The Aryl Ring Or Aryl Ring System And Amino Nitrogen Are Bonded Directly To The Same Acylic Carbon, Which Carbon Additionally Has Only Hydrogen Or Acyclic Hydrocarbyl Substituents Bonded Directly Thereto Patents (Class 514/655)
  • Publication number: 20140187641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing testosterone levels in a male subject and methods of treating, suppressing, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity, or inhibiting prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and methods of reducing high or increasing PSA levels and/or increasing SHBG levels in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The compounds of this invention suppress free or total testosterone levels despite castrate levels secondary to ADT and reduce high or increasing PSA levels. This reduction in testosterone levels may be used to treat prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, CRPC and mCRPC without causing bone loss, decreased bone mineral density, increased risk of bone fractures, increased body fat, hot flashes and/or gynecomastia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Gtx
    Inventors: James T. DALTON, Mitchell S. Steiner, Christopher C. Coss, Robert Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20140179653
    Abstract: Orally disintegrating film dosage forms for delivering active pharmaceutical agents, methods of formulating the dosage forms to retard absorption through the oral mucosa, and methods of using the dosage forms for the treatment of various medical conditions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: APR APPLIED PHARMA RESEARCH SA, LABTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR TECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG MBH
    Inventors: Christian Leichs, Armin Breitenbach, Ingo Lehrke, Paolo Galfetti
  • Publication number: 20140171468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) induced hot flashes and severe hot flashes in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GTX, INC.
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Jeetendra Eswaraka
  • Publication number: 20140171380
    Abstract: Successful CNS drug discovery requires a scalable, highly physiological neuronal model. Using directed differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells, including mES cells isolated from a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a highly homogeneous primary neuronal model amenable to phenotypic assays for production and synaptotoxicity of amyloid ?-peptide was developed. This model furnishes a highly physiological and AD-relevant platform suitable for high throughput small molecule and functional genetic screens, providing specific small molecule compounds identified by such screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Tae-Wan Kim, Laura Beth Johnson McIntire, Natalie Landman, Gina Finan
  • Publication number: 20140147497
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pediatric formulation of (R)-N-[-1-(1-naphthyl)-ethyl]-3-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propan-1-amine hydrochloride (hereinafter referred to as Cinacalcet HCl) and method of administering the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Mingda Bi, Fernando Alvarez-Nunez, Francisco Javier Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20140135349
    Abstract: Suggested is a non-therapeutic aqueous composition for topical application, comprising (a) at least one solid active agent having at 20° C. a solubility in water (20° dH) of less than 5 g/L; (b) at least one 1,2-alkandiol having 4 to 12 carbon atoms; and (c) at least one aliphatic alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SYMRISE AG
    Inventor: Cecile Kalem
  • Patent number: 8716530
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of use of facially amphiphilic polyaryl and polyarylalkynyl polymers and oligomers, including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical uses of the polymers and oligomers as antimicrobial agents and as antidotes for hemorrhagic complications associated with heparin therapy. The present invention also discloses novel facially amphiphilic polyaryl and polyarylalkynyl polymers and oligomers, compositions of the novel polymers and oligomers, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of designing and synthesizing the facially amphiphilic polyaryl and polyarylalkynyl polymers and oligomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustess of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: William F. DeGrado, Dahui Liu, Gregory N. Tew, Michael L. Klein
  • Patent number: 8697753
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nail lacquer consisting essentially of terbinafine as an antimycotic agent, hydroxypropyl chitosan as film forming agent, water and a lower alkanol as solvents. The invention is also directed to a method for treating onychomycosis by topically administering such a nail lacquer to a patient in need of such a treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Polichem SA
    Inventors: Federico Mailland, Michela Legora, Daniela Ceriani, Giuliana Iob
  • Publication number: 20140094523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid preparations containing ambroxol which are obtainable by melt extrusion of the mixture consisting of a) 30 to 80% by weight of ambroxol hydrochloride, b) 2 to 68% by weight of at least one hydrogenated vegetable oil, c) 2 to 68% by weight of at least one mixture containing fatty acid ester and/or hydroxy fatty acid ester and d) 0 to 66% by weight of one or more pharmaceutical adjuvants, based in each case on the total amount of the preparation and its use for secretolytic treatment in acute and chronic bronchopulmonary diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf-Stefan Brickl, Herrad-Odilia Krenkel
  • Patent number: 8680157
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one amine oxidase inhibitor for modulating the activity of the lysine-specific demethylase (LSD1) in a mammal and to pharmaceutical compositions for controlling the androgen receptor-dependent gene expression, comprising an effective dose of at least one amine oxidase inhibitor suitable for modulating the activity of the lysine-specific demethylase (LSD1) in a mammal. The invention also relates to assay systems allowing to test LSD1 inhibitors for their ability to inhibit LSD1 function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg
    Inventors: Roland Schuele, Eric Metzger
  • Publication number: 20140066466
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions that inhibit the production of TNF? downstream of CD40 activation. As such, also described are various methods of using compositions exhibiting this activity for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases associated with TNF? production or CD40 activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Junying Yuan
  • Publication number: 20140066518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ambroxol hydrochloride for the treatment of acute pharyngitis, wherein ambroxol hydrochloride as a sprayable composition comprising up to 30 mg/ml ambroxol hydrochloride is administered locally in a dose of 1 to 20 mg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sandra Sauerland, Julia Elisabeth Boni, Bernd Karl Plohmann
  • Publication number: 20140057985
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing testosterone levels by reduction of luteinizing hormone (LH) or independent of LH levels in a male subject and methods of treating, suppressing, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity, or inhibiting prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and palliative treatment of prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and methods of reducing high or increasing PSA levels and/or increasing SHBG levels in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The compounds of this invention suppress free or total testosterone levels despite castrate levels secondary to ADT and reduce high or increasing PSA levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Gtx
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Christopher C. Coss
  • Publication number: 20140057989
    Abstract: Several aromatic hydrocarbons di-substituted with a polyamine are described according to formulas selected from compounds 4, 7, 10, 15 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The novel dimeric polyamines of the present invention demonstrate enhanced penetration into cells having an upregulated polyamine transport system, such as various types of cancer cells. The disclosed aromatic polyamine dimers provide highly efficient drugs for targeting cancer cells with active polyamine transporters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Otto Phanstiel, IV
  • Publication number: 20140050772
    Abstract: The biodegradable drug delivery systems described here are formulated for implantation into the nail unit and its surrounding tissues for the treatment of various nail unit conditions. The systems include non-temperature dependent phase change compositions that may be formulated as solutions, solids, semisolids, microparticles, or crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Hallux. Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Kochinke, Corrine Bright
  • Publication number: 20140031321
    Abstract: The current invention is directed to methods of inducing the negative chemotaxis of a migratory cell comprising contacting the cell with a compound selected from the group consisting of idebenone, benazepril, rolipram, moxonidine, lamivudine, loxoprofen, terbinafine, synephrine, 6-aminoindazole, and a Vitamin D analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: CELTAXSYS, INC.
    Inventor: Erica Brook Goodhew
  • Publication number: 20140031430
    Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of fungal infection of the nail comprising a anti-fungal allylamine compound present in an amount of about 10%, an organic acid or an ester thereof, a diol and a sequestering agent where the pharmacological composition is essentially water-free
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Moberg Pharma AB
    Inventor: Ake Lindahl
  • Patent number: 8637058
    Abstract: Composition for controlling phytopathogens comprising compound of the formula: wherein: R1 represents H, or a CO—R? acyl group; R2, the same or different when n is equal to 2, is a halogen, optionally selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine; a C1-C9 alkyl group; a C1-C9 haloalkyl group; a C1-C9 alkoxyl group; a C1-C9 haloalkoxyl group; a C1-C9 thioalkyl group; a C1-C9 halothioalkyl group; a C3-C9 cycloalkyl group; a C2-C10 carboalkoxyl group; a cyano group; a hydroxyl group; R? represents a hydrogen; a C1-C9 alkyl group; a C1-C9 haloalkyl group; a C1-C9 alkoxyl group; a C1-C9 haloalkoxyl group; a C2-C10 carboalkoxyl group; a phenyl group; n is a number ranging from 0 to 2; X represents an oxygen atom, a nitrogen or sulfur atom in combination with a fungicide; method for controlling phytopathogens with compound of formula (1) with or without another fungicide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Isagro S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lucio Filippini, Marilena Gusmeroli, Alexia Elmini, Carlo Garavaglia, Luigi Mirenna
  • Patent number: 8637713
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the preparation of optically active compounds and their conversion thereafter to desired drug substances. In particular, the process relates to the preparation of (S)-3-(1-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-phenol using asymmetric catalytic reduction and transfer hydrogenation, thereby providing an improved route to forming drug substances such as rivastigimine and rivastigimine hydrogen tartrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christian Mathes, Michael Foulkes, Martin Kesselgruber
  • Publication number: 20140017302
    Abstract: The present invention describes improved compositions comprising aggregates having a higher adaptability, or deformability, owing to the inclusion of certain hydrophilic additives, including suitable organic ionic compounds. The disclosed compositions demonstrate superior adaptability and stability over otherwise similar compositions lacking the disclosed additives. The invention furthermore provides methods for manufacturing said aggregate preparations, wherein the resulting preparations are useful for applications such as receiving an aggregate payload with active ingredients, for biological agent delivery, and for a noninvasive targeted treatment of localised body regions at or below the application site of said aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Gregor Cevc
