Sulfur In R Patents (Class 514/618)
  • Publication number: 20130324610
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds which are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Kelem Kassahun, Christne Fandozzi, Donald R. Gauthier, Lisa A. Shipley
  • Publication number: 20130324508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker for characterizing prostate cancer and method of using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to method of using a membrane-associated C family G protein-coupled receptor GPRC6A as biomarker of characterizing prostate cancer progression. The present invention also provides a kit for detecting prostate cancer in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Leigh Darryl Quarles, Min Pi
  • Patent number: 8592438
    Abstract: A plant disease control composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, and one or more anilinopyrimidine compounds selected from the group consisting of 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine, 4-methyl-N-phenyl-6-(1-propynyl)-2-pyrimidinamine and 4-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine has an excellent plant disease control effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Intellectual Property Service, Ltd
    Inventors: Masanao Takaishi, Norio Kimura
  • Patent number: 8580308
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising modafinil in the form of particles of defined size and methods for preparing same. The particle size of modafinil can have a significant effect on the potency and safety profile of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Heacock, Alpa Parikh, Piyush Patel
  • Publication number: 20130295196
    Abstract: The invention relates to the molecule having formula (I), as well as the enantiomers thereof, and to the use of same in the treatment of ADHD, narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS
    Inventor: Eric Konofal
  • Publication number: 20130289061
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of reducing or preventing the development of aversion to a CNS stimulant in a subject comprising, administering a therapeutic amount of the neurological stimulant and administering an antagonist of the kappa opioid receptor, to thereby reduce or prevent the development of aversion to the CNS stimulant in the subject. Also disclosed is a method of reducing or preventing the development of addiction to a CNS stimulant in a subject, comprising, administering the CNS stimulant and administering a mu opioid receptor antagonist to thereby reduce or prevent the development of addiction to the CNS stimulant in the subject. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a central nervous system stimulant and an opioid receptor antagonist. Examples of central nervous system stimulants (such as methylphenidate) and opioid receptor antagonists (such as naltrexone) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Pradeep G. Bhide, Jinmin Zhu, Thomas J. Spencer, Joseph Biederman
  • Publication number: 20130289122
    Abstract: Substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino]alkaneamide derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are useful as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators for preventing, alleviating and curing pathologies wherein the above mechanisms play a pathological role. The compounds may be particularly useful for the prevention, alleviation, and curing of, for example, neurological, cognitive, psychiatric, inflammatory, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Newron Pharmaceuticals S.P.A.
  • Patent number: 8563014
    Abstract: The invention concerns an oral lyophilizate comprising modafinil particles having a median diameter of about 10 to about 1000 ?m in association with an appropriate amount of at least one excipient selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters of glycerol, cyclic oligosaccharides, sweeteners or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Teva Sante
    Inventors: Thanh-Tam Nguyen, Joëlle Leyder
  • Patent number: 8557812
    Abstract: The invention relates to small molecules which function as inhibitors of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member proteins (e.g., Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL). The invention also relates to the use of these compounds for inducing apoptotic cell death and sensitizing cells to the induction of apoptotic cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Guoping Wang, Guozhi Tang, Renxiao Wang, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Dajun Yang, Liang Xu
  • Patent number: 8546451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) induced hot flashes and severe hot flashes in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Jeetendra Eswaraka
  • Publication number: 20130217707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a subject. This method includes selecting a subject with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and administering to the selected subject a sodium/hydrogen exchanger inhibitor under conditions effective to treat the subject for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Methods of identifying compounds suitable to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
  • Patent number: 8497304
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid preparation of the present invention containing 2-amino-3-(4-bromobenzoyl)phenylacetic acid or its pharmacologically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof, an alkyl aryl polyether alcohol type polymer such as tyloxapol, or a polyethylene glycol fatty acid ester such as polyethylene glycol monostearate is stable. Since even in the case where a preservative is incorporated into said aqueous liquid preparation, the preservative exhibits a sufficient preservative effect for a long time, said aqueous liquid preparation in the form of an eye drop is useful for the treatment of blepharitis, conjunctivitis, scleritis, and postoperative inflammation. Also, the aqueous liquid preparation of the present invention in the form of a nasal drop is useful for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and inflammatory rhinitis (e.g. chronic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, nasal polyp, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shirou Sawa, Shuhei Fujita
