Additional Ring Containing Patents (Class 514/317)
  • Patent number: 9446029
    Abstract: Methods for managing visceral pain in mammalian subjects are described, in which a NK-1 receptor antagonist is administered to the subject before, during or after administration of general anesthesia. The methods and uses of NK-1 receptor antagonists described herein provide improved visceral pain management and MAC reduction when used with volatile anesthetics for general anesthesia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Pedro Boscan, David Twedt
  • Patent number: 9427479
    Abstract: Novel tubulysin derivatives which may be useful as cytotoxic agents to provide therapeutic benefits in the treatment of various types of cancers, alone, as drug conjugates or in combination with other chemotherapies are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MedImmune LLC
    Inventors: Lakshmaiah Gingipalli, Dorin Toader, Fengjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9409893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimalarial compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, including drug-resistant Plasmodia strains. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin David Heffernan, David Penman Jacobus, Kurt William Saionz, Guy Alan Schiehser, Hong-Ming Shieh, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 9375421
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical intervention and therapeutic method for treating an apraxia of speech in children. The child can also be diagnosed with gait abnormalities or impairment autism, mental retardation and dyslexia. If the child demonstrates at least an 18 to 24 month development stage of either verbal development or non-verbal development, a therapeutic dose of a dopamine agonistic, particularly a nonlinear lower alkyl phenidate or dextro-threo-methylphenidate is administered to the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GILROSE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Roseman, Gilla Kaplan
  • Patent number: 9303249
    Abstract: The present application provides for compositions comprising high concentrations of acid ?-glucosidase in combination with an active site-specific chaperone for the acid ?-glucosidase, and methods for treating Pompe disease in a subject in need thereof, that includes a method of administering to the subject such compositions. The present application also provides methods for increasing the in vitro and in vivo stability of an acid ?-glucosidase enzyme formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Valenzano, John Crowley, Richie Khanna, John Flanagan
  • Patent number: 9212180
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds that inhibit the binding of menin and MLL or MLL fusion proteins and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising piperidine-containing compounds and methods of use thereof to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL oncoproteins (e.g., MLL1, MLL2, MLL-fusion oncoproteins), for example, for the treatment of leukemia, solid cancers, diabetes, and other diseases dependent on activity of MLL1, MLL2, MLL fusion proteins, MLL-PTD and/or menin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jolanta Grembecka, Tomasz Cierpicki, Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, Shaun R. Stauffer, Rocco D. Gogliotti, Timothy J. Senter
  • Patent number: 9162982
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: where a, R1, and R3-6 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of formula I are serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and process and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Lori Jean Patterson, Eric L. Stangeland, Sheila Zipfel, Daniel D. Long
  • Patent number: 9139523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel fluorinated piperidine derivatives having antagonistic activity at the 5-HT2B receptor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their use as a medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Luc August Laurentius Ver Donck
  • Patent number: 9139525
    Abstract: A compound having the general formula wherein A is selected from the group consisting of to the formation of a compound of the general formula (1) and a compound of the general formula (2) respectively, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 is a member selected from the group consisting of CF3, OSO2CF3, OSO2CH3, SOR4, SO2R4, COR4, CN, OR4, NO2, CONHR4, 3-thiophene, 2-thiophene, 3-furane, 2-furane, F, Cl, Br and I, wherein R4 is as defined below; R2 is a member selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, CF3, CH3, OCH3, OH, NH2, SOmCF3, O(CH2)mCF3, SO2N(R4)2, CH?NOR4, COCOOR4, COCOON(R4)2, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C3-C8)cykloalkyl, CH2OR4, CH2(R4)2, NR4SO2CF3, NO2, at phenyl at positions 2, 4, 5 or 6, wherein x and R4 are as defined below; R3 is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CF3, CH2CF3, (C1-C8)alkyl, (C3-C8)cykloalkyl, (C4-C9)cycloalkylmethyl, (C2-C8)alkenyl, (C2-C8)alkynyl, 3,3,3-tri-fluoropropyl, 4,4,4-trifluorobutyl, CH2SCH3, CH2CH2OCH
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Håkan V. Wikström
  • Patent number: 9125407