  • Patent number: 8629135
    Abstract: A class of compounds useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer is described. The compounds' ability to inhibit RET kinase is quantified, i.e., their respective RET IC50 and EC50 values are described. One such compound, known as cyclobenzaprine and herein as SW-01, has been identified as RET-specific with an IC50 of 300 nM. SW-01 inhibits RET autophosphorylation and blocks the growth and transformation of thyroid cancer cell lines. It has been further tested in pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and SCLC cell lines. The compounds show utility for inhibition of survival and proliferation of tumor cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Taranjit S. Gujral, Lois M. Mulligan, Vinay K. Singh
  • Publication number: 20140004176
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the transdermal delivery of various compounds. In some aspects, transdermal delivery may be facilitated by the use of a hostile biophysical environment. One set of embodiments provides a composition for topical delivery comprising terbinafine, a triazole antifungal drug, and/or salts thereof, and optionally, a hostile biophysical environment and/or a nitric oxide donor. In some cases, the composition may be stabilized using a combination of a stabilization polymer (such as xanthan gum, KELTROL® BT and/or KELTROL® RD), propylene glycol, and a polysorbate surfactant such as Polysorbate 20, which combination unexpectedly provides temperature stability to the composition, e.g., at elevated temperatures such as at least 40° C. (at least about 104° F.), as compared to compositions lacking one or more of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Strategic Science & Techologies
    Inventor: Eric T. Fossel
  • Publication number: 20130338109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel substituted bicyclic methyl amine derivatives which are useful as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors modulators and useful for treating a wide variety of disorders associated with modulation of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet A. Takeuchi, Ling Li, Wha-Bin Im
  • Patent number: 8574621
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive patch for the treatment of tinea unguium intended to be applied once a day, comprising terbinafine and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in an amount of 3 mg/cm2, wherein the adhesive patch is used so that the terbinafine concentration in nails may be 295±127 ng/mg and the terbinafine concentration in plasma may be 23 pg/mL or less, 8 weeks after the start of application, per cm2 of the patch size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Arata Toshimitsu, Naoko Fujita, Toshihiro Kogure
  • Publication number: 20130289076
    Abstract: The invention relates to cyclopropylamine compounds, in particular the compounds of Formula (I) as described and defined herein, and their use in therapy, including, e.g., the treatment or prevention of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Julio Castro-Palomino Laria, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe, Marc Murtinell Pedemonte, Alberto Ortega Muñoz, Núrla Valls Vidal
  • Patent number: 8569544
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple method for preparation of benzphetamine and its acid addition salt comprising reaction of methamphetamine hydrochloride of formula (III) with benzyl chloride and treating the isolated benzphetamine of formula (II) with an acid dissolved in an organic solvent to provide benzphetamine acid addition salt, more specifically, benzphetamine hydrochloride of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited
    Inventors: Mukund Keshav Gurjar, Narendra Kumar Tripathy, Kiran Avinash Bapat, Vemavarapu P. K. V. Rao, Satyajeet Binay Biswas, Samit Satish Mehta
  • Publication number: 20130274342
    Abstract: Compositions, methods of making compositions and methods of treating cough are described herein. In some embodiments, the compositions are lozenges comprising memantine and an alkalinizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Cerecor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark GINSKI, Blake PATERSON, Reza MAZHARI, Djelila MEZAACHE
  • Publication number: 20130267605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous compositions containing bromhexine, the composition comprising an amount of sugar alcohols of less than 10 g based on 100 ml of the composition, and the use thereof for secretolytic therapy in acute and chronic bronchopulmonary disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Uwe Scheuring, Bernd Plohmann, Annette Zamponi
  • Publication number: 20130267543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: CHAPERONE THERAPEUTICS, INC., DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dennis J. Thiele, Daniel W. Neef, Jose S. Mendoza
  • Publication number: 20130236514
    Abstract: This invention provides a terbinafine pharmaceutical composition which is emulsifable or self-emulsifying or in form of an emulsion wherein the composition is adapted for oral administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jean-Daniel Bonny, Andreas Carl Eugster, Patrice Guitard, Stefan Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20130210925
    Abstract: Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail bed and is difficult to treat topically because penetration of the nail plate is difficult, and systemic antifungal treatments are prone to side effects and drug interactions. The present invention treats onychomycosis by applying an antifungal composition to the nail bed directly using a solid, semi-solid, or flowable carrier. The carrier can be in the form of a semi-solid into which the user digs and scrapes the nail, a solid carrier can be inserted directly under the nail in contact with the nail bed, or a flowable composition can be injected in contact with the nail bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: JAY E. BIRNBAUM CONCEPTS LLC
