Hepatitis Patents (Class 514/4.3)
  • Publication number: 20140348832
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bispecific biologic comprising a ligand specific for CTLA-4 and a ligand specific for a pMHC complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GENZYME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunxiang Zhu, Jozsef Karman, Ronnie Wei, Canwen Jiang, Seng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140349921
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing HCV viral infections in human patients or other animal hosts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Steven J. Coats
  • Publication number: 20140349920
    Abstract: N-acylpeptide derivatives are described. Compositions comprising N-acylpeptide derivatives are therapeutically effective for topical or systemic administration to alleviate or improve conditions, disorders, diseases, symptoms or syndromes associated with tumors or cancers, immune, nervous, vascular, musculoskeletal, cutaneous system, or other tissues or systems in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ruey J. Yu, Eugene J. Van Scott
  • Publication number: 20140328799
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions comprising inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease and one or more additional therapeutically effective agents. Uses of such compositions as HCV inhibitors and methods of treating infection by HCV by administration of such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Steven S. Carroll, John A. McCauley, David B. Olsen, Vincenzo Summa, Michael Rowley, Mark W. Stahlhut, Daria Hazuda
  • Publication number: 20140328796
    Abstract: The invention provides 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically salts and hydrates thereof. The variables R1-R9, R16, R18, R19, n, M, n, M, and Z are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I are useful as antiviral agents. Certain 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Such pharmaceutical compositions may contain 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compound as the only active agent or may contain a combination of 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide containing peptides compound and one or more other pharmaceutically active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C infections, in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Avinash Phadke, Xiangzhu Wang, Suoming Zhang, Atul Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8877707
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for inhibition of hepatitis C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Zhong, Leping Li
  • Publication number: 20140323395
    Abstract: The present invention features interferon- and ribavirin-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the therapies comprise administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents without interferon and ribavirin to a subject with HCV infection. For example, the therapies comprise administering to a subject an effective amounts of therapeutic agent 1, therapeutic agent 2 (or therapeutic agent 3), and an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (e.g., ritonavir).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Barry M. Bernstein, Rajeev M. Menon, Amit Khatri, Sven Mensing, Sandeep Dutta, Daniel E. Cohen, Thomas J. Podsadecki, Scott C. Brun, Walid M. Awni, Emily O. Dumas, Cheri E. Klein
  • Patent number: 8871812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antiviral therapies and compositions for treating or preventing Hepatitis C infections in patients and relates to other methods disclosed herein. The invention also relates to kits and pharmaceutical packs comprising compositions and dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Robert S. Kauffman, Cyril Jean Camille Titeux, Ramon Polo, Rudolf Peter Gerhard Van Heeswijk, Maria Gloria Beumont, Gaston Rafael Picchio
  • Publication number: 20140315792
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Rolf Wagner, John K. Pratt, Dachun Liu, Michael D. Tufano, David A. DeGoey, Warren M. Kati, Charles W. Hutchins, Pamela L. Dooner, John T. Randolph, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, Mark A. Matulenko, Ryan G. Keddy, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Todd W. Rockway, Clarence J. Maring, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Charles A. Flentge, David A. Betebenner, Kathy Sarris, Kevin R. Woller, Seble H. Wagaw, Jean C. Califano, Wenke Li, Daniel D. Caspi, Mary E. Bellizzi, Yi Gao, Allan C. Krueger
  • Publication number: 20140309164
    Abstract: Deuterated nucleoside analogs of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided by this disclosure The variables, e.g., B1, Y, R1, R2, R3, R3?, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 carry definitions set forth in the disclosure. Compounds of Formula (I) are deuterated at one or more positions and the deuterium enrichment at each deuterated positions is at least 50%. Compounds and salts of Formula (I) are useful for treating viral infections, including HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Milind Deshpande, Jason Allan Wiles, Akihiro Hashimoto, Avinash Phadke
  • Publication number: 20140308242
    Abstract: The invention relates to biomarkers measurable in a human subject that have prognostic value with respect to efficacy of therapeutic treatments for Hepatitis C viral infection. The markers also are believed to have value for diagnosis liver health/liver damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Fleming, Brain J. Hare, Daniel Chelsky, Rene Allard, Eustache Paramithiotis