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for combating parasites in animals, comprising 1-arylpyrazole compounds in combination with substituted imidazole compounds. This invention also provides for an improved methods for eradicating, controlling, and preventing parasite infestation in an animal comprising administering the compositions of the invention to an animal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: MERIAL, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Q Meng
  • Patent number: 9078865
    Abstract: A method of modulating plasma levels of branched chain amino acids and branched chain alpha-keto acids is disclosed, wherein an ammonia scavenger compound or a salt thereof, for example phenylbutyrate or an even numbered congener thereof or a salt thereof, is administered to an individual in need thereof. In various methods, a decrease in plasma levels of branched chain amino acids and branched chain alpha-keto acids is effected to treat individuals suffering from an inborn error in metabolism of amino acids, such as Maple Syrup Urine Disease, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventor: Brendan Lee
  • Patent number: 9073859
    Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salt, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salt, and methods of using the crystalline salt to treat diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
    Inventors: Lori Jean Patterson, Robert S. Chao, Miroslav Rapta
  • Patent number: 9072772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment of clinical disorders associated with protein aggregation comprising administering, to a subject, an effective amount of an anti-protein aggregate (“APA”) compound selected from the group consisting of pimozide, fluphenazine (e.g., fluphenazine hydrochloride), tamoxifen (e.g., tamoxifen citrate), taxol, cantharidin, cantharidic acid, salts thereof and their structurally related compounds. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that each of the aforelisted compounds were able to promote degradation of aggregated ATZ protein in a Caenorhabditis elegans model system. According to the invention, treatment with one or more of these APA compounds may be used to ameliorate the symptoms and signs of AT deficiency as well as other disorders marked by protein aggregation, including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Huntington's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Stephen C. Pak, David Hirsch Perlmutter, Gary A. Silverman
  • Publication number: 20150148318
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells is disclosed in which cancer cells that contain an enhanced amount relative to non-cancerous cells of one or more of phosphorylated mTOR, Akt1, ERK2 and serine2152-phosphorylated filamin A are contacted with an FLNA-binding effective amount of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that binds to the pentapeptide of filamin A (FLNA) of SEQ ID NO: 1 and exhibits at least about 60 percent of the FITC-labeled naloxone binding amount when present at a 10 ?M concentration and using unlabeled naloxone as the control inhibitor at the same concentration. A compound that binds to the FLNA pentapeptide preferably also contains at least four of the six pharmacophores of FIGS. 19-24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Hoau-Yan Wang, Lindsay Burns Barbier
  • Patent number: 9040082
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of chronic fatigue in human patients comprising a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant in a daily low-dosage amount in combination with therapeutically effective daily amounts of micronutrients, comprising acetyl L-carnitine, L-tyrosine, N-acetyl cysteine, and alpha-lipoic acid. The CNS and micronutrient components may be in an oral dosage composition containing a low dosage amount of CNS stimulant such as about 2.5 mg methylphenidate HCl together with about 60-250 mg acetyl L-carnitine, 50-200 mg L-tyrosine, 60-250 mg N-acetyl cysteine, and 25-100 mg alpha-lipoic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Jon D. Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20150141380
    Abstract: A method of treating a subject at risk of or suspected of having Fragile X syndrome or autism spectrum disorder associated with abnormalities of ERK includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one ERK inhibiting compound that prevents abnormalities in neuronal connectivity, a prodrug thereof that is metabolisable to form the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark A. Smith, Michael Snape
  • Patent number: 9034902
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include dosage forms that deliver a therapeutic amount of active drug in a delayed and controlled release formulation. The dosage form can be administered at night and drug release is delayed for from 4 to 6 hours or longer, followed by an ascending release rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lickrish, Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150133297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new antifungal compositions and their use in the treatment of agricultural products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Jacobus Stark, Eva Louise Wilhelmine Sack
  • Publication number: 20150125521
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include dosage forms that deliver a therapeutic amount of active drug in a delayed and controlled release formulation. The dosage form can be administered at night and drug release is delayed for from 4 to 6 hours or longer, followed by an ascending release rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: David Lickrish, Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150125493
