Chalcogen Bonded Directly To Carbon Of The Hetero Ring Of The Quinoline Ring System Patents (Class 514/253.07)
  • Patent number: 8653069
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an aralkyl substituted piperidine or piperazine derivative and the use of the derivative in preparation of medicaments for treating schizophrenia and correlative psychoneuroses. It is shown by pharmacological tests that the derivative of the present invention has better antischizophrenic effect and less toxicity. Said derivative is a free base or salt of the compound having the following general formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Jiangsu Hengyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianqi Li, Shaoping Peng, Wangping Cai, Kai Gao
  • Publication number: 20140044786
    Abstract: An orally deliverable pharmaceutical composition provides controlled release of aripiprazole. The composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of aripiprazole and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The compositions of the invention may exhibit one or more of the release profiles defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ZYSIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian WILDING, Russell PENDLETON
  • Patent number: 8642600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Publication number: 20140031363
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prophylaxis of disorders associated with NMDA receptor activity, including neuropathic pain, stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and related neurologic events or neurodegeneration. Compounds are of the general Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, prodrug or derivative thereof are provided: wherein: each (L)k-Ar1 is a substituted or unsubstituted, mono or bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl; W is a bond, alkyl, or alkenyl; X is a bond, NR1 or O and each R1 and R2 is independently H, alkyl, alkenyl or aralkyl or R1 and R2 taken together form a 5-8 membered ring; R3-R6 are selected from certain specific substituents or a carbonyl; Y is a bond, O, S, SO, SO2, CH2, NH, N(alkyl), or NHC(?O); and Z is OH, NR6R7, NR8SO2(alkyl), NR8C(O)NR6R7, NR8C(O)O(alkyl), NR8-dihydrothiazole, or NR8-dihydroimidazole or wherein Z can fuse with Ar2 to form selected heterocycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Dennis C. Liotta, James P. Snyder, Stephen F. Traynelis, Lawrence Wilson, Cara Mosley, Raymond J. Dingledine, Scott Myers, Yesim Altas Tahirovic
  • Publication number: 20140024638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (2S,3R)—N-(2-((3-pyridinyl)methyl)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzofuran-2-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.
    Inventors: Merouane Bencherif, Geoffrey C. Dunbar, David A. Hosford, Gregory J. Gatto, Terry Hauser, Kristen G. Jordan, Anthony Carl Segreti
  • Publication number: 20140018349
    Abstract: This invention provides an oral dosage regimen for the treatment of depression, a pharmaceutically acceptable medication dispensing package containing multiple dosage units of medicaments comprising an oral dosage regimen of D-cycloserine for the treatment of depression, a pharmaceutical composition comprising D-cycloserine formulated for oral administration providing a dosage of 1000 mg/day alone or in combination with antidepressant agents and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Uriel Heresco-Levy, Daniel Javitt
  • Publication number: 20140018365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-nitrogen-heterocyclic-2-carboxamides and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use of these derivatives as pharmaceutically active agents, especially for the treatment and/or prevention of Axl receptor tyrosine kinase subfamily induced disorders, including cancer and primary tumor metastases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of said 1-nitrogen-heterocyclic-2-carboxamide derivatives and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCCHAFTEN E.V., LEAD DISCOVERY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Schultz-Fademrecht, Bert Klebl, Axel Choidas, Uwe Koch, Jan Eickhoff, Alexander Wolf, Axel Ullrich
  • Publication number: 20140018369
    Abstract: A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle therefor, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Janusz KOSTANSKI, Takakuni MATSUDA, Manoj NERURKAR, Vijay H. NARINGREKAR
  • Patent number: 8623874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1) wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Patent number: 8618109
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Parmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamashita, Nobuaki Ito, Shin Miyamura, Kunio Oshima, Jun Matsubara, Hideaki Kuroda, Haruka Takahashi, Satoshi Shimizu, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130345234