  • Publication number: 20130156825
    Abstract: The invention provides an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising modafinil particles, wherein at least about 5% of said modafinil particles have a diameter greater than 200 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventor: Cephalon, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8466126
    Abstract: Compositions, kits and methods are provided for conditioning, revitalizing, volumizing or increasing the natural pigmentation of the hair, including hair on the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, mustache and beard, promoting healthy growth, and treating and preventing loss, thinning or miniaturization of hair due to aging, various genetic, pathological, radiation, chemotherapy, chemical treatment, environmental or other reasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Jan Marini Skin Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Jan Marini
  • Patent number: 8450374
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel antagonists of the androgen receptor and androgen receptor mutations associated with clinical failure of currently prescribed anti-androgens and use of said antagonists in the treatment of conditions associated with inappropriate activation of the androgen receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: John Tze-tzun Koh, Paula Lynn McGinley, Hongmu Pan, Robert Sikes
  • Publication number: 20130121919
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a histone acetyltransferase protein. The invention further provides methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders, conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposits, Tau protein levels, and/or accumulations of alpha-synuclein as well as cancer by administering a HAT-activating compound to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Yan FENG, Mauro Fa, Ottavio Arancio, Shi Xian Deng, Donald W. Landry, Yitshak Francis
  • Patent number: 8420823
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide compounds useful as preventives or remedies for circular system disorders, nervous system disorders, metabolic disorders, reproduction system disorders, digestive system disorders, neoplasm, infectious diseases, etc., or as herbicides. [Means for Solution] A long-chain fatty acyl elongase inhibitor comprising, as the active ingredient thereof, a compound or a pharmaceutically-active salt thereof of a formula (I): [wherein W represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; X represents an aryl, a heteroaryl, etc.; n indicates 0 or 1; Z represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; A1, A2, A3 and A4 each independently represent CH or N].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Jitsuoka, Tsuyoshi Nagase, Nagaaki Sato, Daisuke Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 8409602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or repairing damage to a fetal membrane. In one embodiment, the method comprises contacting a fetal membrane with a composition comprising a four-armed catechol-terminated polyethylene glycol (cPEG) and a biocompatible oxidant. In one embodiment, the four-armed cPEG and the biocompatible oxidant are initially contained in separate solutions, and the solutions are mixed to form the composition just prior to or at the same time that the composition contacts the fetal membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Northwestern University, The University of Zurich
    Inventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Carrie Brubaker, Corinne Zisch
  • Patent number: 8404893
    Abstract: Pentafluorosulfanylbenzoylguanidines of the formula I and II in which R1 to R4 have the meanings stated in the claims, are suitable as antiarrhythmic medicaments with a cardioprotective component for the prophylaxis of infarction and treatment of infarction and for the treatment of angina pectoris. They also inhibit preventively the pathophysiological processes associated with the development of ischemia-induced damage, especially in the triggering of ischemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Werner Kleemann
  • Publication number: 20130045204
    Abstract: Compounds having a structure of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 are as defined herein, and wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 or R5 is F, are provided. Uses of such compounds for treatment of various indications, including prostate cancer as well as methods of treatment involving such compounds are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: The University of British Columbia, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch
    Inventors: Raymond John Andersen, Javier Garcia Fernandez, Marianne Dorothy Sadar, Carmen Adriana Banuelos, Nasrin Mawji, Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20130030029
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, including enantiomerically pure forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or co-crystals and prodrugs thereof which have glucagon receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity. Further, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as well as methods of treating, preventing, delaying the time to onset or reducing the risk for the development or progression of a disease or condition for which one or more glucagon receptor antagonist is indicated, including Type I and II diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Moreover, provided herein are methods of making or manufacturing compounds disclosed herein, including enantiomerically pure forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or Co-crystals and prodrugs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: METABASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jorge E. Gomez-Galeno, Scott J. Hecker, Qun Dang, Mali Venkat Reddy, Zhili Sun, Matthew P. Grote, Thanh Huu Nguyen, Robert Huerta Lemus, Haiqing Li
  • Publication number: 20130012497
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of determining an altered susceptibility to develop ADHD, methods of predicting or determining the severity of symptoms of ADHD and associated disorders, and methods of treatment based on the presence or absence of one or more alleles of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Ser.
    Inventors: Maximilian Muenke, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Maria Teresa Acosta
  • Patent number: 8344181
    Abstract: the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein Z represents O, S, NR6, SO or SO2; R1 represents hydrogen, cyano, hydroxy, or C1-4alkyl optionally substituted with halo, R2 represents hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, or C1-4alkyloxy-; R3 represents hydrogen, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxy- or R3 combined with R2 form together a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of —O—CH2— (a), —NR7—CH2— (b), —(CR8R9)m- (c) and —CR10? (d) wherein m represents 1 or 2 and R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently selected from hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R4 represents hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, NR11R12, C1-4alkyloxy- optionally substituted with one or where possible two or three substituents selected from hydroxy and halo or R4 represents C1-4alkyl optionally substituted with one or where possible two or three substituents selected from hydroxy and halo; R5 represents hydrogen, halo, cyano, amino, phenyl, hydroxy, C1-4alkyloxycarbonyl, hydrox
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Libuse Jaroskova, Joannes Theodorus Maria Linders, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van Der Veken, Gustaaf Henri Maria Willemsens, François Paul Bischoff
  • Patent number: 8338646
    Abstract: Polymorphs and solvates of racemic, enantiomerically pure, and enantiomerically mixed modafinil are formed and discussed. In addition, said forms are described as useful for the treatment of many conditions including, but not limited to, narcolepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc
    Inventors: Magali Bourghol Hickey, Matthew Peterson, Orn Almarsson, Mark Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20120322880
    Abstract: Compositions of modafinil and methods of treating neurologically related conditions with the administration of modafinil. Also compositions that include modafinil and one or more excipients such as diluents, disintegrants, binders and lubricants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Heacock, Alpa Parikh, Piyush Patel
  • Publication number: 20120316173
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Alessandra Bartolozzi, Angela Berry, Doris Riether, Monika Ermann, James Edward Jenkins, Innocent Mushi
  • Publication number: 20120316244
    Abstract: Compositions of modafinil and methods of treating neurologically related conditions with the administration of modafinil. Also compositions that include modafinil and one or more excipients such as diluents, disintegrants, binders and lubricants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Heacock, Alpa Parikh, Piyush Patel
  • Patent number: 8314270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: James T. Link, Qi Shuai, Martin Winn, Hong Yong
  • Patent number: 8309608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which enhance the transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) for treating stem and progenitor cells in the cell therapy of patients with ischemic heart diseases such as coronary heart disease or ischemic cardiomyopathy. Treatment of such cells which are isolated from bone marrow, for example, with an eNOS transcription enhancer prior to their administration improves their functional activity and ameliorates neovascularization of the heart and cardiac regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Christopher Heeschen, Hartmut Ruetten
  • Publication number: 20120282259
    Abstract: The emergence of mutations in tyrosine kinases following treatment of cancer patients with molecular-targeted therapy represents a major mechanism of acquired drug resistance. Here, we describe a mutation in the serpentine receptor, Smoothened (SMO), which results in resistance to a Hedgehog (Hh) pathway inhibitor in medulloblastoma. A single amino acid substitution in a conserved aspartic acid residue of SMO maintains Hh signaling, but results in the inability of the Hh pathway inhibitor, GDC-0449, to bind SMO and suppress the pathway. This mutation was not only acquired in a GDC-0449-resistant mouse model of medulloblastoma, but was identified in a Medulloblastoma patient following relapse on GDC-0449. The invention provides screening methods to detect SMO mutations and methods to screen for drugs that specifically modulate mutant SMO exhibiting drug resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: Curis, Inc, Genentech, Inc
    Inventors: Frederic J. de Sauvage, Gerrit J.P. Dijkgraaf, Thomas Januario, Robert L. Yauch
  • Publication number: 20120238601
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions of matter, kits and methods for their use in the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a subject by inhibiting a poly-ADP-ribose polymerase, as well as providing formulations and modes of administering such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: BiPar Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome MOORE, Bruce KEYT, John BURNIER, Barry SHERMAN, Max TOTROV, Valeria S. OSSOVSKAYA
  • Patent number: 8268892
    Abstract: Compositions of modafinil and methods of treating neurologically related conditions with the administration of modafinil. Also compositions that include modafinil and one or more excipients such as diluents, disintegrants, binders and lubricants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig S. Heacock, Alpa B. Parikh, Piyush R. Patel
  • Publication number: 20120189614
    Abstract: Organic compounds showing the ability to inhibit viral glycoprotein (GP)-mediated entry of a filovirus into a host cell are disclosed. The disclosed filovirus entry inhibitor compounds are useful for treating, preventing, or reducing the spread of infections by filovirus including the type species Marburg virus (MARV) and Ebola virus (EBOV). Preferred inhibitors of the invention provide therapeutic agents for combating the Ivory Coast, Sudan, Zaire, Bundibugyo, and Reston Ebola virus strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Crobiotix, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnab Basu, Debra M. Mills, Norton P. Peet, John D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20120164228
    Abstract: Granules having a solid core on which an active ingredient is supported, the core being chosen preferably from among insoluble supports, the granules also having, supported on said the core, the following compounds: one or more colouring agents, one or more metallic pigments, one or more gas-releasing compounds, and optionally one or more embittering agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: DEBREGEAS ET ASSOCIES PHARMA
    Inventors: Pascal Suplie, Christophe Lebon
  • Patent number: 8207228
    Abstract: A class of topomimetic calixarene-based peptide mimetics is described. Calixarene-based peptide mimetics have various biological activities such as, for example, bactericidal activity, antiangiogenic activity, and/or antitumor activity. Methods of use and methods of designing calixarene-based peptide mimetics are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Kevin H. Mayo, Thomas R. Hoye, Xuemei Cheri
  • Publication number: 20120142771
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy substituted with fluorine atom, and others; R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy substituted with fluorine atom, and others; R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, methyl, ethyl, hydroxy group, and others; and R8 and R9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, and others, which is useful as an agent for treating or preventing various types of epilepsy including partial seizures and/or generalized seizures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji IWAMA, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Nana Yajima
  • Patent number: 8183294
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a sulphoxide compound of formula (I) either as a single enantiomer or in an enantiomerically enriched form, comprising the steps of: a) contacting a pro-chiral sulphide of formula (II) with a metal chiral complex, a base and an oxidizing agent in an organic solvent; and optionally b) isolating the obtained sulphoxide of formula (I). wherein Ar, Y, R1 are as defined in claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Cephelon France
    Inventors: Philippe Louvet, Dominique Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20120115781
    Abstract: Provided is a method for evaluating test agents as candidates for treating prostatic diseases, including benign prostatic hyperplasia and androgen dependent and androgen independent prostate cancer. The method comprises providing a mouse comprising a human prostate primary xenograft, where the xenograft contains blood vessels that include human endothelial cells, initiating androgen deprivation in the mouse, administering to the mouse a test agent within a period of 1-7 days after initiating the androgen deprivation, and determining a reduction in human epithelial cells in the xenografts and/or a reduction in number of the endothelial cells or blood vessels in the xenograft. Also provided is a method for treating an individual for human prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Gary J. Smith, Howard M. Reisner, Danny R. Gray, Wendy Huss
  • Patent number: 8168681
    Abstract: Novel amidoacetonitrile compounds are disclosed. The compounds have pesticidal properties and are suitable for controlling endoparasites on warm-blooded animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Noëlle Gauvry, Thomas Goebel
  • Publication number: 20120101053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting and/or decreasing the activity of one or more cathepsins, thereby treating and/or preventing various disease states associated with one or more cysteine proteases including, but not limited to, cathepsins and papain-like cysteine proteases. Disease states treated and/or prevented by the compounds of the invention include, but are not limited to, mammalian parasitic diseases in which the parasite utilizes a critical cysteine protease from the papain family. Examples of parasitic diseases to be treated or prevented by the compounds of the invention include, but are not limited to, toxoplasmosis, malaria, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, coccidiosis, giardiosis, cryptosporidiosis or schistosomiasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Christian Beaulieu
  • Publication number: 20120082726
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to solid oral dosage forms comprising surface-treated particles comprising modafinil particles and a hydrophilic treating agent, methods of making the same, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: CEPHALON, INC.