    Abstract: Methods and devices for maintaining a desired therapeutic drug effect over a prolonged therapy period are provided. In particular, oral dosage forms that release drug within the gastrointestinal tract at an ascending release rate over an extended time period are provided. The dosage forms may additionally comprise an immediate-release dose of drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: ALZA CORPORATION
    Inventors: SUNEEL K. GUPTA, DIANE R. GUINTA, CAROL A. CHRISTOPHER, SAMUEL R. SAKS, LAWRENCE G. HAMEL
  • Publication number: 20150126511
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Liming SHAO, Fengjiang WANG, Scott Christopher MALCOLM, Michael Charles HEWITT, Larry R. BUSH, Jianguo MA, Mark A. VARNEY, Una CAMPBELL, Sharon Rae ENGEL, Larry Wendell HARDY, Patrick KOCH, John E. CAMPBELL
  • Patent number: 9023389
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include dosage forms that deliver a therapeutic amount of active drug in a delayed and controlled release formulation. The dosage form can be administered at night and drug release is delayed for from 4 to 6 hours or longer, followed by an ascending release rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lickrish, Feng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150118285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical delivery device for application of a pharmaceutical to mucosal surfaces. The device comprises an adhesive layer and a non-adhesive backing layer, and the pharmaceutical may be provided in either or both layers. Upon application, the device adheres to the mucosal surface, providing localized drug delivery and protection to the treatment site. The kinetics of erodability are easily adjusted by varying the number of layers and/or the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Gilles H. Tapolsky, David W. Osborne
  • Publication number: 20150118302
    Abstract: Described are immediate release oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent features. In particular, the disclosed dosage forms provide deterrence of abuse by ingestion of multiple individual doses. In addition, the disclosed dosage forms provide protection from overdose in the event of accidental or intentional ingestion of multiple individual doses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Haswani, Derek V. Moe, Victoria A. O'Neill, Manuel A. Vega Zepeda
  • Publication number: 20150118301
    Abstract: Described are oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent features and that contain core-shell polymers that include an active pharmaceutical ingredient, with particular examples including immediate release dosage forms that contain a drug that is commonly susceptible to abuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Haswani, Derek V. Moe, Victoria A. O'Neill, Manuel A. Vega Zepeda
  • Publication number: 20150118300
    Abstract: Described are oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent features and that contain core-shell polymers that include an active pharmaceutical ingredient, with particular examples including immediate release dosage forms that contain a drug that is commonly susceptible to abuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Haswani, Derek V. Moe, Victoria A. O'Neill, Manuel A. Vega Zepeda
  • Publication number: 20150118295
    Abstract: Described are oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent features and that contain core-shell polymers that include an active pharmaceutical ingredient, with particular examples including immediate release dosage forms that contain a drug that is commonly susceptible to abuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Haswani, Derek V. Moe, Victoria A. O'Neill, Manuel A. Vega Zepeda
  • Patent number: 9018200
    Abstract: Substituted piperidinyl compounds of the formula (I): are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts are included as well. The compounds are useful as agonists of the g-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Milana Maletic, Harold B. Wood, Wanying Sun
  • Publication number: 20150108033
    Abstract: Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions for the delivery of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients. In particular, a substantially clear fexofenadine HCl solution in a soft gelatin capsule is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: George Vamvakas, Aqeel A. Fatmi
  • Publication number: 20150110868
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include dosage forms that deliver a therapeutic amount of active drug in a delayed and controlled release formulation. The dosage form can be administered at night and drug release is delayed for from 4 to 6 hours or longer, followed by an ascending release rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: David Lickrish, Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9012471
    Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, dihydropyridone compounds and compositions, including analogs of a vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT2) antagonist. The present invention also provides methods of using such compounds/analogs for modulating glucose levels, and/or preventing, treating, or ameliorating the effects of diabetes and hyper-glycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Paul Harris, Antonella Maffei, Yuli Xie, Donald Landry