    Inventor: JAY E. BIRNBAUM CONCEPTS LLC
  • Publication number: 20130190407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the different roles inorganic ion receptors have in cellular and body processes. The present invention features: (1) molecules which can modulate one or more inorganic ion receptor activities, preferably the molecule can mimic or block an effect of an extracellular ion on a cell having an inorganic ion receptor, more preferably the extracellular ion is Ca2+ and the effect is on a cell having a calcium receptor; (2) inorganic ion receptor proteins and fragments thereof, preferably calcium receptor proteins and fragments thereof; (3) nucleic acids encoding inorganic ion receptor proteins and fragments thereof, preferably calcium receptor proteins and fragments thereof; (4) antibodies and fragments thereof, targeted to inorganic ion receptor proteins, preferably calcium receptor protein; and (5) uses of such molecules, proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130184352
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of late-onset Gaucher disease are described herein. The compositions comprise compounds having activity as pharmacological chaperones for mutant forms of the beta-glucocerebrosidase. Methods of treatment involve providing therapeutically effective amounts of such compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
    Inventors: The Hospital for Sick Children, McMaster University
  • Publication number: 20130158035
    Abstract: Screening methods for identifying compounds and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing cancer are disclosed. The compounds affect signal transduction downstream of the MET receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Brigham Young University
    Inventor: Marc Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130122097
    Abstract: Described here are various compositions for the delivery active agents, e.g., antifungal agents. The compositions may be beneficial due to the particular release kinetics associated with them. Various locations and methods for placement of the compositions into the tissues of the nail unit, as well as tissues surrounding the nail unit are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: HALLUX, INC.
    Inventors: Corinne Bright, Jinping Wan, Martin Babler, Ayse Zamboglu
  • Patent number: 8431140
    Abstract: Single phase pharmaceutical compositions for topical application, in addition to kits and methods of use and administration are provided. The compositions comprise a biologically active agent; a delivery vehicle comprising at least a non-polymeric crystallization inhibitor and a film-former; and a volatile solvent; wherein the biologically active agent is present in the composition in a subsaturated state, the biologically active agent is present in the delivery vehicle in a supersaturated state, and the crystallization inhibitor is capable of delaying crystallization of the biologically active agent in the delivery vehicle. Biologically active agents include terbinafine and acyclovir. Treatments for onychomycosis and Varicella zoster infection, HSV-I infection or HSV-2 infection are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignees: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ake Lindahl, Birgitta Svensson, Anna Holmberg, Johan Engblom
  • Patent number: 8425885
    Abstract: Certain novel substituted 3-(phenoxymethyl) benzyl amines and personal care compositions comprising such, which are particularly beneficial for skin lightening and achieving evenness of color, especially for face and underarm skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Guillermo Rosa, Bijan Harichian, John Steven Bajor, Carol Annette Bosko, Diana Jean Drennan, John Chun-Sing Nip
  • Publication number: 20130095067
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the treatment or prevention of Hepadnaviridae infection and disease caused by Hepadnaviridae infection. In particular, the invention provides compositions and methods that affect the ability of Hepadnaviridae to utilize the host's cellular machinery as part of the virus' lifecycle. The invention relates to the discovery that interfering with the normal ability of viruses to utilize the host cell machinery with LSD1 inhibitors reduces HBV replication. Thus, the treatment and prevention of Hepadnaviridae infection and disease caused by Hepadnaviridae according to the invention comprises administering to an individual in need of treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a LSD1 inhibitor. The individual in need of treatment can be a human or, e.g., another mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Jonathan Alleman Baker, Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe
  • Publication number: 20130096129
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formulae (A), (B), (C), and (D), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and prodrugs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and kits thereof. The present invention further provides methods of using the compounds to treat or prevent neurological disorders. In one aspect, the methods include administering to a subject in need of treatment for a neurological disorder a therapeutically effective amount of DAC-001, DAC-002, DAC-003, DAC-009, or DAC-012, or a compound of Formula (A), (B), (C), or (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Li-Huei Tsai, Ling Pan, Stephen J. Haggarty, Debasis Patnaik
  • Publication number: 20130095156
