
  • Publication number: 20140243273
    Abstract: The present invention provides method of treating or lessening the severity of a disease selected from spondyloarthropathy, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, or any combination thereof comprising the administration of a compound of Formula I and an optional co-therapy (e.g., chemotherapy agent, DMARD, or any combination thereof). The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I, a method of manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method of administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid form of a compound of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Irina Nikolaevna Kadiyala, Shahla Jamzad, Thomas Carl Hoock, Lori Kell Taylor, Kathryn Lea Sewell
  • Patent number: 8815804
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting tumors, sites of injury and blood clots. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to tumors, sites of injury and blood clots in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to tumors, sites of injury and blood clots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Erkki Ruoslahti, Jan Pilch
  • Publication number: 20140220159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptidomimetics for reactivating p53. Methods of using the peptidomimetics are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Paramjit S. ARORA, Quintin PAN, Anna MAPP
  • Publication number: 20140205681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptidomimetics for reactivating p53. Methods of using the peptidomimetics are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Paramjit S. ARORA, Quintin PAN, Anna MAPP
  • Publication number: 20140187470
    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), a lipid metabolism disorder, a billary disorder, cardiovascular disease, obesity or an endocrine disorder) by administering at least one agonist of guanalyte cyclase receptor either alone or in combination with a compound typically used to treat the disorder and or with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodieasterases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Gary S. Jacob, Kunwar Shailubhai
  • Publication number: 20140170112
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments the invention provides compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions and preparations, formulations, kits and other products of manufacture, e.g., exemplary drug combinations packaged together or separately in blister packs, lidded blisters or blister cards, or wrapped in paper, plastic or cellophane wrappers (e.g., a shrink wrap), comprising a combination regimen of at least two active ingredients designed to diminish systemic inflammation by targeting (inhibiting) two different, but convergent, signaling pathways, i.e., the sympathetic nervous system and the lipid-derived autacoid system; and methods for making and using these compositions. In alternative embodiments, the compositions of the invention (e.g., the combination of drugs) are used to ameliorate, diminish, treat, block or prevent an inflammatory response secondary to an infection, e.g., a viral infection and/or a reactivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VICUS THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventors: John Maki, Newell Bascomb, Timothy J. Turner, Fredric Young
  • Patent number: 8748388
    Abstract: Antitumoral compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, derivatives, tautomers, prodrugs or stereoisomers thereof useful as antitumour agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Pharma Mar, S.A.
    Inventors: Judit Tulla-Puche, Eleonora Marcucci, Núria Bayó-Puxan, Fernando Albericio, Maria del Carmen Cuevas Marchante
  • Publication number: 20140154340
    Abstract: Methods to treat certain types of cancer with cyclophilin inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: John DITTMAR, Rodney J. ROTHSTEIN, Robert J.D. REID, Ramon PARSONS, Matthew MAURER, Jacquelyn SHAW
  • Publication number: 20140142033
    Abstract: Analogues of cyclosporin-A are disclosed comprising modifications of the substituents as the positions of amino acids 1 and 3, according to the following Formula. The disclosed compounds include compounds having affinity for cyclophilin, including cyclophilin-A, and reduced immunosuppressivity in comparison with cyclosporin-A and analogs thereof modified solely at position 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Isotechnika Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Hegmans, Bruce W. Fenske, Dan J. Trepanier, Mark D. Abel, Daren R. Ure, Shin Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20140134132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and A-B are defined herein, which are non-immunosuppresive, cyclophilin-binding, mPTP blockers and are therefore useful for the prevention or treatment of diseases or disorders such as HCV infection, stroke, multiple sclerosis, HBV infection, HPV infection, asthma, cancer, muscular dystrophy, sepsis, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Jiping Fu, Subramanian Karur, Xiaolin Li, Peichao Lu, Wosenu Mergo, Alexey Rivkin, Zachary Kevin Sweeney, Meiliana Tjandra, Andrew Weiss, Aregahegn Yifru
  • Publication number: 20140121169
    Abstract: A method of treatment of inflamed, pre-cancerous or cancerous tissue or polyps in a mammalian subject is disclosed. The treatment involves administration of a composition of at least one peptide agonist of a guanylate cyclase receptor and/or other small molecules that enhance intracellular production of cGMP. The at least one peptide agonist of a guanylate cyclase receptor may be administered either alone or in combination with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase. The inhibitor may be a small molecule, peptide, protein or other compound that inhibits the degradation of cGMP. Without requiring a particular mechanism of action, this treatment may restore a healthy balance between proliferation and apoptosis in the subject's population of epithelial cells, and also suppress carcinogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Kunwar Shailubhai, Gregory Nikiforovich, Gary S. Jacob
  • Patent number: 8709998
    Abstract: The invention features targeted cytotoxic compounds and methods relating to their therapeutic use for the treatment of neoplasia and other conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Zheng Xin Dong, Yeelena Shen, Jeanne Mary Comstock, Sun H. Kim