  • Patent number: 9012476
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new salt of Pridopidine, a drug substance currently in development for the treatment of Huntington's disease. More specifically the invention provides the pharmaceutically acceptable hydrobromide salt, pharmaceutical compositions comprising this salt, and uses of this salt as a drug substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ivax International GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Zimmermann, Brian Frøstrup
  • Patent number: 9011912
    Abstract: Oral dosage forms for poorly soluble amine drugs are provided. Such dosage forms include an ionizable compound such as an organic acid, an amphiphilic polymer and a release rate-controlling membrane. Such dosage forms allow for the consistent release of the active agent in both gastric pH conditions and in the intestine. Methods of making such dosage forms are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Abon Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Yanming Zu, Sudhir Gorukanti, Salah Uddin Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20150105324
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to compositions and methods for treating PTSD and related diseases. In particular, the invention described herein pertains to compositions and methods for treating PTSD and related diseases by administering modulators of NMDA NR2-PSD95-nNOS signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Anantha Shekhar, Yvonne Lai
  • Patent number: 9006227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted phenoxyethylamine derivatives, useful as modulators of cortical and basal ganglia dopaminergic and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated glutamatergic neurotransmission. In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Integrative Research Laboratories Sweden AB
    Inventors: Clas Sonesson, Jonas Karlsson, Peder Svensson
  • Publication number: 20150086641
    Abstract: An oral methylphenidate powder which is reconstitutable into a final oral aqueous sustained release formulation containing at least about 50%, or at least about 80% by weight water based on the total weight of the suspension, is provided. The powder is a blend containing a combination of an uncoated methylphenidate-ion exchange resin complex, a barrier coated methylphenidate-ion exchange resin complex-matrix, and a water soluble buffering agent such that upon formed into an aqueous liquid formulation, the formulation has a pH in the range of about 3.5 to about 5, or about 4 to about 4.5. Following administration of a single dose of the oral aqueous methylphenidate suspension, a therapeutically effective amount of methylphenidate is reached in less than one hour and the composition provides a twelve-hour extended release profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Ketan Mehta, Yu-Hsing Tu, Ashok Perumal
  • Publication number: 20150080384
    Abstract: Effective methods and compositions to deter abuse of pharmaceutical products (e.g., orally administered pharmaceutical products) including but not limited to immediate release, sustained or extended release and delayed release formulations for drugs subject to abuse comprising at least 10% by weight hydroxypropylcellulose; polyethylene oxide; and a disintegrant selected from the group consisting of crospovidone, sodium starch glycolate and croscarmellose sodium; wherein the ratio of hydroxypropylcellulose to polyethylene oxide on a weight basis is between about 10:1 and 1:10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald L. LEECH, Rachelle L. HALL YUNG, Albert W. BRZECZKO
  • Publication number: 20150080380
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel therapeutic uses for compounds which are inverse agonists of the H3 receptor. In particular this invention relates to therapeutic use of these compounds in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hongtao Lu, Rong Wang
  • Patent number: 8980880
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug substance consisting essentially of a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an amine containing pharmaceutically active compound wherein the amine containing pharmaceutical active compound is selected from the group consisting of racemic or single isomer ritalinic acid or phenethylamine derivatives and the drug substance has a physical form selected from amorphous and polymorphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pisgah Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Riley King, Stephen G. D'Ambrosio, David W. Bristol
  • Patent number: 8980921
    Abstract: Disclosed are substituted pyridine compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure wherein E, J, T, the ring system denoted by “B”, T, R3, R4, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Donald Payan, Rajinder Singh, Simon Shaw, David Carroll, Yasumichi Hitoshi
  • Patent number: 8980952