    Abstract: The present invention describes methods for diagnosing, treating and determining the prognosis of breast cancer HR+ patient, the methods including detecting the amplification of one or more biomarkers comprising a FGFR ligand such as FGF3, FGF4, FGF19, and/or a FGFR, such as for example FGFR1 in a subject; determining an FGFR1 inhibitor for treating the subject based on the amplification of the one or more biomarkers in the subject; administering to the subject in need thereof the FGFR1 inhibitor and using the one or more biomarkers to indicate prognosis of the subject treated with the FGFR1 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Humphrey Athelstan Roy Gardner, Michael Shi, Alejandro Yovine
  • Publication number: 20130344146
    Abstract: The invention encompasses dry compression pharmaceutical compositions of aripiprazole, methods of making tablets from the compositions, and tablets of the dry compression pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Julia HRAKOVSKY, Ruth TENENGAUZER
  • Patent number: 8614216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-hydrate crystalline forms of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts, solid pharmaceutical formulations containing the same and methods of use. The present invention also relates to crystalline hydrates of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-l-yl)-lH-benzimidazol-2-yl]-lH-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same and methods of use related thereto. The present invention further relates to crystalline solvates of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-l-yl)-lH-benzimidazol-2-yl]-lH-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Augustus O Okhamafe, Joyce Chou, Rampurna Gullapalli, Eric Harwood, David Ryckman, Shuguang Zhu, Xiao Shang
  • Publication number: 20130338171
    Abstract: A lacate salt of a compound of Formula I or a tautomer of the compound, wherein Formula I has the following structure and R1-R9 and R12-R14 are as defined herein
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Shaopei Cai, Joyce Chou, Eric Harwood, Timothy Machajewski, David Ryckman, Xiao Shang, Shuguang Zhu, Augustus Okhamafe, Marc S. Tesconi
  • Patent number: 8604041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Patent number: 8604040
    Abstract: Pyridinylcarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula (I) in which the symbols A, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, L1, L2, RG, and R1 are each as defined in the description, and also salts, metal complexes and N-oxides of the compounds of the formula (I), and the use thereof for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi and processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Pierre Cristau, Sebastian Hoffmann, Joachim Kluth, Nicola Rahn, Tomoki Tsuchiya, Pierre Wasnaire, Jürgen Benting, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 8598178
    Abstract: A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle therefor, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Janusz W. Kostanski, Takakuni Matsuda, Manoj Nerurkar, Vijay H. Naringrekar
  • Patent number: 8592427
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of sustained delivery of a lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug by administering to a patient an effective amount of a prodrug compound of the invention wherein upon administration to the patient, release of the parent drug from the prodrug is sustained release. Prodrug compounds suitable for use in the methods of the invention are labile conjugates of parent drugs that are derivatized through carbonyl linked prodrug moieties. The prodrug compounds of the invention can be used to treat any condition for which the lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug is useful as a treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Laura Cook Blumberg, Julius F. Remenar, Örn Almarsson, Tarek A. Zeidan
  • Publication number: 20130302384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical device containing a cake composition comprising aripiprazole as an active ingredient and capable of suppressing agglomeration of aripiprazole in a suspension obtained by resuspending a freeze-dried substance; and a cake composition comprising aripiprazole as an active ingredient. The present invention relates to a medical device containing, in a storage container whose inner wall is treated with silicone, a freeze-dried cake composition comprising separately prepared aripiprazole as an active ingredient, wherein there is a space between the inner wall and the cake composition; and a cake composition comprising aripiprazole as an active ingredient and having a strength of 5 to 100 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Hiraoka, Kiyoshi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8580796
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous Aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Satoshi Aoki, Junichi Kawasaki, Makoto Ishigami, Youichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Fujimura, Masanori Takahashi, Kaoru Abe, Tomonori Nakagawa, Koichi Shinhama, Naoto Utsumi, Michiaki Tominaga, Yoshihiro Ooi, Shohei Yamada, Kenji Tomikawa
  • Publication number: 20130296336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: SHAUN JORDAN, TETSURO KIKUCHI, KATSURA TOTTORI, TSUYOSHI HIROSE, YASAFUMI UWAHODO
  • Publication number: 20130296337
    Abstract: There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Sanjeev H. Kothari, Divyakant S. Desai
  • Patent number: 8575172