  • Publication number: 20140294763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptidomimetic compounds useful as protease inhibitors, particularly as serine protease inhibitors and more particularly as hepatitis C NS3 protease inhibitors; intermediates thereto; their preparation including novel steroselective processes to intermediates. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and to methods for using the compounds for inhibiting HCV protease or treating a patient suffering from an HCV infection or physiological condition related to the infection. Also provided are pharmaceutical combinations comprising, in addition to one or more HCV serine protease inhibitors, one or more interferons exhibiting anti-HCV activity and/or one or more compounds having anti HCV activity and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods for treating or preventing a HCV infection in a patient using the compositions. The present invention is also directed to a kit or pharmaceutical pack for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Edward Babine, Shu Hui Chen, Ivan Collado-Cano, Maria Cristina Garcia Paredes, John Irvin Glass, Ling Jin, Jason Eric Lamar, Raymond Samuel Parker, III, Nancy June Snyder, Xicheng David Sun, Deqi Guo, Yvonne Yee Mai Yip, May Q. Wang, Victor Frantz, Mark Joseph Tebbe, Robert B. Perni, Luc J. Farmer
  • Publication number: 20140296136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, their synthesis, and their use for treating or preventing HCV infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Michael T. Rudd, John McCauley, Nigel Liverton, Christiane Grisé-Bard, Marie-Christine Brochu, Sylvie Charron, Virender Aulakh, Benoit Bachand, Patrick Beaulieu, Helmi Zaghdane, Yongxin Han, Marco Ferrara, Steven Harper, Vincenzo Summa, Samuel Chackalamannil, Srikanth Venkatraman, Unmesh Shah, Francisco Velazquez
  • Publication number: 20140287990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods to administer compositions comprising cupredoxin and/or cytochrome and/or variants, derivatives, truncations and structural equivalents of cupredoxin and cytochrome to treat and/or prevent two or more conditions in a mammalian cell. The invention also relates to compositions and methods to administer compositions comprising cupredoxin and/or cytochrome and/or variants, derivatives, truncations and structural equivalents of cupredoxin and cytochrome to concurrently treat and/or prevent two or more conditions in a patient such as HIV, cancer, malaria and inappropriate angiogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Tapas Das Gupta, Ananda Chakrabarty
  • Publication number: 20140287991
    Abstract: The present invention provides non-naturally occurring polypeptides that specifically bind hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA; and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The present invention further provides methods of detecting HBV DNA; methods of detecting a covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) form of HBV; and methods for treating HBV infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Kimberley Zimmerman, Michael A. Joyce, Karl Fischer, D. Lorne Tyrrell
  • Publication number: 20140287992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel macrocyclic compounds and methods of treating a hepatitis C infection in a subject in need of such therapy with said macrocyclic compounds. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Hui-Ju Chen, Keith F. McDaniel, Brian E. Green, Jason P. Shanley, Albert W. Kruger, Jorge Gandarilla, Dennie S. Welch, Russell D. Cink, Steven C. Cullen, Yonghua Gai, Guoqiang Wang, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 8840878
    Abstract: The present application describes organic compounds that are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of human diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Trixi Brandl, Prakash Raman, Pascal Rigollier, Mohindra Seepersaud, Oliver Simic
  • Publication number: 20140274884
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the various substituents are defined herein, methods of using said compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kyla L. Bjornson, Kapil K. Karki, John O. Link, Hyung-jung Pyun, Adam J. Schrier, Kirk L. Stevens, James G. Taylor, Randall W. Vivian, Jeff Zablocki, Sheila Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20140255317
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by the general formula (1) (where: G represents a hexose-6-phosphate residue; and L represents a divalent linker group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Keita Un, Mitsuru Hashida, Shigeru Kawakami, Makoto Kiso, Akiharu Ueki, Hiromune Ando
  • Publication number: 20140255347
    Abstract: Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula (I) and the N-oxides, salts, and stereoisomers, wherein each dashed line represents an optional double bond; X is N, CH and where X bears a double bond it is C; R1 is —OR7, —NH—SO2R8; R2 is hydrogen, and where X is C or CH, R2 may also be C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxyC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl; R4 is aryl or Het; n is 3, 4, 5, or 6; R5 is halo, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, C1-6alkoxy, phenyl, or Het; R6 is C1-6alkoxy, or dimethylamino; R7 is hydrogen; aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; R8 is aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; aryl is phenyl optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents; Het is a 5 or 6 membered saturated, partially unsaturated or completely unsaturated heterocyclic ring containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from nitroge