    Abstract: The invention provides disintegratable films containing a mixture of high molecular weight and low molecular weight water soluble components; and a pharmaceutically or cosmetically active ingredient. Optionally, the films contain a starch component, a glucose component, a filler, a plasticizer and/or humectant. The films are preferably in the form of a mucoadhesive monolayer having a thickness sufficient to rapidly disintegrate in the oral environment and release the active ingredient without undue discomfort to the oral mucosa. The monolayer can be cut to any desired size or shape to provide conveniently useable unit dosage forms for administration to oral or other mucosal surfaces for human pharmaceutical, cosmetic, or veterinary applications. The invention further provides methods of administering the film compositions by placing the composition into, for example, the oral cavity for a sufficient period of time to permit the film to disintegrate and release the active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Adhesives Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Adhesives Research, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130090388
    Abstract: Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of late-onset Gaucher disease are described herein. The compositions comprise compounds having activity as pharmacological chaperones for mutant forms of the beta-glucocerebrosidase. Methods of treatment involve providing therapeutically effective amounts of such compositions to subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicants: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
    Inventors: The Hospital For Sick Children, McMaster University
  • Patent number: 8415508
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the preparation of optically active compounds and their conversion thereafter to desired drug substances. In particular, the process relates to the preparation of (S)-3-(1-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-phenol using asymmetric catalytic reduction and transfer hydrogenation, thereby providing an improved route to forming drug substances such as rivastigimine and rivastigimine hydrogen tartrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christian Mathes, Michael Foulkes, Martin Kesselgruber
  • Patent number: 8404751
    Abstract: Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail bed and is difficult to treat topically because penetration of the nail plate is difficult, and systemic antifungal treatments are prone to side effects and drug interactions. The present invention treats onychomycosis by applying an antifungal composition to the nail bed directly using a solid, semi-solid, or flowable carrier. The carrier can be in the form of a semi-solid into which the user digs and scrapes the nail, a solid carrier can be inserted directly under the nail in contact with the nail bed, or a flowable composition can be injected in contact with the nail bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hallux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay E. Birnbaum, Keith A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20130071353
    Abstract: Inhibitors of retroviral propagation, methods of treatment and prevention of retroviral infections using the inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitors, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: TRANA DISCOVERY, INC
    Inventors: Richard H. Guenther, Jerzy R. Szewczyk
  • Publication number: 20130052248
    Abstract: An item of clothing (10) for daily pharmacological treatment of a fungal infection, comprising: a textile material (20) to manage moisture when the item of clothing (10) is worn; microcapsules (30) grafted on the textile material (20); and antifungal agents encapsulated within the microcapsules (30) to pharmacologically treat the fungal infection when released from the microcapsules (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Marcus Chun Wah YUEN, Joanne Yiu Wan YIP, Kevin CHEUK, Chi Wai KAN, Shuk Yan CHENG
  • Patent number: 8383682
    Abstract: A composition comprises surface-modified nanoparticles of at least one amphoteric metal oxide or oxyhydroxide. The nanoparticles bear, on at least a portion of their surfaces, a surface modification comprising (i) at least one surface modifier selected from lactate, thiolactate, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) at least one surface modifier selected from halide, nitrate, acetate, carbonate, formate, propionate, sulfate, bromate, perchlorate, tribromoacetate, trichloroacetate, trifluoroacetate, carboxylate comprising from one to about four alkyleneoxy moieties, chlorate, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Timothy D. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 8349831
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compounds represented in Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor. The invention also relates to processes for making such compounds and to intermediates useful in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Coulter, Adam James Davenport, Christopher H. Fotsch, Chiara Ghiron, Paul E. Harrington, Michael Gerard Kelly, Steve Fong Poon, Andrew Tasker, Ning Xi, Qing Ping Zeng
  • Publication number: 20120329800
    Abstract: Administration of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor is useful in the prevention and treatment of muscle dystrophy. Methods and compositions for inhibiting the production of reactive oxygen species in a muscle cell overproducing reactive oxygen species are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Paolo Bonaldo, Marcella Canton, Fabio DiLisa, Sara Menazza
  • Patent number: 8329756
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for treating or ameliorating colon cancer in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds of Formula (1), (2), and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or metabolite thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Oncophor, LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Klopman, Suman K. Chakravarti
  • Publication number: 20120309763
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition intended to be applied to a perforated nail is described. In particular, a composition is descirbed that includes an antifungal agent that is in the form of an acid salt, advantageously a hydrochloride; and a solvent system; and advantageously a cationic or positively charged amphoteric surfactant. The described composition can have a viscosity of less than 500 cPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GALDERMA PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: Claire Mallard, Nathalie Willcox