Phosphorus Containing Patents (Class 514/47)
  • Publication number: 20140255492
    Abstract: Fine dry particulate adenosine compositions suitable for use in topical formulations, as well as methods of making the same, are provided. In the dry particulate adenosine composition, the adenosine active agent is associated with the particles, e.g., via entrapment in the pores of the particles and/or ionic binding and/or non-covalent binding to the surface of the particles and/or loosely associated with the particles. Also provided are topical formulations which include the dry particulate adenosine compositions of the invention, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: LABORATORY SKIN CARE, INC.
    Inventor: Zahra Mansouri
  • Patent number: 8828966
    Abstract: Provided is a method of treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a patient subject to, or symptomatic of the disease, wherein the method comprises restoring normal lysosomal pH (pHL), or acidifying an abnormally elevated pHL, thus decreasing or preventing a damaging accumulation of lipofuscin or waste products in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells of the eye of the patient. Further, this method is achieved by modulating the action of the P2X7 and/or P2Y12 receptors of the RPE cells, specifically decreasing the acidity (pHL) of the RPE lysosomes by administering selected receptor antagonists affecting the action of the P2X7 and/or P2Y12 receptors of the RPE. Methods for selecting and quantifying the effectiveness of drugs to restore pHL and determine outer segment clearance rates is also provided using a high through-put screening protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventors: Claire Mitchell, Alan Laties
  • Patent number: 8815829
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, HIV, and HBV, in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are 3?-azido-2?,3?-dideoxy purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 and HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: RFS Pharma, LLC, Emory University, University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, John W. Mellors, Nicolas Paul Sluis-Cremer, Steven J. Coats, Richard Anthony Whitaker, Brian David Herman, Jong Hyun Cho, Longhu Zhou, Hongwang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140235565
    Abstract: The present invention provides N-alkylthio ?-lactams and disulfide compounds (e.g., alkyl-coenzyme A asymmetric disulfides or aryl-alkyl disulfides), compositions containing such compounds, and methods of their use as anti-bacterial agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: EDWARD TUROS, KEVIN D. REVELL
  • Publication number: 20140235564
    Abstract: A composition comprising a novel Ca2+-activated, [ATP]i-sensitive nonspecific cation (NCCa-ATP) channel is described. The channel is found in mammalian neural cells and exhibits a different sensitivity to block by various adenine nucleotides, and is activated by submicromolar [Ca]i. The NCCa-ATP channel is activated under conditions of ATP depletion, which causes severe cell depolarization, followed by cell swelling. The NCCa-ATP channel is regulated by a sulfonylurea receptor and is inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds glibenclamide and tolbutamide. Methods employing compositions comprising the NCCa-ATP channel to screen for compounds that block the channel and the use of such antagonists as therapeutics in preventing brain swelling and damage are described. In addition, methods employing compositions comprising the Kir2.3 channel to screen for compounds that open the channel and the use of such antagonists as therapeutics in preventing brain swelling and damage are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: J. Marc Simard, Mingkui Chen
  • Publication number: 20140227260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new aminopyrimidine inhibitors of tyrosine kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Chengzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140227224
    Abstract: The invention is related to salts of anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such salts, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such salts, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. GRAETZ, Richard POLNIASZEK
  • Publication number: 20140212382
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections using nucleoside analog monophosphate prodrugs. More specifically, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, Dengue virus, Chikungunya virus and Yellow fever in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are certain 2,6-diamino 2-C-methyl purine nucleoside monophosphate prodrugs and modified prodrug analogs, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, Dengue virus, Chikungunya virus and Yellow fever. This invention teaches how to modify the metabolic pathway of 2,6-diamino 2?-C-methyl purine and deliver nucleotide triphosphate(s) to polymerases at heretofore unobtainable therapeutically-relevant concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: EMORY UNIVERSITY, RFS PHARMA, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond F. Schinazi, Jong Hyun Cho, Longhu Zhou, Hongwang Zhang, Ugo Pradere, Steven J. Coats
  • Publication number: 20140206635
    Abstract: A metal-salen complex compound, which exhibits excellent noninvasiveness and can be efficiently transferred to an affected site, a local anesthetic containing this metal-salen complex compound, and an antineoplastic drug containing this metal-salen complex compound are provided. Regarding the metal-salen complex compound, a metal atom part in each of two molecules of a metal-salen complex or a derivative of the metal-salen complex is dimerized via water, and the metal-salen complex compound is mixed with a base to produce an ointment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Haruki Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20140193339
    Abstract: A new family of analogues of NADP+ or NADPH, their preparation and their application in therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Anny Slama-Schwok, Jean-Luc Boucher, Yun Xu-Li, Eric Deprez, Etienne Henry, Chantal Dessy, Olivier Feron, Bogdan Tarus
  • Patent number: 8771681
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for protecting and treating a muscarinic receptor in an animal or plant from bacterial, fungal, algo or algae infections through administration of at least one pyrophosphate analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett
  • Patent number: 8772263
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for protecting muscarinic receptor(s) in a subject from at least one carcinogenic or toxic metal by administration of a pyrophosphate analog. Methods and compositions for preventing at least one disease induced or caused by metals compromising the function of muscarinic receptors in a subject by administration of a pyrophosphate analog. Methods and compositions for reducing toxic action of metal ions and for reducing poisoning by metals by administering a pyrophosphate analog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett
  • Patent number: 8772474
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cyclic nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing cyclic nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as viral infections, cancer, and/or parasitic diseases with cyclic nucleotide analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Alios BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Beigelman, David Bernard Smith, Jerome Deval, Vivek Kumar Rajwanshi
  • Patent number: 8772264
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the treatment of hematologic cancers, for example, cancers of the blood, by methods that include administration of EGCG and at least one of a purine nucleoside analog and an alkylating agent. In particular, methods of treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Neil E. Kay, Tait D. Shanafelt
  • Patent number: 8765711
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing cellular function through protection of a tissue components such receptors, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, hormones, vitamins, and cofactors, by administering pyrophosphate analogs or related compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: HealthPartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett
  • Patent number: 8765935
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I), wherein R1-R6 and X have any of the values described, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods comprising the administration of such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventor: Carston R. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140179627
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as a HCV infection with one or more nucleotide analogs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ALIOS BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Leonid Beigelman, Guangyi Wang, David Bernard Smith
  • Patent number: 8759316
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd, Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Diane Mould
  • Publication number: 20140155345
    Abstract: The invention provides new biotinylated compounds and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Roger A. Jones, Barbara L. Gaffney
  • Publication number: 20140134222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of benfotiamine and an effective amount of pyridoxamine in a suitable vehicle for topical application. The present compositions are useful in improving the appearance of aged skin characterized by wrinkles, loss of elasticity, and hyperpigmentation caused by chronoaging and/or photoaging of skin, by inhibiting particularly skin damage resulting from reactive carbonyl species (RCS), glycation of skin proteins, formation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and formation of advanced lipoxidation endproducts (ALEs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Tracie Martyn International, Inc.