    Abstract: An orally deliverable pharmaceutical composition provides controlled release of aripiprazole. The composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of aripiprazole and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The compositions of the invention may exhibit one or more of the release profiles defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zysis Limited
    Inventors: Ian Wilding, Russell Pendleton
  • Publication number: 20130281436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to deuterated 1-piperazino-3-phenyl-indanes and salts thereof with activity at dopamine receptors D1 and D2 as well as the 5HT2 receptors in the central nervous system, to medicaments comprising such compounds as active ingredients, to the use of such compounds in the treatment of diseases in the central nervous system, and to methods of treatment comprising administration of such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Morten JORGENSEN, Peter Hongaard ANDERSEN, Klaus Gjervig JENSEN, Mette Graulund HVENEGAARD, Lassina BADOLO, Mikkel Fog JACOBSEN
  • Patent number: 8563556
    Abstract: Crystalline forms or polymorphs of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]quinolin-2(1H)-one lactic acid salts, as well as to methods of making the same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods of treatment using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Danielle Giron, Walter Hammerschmidt, Philippe Piechon, Johanne Polasek, Andreas Schreiner, Frank Stowasser
  • Publication number: 20130267504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising glycerol esters of a fatty acid, wherein the compositions are useful for the delivery of anti-psychotic drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason M. PERRY, Magali B. HICKEY, Julius F. REMENAR, Jennifer VANDIVER
  • Publication number: 20130267503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an injectable, pharmaceutical composition comprising a C1-6 alkyl ester of a C10-20 fatty acid. In an embodiment, the fatty acid is ethyl oleate, isopropyl oleate, ethyl myristate, or isopropyl myristate. These compositions are useful for the delivery of anti-psychotic drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason M. PERRY, Magali B. HICKEY, Julius F. REMENAR, Jennifer VANDIVER
  • Publication number: 20130267536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted methyl-amines, serotonin 5-HT6 receptor antagonists, to active components, pharmaceutical compositions, method for prophylaxis and treatment of CNS diseases and “molecular tools”, in which novel substituted methyl-amines represent compounds of the general formula 1 and their crystalline forms and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein: W represents benzene, naphthalene, indolizine, quinoline or oxazole cycle; R1=H, F, Cl; R2 represents hydrogen, fluoro, methyl, phenyl, thienyl, furan-2-yl, pyridyl, piperazin-1-yl or 4-methylpiperazin-1-yl; R3 represents cyclopropyl or optionally substituted methyl; with the exception of the compounds in which W simultaneously represents oxazole cycle and R2=phenyl or pyridyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ALLA CHEM, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Vasilievich Ivachtchenko, Oleg Dmitrievich Mitkin, Madina Georgievna Kadieva
  • Publication number: 20130267505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising benzyl alcohol and polyoxyethylene derivatives of sorbitan esters of carboxylic acids that are useful for the delivery of anti-psychotic drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason M. PERRY, Magali B. HICKEY, Julius F. REMENAR, Jennifer VANDIVER
  • Publication number: 20130251702
    Abstract: Methods for screening compounds for treating sepsis are disclosed. The present methods and compositions are targeting NOD2 mediated signaling pathway and the agents identified by the present methods are qualified as drug candidates for clinical development. Further Methods and composition for treating sepsis are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Doo Hyun CHUNG, Sae Jin OH, Ji Hyung KIM
  • Patent number: 8541573
    Abstract: Substituted sulfonamide compounds corresponding to the formula I processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and the use of substituted sulfonamide compounds for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for treating pain and other conditions at least partly mediated via the bradykinin 1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Oberboersch, Ruth Jostock, Klaus Schiene, Jean De Vry, Tieno Germann, Sabine Hees, Stefan Schunk, Melanie Reich
  • Publication number: 20130245037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of stabilizing the alpha subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). The invention further relates to methods of preventing, pretreating, or treating conditions associated with HIF, including ischemic and hypoxic conditions. Compounds for use in these methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: FibroGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Volkmar Guenzler-Pukall, Thomas B. Neff, Qingjian Wang, Michael P. Arend, Lee A. Flippin, Alex Melekhov
  • Publication number: 20130245004
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Synchroneuron Inc.