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds, treatment methods, and kits affecting the NCCa-ATP channel of neural tissue, including neurons, glia and blood vessels within the nervous system, and methods of using same. The NCCa-ATP channel is newly expressed in neural tissue following injury such as ischemia, and is regulated by the sulfonylurea receptor SUR1, being inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds, e.g., glibenclamide and tolbutamide, and opened by diazoxide. Antagonists of the NCCa-ATP channel, including SUR1 antagonists, are useful in the prevention, diminution, and treatment of injured or diseased neural tissue, including astrocytes, neurons and capillary endothelial cells, that is due to ischemia, tissue trauma, brain swelling and increased tissue pressure, or other forms of brain or spinal cord disease or injury. Agonists of the NCCa-ATP channel may be are useful in the treatment neural tissue where damage or destruction of the tissue, such as a gliotic capsule, is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore, The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: J. Marc Simard, Mingkui Chen
  • Publication number: 20150073018
    Abstract: Crystalline forms of 4-[2-(4-methylphenylsulfanyl)-phenyl]piperidine and salts thereof are provided, e.g., for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Benny Bang-Andersen, Andre Faldt, Tine Bryan Stensbol, Silke Miller, Heidi Lopez De Diego
  • Patent number: 8975280
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I are provided: wherein R is: R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; W1-4 are independently selected from hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted haloalkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted alkanoyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted aroyl groups, or substituted or unsubstituted haloalkanoyl groups; X1-5 are independently selected from H, NO2, N3, and NH2; Y is absent or is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-alkyl group, other than carbonyl; Z is selected from a bond or NH, provided that when Z is a bond, Y is absent, and provided that when Z is NH, Y is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-alkyl group, other than carbonyl. Also provided are D-arabinitol compounds, methods for preparing such compounds and compositions of such compounds, and methods of using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of Oxford
    Inventors: Terry D. Butters, Raymond A. Dwek, George W. J. Fleet
  • Patent number: 8962657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antimalarial compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, including drug-resistant Plasmodia strains. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin David Heffernan, David Penman Jacobus, Guy Alan Schiehser, Hong-Ming Shieh, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 8957067
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug substance consisting essentially of a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an amine containing pharmaceutically active compound wherein the amine containing pharmaceutical active compound is selected from the group consisting of racemic or single isomer ritalinic acid or phenethylamine derivatives and the drug substance has a physical form selected from amorphous and polymorphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pisgah Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Riley King, Stephen G. D'Ambrosio, David W. Bristol
  • Publication number: 20150045388
    Abstract: A method of treating a disease state or condition in humans via topical brainstem afferent stimulation therapy via the administration of a drug to the back of the neck of a human patient at the hairline in close proximity to and under or on the area of skin above the brain stem to provide regional neuro-affective therapy is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Ronald AUNG-DIN
  • Publication number: 20150038533
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with alpha-phenyl(piperidin-2-yl)methanol, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, in particular the acetate derivative, more particularly dextrophacetoperane. The invention additionally provides a method of synthesis of the (S,S) enantiomer of alpha-phenyl(piperidin-2-yl)methanol as well as a method of synthesis of dextrophacetoperane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Konofal, Bruno Figadere
  • Patent number: 8946262
    Abstract: Methods of preventing and treating gastrointestinal dysfunction, particularly postoperative ileus and post-partum ileus, in a patient undergoing surgery or other biological stress by administering 4-aryl-piperidine derivatives are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Adolor Corporation
    Inventors: David D Christ, Bruce A Wallin, Deanne D Garver, William K Schmidt, David Jackson
  • Patent number: 8940729
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug substance consisting essentially of a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid addition salt of an amine containing pharmaceutically active compound wherein the amine containing pharmaceutical active compound is selected from the group consisting of racemic or single isomer ritalinic acid or phenethylamine derivatives and the drug substance has a physical form selected from amorphous and polymorphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Pisgah Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Riley King, Stephen G. D'Ambrosio, David W. Bristol
  • Patent number: 8940774
    Abstract: Provided are tris-quaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse and/or gastrointestinal tract disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Crooks, Linda Dwoskin, Roger Papke, Guangrong Zheng, Sangeetha Sumithran