Chalcogen In The Six-membered Hetero Ring Patents (Class 514/90)
  • Publication number: 20100203110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating a cancerous tumor in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of 3-bromopyruvate. The 3-bromopyruvate may be administered intraarterially directly to a tumor as a continuous intraarterial infusion. The present invention also relates to methods for identifying agents that inhibit type II hexokinase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Geschwind, Mustafa Vali
  • Publication number: 20100183581
    Abstract: This invention provides conjugates of therapeutic or active agents with melanotransferrin or with other ligands of a melanotransferrin receptor, melanotransferrin receptor modulators, and related compositions and methods for modulating blood-brain barrier transport by providing methods of screening and selecting such conjugates, ligands, and modulators in vitro and in vivo, and methods of use of such conjugates, modulators and ligands in diagnosis and the treatment of diseases, including particularly diseases of the central nervous system or lysosomal storage diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: RAPTOR PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
    Inventors: Richard Beliveau, Michel Demeule, Joseph Yang, Malcolm L. Kennard, Reinhard Gabathuler
  • Publication number: 20100183587
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for minimizing, preventing, or treating damage to corneal nerves by administering to a subject with such damage or at risk of exposure to such damage a composition which blocks an activity of an IL-1 cytokine and/or an IL-17 cytokine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Schepens Eye Research Institute
    Inventors: Reza Dana, Mohammad Dastjerdi, Sunil Chauhan
  • Publication number: 20100183603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compounds, and methods of preparation of these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compounds. The present invention provides methods of treating a cell proliferative disorder, such as a cancer, by administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compound of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: ARQULE, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Westlund, Jason Hill, Mark A. Ashwell, Nivedita Namdev, Jianqiang Wang, Syed Ali
  • Publication number: 20100166699
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
  • Publication number: 20100150844
    Abstract: 8-quinolinol (8Q) and derivatives thereof for use in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer, in particular slow metabolizing quiescent cancer stem cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Jiangbing Zhou, Hao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100143499
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions, and methods of using such compounds to modulate apoptosis including IAP antagonists are provided herein. Compositions including mimetics of the invention and, optionally, secondary agents, may be used to treat proliferative disorders such as, cancer and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: TETRALOGIC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Stephen M. Condon
  • Publication number: 20100143386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Fibroblast-Growth Factor Receptor 4 (FGRF4) inhibitors for co-administration with a therapeutic procedure or/and agent for the prevention, alleviation or/and treatment of a hyperproliferative disorder, e.g. cancer, such as chemotherapy resistant cancer. Further, the present invention relates to a diagnostic procedure wherein expression status and/or polymorphisms of the FGFR4 gene are determined in a patient suffering from a hyperproliferative disorder, e.g. cancer. Based on the results of this determination and the status of the disorder to be treated a therapeutic protocol may be developed. Yet another subject of the present invention is a screening method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur foerderung der Wissenschaften, e. V.
    Inventors: Axel Ullrich, Hans-Juergen Berger, Andreas Roidl
  • Publication number: 20100143295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new quinazoline inhibitors of EGFR tyrosine kinase, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Sepehr Sarshar
  • Patent number: 7732374
    Abstract: A fungicidal mixture comprising prothioconazole or its salts or adducts and at least one insecticide selected from the group consisting of fipronil, chlorpyrifos or thiamethoxam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Eberhard Ammermann, Reinhard Stierl, Gisela Lorenz, Siegfried Strathmann, Klaus Schelberger, V. James Spadafora, Thomas Christen
  • Publication number: 20100135956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new steroid modulators of progesterone receptor activity and/or glucocorticoid receptor activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20100129350
    Abstract: We describe compounds of the following general formula (I): wherein X is fluorine or chlorine; Y is oxygen, sulfur, or an amino group; R is an amino, hydroxyl, sulfonamide, or carboxamide group or an N-monomethyl or N-dimethyl analog thereof; m is an integer from 2 to 6, and n is an integer from 0 to 2. The compounds may be used for treating certain cancers and autoimmune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PROMETIC BIOSCIENCES INC.