    Inventors: Salah U. AHMED, Muhammed A. HOSSAIN, Pruthvi R. KATIKANENI, Zhijun JIANG
  • Patent number: 8129431
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid preparation of the present invention containing 2-amino-3-(4-bromobenzoyl)phenylacetic acid or its pharmacologically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof, an alkyl aryl polyether alcohol type polymer such as tyloxapol, or a polyethylene glycol fatty acid ester such as polyethylene glycol monostearate is stable. Since even in the case where a preservative is incorporated into said aqueous liquid preparation, the preservative exhibits a sufficient preservative effect for a long time, said aqueous liquid preparation in the form of an eye drop is useful for the treatment of blepharitis, conjunctivitis, scleritis, and postoperative inflammation. Also, the aqueous liquid preparation of the present invention in the form of a nasal drop is useful for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and inflammatory rhinitis (e.g. chronic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, nasal polyp, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shirou Sawa, Shuhei Fujita
  • Publication number: 20120041036
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor modulating action. It was discovered that acylguanidine derivatives, in which the guanidine is bonded to one ring of a naphthalene via a carbonyl group and a cyclic group is bonded to the other ring thereof, exhibit potent the 5-HT5A receptor modulating action and excellent pharmacological actions based on the action. The present invention is useful as an excellent agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Isao Kinoyama, Yohei Koganemaru, Takehiro Miyazaki, Takuya Washio
  • Patent number: 8101665
    Abstract: Methods for preparing tritium or deuterium labeled thiorphan comprising reacting a compound of formula j wherein m is from 1 to 5 and X is halo, with Z2 wherein Z is tritium or deuterium, in the presence of a catalyst, to form a compound of formula k wherein n is from 1 to 5, provided that n is less than or equal to m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Roche Palo Alto LLC
    Inventors: Mohammand R. Masjedizadeh, Shao-Yong Wu
  • Publication number: 20120015960
    Abstract: Provided are compounds for inhibiting Snail-p53 binding and therapeutic agents for cancer including the compounds as an effective component. The Snail-p53 binding inhibitors induce expression of p53 in K-Ras mutant cell lines, thereby enabling effective treatment or prevention of K-Ras mutant cancer, such as, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, cholangioma, and colon cancer, of which diagnosis or treatment is not easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University, Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Bum Joon Park, Nam Chul Ha, Sun Hye Lee, Gyu Yong Song, Jee Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120004260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a fatty acid synthesis related disease comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a PARP inhibitor or metabolite thereof to inhibit fatty acid synthesis, wherein the fatty acid synthesis related disease is obesity, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease. The present invention also relates to a method of treating a cancer in a subject comprising: (i) identifying a level of fatty acid in a sample from the subject, and (ii) administering an effective amount of a PARP inhibitor or metabolite thereof to inhibit fatty acid synthesis in the subject, wherein the administration is based on the level of fatty acid, thereby treating the cancer in the subject. The present invention further relates to a method of treating Her-2 related cancers by administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a PARP inhibitor or metabolite thereof to inhibit fatty acid synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BiPar Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Valeria Ossovskaya, Barry Sherman
  • Publication number: 20120004264
    Abstract: 4-(trifluoromethanesulfonyloxyphenyl)propionic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical composition containing such compounds are useful in inhibiting the chemotactic activation of neutrophils (PMN leukocytes) induced by the interaction of Interleukin-8 (IL-8) with CXCR1 and CXCR2 membrane receptors. The compounds are used for the prevention and treatment of pathologies deriving from said activation. Notably, these metabolites are devoid of cyclo-oxygenase inhibition activity and are particularly useful in the treatment of neutrophil-dependent pathologies such as psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, melanoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bullous pemphigoid, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic fibrosis, glomerulonephritis and in the prevention and treatment of damages caused by ischemia and reperfusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Dompé pha.r.ma S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Allegretti, Marla Candida Cesta, Riccardo Bertini, Marco Mosca, Francesco Colotta
  • Patent number: 8088799
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE) inhibitor cariporide and an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor which exhibits unexpectedly efficacious properties for preventing heart failure and other age-related organ dysfunctions, age-related disorders and for prolonging life, and to methods of preventing heart failure and other age-related organ dysfunctions, age-related disorders and for prolonging life comprising administering pharmaceutically effective amounts of the sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibitor cariporide and an ACE inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Linz, Ursula Schindler
  • Patent number: 8084052
    Abstract: The invention herein provides for an improved pesticide that includes at least one attractant, at least one plant growth stimulator and an insecticide. The pesticide eradicates fire ants and promotes the destruction of empty nests by subsequent plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventors: James W. Mason, Marianne L. Mason
  • Publication number: 20110306669
    Abstract: Compositions are described that comprise a modafÊnil component that is a combination of the d- and l-enantiomers of modafinil and wherein the modafÊnil component is greater than 50% by weight d-modafÊnil for use in promoting or enhancing the state of wakefulness, alertness, and/or central nervous system stimulation in an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Eyal S. Ron, Neal M. Farber, Daniel E. Katzman, Elkan R. Gamzu