    Inventor: Marius Morariu
  • Patent number: 8722686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereof, wherein: G is a group of formula (II); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, hydrates, or solvates, thereof, wherein A, B. L1-L4 A, B, R1-R4 and m are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating a bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew F. Brown, Charles F. Donovan, Edmund L. Ellsworth, Denton W. Hoyer, Timothy A. Johnson, Manjinder S. Lall, Chris Lim-Berakis, Sean T. Murphy, Debra A. Sherry, Clarke B. Taylor, Joseph S. Warmus
  • Patent number: 8716253
    Abstract: The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide analogs as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. The invention provides methods for enhancing the immune response caused by immunostimulatory oligonucleotide compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ekambar R. Kandimalla, Qiuyan Zhao, Dong Yu, Sudhir Agrawal
  • Patent number: 8716261
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Publication number: 20140113005
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pyrazine compounds of formula I: wherein L, n, R1, and R2 are as described in the specification. These compounds are useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the disclosure; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of the disclosure; processes for preparing the compounds of the disclosure; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of the disclosure; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20140107060
    Abstract: Disclosed are polycyclic polyether compounds of formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. wherein R, OR1, and R2 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of regulating mucus clearance in a cell, and methods of treating decreased mucus clearance or mucociliary dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
    Inventors: Daniel G. Baden, William M. Abraham, Andrea J. Bourdelais, Sophie Michelliza
  • Patent number: 8697064
    Abstract: The present invention concerns nitrogenated derivatives of narciclasine and pancratistatin of the following general formula (I) as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The present invention also concerns the use of these compounds in cancer therapy as well as a method for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Frédéric Marion, Jean-Philippe Annereau, Jacques Fahy
  • Publication number: 20140100186
    Abstract: A method of modifying a nucleotide or a nucleotide analogue to increase its overall effectiveness in treating an antiviral disease is provided. In some cases, a compound comprising a base, sugar, phosphonate moiety, and amino acid residue is provided, where the base-sugar may be a nucleoside, and the amino acid residue may be a tyrosine residue. In certain cases, the tyrosine residue contains a long chain alkyl group on the carboxamide group of the residue. Methods of inhibiting viral replication and methods of treating a viral infection are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Charles E. McKenna, Boris A. Kashemirov, Ivan S. Krylov, Valeria M. Zakharova
  • Publication number: 20140099283
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of Flaviviridae infections, including HCV infections. In certain embodiments, compounds and compositions of nucleoside derivatives are disclosed, which can be administered either alone or in combination with other anti-viral agents. In certain embodiments, the compounds are 2?-chloro nucleosides according to Formula 2001: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, stereoisomeric form, tautomeric form or polymorphic form thereof, wherein B, Z and PD are as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Gilles GOSSELIN, Christophe Claude PARSY, Francois-Rene ALEXANDRE, Houcine RAHALI, Jean-Francois GRIFFON, Julien MILHAU, Dominique SURLERAUX, Cyril B. DOUSSON, Claire PIERRA, Adel M. MOUSSA, Benjamin Alexander MAYES
  • Publication number: 20140088033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel boranophosphate analogues of cyclic nucleotides. The invention further relates to the use of such compounds as reagents for signal transduction research or as modulators of cyclic nucleotide-regulated binding proteins and isoenzymes thereof, and/or as hydrolysis- and oxidation-resistant ligands for affinity chromatography, for antibody production or for diagnostic applications e.g. on chip surfaces and/or as additive for organ transplantation storage solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BIOLOG LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE FORSCHUNGSLABOR UND BIOCHEMICA-VERTRIEB GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Gottfried Genieser
  • Publication number: 20140080781
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising HMB and ATP. Methods of administering HMB and ATP to an animal are also described. HMB and ATP are administered to increase power and strength. The combination of HMB and ATP together has a synergistic effect, which results in a surprising and unexpected level of improvement in power and strength. HMB and ATP are also administered to increase lean body mass and muscle hypertrophy and to prevent typical declines in performance that are characteristic of overreaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Shawn Baier, Larry Kolb, John Rathmacher