    Inventors: Boulos Zacharie, Christopher Penney, Lyne Gagnon, Brigitte Grouix, Lilianne Geerts, Shaun D. Abbott
  • Publication number: 20100124544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the crystalline forms of 2-allyl-1-[6-(I-hydroxy-1 methylethyl)pyridin-2-yl]-6-{[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenyl]amino}-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-3-one or a salt thereof, which are useful in the field of treatment of various cancers as a kinase inhibitor, especially as a Weel kinase inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Masashi Kawasaki, Hiroo Mizuno, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Kimimasa Suzuki, Arlene E. Mckeown
  • Publication number: 20100105636
    Abstract: There is provided a T-type calcium channel blocker that is a compound of formula (1), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof: wherein Ar1 is phenyl group, pyridyl group, furyl group or 2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl group; nitrogen-containing hetero ring moiety is 1,4-dihydropyridine ring or pyridine ring; Z is a group of formula (2) or CO2R2; Ra and Rb are independently of each other C1-6alkyl group, ANR8R9, CH2OANR8R9, or the like; in case where the nitrogen-containing hetero ring moiety is 1,4-dihydropyridine ring, R1 is C1-6alkyl group, ANR8R9, AN(CH2CH2)2NR8, AN(CH2CH2)2O, AOR8 or benzyl group; R3 is hydrogen atom, C1-20alkyl group, ANR8R9, a group of formula or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji FURUKAWA, Osamu Yamada, Hiroo Matsumoto, Toru Yamashita, Yukinori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20100087399
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods of combination therapy of ovarian cancer, pharmaceutical kits and combinations of 9-oxoacridine-10-acetic acid and/or salts and/or esters thereof with one or more chemotherapeutic agents. The proposed combination therapy is useful in enhancing the action of chemotherapeutic agents and their proliferative activity on human ovarian cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Kirill Gennadievich SURKOV
  • Publication number: 20100080756
    Abstract: CXCR3 agonists, including natural CXCR3 ligands, promote bone marrow regeneration, increase peripheral white blood cells, and increase survival if administered prior to treatment of a subject with chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Similar effects are obtained by administering an CXCR3 antagonists following chemotherapy radiotherapy. Compositions and methods are presented for the treatment of cancer and bone marrow diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Wei Han, Huili Lu, Di Xiang
  • Publication number: 20100074927
    Abstract: Microparticle carriers, particularly protein-encapsulated microbubbles, are used to deliver antiproliferative drugs to target sites in a subject. In particular, antirestenotic drugs are delivered to areas of vascular injury for treatment or prevention of hyperproliferative disease, e.g. stenosis, in blood vessels; and antineoplastic drugs are targeted to tumor sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick L. Iversen, Nicholas Kipshidze
  • Publication number: 20100061984
    Abstract: Methods of treating autoimmune disorders, coronary artery disease, allergy symptoms, allograft rejection sepsis/toxic shock are disclosed. Some methods comprise administering one or more regulatory compositions to activate the T suppressor cells by increasing the acetylation level and/or protein level of FOXP3 in combination with a T suppressor stimulus and/or an antigen. Some methods comprise administering one or more regulatory compositions to activate the T suppressor cells by increasing the acetylation level and/or protein level of FOXP3. Some methods comprise administering soluble GITR or antibodies that bind to GITR ligand. Methods of treating cancer, infectious diseases, and immune deficiency are also disclosed as are vaccination methods. The methods comprise administering one or more regulatory compositions to inactivate the T suppressor cells by reducing the acetylation level and/or protein level of FOXP3. Improved vaccines and vaccination methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicants: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Inventors: Mark L. Greene, Sandra W. Saouaf, Bin Li, Hongtao Zhang, Wayne Hancock
  • Publication number: 20100029592
    Abstract: The present application describes deuterium-enriched fosaprepitant, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treating using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: PROTIA, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony W. Czarnik
  • Publication number: 20090318388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of hydroxylating or oxidizing a compound of interest in a subject (e.g., a cytotoxic oxazaphosphorine prodrug), by administering the compound of interest to the subject; and concurrently administering the subject a metalloporphyrin in an amount effective to hydroxylate or oxidize the compound of interest in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ivan Spasojevic, Michael O. Colvin, Ines Batinic-Haberle, Susan M. Ludeman, Michael P. Gamcsik
  • Patent number: 7635708
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the finding that activation of PPAR? plays a key role in inducing growth arrest and differentiation of certain actively proliferating cells. We show that administration of PPAR? agonists, such as thiazolidinedione ligands (TZDs), is effective both in vitro and in vivo at inhibiting the proliferation of such cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Bruce M. Spiegelman, Elisabetta Mueller, Pasha Sarraf, Soner Altiok, Peter Tontonoz, Samuel Singer
  • Publication number: 20090281063
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide means to treat breast cancer and/or mastitis by topically administering a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent and allowing them efficiently to arrive into the mammary gland. The present invention provides an iontophoretic preparation for treating breast cancer and/or mastitis which contains a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent as an active ingredient and has a donor to be applied on a nipple part for topical administration of the active ingredient from the nipple part to the mammary gland by application of electric potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicants: KOWA CO., LTD., TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Toshio Inagi, Makoto Kanebako, Hiroshi Terada, Kimiko Makino, Masakazu Toi
  • Publication number: 20090192098
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for treating a hematopoietic neoplasm comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a combretastatin compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject having a hematological malignancy, wherein the combretastatin compound comprises a catechol or quinone moiety and is capable of forming a reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vivo. The method may further comprise co-administering a second chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: OXIGENE, INC.
    Inventors: David Chaplin, Bronwyn G. Siim
  • Publication number: 20090170813
    Abstract: Hypophosphorous acid derivatives having Formula (I) wherein .M is a [C(R3,R4)]n1-C(E,COOR1,N(H,Z)) group, or an optionally substituted Ar—CH(COOR1,N(H,Z)) group, or an a, ?, or a ?, g-cyclic amino acid; .R1 is H or R, R being an hydroxy or a carboxy protecting group; .Z is H or an amino protecting group R?, benzyl oxycarbonyl, benzyl or benzyl substituted; .E is H or a C1-C3 alkyl, aryl, an hydrophobic group; .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Francine Acher, Chelliah Selvam, Nicolas Triballeau, Jean-Philippe Pin, Hugues-Oliver Bertrand
  • Publication number: 20090136496
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for identifying a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who is responsive to treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent by detecting the presence or absence of at least one APOE4 allele in the subject, the presence of an APOE4 allele identifying the subject as responsive to the treatment. Also provided are methods of treating a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including administering an estrogenic agent, an androgen withdrawal agent, an apoE4 peptide or mimetic thereof, and/or a chemotherapeutic agent in an amount effective to treat said chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Methods of determining a prognosis for a patient diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are also provided. In addition, methods for stratifying a subject into a subgroup of a clinical trial and methods for identifying a patient in a clinical trial of a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia are herein provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: J. Brice Weinberg, Warren J. