Q Is Monocyclic Patents (Class 514/604)
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Patent number: 11369587Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition of Tecovirimat for injection, comprising Tecovirimat as an active ingredient, cyclodextrin and an additive. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the pharmaceutical composition. The composition improves the solubility of Tecovirimat in water by using cyclodextrin and meglumine in combination, as compared with the solubility of Tecovirimat in water by using cyclodextrin or meglumine alone.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology Academy of Military Medical Sciences PLA ChinaInventors: Wu Zhong, Meiyan Yang, Wei Gong, Yuli Wang, Chunsheng Gao, Xinbo Zhou, Song Li
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Patent number: 11046644Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ALLERGAN, INC.Inventors: Haiqing Yuan, Richard L. Beard, Xiaoxia Liu, John E. Donello, Veena Viswanath, Michael E. Garst
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Patent number: 10227338Abstract: The invention relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, below, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or salt. The compound of the invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof can be used for the prevention or treatment of sodium channel blocker-related diseases.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-Geun Lee, Il-Hwan Kim, Myunggi Jung, Hyo Shin Kim, Chun Ho Lee, Sun Ah Jun, Ji Sung Yoon, Sung-Young Kim
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Patent number: 10047040Abstract: The present invention relates to a new compound of formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning as indicated in the claims; or an enantiomer or salt thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are useful in the control of parasites, in particular endoparasites, in and on vertebrates.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Elanco Tiergesundheit AGInventors: Noelle Gauvry, Chouaib Tahtaoui
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Patent number: 9688651Abstract: The invention relates to novel therapeutic compounds, more in particular to biologically active analogs and uses thereof as medicament, for instance for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Provided is a compound of the general formula (formula I) wherein R1 is H or a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic moiety comprising 1 to 8 C-atoms; and X is selected from the group consisting of moieties X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and X6. Exemplary uses include the prevention or therapeutic treatment of a HSF1-mediated disease.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Nyken Holding B.V., Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Academisch Ziekenhuis GroningenInventors: Bianca Johanna Josephina Maria Brundel, Hermannus Steen, André Heeres, Johannes Paulus Gerardus Seerden
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Patent number: 9616056Abstract: Treating Sonic Hedgehog-Associated Medulloblastoma comprises inhibiting the synthesis or biologic activity of leukotrienes that drive Nestin expression in cancerous or precancerous granule neuron precursors and that further drive growth and proliferation of medulloblastoma cells through Nestin-mediated aberrant Sonic Hedgehog signaling.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Institute for Cancer ResearchInventor: Zeng-Jie Yang
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Patent number: 9376402Abstract: Triazole derivatives useful as anti-tubercular compounds; process for preparation of the triazoles and a method for inhibiting growth of Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra using the triazoles.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Dhiman Sarkar, Sunita Ranjan Deshpande, Shailaja Pramod Maybhate, Anjali Prabhakar Likhite, Sampa Sarkar, Arshad Khan, Preeti Madhukar Chaudhary, Sayalee Ramchandra Chavan
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Patent number: 9328067Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: ALLERGAN, INC.Inventors: Haiqing Yuan, Richard L. Beard, Xiaoxia Liu, John E. Donello, Veena Viswanath, Michael E. Garst
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Patent number: 9241993Abstract: Described is a compound capable of reducing or inhibiting (a) the biological activity of branched-chain-aminotranferase-1 (BCAT1) or (b) the expression of the gene encoding BCAT1 for use in a method of treating a neoplasia. A preferred compound is 1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexaneacetic acid (gabapentin).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Deutsches KrebsforschungszentrumInventors: Bernhard Radlwimmer, Martje Toenjes, Sebastian Barbus, Peter Lichter
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Patent number: 9114132Abstract: Described is a compound capable of reducing or inhibiting (a) the biological activity of branched-chain-aminotranferase-1 (BCAT1) or (b) the expression of the gene encoding BCAT1 for use in a method of treating a neoplasia. A preferred compound is 1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexaneacetic acid (gabapentin).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Deutsches KrebsforschungszentrumInventors: Bernhard Radlwimmer, Martje Toenjes, Sebastian Barbus, Peter Lichter
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Patent number: 9040587Abstract: Aromatic N-halosulfonamide organic compounds have been known for over one hundred years. The ability of these compounds to release active halogen ions has been utilized in a range of biocidal and fungicidal applications. This disclosure deals with the use of halo active aromatic sulfonamide organic compounds as odor control and/or biocidal agents in a cleaning solution for use with bovines and other dairy animals.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Inventors: David J. Schneider, Charles A. Schneider
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Publication number: 20150126531Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is provided which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a pharmaceutically and physically acceptable amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulas I-IV as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of increasing a level of a defined neurotrophic peptide in an organism or tissue comprising the administration of a pharmaceutically and physically acceptable amount of one or more of the compositions described above, and a method for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition of claim 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Saint Louis College of PharmacyInventor: John M. Beale
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Publication number: 20150105429Abstract: Compounds of the formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein m, A, B, C, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds and using the compounds for treatment of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Fauber, Olivier Rene
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Patent number: 9000045Abstract: The invention provides a compound that is a CETP activity inhibitor. The compound can increase HDL and at the same time decrease LDL through selective inhibition of CETP activity. the invention also provides for the use of the compound to prevent or treat atherosclerosis or hyperlipidemia.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Hisashi Shinkai, Kimiya Maeda, Hiroshi Okamoto
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Patent number: 8987326Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides N-substituted hydroxylamine derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. In particular, the disclosed subject matter provides methods of using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for treating heart failure.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Jacob Kalish, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Stephen Martin Courtney, Lisa Marie Frost, John P. Toscano
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Publication number: 20150080451Abstract: Potent low molecular weight, highly selective, competitive non-peptidic serine protease inhibitors and their use in treating serine protease-associated diseases are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Ernesto Freire, Patrick C. Ross, Rogelio Siles
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Patent number: 8980952Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds, treatment methods, and kits affecting the NCCa-ATP channel of neural tissue, including neurons, glia and blood vessels within the nervous system, and methods of using same. The NCCa-ATP channel is newly expressed in neural tissue following injury such as ischemia, and is regulated by the sulfonylurea receptor SUR1, being inhibited by sulfonylurea compounds, e.g., glibenclamide and tolbutamide, and opened by diazoxide. Antagonists of the NCCa-ATP channel, including SUR1 antagonists, are useful in the prevention, diminution, and treatment of injured or diseased neural tissue, including astrocytes, neurons and capillary endothelial cells, that is due to ischemia, tissue trauma, brain swelling and increased tissue pressure, or other forms of brain or spinal cord disease or injury. Agonists of the NCCa-ATP channel may be are useful in the treatment neural tissue where damage or destruction of the tissue, such as a gliotic capsule, is desired.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore, The United States of America as represented by the Dept. of Veterans AffairsInventors: J. Marc Simard, Mingkui Chen
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Patent number: 8975439Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-2, and/or MMP-8, and/or MMP-9, and/or MMP-12, and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Ruben Alberto Tommasi, Michael David Shultz, Leslie Wighton McQuire, Pascal Rigollier, Olivier Rogel, Claus Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 8962663Abstract: Pleckstrin homology domain binding compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods for their use are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of ArizonaInventors: Daruka Mahadevan, Emmanuelle J. Meuillet, Eugene A. Mash, Jr., Vijay M. Gokhale, Garth Powis, Shuxing Zhang
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Patent number: 8962244Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting RNA binding proteins (e.g., MEX-3, MEX-5 and POS-1), as well as methods for treating and preventing disorders associated with parasitic infections and inflammatory disorders.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventor: Sean Ryder
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Publication number: 20150051233Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of treating, preventing, and/or reducing the risk of fibrosis in an individual in need thereof. In some embodiments, particular small molecules are employed for treatment, prevention, and/or reduction of the risk of fibrosis. In at least particular cases, the small molecules are inhibitors of STAT3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: David J. Tweardy, Moses M. Kasembeli, Marvin X. Xu, Sandeep K. Agarwal, Mesias Pedroza
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Patent number: 8952031Abstract: The invention provides amino- and amido-aminotetralin compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and n are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are antagonists at the mu opioid receptor. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat conditions associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLCInventors: Sean G. Trapp, Michael R. Leadbetter, Daniel D. Long, Lan Jiang, Sabine Axt
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Publication number: 20150038515Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise covalently closed circular DNA formation inhibitors having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with the formation of covalently closed circular DNA that include hepatitis B infection, and any disease involving formation of covalently closed circular DNA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Andrea Cuconati, Haitao Guo, Timothy M. Block, Ju-Tao Guo, Xiaodong Xu, Huagang Lu, Dawei Cai
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Publication number: 20150031714Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of preventing and/or reducing the risk or severity of an allergic reaction in an individual. In some embodiments, particular small molecules are employed for prevention and/or reduction in the risk or severity of anaphylaxis. In at least particular cases, the small molecules are inhibitors of STAT3. In some cases, the small molecule comprises N-(1?,2-dihydroxy-1,2?-binaphthalen-4?-yl)-4-methoxybenzenesulfonamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: David J. Tweardy, Moses M. Kasembeli, Marvin X. Xu, Josh Milner