  • Publication number: 20140073590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing pulmonary hypertension, reducing mortality in a subject experiencing pulmonary hypertension, or inhibiting ADP-mediated vasoconstriction of pulmonary arteries in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a reversible P2Y12 receptor antagonist. Also provided are related medicaments, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for preparing the medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: David Kylhammar, Goran Radegran
  • Publication number: 20140065153
    Abstract: The invention provides for methods for treating a hair loss disorder in a subject by administering a JAK/STAT inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Angela M. Christiano, Raphael Clynes
  • Patent number: 8664195
    Abstract: Novel cyclic phosphoramidate prodrugs of drugs of formula I their use in delivery of drugs to the liver, their use in enhancing oral bioavailability, and their method of preparation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Erion, K. Raja Reddy, Serge H. Boyer
  • Patent number: 8658616
    Abstract: Compounds having the general formula (I): are provided which have enhanced inhibitory potency and are thus useful in methods of prophylaxis or treatment of a viral infection such as hepatitis C virus. The compounds are phosphoramidate derivatives of nucleoside compounds derived from bases such as adenine and guanine. The glycoside moiety of the nucleoside compound can be substituted at the ss-2? position with methyl and the phosphoramidate group can be 1-naphthyl linked by —O— to the P atom. These compounds can be administered as pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their preparation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited, K.U. Leuven Research and Development
    Inventors: Christopher McGuigan, Plinio Perrone, Johan Neyts
  • Patent number: 8658617
    Abstract: The invention is related to salts of anti-viral compounds, compositions containing such salts, and therapeutic methods that include the administration of such salts, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Graetz, Richard Polniaszek
  • Publication number: 20140044690
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease includes administering an effective amount of a compound to a subject in need thereof. The compound includes a high-energy compound, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), guanosine triphosphate (GTP), phosphocreatine (PCr), acetyl coenzyme A (ACoA), phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Ming CHEN, Darrell R. Sawmiller, Huey T. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20140038912
    Abstract: Provided are adenosine analog compounds of the general formula that act as P2Y receptors, e.g., the P2Y2 receptor, including pharmaceutical compositions; and uses thereof to treat or prevent diseases associated with that receptor, e.g., disorders relating to mucus secretion, such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), asthma, constipation, chronic idiopathic constipation, dry mouth (xerostomia), gum disease, and gastrointestinal problems caused by radiation and chemotherapy for cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MICRODOSE THERAPEUTX, INC.
    Inventors: Efrat Ben-Zeev, Vincent Jacques, Yael Marantz, A. Sekar Reddy, Zhaoda Zhang, Oren Becker, Dilara McCauley, Pini Orbach, Sharon Shacham, Ashis K. Saha, Michael Xie
  • Publication number: 20140037576
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates that P2X7 receptor induced apoptosis may be specific for cancerous cells. Treatment with the P2X7 ligand BzATP, increased cellular apoptosis with no associated inflammatory changes or abnormal skin or systemic effects. In mice treated with DMBA/TPA, BzATP decreased papilloma skin formation. BzATP also induced involution of developed papillomas and stimulated apoptosis in keratinocytes outgrowing at the base of developed papillomas. These data show that (a) P2X7 regulates apoptosis of epidermal cells; (b) in vivo, local administration of a drug that activates the P2X7 receptor can inhibit development and progression of epidermal premalignant lesions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: George Gorodeski, Wen Fu
  • Publication number: 20140023642
    Abstract: Disclosed are 1-(arylmethyl)quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones thereof, represented by the Formula (I) wherein Ar, R1-R6 are defined herein. Compounds having Formula (I) are PARP inhibitors. Therefore, compounds of the invention may be used to treat clinical conditions that are responsive to the inhibition of PARP activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Impact Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sui Xiong Cai, Ye Edward Tian, Haijun Dong, Qingbing Xu, Lizhen Wu, Lijun Liu, Yangzhen Jiang, Qingli Bao, Guoxiang Wang, Feng Yin, Chengyun Gu, Xiuhua Hu, Xiaozhu Wang, Sishun Kang, Shengzhi Chen
  • Publication number: 20140004209
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to agents and methods of treating neoplasms with an agent that is a kinase inhibitor and is also an inducer of autophagy in combination with an agent that is an inhibitor of autophagy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Kiu Lin, Michael Degtyarev
  • Publication number: 20130337085
