Plural Nitrogens Nonionically Bonded Patents (Class 514/564)
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Patent number: 11648224Abstract: A method of inhibiting or treating choroidal neovascularization, wherein the method comprises administering an injectable preparation of L-aspartic acid ?-hydroxamate to a patient suffering from choroidal neovascularization, including injecting a first dosage that is 6 mg/kg by weight of the treated subject, and injecting a second dosage that is 3 mg/kg.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shengzhou Wu, Mengjuan Wu, Yimei Liu
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Patent number: 11273137Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or preventing developmental disorders associated with mutations in the OCD1 gene.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Spectrum Health Innovations LLCInventors: Andre Bachmann, Caleb Bupp, Surender Rajasekaran
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Patent number: 11260040Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to peroxyformic acid forming compositions and methods for forming peroxyformic acid, preferably in situ, and peroxyformic acid formed by said compositions and methods for the purpose of treating an animal tissue and providing an antimicrobial function thereon. present disclosure in particular relates to a residue-free teat treatment composition for the treatment of an animal tissue, especially bovine teats, which provides antimicrobial efficacy and does not leave a non-food ingredient residue on treated teats.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Junzhong Li, Alexander Thomas, Allison Prideaux, David D. McSherry, Joseph Morelli, Richard Staub
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Patent number: 11181523Abstract: The invention is an ex vivo method for early detection of acute kidney injury in critical patients, which includes the measurements of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), klotho (KL) and erythropoietin (EPO) as biomarkers. These measurements are obtained from a venous blood sample or urine, and allow the determination of the following indicators: 1=([FGF23]p×[EPO]p); 2=([FGF23]p/[Klotho]p); 3=([EPO]p)/[Klotho]p); 4=([FGF23]p×[EPO]p)/[Klotho]p); where [X]p is defined as the plasma level of a specific molecule (X) which includes fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), klotho (KL) or erythropoietin (EPO). If the value of the indicator 1, 2, 3, 4 or two or more thereof, is equal or higher than a cut-off point (10 U), the indicator and/or indicators allow the identification of patients with high risk of developing AKI, with a high sensitivity/specificity.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILEInventors: Luis Alejandro Toro-Cabrera, Luis Fernando Michea-Acevedo
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Patent number: 10980758Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenic are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 10945981Abstract: Provided are methods for preventing or delaying the need for surgical intervention in a patient having familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and an at least partially intact lower gastrointestinal tract. Also provided are methods for preventing or delaying the formation of neoplasia and/or cancer in a patient having FAP. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical therapy that comprises eflornithine and sulindac to a patient having FAP and an intact lower gastrointestinal tract.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Gerner, Alfred Cohen, Michelle Boytim
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Patent number: 10906864Abstract: Nitroalkene non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating inflammation related conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignees: INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPUBLICAInventors: Carlos Batthyány, Gloria Virginia López, Carlos Escande, Jorge Rodriguez Duarte, Williams Arturo Porcal Quinta, Rosina Dapueto Capuccio, Germán Adrian Galliussi López, María Pia Garat Nuñez, Paulina Invernizzi, Mariana Ingold, Lucia Colella
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Patent number: 10821089Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenic are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 10632091Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurologica dyslinction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 10617663Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 10464883Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (II) are disclosed. Compounds of formula (II) comprise ornithine derivatives or compounds that may metabolize to ornithine. Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease using compounds of formula (II).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Resilio Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Francis Xavier Tavares, Michael Peter Vitek
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Patent number: 10428008Abstract: Nitroalkene non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating inflammation related conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Institut Pasteur de MontevideoInventors: Carlos Batthyány, Gloria Virginia López, Carlos Escande, Jorge Rodriguez Duarte, Williams Arturo Porcal Quinta, Rosina Dapueto Capuccio, Germán Adrian Galliussi López, María Pia Garat Nuñez, Paulina Invernizzi, Mariana Ingold, Lucia Colella
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Patent number: 10265286Abstract: A method for administering citrulline to a patient during surgery without filtration of the hemolysis to reduce the uncoupling of eNOS enzyme dimer that leads to cardiopulmonary bypass-induced pulmonary injury.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Vanderbilt UniversityInventors: Marshall L. Summar, Frederick W. Barr
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Patent number: 10266482Abstract: [Problem] To provide a method for inducing a long-term memory in a subject in need thereof. [Solution to problem] A method for inducing a long-term memory, comprising a step of administering a compound represented by Formula I below, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Sophia School CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko Hattori, Yukihisa Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Kagechika, Hiroyuki Masuno, Atsuhiko Chiba, Hikaru Iwashita, Yusuke Maruyama
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Patent number: 10098887Abstract: Inhibitors of retroviral propagation, methods of treatment and prevention of retroviral infections using the inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Trana Discovery, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Guenther, Jerzy R. Szewczyk
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Patent number: 9993453Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 9993450Abstract: Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: H. Ralph Snodgrass, Allen E. Cato, Jack S. Hicklin
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Patent number: 9895324Abstract: Halogenated diarylacetylenes, e.g., diarylacetylenes having at least one halo substituent in one aryl ring and an amine in the opposing aryl ring, can inhibit the proliferation of LS174T colon cancer cells through the inhibition of c-myc and induction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor-1 (i.e., p21(Wif1/Cip1)). Such compounds are useful as antineoplastic agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: University of Kentucky Research FoundationInventors: Vitaliy M. Sviripa, Wen Zhang, Chunming Liu, David Watt
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Patent number: 9663450Abstract: A method for the purification and preparation of melphalan that allows to obtain melphalan with purity higher than 99.5% is described.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: FARMABIOS S.P.A.Inventors: Claudio Gianluca Pozzoli, Valentina Canevari, Matteo Curti
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Patent number: 9451767Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising dicamba and a drift control agent; to a method for preparing a tank mix, which comprises the step of contacting water and said composition, and optionally further pesticides; to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired vegetation and/or unde-sired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, their environment or the plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the crop plants and/or their environment; and finally to a use of the alkoxylate of the formula (I) as defined below for reducing the wind drift of an aqueous composition comprising a pesticide.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marc Nolte, Wen Xu, Steven Bowe, Maarten Staal, Terrance M. Cannan
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Patent number: 9340483Abstract: The present invention relates to use of DHA analogs and their pharmaceutical compositions for treating ALS, by administering these compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: ANIDA PHARMA INC.Inventor: Per Gjorstrup
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Patent number: 9289380Abstract: A composition prepared for treating animals suffering from parasites which parasites are known to be susceptible to at least one of the avermectins, milbemycins or salicylanilides, comprises for example ivermectin in an amount of from 0.1 to 10%(w/v), a solvent selected from the group consisting of glycerol formal, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol and combinations thereof, and a salicylanilide such as closantel in a required dosage amount for the animal to be treated, typically about 2.5 mg/kg live weight of the animal to be treated, a polymeric species selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyoxypropylene/polyoxyethylene block copolymers, the said polymeric species improving the bioavailability of closantel to the extend that blood plasma levels of the said compound greater than about 20 ppm over period of treatment are achievable.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Norbrook Laboratories LimitedInventors: William Blakely, Lillian Cromie, Sean Duffy
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Patent number: 9121852Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits a) for predicting colorectal cancer patient survival, as well as the survival of patients harboring other invasive cancers where cellular proliferation and carcinogenesis is linked, in part, to high levels of ODC activity and increased cellular polyamine contents, and b) for selecting the corresponding treatment options for such patients based on the allelic nucleotide sequence or SNP at position +316 of the ODC1 promoter gene as well as cancer treatment methods, in each case, which include the determination of the ODC1 promoter +316 position genotype, as a means to guide treatment selection.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignees: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eugene W. Gerner, Jason A. Zell, Christine E. McLaren, Frank L. Meyskens, Jr., Hoda Anton-Culver, Patricia A. Thompson
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Patent number: 9040582Abstract: A relaxation formulation structured to induce a deep state of relaxation in a person comprises amounts of tryptophan, melatonin, vitamin B3, and vitamin B6. Another relaxation formulation also includes an amount of tyrosine, and yet another formulation includes an amount of vitamin B12. At least one embodiment of a relaxation formula comprises a physiologically effective amount of gamma-aminobutyric acid (“GABA”). A delivery system is provided to facilitate administration of the relaxation formulation to a person. The delivery system may include an edible high carbohydrate matrix, such as a chocolate brownie. Alternatively, the delivery system may comprise an inert vaporizable compound to allow the components of the relaxation formulation to be inhaled directly into the lungs of a person. Other delivery systems include an aqueous sublingual spray and a beverage.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Inventor: Raymond M. Keller
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Publication number: 20150132408Abstract: The present invention provides sorafenib analogs for use in a method of treating a disease mediated by p21, said method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention also provides methods of inhibiting p21 in a cell comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Robert H. Weiss, Bruce D. Hammock, Hiromi Inoue, Sung Hee Hwang
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Patent number: 9029401Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for the inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase and associated disease conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Bruce D. Hammock, Sung Hee Hwang, Aaron T. Wecksler, Christophe Morisseau
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MODULATORS OF THE PROSTACYCLIN (PGI2) RECEPTOR USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS RELATED THERETO
Publication number: 20150126527Abstract: The present invention relates to amide derivatives of Formula (XIIIa) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the PGI2 receptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Thuy-Anh Tran, Weichao Chen, Bryan A. Kramer, Abu J.M. Sadeque, Anna Shifrina, Young-Jun Shin, Pureza Vallar, Ning Zou -
Publication number: 20150080382Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): where r, q, R, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R5c, R6a, R6b, R6c, R7, R8, and R9 are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of preparing the compounds of the invention are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Damian O. Arnaiz, Greg Brown, Emmanuel Claret, Arwed Cleve, David Davey, William Guilford, Seock-Kyu Khim, Thomas Kirkland, Monica J. Kochanny, Amy Liang, David Light, John Parkinson, Guo Ping Wei, Bin Ye
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Patent number: 8980868Abstract: Novel solution complexes of zoledronic acid are described which give rise to improved properties of zoledronic acid. The invention includes aqueous solution and molecular complexes of zoledronic acid with and optical isomers of asparagine, histidine, arginine and proline as well as pharmaceutical complexes containing them and methods of treatment using them.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Thar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Mazen Hanna, Ning Shan, Miranda Cheney, David Weyna
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Publication number: 20150031635Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions and their methods of use are provided, where the pharmaceutical compositions comprise a phenolic opioid prodrug that provides enzymatically-controlled release of a phenolic opioid, and an enzyme inhibitor that interacts with the enzyme(s) that mediates the enzymatically-controlled release of the phenolic opioid from the prodrug so as to attenuate enzymatic cleavage of the prodrug.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Thomas E. Jenkins, Julie D. Seroogy, Jonathan W. Wray
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Publication number: 20150025147Abstract: An agent for secreting ghrelin, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, an agent for enhancing eating activity, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, and an agent for enhancing gastrointestinal activity, comprising ornithine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Kousaku Ohinata, Yee Yin Ho, Takafumi Mizushige, Kentaro Kaneko, Saori Akizuki, Koji Morishita
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Publication number: 20150017267Abstract: The present invention relates to the prevention, reduction, inhibition and reversal of pain and inflammation in a non-human mammal by administration of an inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase, as sole active agent or co-administered with other active agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Alonso G.P. Guedes, Bruce D. Hammock, Christophe Morisseau
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Patent number: 8933267Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to formula I in particular as anti-ulcer agent and/or anti-Helicobacter pylori agent, wherein R1 is selected from linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl, H, thioether and benzyl, and R2 is selected from linear or branched C1-C10 alkanediyl and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: King Saud UniversityInventors: Amani S. Awaad, Reham Moustafa El-Meligy, Ahmed M. Alafeefy