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Publication number: 20150024032Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods of treating, preventing, and/or reduce the risk or severity of a condition selected from the group consisting of muscle wasting, muscle weakness, cachexia, and a combination thereof in an individual in need thereof. In some embodiments, particular small molecules are employed for treatment, prevention, and/or reduction in the risk of muscle wasting. In at least particular cases, the small molecules are inhibitors of STAT3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: David J. Tweardy, Moses M. Kasembeli, Marvin X. Xu, Thomas Kristian Eckols
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Publication number: 20150025068Abstract: A compound of formula (I), useful for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and inflammatory disorders, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Jessica Martinsson, Katarina Faernegardh, Mattias Joensson, Rune Ringom
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Publication number: 20140378492Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfur derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of chemokine receptors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: HAIQING YUAN, RICHARD L. BEARD, MICHAEL E. GARST, JOHN E. DONELLO, XIAOXIA LIU, VEENA VISWANATH
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Publication number: 20140378461Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as nematicides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AGInventors: Anthony Cornelius O'Sullivan, Olivier Loiseleur, Daniel Stierli, Torsten Luksch, Thomas Pitterna
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Publication number: 20140378435Abstract: The present invention discloses method to treat infections caused by filovirus. Such a method comprises blocking the PI3 kinase pathway or the calcium-associated pathway at the gene or protein level. Also disclosed herein are the compounds useful in the treatment of filoviral infection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Board of Regents, University of Texas SystemInventors: Robert A. Davey, Andrey A. Kolokoltsov, Mohammad F. Saeed
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Patent number: 8916161Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating BPH using modified pore-forming proteins (MPPs). These MPPs are derived from naturally occurring cytotoxic proteins (nPPs) that kill cells by forming pores or channels in the cell membrane, resulting in cell death. The MPPs are generated by modification of the nPPs such that they are capable of being selectively activated at normal prostate cells. Such modification may include the addition of a prostate-specific protease cleavage site to the activation sequence, and/or the addition of a prostate-specific targeting domain to allow selective targeting of prostate cells. These MPPs are capable of selectively targeting and killing normal prostate cells in vivo. The MPPs may be used either alone or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of BPH.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Sophiris Bio Inc.Inventor: James Thomas Buckley
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Patent number: 8916601Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR(9) receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR(9). The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR(9)-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR(9) antagonists.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.Inventors: Xi Chen, Junfa Fan, Pingchen Fan, Antoni Krasinski, Lianfa Li, Rebecca M. Lui, Jeffrey P. McMahon, Jay P. Powers, Yibin Zeng, Penglie Zhang
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Patent number: 8889741Abstract: Disclosed herein are therapeutic agents and/or preventive agents for pain or therapeutic agents and/or preventive agents for a sodium channel associated disease.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Daiichi Sankyo Company, LimitedInventors: Tsuyoshi Shinozuka, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Sayaka Suzuki, Kyosuke Tanaka, Hiroko Kimoto, Yuki Domon
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Publication number: 20140336261Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods for determining aggressiveness of a cancer and treatment thereof. Certain aspects of the invention provide methods that involve conducting an assay on a lipid droplet in order to detect an amount of a biomarker within the lipid droplet, and determining aggressiveness of a cancer based upon the amount of the biomarker within the lipid droplet. Other aspects of the invention provide methods for treating a cancer that involve administering an agent that blocks storage of cholesteryl ester in a lipid droplet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventor: Ji-Xin Chin
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Publication number: 20140329860Abstract: Methods of treating or suppressing oxidative stress diseases including mitochondrial diseases, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as 2-substituted-p-quinone derivatives as disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Andrew W. Hinman, Kieron E. Wesson, Orion D. Jankowski, Paul Mollard, William D. Shrader, Christopher R. Cornell
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Publication number: 20140329755Abstract: The present invention relates to method of treating arrhythmias or heart failure comprising co-administration of a late INa inhibitor and a CAMK II inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Luiz Belardinelli, Peidong Fan, Faquan Liang, Lina Yao
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Publication number: 20140329898Abstract: Cosmetic compositions comprising N-substituted sulfonyloxybenzylamines and methods of using such compositions to impart anti-aging benefits to the skin are disclosed. The N-substituted sulfonyloxybenzylamines are believed to have modulatory activity against one or more biochemical pathways implicated in skin aging.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Dmitri S. Ptchelintsev, John W. Lyga, Russell J. Wyborski, Qian Zheng, Cheng S. Hwang
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Publication number: 20140315954Abstract: Compounds having cytotoxic and/or anti-mitotic activity are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions having the structure: (T)-(L)-(D), wherein (T) is a targeting moiety, (L) is an optional linker, and (D) is a compound having structure (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Geoffrey C. WINTERS, Alexander L. Mandel, BRADLEY J. HEDBERG