  • Publication number: 20140112976
    Abstract: The present invention comprises cyclic peptides bearing antitumor and antiangiogenic properties, as well as their corresponding pharmaceutically-suitable salts and also pharmaceutical compositions containing it. These cyclic peptides are used to prepare medicines for human and/or veterinary therapeutics, and additionally in diagnosis. These compounds can be used to detect, monitor and/or control a range of cellular proliferation-related disorders, such as oncological diseases and undesired angiogenesis. Moreover, they can be included as part of controlled release systems, and used more precisely in the field of nanobiotechnology, either because of their self-assembly capacity or as part of other systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: CENTRO DE INGENIERIA GENETICA BIOTECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: María del Carmen Abrahantes Pérez, Glay Chinea Santiago, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, Hilda Elisa Garay Perez, Osvaldo Reyes Acosta, Ernesto Lopez Mola, Cruz Matilde Lopez Abad, Sonia Gonzalez Blanco
  • Patent number: 8703715
    Abstract: Methods are provided for inhibiting growth of prolactin-responsive cancer cells and treating prolactin-responsive malignancies via administration of an agent such as cyclosporine A which directly inhibits an enzymatic activity of a cyclophilin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventor: Charles V. Clevenger
  • Publication number: 20140107031
    Abstract: Template-fixed ?-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula wherein Z is a template-fixed chain of 4 ?-amino acid residues which, depending on their positions in the chain (counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid) are Gly, or of certain types which, as the remaining symbols in the above formula, are defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have the property to agonize or to antagonize GPCR receptors such as CXCR3, urotensin and CCR10. They can be used as medicaments to treat or prevent diseases such as cardiovascular disorders, dermatological disorders, endocrine system and hormone disorders, metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, haematological diseases and cancer. These ?-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: POLYPHOR LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Obrecht, Frank Gombert, Steven J. Demarco, Christian Ludin, Alexander Lederer, Christian Bisang, Odile Sellier-Kessler, Francoise Jung, Reshmi Mukherjee, Heiko Henze, Barbara Romagnoli
  • Patent number: 8697064
    Abstract: The present invention concerns nitrogenated derivatives of narciclasine and pancratistatin of the following general formula (I) as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The present invention also concerns the use of these compounds in cancer therapy as well as a method for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Frédéric Marion, Jean-Philippe Annereau, Jacques Fahy
  • Publication number: 20140100172
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful for diagnostic imaging and/or therapeutic purposes. Each compound comprises a ligand for the chemokine receptor CXCR4, which has a binding affinity for the CXCR4 receptor, measured as IC50 in the presence of 125I-CPCR4, of 250 nM or lower. The ligand is a cyclic oligopeptide moiety having a motif B-Arg or B-(Me)Arg within the cyclic moiety, wherein B is a basic amino acid, a derivative thereof, or phenylalanine, provided that the motif is B-Arg when B is a N?-methyl derivative of a basic amino acid, and provided that the cyclic oligopeptide moiety has a sequence other than cyclo[D-Tyr-Arg-Arg-NaI-Gly] or cyclo[D-Tyr-Orn-Arg-NaI-Gly].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Mallinckrodt LLC
    Inventors: Hans Jurgen Wester, Norman Koglin, Markus Schwaiger, Horst Kassler, Burkhardt Laufer, Oliver Demmer, Martina Anton
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140088016
    Abstract: The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having therapeutic activity, and the mechanism and methods of treating disorders such as autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Hendrik Luesch
  • Publication number: 20140088022
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel solid materials of {[(2S,5R,8S,11S)-5-benzyl-11-(3-guanidino-propyl)-8-isopropyl-7-methyl-3,6,9,12,15-pentaoxo-1,4,7,10,13-pentaaza-cyclopentadec-2-yl]-acetic acid}, methods for producing them, and the use of said solid materials in pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Jonczyk, Clemens Kuehn, Kerstin Seemann, Christoph Saal, Gerald Scholz, Soenke Petersen, Harald Untenecker, Michael Lange
  • Publication number: 20140073587
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for identifying a cancer patient at risk for resistance to an HDAC inhibitor therapy, comprising obtaining a tumor sample from the cancer patient; detecting the presence of Testis-specific Y-encoded-like protein 5 (TSPYL5) expression in the sample; quantifying a level of the TSPYL5 expression in the sample, wherein a high level of the TSPYL5 expression, relative to a defined expression threshold of the TSPYL5, correlates with resistance to the HDAC inhibitor therapy; and applying the correlation to identify the cancer patient at risk for resistance to the HDAC inhibitor therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Celgene Corporation
    Inventor: Torsten Bernhard Trowe
  • Publication number: 20140065246
    Abstract: Tumor cells exhibit consistent abnormalities in calcium regulation. The present disclosure teaches methods by which such differences are exploited to induce Apoptosis selectively in tumor/cancer cells while sparing normal cells. These methods are based upon employing drugs that, acting in synergistic combinations, trigger selective killing of malignant cells. Since the invention is based upon fundamental cell cycle requirements, to the extent that calcium handling abnormalities are a general characteristic of the malignant state, the methods presented here are widely applicable regardless of tissue of origin and degree of cellular de-differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Charles E. Zeilig