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: Janssen R&D Ireland, Medivir AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Simmen, Herman Augustinus De Kock, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Lili Hu, Abdellah Tahri, Dominique Louis Nestor Ghislain Surleraux, Karl Magnus Nilsson, Bengt Bertil Samuelsson, Asa Annica Kristina Rosenquist, Vladimir Ivanov, Mikael Pelcman, Anna Karin Gertrud Linea Belfrage, Per-Ola Mikael Johansson, Sandrine Marie Helene Vendeville
  • Publication number: 20140249074
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: GILEAD PHARMASSET LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth M. Bacon, Eda Canales, Aesop Cho, Jeromy J. Cottell, Manoj C. Desai, Michael Graupe, Hongyan Guo, Randall L. Halcomb, Darryl Kato, Choung U. Kim, Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Evan S. Krygowski, Scott E. Lazerwith, John O. Link, Hongtao Liu, Qi Liu, Richard L. Mackman, Michael L. Mitchell, Jay P. Parrish, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Joseph H. Saugier, Scott D. Schroeder, Jianyu Sun, James G. Taylor, James D. Trenkle, Winston C. Tse, Randall W. Vivian, William J. Watkins, Lianhong Xu
  • Patent number: 8822496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations comprising (a) Compound (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as herein described, (b) an interferon alfa and (c) ribavirin and particular regimens for administering this combination. Compound (1) is a selective and potent inhibitor of the HCV NS3 serine protease. The present invention also relates to methods of using such therapeutic combinations for treating HCV infection or alleviating one or more symptoms thereof in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Carla Haefner, Gerhard Steinmann, Jerry O. Stern, Chan-Loi Yong
  • Publication number: 20140243257
    Abstract: Compounds represented by formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, B, B?, X, Y, R1, R1?, R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R5, R5?, R6, m, n, or p are as defined herein, are useful for treating flaviviridae viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: James A. Henderson, John Maxwell, Louis Vaillancourt, Mark Morris, Ronald Grey, JR., Simon Giroux, Laval Chan Chun Kong, Sanjoy Kumar Das, Bingcan Liu, Carl Poisson, Caroline Cadilhac, Monica Bubenik, T. Jagadeeswar Reddy, Guy Falardeau, Constantin Yannopoulos, Jian Wang, Oswy Z. Pereira, Youssef L. Bennani, Albert C. Pierce, Govinda Rao Bhisetti, Kevin M. Cottrell, Valerie Marone
  • Patent number: 8815796
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the structure, preparation methods and uses of a series of novel polyheterocyclic based compounds (Ia-Ib and IIa-IIb) that are highly effective for inhibiting hepatitis C virus (HCV): where the structural variables are defined herein. The present invention is also provides a method of treating HCV infection by the polyheterocyclic based HCV inhibitory compounds, compositions and therapeutic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: AB Pharma Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Yun James Zhan
  • Publication number: 20140234414
    Abstract: There is provided inter alia a pharmaceutical dosage form for oral administration comprising a sanglifehrin as active ingredient in which the sanglifehrin active ingredient is protected from acid degradation in the stomach environment following oral administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Gregory, Steven James Moss
  • Patent number: 8809267
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeromy J. Cottell, John O. Link, Scott D. Schroeder, James Taylor, Winston C. Tse, Randall W. Vivian, Zheng-Yu Yang
  • Patent number: 8809264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, including compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or prodrug, thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Deqiang Niu, Dong Liu, Joel D. Moore, Guoyou Xu, Ying Sun, Yonghua Gai, Datong Tang, Yat Sun Or, Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 8809266
    Abstract: The invention is related to anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Aesop Cho, Michael O'Neil Hanrahan Clarke, Choung U. Kim, John O. Link, Hyung-jung Pyun, Xiaoning C. Sheng, Qiaoyin Wu
  • Patent number: 8809265
    Abstract: The present invention features interferon- and ribavirin-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the therapies comprise administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents without interferon and ribavirin to a subject with HCV infection. For example, the therapies comprise administering to a subject an effective amounts of therapeutic agent 1, therapeutic agent 2 (or therapeutic agent 3), and an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (e.g., ritonavir).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Barry M. Bernstein, Rajeev M. Menon, Amit Khatri, Sven Mensing, Sandeep Dutta, Daniel E. Cohen, Thomas J. Podsadecki, Scott C. Brun, Walid M. Awni, Emily O. Dumas, Cheri E. Klein