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Publication number: 20140315947Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis and a novel sulfonyl amide derivative compound which can be useful for the prevention or treatment of angiogenesis-related diseases or disorders. Since the compound used as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention is specifically bound to UQCRB and inhibits biological functions thereof, apoptosis is not induced and angiogenic responses are inhibited. Therefore, the compound used as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical composition of the invention can be useful as an effective and safe angiogenesis inhibitory agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITYInventors: Ho Jeong Kwon, Gyoon Hee Han, Hye Jin Jung, Jeong Jea Seo
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Publication number: 20140315946Abstract: Novel compounds and compositions for treating patients in need of relief from HIV, AIDS and AIDS-related diseases are described. Methods for treating HIV, AIDS, and AIDS-related diseases using the compounds described herein are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventor: Arun K. Ghosh
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Publication number: 20140309190Abstract: Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphin-gosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.Inventors: Jermaine Thomas, Xiaogao Liu, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Guo Zhu Zheng, Ma Bin, Richard D. Caldwell, Kevin M. Guckian, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Arthur G. Taveras
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Publication number: 20140309195Abstract: Provided herein are small molecules for the induction of fibroblast proliferation and increased secretion or production of proteins. The small molecules described herein can be used for the promotion of skin regeneration. Also provided herein are methods for promoting skin regeneration and wound healing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL CORPORATIONInventors: Rodolfo Gonzalez, Maxim Poustovoitov, Ruslan Semechkin
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Publication number: 20140296294Abstract: Cannabionid receptor-2 inverse antagonists include compounds represented by Formula IV, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently H, alkyl, or alkenyl; R3 is alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl; R4 and R5 are independently a bond, alkylenyl, or alkenylenyl; each R6 and R7 is independently selected from the group consisting of OH, F, Cl, Br, I, (C1-C6)alkyl, alkoxy, amino, COOH, CONH2, SO3H, PO3H2, CN, SH, NO2 and CF3; and p and q are independently 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Such compounds may be used to treat osteoporosis or multiple myeloma.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Xiang-qun XIE, Peng YANG, Rentian FENG
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Publication number: 20140288183Abstract: This invention relates to the use of bis- and tris-dihydroxyaryl compounds as well as sulfonamides, heteroaryls, tricycloalkyl and their analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for modulating tau aggregation and alleviating tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Pick's disease (PiD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and familial frontotemporal dementia/Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinsonism-dementia complex, argyrophilic grain dementia, dementia pugilistic, diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification, progressive subcortical gliosis and tangle only dementia.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Alan D. Snow, Qubai Hu, Thomas Lake, Judy Cam
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Publication number: 20140288174Abstract: This disclosure relates to inhibitors of the Wni pathway, and compositions comprising the same, as well as to their use in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Writ pathway signaling (e.g., cancer), as well as to the modulation of cellular events mediated by VVnt pathway signaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Sam W. Lee, Anna I. Mandinova
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Patent number: 8835501Abstract: This invention pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising certain carbamic acid compounds (e.g., which inhibit HDAC (histone deacetylase) activity) (e.g., PXD-101, N hydroxy-3-(3-phenylsulfamoyl-phenyl)-acrylamide)) and one or more additional ingredients selected from cyclodextrin, arginine, and meglumine. The present invention also pertains to the use of such compositions, for example, in the inhibition of HDAC, and in the treatment of conditions mediated by HDAC, cancer, proliferative conditions, psoriasis, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: TopoTarget UK LimitedInventors: Richard J. Bastin, Nicholas J. Hughes
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Publication number: 20140256778Abstract: Inhibitors of beta lactamases and their use in treating bacterial infections are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Ernesto Freire, Rogelio Siles, Patrick C. Ross
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Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of beta-amyloid diseases and synucleinopathies
Patent number: 8829198Abstract: Dihydroxyaryl compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable esters, their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of ?-amyloid diseases, such as observed in Alzheimer's disease, and synucleinopathies, such as observed in Parkinson's disease, and the manufacture of medicaments for such treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Proteotech IncInventors: Luke A. Esposito, F. Michael Hudson, Thomas Lake, Joel Cummings, Manfred Weigele, Alan D. Snow, Lesley Larsen -
Patent number: 8829052Abstract: This invention concerns N-(2-arylamino)aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK and are useful in treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Ardea Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Maderna, Jean-Michel Vernier, Dinesh Barawkar, Varaprasad Chamakura, Hassan El Abdellaoul, Zhi Hong
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Publication number: 20140243362Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (ROR?) modulators of formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these modulators, and their use in the treatment of inflammatory, metabolic and autoimmune diseases mediated by ROR? wherein R1 to R7 are as defined in claim 35.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Veronique Birault, Amanda Jennifer Campbell, Stephen Harrison, Joelle Le
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Patent number: RE45314Abstract: The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: John P. Toscano, Frederick Arthur Brookfield, Andrew D. Cohen, Stephen Martin Courtney, Lisa Marie Frost, Vincent Jacob Kalish