    Inventors: Barry S. Fogel, William D. Kerns, Kei-Lai Fong
  • Publication number: 20130237528
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and compounds of formula (VII-a) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and their use as PARP inhibitors wherein n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Re, Rd and X have defined meanings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Dominique Jean-Pierre Mabire, Jerome Emile Georges Guillemont, Jacobus Alphonsus Josephus van Dun, Maria Victorina Francisca Somers, Walter Boudewijn Leopold Wouters
  • Publication number: 20130237546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for determining a response of a mammalian subject having melanoma tumor cells to treatment with a melanoma inhibitory agent. In one aspect, the method comprises (a) determining a first concentration of melanoma inhibitory activity protein (MIA) in a first biological sample taken from the mammalian subject before treatment with the melanoma inhibitory agent; (b) determining a second concentration of MIA in a second biological sample from the mammalian subject taken after treatment with the melanoma, inhibitory agent; and (c) comparing the first and second concentrations of MIA, wherein a decrease in the second concentration of MIA measured in the second biological sample as compared to the first concentration of MIA measured in the first biological sample indicates a positive response to the treatment with the melanoma inhibitory agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Nguyen Tan, Eleni Venetsanakos, Michel Faure, Carla Heise
  • Publication number: 20130236573
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for the treatment of treatment-refractory depression or treatment-resistant depression comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of esketamine as mono-therapy or as combination therapy with at least on antidepressant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jaskaran Singh, Ivo Caers
  • Patent number: 8518421
    Abstract: There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev H. Kothari, Divyakant S. Desai
  • Publication number: 20130217678
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improving neuronal function; the pharmaceutical agent of the invention comprising as an active ingredient a quinolone compound represented by Formula (1): or a salt thereof, wherein: R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or the like; R4 represents hydrogen or the like; R5 represents hydrogen or the like; R6 represents hydrogen or the like; and R7 represents hydroxy or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130209552
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compositions of liquid and gel formulation containing aripiprazole in the form of a patch for transdermal delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TRANSDERMAL RESEARCH PHARM LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Fotios M. Plakogiannis, Muhammed Anwar Hossain
  • Publication number: 20130210829
    Abstract: Methods for treating Down syndrome and improving cognitive function of a patient with an intellectual disability are disclosed. 5-hydroxytryptamine sub-receptor six (5-HT6) receptor antagonists are provided for improving the cognition of a Down syndrome patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • Publication number: 20130203768
    Abstract: This invention relates to certain N-heteroaryl compounds that are generally useful as medicaments, more specifically as medicaments for animals. The medicament can preferably be used for the treatment of helminth infections and the treatment of parasitosis, such as caused by helminth infections. This invention also relates to uses of the compounds to make medicaments and treatments comprising the administration of the compounds to animals in need of the treatments. This invention also relates to the preparation of the N-heteroaryl compounds. Moreover this invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Berger, Christopher Kern, Marko Eck, Jörg Schröder
  • Publication number: 20130203766
    Abstract: The invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of sexual disorders and methods for the preparation thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the instant invention is directed to pharmaceutical combinations comprising flibanserin as one active ingredient in combination with at least one additional active ingredient for the treatment of sexual disorders and methods for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SPROUT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8501742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Patent number: 8481546
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to the compound of formula I, (R)—N-(3-(7-methyl-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(4-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl)-4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-3-yl)piperidine-1-carboxamide, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which is a CGRP-receptor antagonist. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compound in the treatment of CGRP related disorders including migraine headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Prasad V. Chaturvedula, Gene M. Dubowchik, John E. Macor
  • Publication number: 20130171237
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compositions of liquid and gel formulation containing aripiprazole in the form of a patch for transdermal delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Fotios M. Plakogiannis, Anwar Muhammed Hossain
  • Publication number: 20130158044
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130143867
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SYCHRONEURON INC.
    Inventor: SYCHRONEURON INC.
  • Publication number: 20130123272
    Abstract: The use of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a tautomer thereof, or a hydrate or a solvate for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma or liver cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Diana Graus Porta, Herbert Schmid, Michael Shi
  • Publication number: 20130123238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods for treating or preventing an alcohol-related or addictive disorder. The (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Anthony Alexander McKinney, Frank Bymaster
  • Publication number: 20130123344
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds that inhibit JMJD2 proteins, including those of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed is a method of preventing or treating a viral infection of a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the JMJD2 family of histone demethylases, for example, a compound of the formula (I). The viral infection may be a primary infection, reactivation of a virus after latency in a host, or may be in a mammal that has undergone, is undergoing, or will undergo immunosuppressive therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventor: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services