  • Publication number: 20140228281
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of cyclophilin inhibitors in the treatment of Hepatitis C virus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Claudio Avila
  • Publication number: 20140221275
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oligopeptide for treating liver fibrosis and/or hepatitis B and/or improving liver function. The oligopeptide is obtained by reflux extraction via water, ethanol precipitation and isolation through a cation exchange resin column and a gelatinous resin column from a turtle shell. Pharmaceutically conventional excipients can be added to the oligopeptide prepared according to the present invention to prepare various dosage forms. The oligopeptide has good efficacy in treating liver fibrosis and improving liver function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Haimin LEI
  • Publication number: 20140212381
    Abstract: Cyclosporin derivatives, methods of manufacturing the cyclosporin derivatives and methods for treating subjects infected with certain viruses, including hepatitis virus or HIV by administering the cyclosporin derivatives are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Scynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Keqiang Li, Michael Robert Peel
  • Publication number: 20140213508
    Abstract: Cyclosporin derivatives, methods of manufacturing the cyclosporin derivatives and methods for treating subjects infected with certain viruses, including hepatitis virus or HIV by administering the cyclosporin derivatives are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Scynexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Keqiang Li, Michael Robert PEEL
  • Publication number: 20140206604
    Abstract: The invention provides 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptides and cyclic analogues thereof of Formula I and the pharmaceutically salts thereof. The variables are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I are useful as antiviral agents. 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide cyclic analogues as disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide cyclic analogues and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Such pharmaceutical compositions may contain a 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide cyclic analogue as the only active agent or may contain a combination of a 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide cyclic analogue and one or more other pharmaceutically active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C infections, in patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Avinash Phadke, Xiangzhu Wang, Godwin Pais, Akihiro Hashimoto, Venkat Gadhachanda, Dawei Chen, Atul Agarwal, Suoming Zhang, Cuixian Liu, Shouming Li, Milind Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20140206605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to different forms of a HCV inhibitory compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory L. Beutner, Robert M. Wenslow, JR., Eric J. Choi, Clinton Scott Shultz, Jeremy Scott, Juan D. Arredondo, Laura Artino
  • Patent number: 8785378
    Abstract: The invention provides 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically salts and hydrates thereof. The variables R1-R9, R16, R18, R19, n, M, n, M, and Z are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I are useful as antiviral agents. Certain 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compounds and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Such pharmaceutical compositions may contain 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide compound as the only active agent or may contain a combination of 4-amino-4-oxobutanoyl peptide containing peptides compound and one or more other pharmaceutically active agents. The invention also provides methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C infections, in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Phadke, Xiangzhu Wang, Suoming Zhang, Atul Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8785377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, II, III or IV, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Sun, Dong Liu, Yat Sun Or, Zhe Wang
  • Patent number: 8778877
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Juswinder Singh, Arthur F. Kluge, Lixin Qiao
  • Publication number: 20140194350
    Abstract: The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, Jun Ma, Guoqiang Wang, Jiang Long, Bin Wang
  • Patent number: 8765667
    Abstract: Novel compounds that are potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus protease are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these inhibitors, methods of preparing the inhibitors and methods of using the inhibitors to treat hepatitis C and related disorders also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Eissenstat, Rongjian Lu, Sang Uk Kang
  • Publication number: 20140179595
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are several apoplipoprotein E (ApoE) polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding these polypeptides, that can be used to treat or prevent a hepatitis infection in a subject, such as a hepatitis C virus infection. These ApoE polypeptides can inhibit the entry of hepatitis C virus into cells, and inhibit viral replication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, University of Pittsburgh- Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Tianyi Wang, Shufeng Liu, Fan Daping
  • Publication number: 20140162942
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments, and pharmaceutical kits that employ the use of boceprevir as a CYP3A4/5 inhibitor to improve the pharmacokinetics of therapeutic compounds metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4/5 (CYP3A4/5) enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Anima Ghosal, Samir Gupta, Narendra Kishnani, Claudia Kasserra, Edward O'Mara
  • Patent number: 8748374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel macrocyclic compounds and methods of treating a hepatitis C infection in a subject in need of such therapy with said macrocyclic compounds. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: AbbVie, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui-Ju Chen, Keith F. McDaniel, Brian E. Green, Jason P. Shanley, Albert W. Kruger, Jorge Gandarllla, Dennie S. Welch, Russell D. Cink, Steven C. Cullen, Yonghua Gai, Guoqiang Wang, Yat Sun Or
  • Patent number: 8748373
    Abstract: A polypeptide comprising a preS1 region of hepatitis B virus (HBV), or a fragment thereof, and/or the preS2 region of HBV or a fragment thereof, and methods of use to inhibit virus infection are disclosed. A lentivirus comprising hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope proteins, or a fragment thereof, and/or the L envelope protein of HBV and/or the M envelope protein of HBV or a fragment thereof, and/or the S envelope protein of HBV or a fragment thereof, and methods of use of this lentivirus HBV pseudovirus as a gene therapy to target hepatocytes for the administration of therapeutic agents are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fox Chase Cancer Center
    Inventors: Ning Chai, John M. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140154208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogues having antiviral activity against HCV and useful in the treatment of HCV infections. More particularly, the invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogue compounds, compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the same, as well as processes for making such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, In Jong Kim, Jiang Long, Lijuan Jiang, Sheng Sean Liu, Guoqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8741837
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Celgene Avilomics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Deqiang Niu, Russell C. Petter, Juswinder Singh, Arthur F. Kluge, Lixin Qiao
  • Publication number: 20140147412
    Abstract: Disclosed are spiro compounds of formula (I), or stereomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, nitrogen oxides, hydrates, solvates, metabolites, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof. The compounds can be used to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or hepatitis C disease. Furthermore disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the method of using the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of HCV infection or hepatitis C disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SUNSHINE LAKE PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiancun Zhang, Yingjun Zhang, Hongming Xie, Qingyun Ren, Huichao Luo, Tianzhu Yu, Yumei Tan
  • Publication number: 20140148381
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a novel strategy to cope with chronic virus infection by introducing a dominant negative viral structural protein to disturb effective virion production. The dominant negative structural protein mimics antiviral drugs through structural and biochemical interactions during virus assembly. An effective gene therapy model for chronic viral infected diseases is proposed in this disclosure, as represented by HBV Cpdominant 1 to clear viral infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Adam Zlotnick, Daniel Loeb
  • Patent number: 8734776
    Abstract: Homogeneous preparations of IL-28A, IL-28B, and IL-29 have been produced by mutating one or more of the cysteine residues in the polynucleotide sequences encoding the mature proteins. The cysteine mutant proteins can be shown to either bind to their cognate receptor or exhibit biological activity. One type of biological activity that is shown is an antiviral activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell J. Brady, Kevin M. Klucher, Chung Chan, Dennis L. Dong, Hong Y. Liu, Paul O. Sheppard, Thomas R. Bukowski
  • Patent number: 8735345
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed in the present application relate to a composition that can include a hepatitis C viral polymerase inhibitor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof and a hepatitis C viral protease inhibitor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Additional embodiments disclosed relate to methods for treating a disease condition such as a hepatitis C virus infection, liver fibrosis and/or impaired liver function with a hepatitis C viral polymerase inhibitor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof and a hepatitis C viral protease inhibitor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Hoffmann la Roche Inc., Pharmasset, Inc., Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Steven B. Porter, Williamson Ziegler Bradford, Patrick F. Smith, Ellen S. Yetzer, Abel De La Rosa, Michael D. Rogers, William T. Symonds