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Publication number: 20140371272Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I) or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula (I) and therapeutic methods for treating cancer or treating autoimmune diseases or preventing transplant rejection using compounds of formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Venkatram R. Mereddy, Lester R. Drewes, Mohammed Abrar Alam, Sravan K. Jonnalagadda, Shirisha Gurrapu
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Patent number: 8883131Abstract: A synergistic composition, or the use of that composition in the manufacture of a medicament, or a method of treatment including the use of that composition, for the treatment of hair loss and baldness, for combined, sequential or simultaneous administration, in any form, via any biological route. In its optimal embodiment the composition consists, in the form of a lotion: 1600-2400 IU/mL Vitamin A Palmitate, 0.64%-0.96% Thiamine Hydrochloride, 0.64%-0.96% Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, 4.8%-7.2% Niacinamide, 2.85%-5.2% D-Panthenol, 1.6%-2.4% L-Arginine, 3.6%-4.4% Methyl Sulphonyl Methane (MSM), 0.08%-0.12% Ginger Oil, 0.08%-0.12% Cinnamon Oil, 0.0996%-0.1494% Oleoresin Capsicum, 1.3%-1.95% Magnesium, 2.4%-3.6% Zinc, 0.192%-0.288% Manganese, 2.6%-3.9% Urea, 2.4%-3.6% Sodium Glycerophosphate, 4.8%-7.2% L-Lysine HCl, plus Preservatives, Co-solvent (Propylene Glycol), Fragrances, Anti-Oxidant, Cooling agent (Menthol), Emulsifier, and Vehicle (Purified water).Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventors: Robert Peter Taylor, Kartar Singh Lalvani, Ajit Lalvani
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Publication number: 20140329902Abstract: A blood coagulating device can include an absorbent body; and a hemostatic lysine composition associated with the body. The body can have a cylindrical or conical member having a first end having the hemostatic composition, the first end being configured for insertion into a nasal passageway. A method for coagulating blood can include providing a powdered hemostatic lysine composition; and applying the powdered hemostatic lysine composition to blood so as to cause the blood to coagulate and form a clot. The coagulation can occur in a nasal passageway away from a blood vessel. The method can include providing at least one absorbent member having the powdered hemostatic lysine composition; and applying the at least one absorbent member to the blood so that the powdered hemostatic lysine composition causes the blood to coagulate and clot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Park City Bio, LLCInventors: Jonathan M. Benns, Matthew C. Lawyer
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Publication number: 20140322152Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a water-in-oil emulsion comprising at least one oil-soluble polar modified polymer and at least one polylysine, wherein the emulsion has a high water content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Mikhail Motornov, Hy Si Bui, Jean-Thierry Simonnet, Christopher Pang
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Publication number: 20140314850Abstract: The present application relates to functionalized nanodiamonds, to complexes comprising a functionalized nanodiamond reversibly bound to a nucleic acid and to compositions comprising such functionalized nanodiamonds and complexes. In particular, the functionalized nanodiamonds comprise at least one naturally occurring basic amino acid, or analogs or derivatives thereof, covalently linked to a nanodiamond. The present application also includes methods and uses of the complexes and compositions, for example for delivering a nucleic acid to a cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: University of SaskatchewanInventors: Ildiko Badea, Ronald Verrall, Jackson M. Chitanda, Randeep Kaur, Saniya Alwani
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Publication number: 20140294796Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to aromatic-cationic peptides. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof. For example, the peptides may be administered to subjects in need of a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: D. Travis Wilson, Marc W. Andersen, Elizabeth Mead
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Publication number: 20140286931Abstract: The present invention relates to new biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid modulators of beta-3-adrenoceptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: Chengzhi Zhang
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Publication number: 20140256716Abstract: The invention relates to the use of C16-C18-carboxylic acid dibutylamides in agrochemical formulations, agrochemical formulations which comprise such compounds and the use as tank mix additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBHInventors: Peter Baur, Martin Steinbeck, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Thomas Auler, Alison Daniels, Rolf Pontzen