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is in particular the use of an amino acid sequence of IDE, or of an analogue or fragment thereof, or of at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding this sequence, as a biomarker, or as an active agent, with regard to a dandruff condition of the scalp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: L'oreal
    Inventors: Caroline Delattre, Philemon Sirven, Dominique Bernard
  • Patent number: 8609627
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer and viral infections, in particular, HIV, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are certain 6-substituted purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1, HIV-2, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: RFS Pharma, LLC, Emory University
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Cho, Steven J. Coats, Raymond F. Schinazi, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130323283
    Abstract: Methods for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ T regulatory cell (Treg) related disease in a subject in need thereof comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of a histone/protein acetyltransferase (HAT). Methods for identifying an agent useful for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ T regulatory cell (Treg) related disease comprise (a) contacting a candidate agent with a test sample comprising Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (Tregs), and (b) comparing a function of the Foxp3+ Tregs in the test sample with that in a control sample, wherein inhibition of the function of the Foxp3+ Tregs in the test sample when compared with the control sample indicates that the candidate agent is an agent useful for treating or preventing a Foxp3+ Treg related disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Wayne W. Hancock, Steven M. Albelda, Philip A. Cole
  • Publication number: 20130324492
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd, Clive Arthur Arculus-Meanwell, Diane Mould
  • Publication number: 20130316968
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Medicines Company
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Publication number: 20130303477
    Abstract: A method for reducing or maintaining platelet inhibition in a patient by administering cangrelor prior to an invasive procedure is described. The method of this invention can be used for patients in need of antiplatelet therapy or at risk of thrombosis. The method can further be used in patients who were previously treated with long-acting platelet inhibitors without increasing the risk of excessive bleeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Lisa Ruderman Chen, Simona Skerjanec, Dawn Bell, Jayne Prats, Meredith Todd
  • Patent number: 8580763
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,6-dinitrogen-containing substituted purine compounds of formula (A) or salts or solvates thereof or the solvates of salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of the present invention have the characteristics of lower toxicity, broad anticancer spectrum, higher anticancer activity, good stability and the like. The compounds are useful for the manufacture of an antitumor medicament. The present invention also provides a process for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Zhanggui Wu, Zhe Jiang Medicine Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhanggui Wu, Weidong Ye, Jianyong Yuan, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 8575127
    Abstract: The invention features compounds of formula I and methods of their use as antiplatelet and antithrombotic compounds: H/N=Q?2OOOO?Q2-N, HR6/NIf)(^XMO-M??OM°?X1MQ?)r(^rfHOOHHOOQHiN?iR2 Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: GLSynthesis Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Borissov Yanachkov, George Edward Wright
  • Publication number: 20130287688
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving the delivery and/or efficacy of a therapy (e.g., a cancer therapy) are disclosed. In one embodiment, methods and compositions for treating or preventing a cancer (e.g., a solid tumor such as a desmoplastic tumor) by administering to a subject an anti-hypertensive agent, as a single agent or in combination with a microenvironment modulator and/or a therapy, e.g., a cancer therapy (for example, a therapeutic agent or therapy, including immunotherapy (e.g., antibodies, vaccine, cell-based), nanotherapeutics, radiation therapy, photodynamic therapy, low molecular weight chemotherapeutics, molecularly targeted therapeutics and/or oxygen radical) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: XTUIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: The General Hospital Corporation, Xtuit Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8569259
    Abstract: Provided are adenosine analog compounds of the general formula that act as P2Y receptors, e.g., the P2Y2 receptor, including pharmaceutical compositions; and uses thereof to treat or prevent diseases associated with that receptor, e.g., disorders relating to mucus secretion, such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), asthma, constipation, chronic idiopathic constipation, dry mouth (xerostomia), gum disease, and gastrointestinal problems caused by radiation and chemotherapy for cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microdose Therapeutx, Inc.
    Inventors: Efrat Ben-Zeev, Vincent Jacques, Yael Marantz, A. Sekar Reddy, Zhaoda Zhang, Oren Becker, Dilara McCauley, Pini Orbach, Sharon Shacham, Ashis K. Saha, Michael Xie