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Patent number: 8829049Abstract: The use of cubebin, dibenzylbutyrolactolic lignan, its semi-synthetic and synthetic derivatives for the treatment of erectile dysfunction is shown and disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: ACEF S.A.Inventors: Sérgio Albuquerque, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Paulo Sérgio Calefi, Katia Jorge Ciuffi, Wilson Roberto Cunha, Rosangela da Silva de Laurentiz, Rodrigo Lucarini, Eduardo José Nassar, Ademar Alves da Silva Filho, Márcio Luís Andrade e Silva
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Patent number: 8815917Abstract: Described herein is the DP2 antagonist [2?-(3-benzyl-1-ethyl-ureidomethyl)-6-methoxy-4?-trifluoromethyl-biphenyl-3-yl]-acetic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also described are methods of preparing the DP2 antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a mammal that include the DP2 antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such pharmaceutical compositions for treating respiratory diseases or conditions, allergic diseases or conditions, inflammatory diseases or conditions, as well as other prostaglandin D2-dependent or prostaglandin D2-mediated diseases or conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Panmira Pharmaceuticals, LLCInventors: Jason Edward Brittain, Brian Andrew Stearns, Christopher David King, Kevin Ross Holme
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Publication number: 20140235562Abstract: A method of treating an ocular disorder in a subject includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that modulates at least one target in a signaling cascade associated with light induced retinal degeneration, aberrant all-trans-retinal accumulation, and/or generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Krzysztof Palczewski, Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20140228296Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that an increased fraction of albumin is carbamylated in patients suffering from kidney disease (e.g., end-stage renal disease) and that the fraction of carbamylated albumin is also correlated with increased disease severity, particularly risk of mortality. The present invention also relates to the discovery that free amino acids can reduce carbamylation of albumin. Based on these discoveries the present invention provides diagnostic and prognostic methods for patients suffering from, or suspected of suffering from kidney disease. The invention also provides methods for treating kidney disease by administration of a compound or composition that reduced protein carbamylation, such as free amino acids or dipeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.Inventors: Anders H. Berg, S. Ananth Karumanchi, Ravi I. Thadhani
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Patent number: 8802162Abstract: L-citrulline for treatment of endothelial dysfunction and in particular of erectile dysfunction and a pharmaceutical composition comprising L-citrulline in combination with one or more substances selected from the group consisting of pycnogenol, aqueous extract of Viscum album, NADPH, tetrahydrobiopterin, folic acid and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Androsystems S.R.L.Inventor: Ermanno Greco
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Publication number: 20140221488Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising melphalan and a cyclodextrin derivative, and methods of making and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: CYDEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: James D. Pipkin, Stephen G. Machatha
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Patent number: 8796336Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to protecting cells, tissues and organs against the damaging effects of ionizing or other damaging agents associated with radiation or chemotherapy, or degenerative diseases or processes of various organs that elicit the production of free radicals or oxidants such as peroxides, superoxide anions, hydroxyl radicals or nitric oxides, or heavy metal cations. More particularly, the present invention is concerned with methoxypolyethylene glycol chelate methyl esters that are useful as protectors against tissue damage by penetrating the cell membrane to donate electrons to free radical oxidants and remove heavy metals that may react with peroxides to produce the reactive hydroxyl radical, or remove Ca++ that may be released from organelles. These chelate esters will also have utility in reducing intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolInventors: Karl A. Schellenberg, Frank A. Lattanzio, James Shaeffer
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Publication number: 20140213650Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a nitrogen mustard and a cyclodextrin derivative, and methods of making and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: CYDEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: James D. Pipkin, Stephen G. Machatha
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Patent number: 8785497Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of multi-dose, ophthalmic compositions. The compositions possess sufficient antimicrobial activity to satisfy USP preservative efficacy requirements, as well as similar preservative standards (e.g., EP and JP). The compositions include a balance of ingredients that allow for the formation of ophthalmic compositions that include an anionic drug and exhibit desired characteristics such as stability, preservation efficacy, desired pH, desired osmolality, combinations thereof or the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.Inventor: Bhagwati P. Kabra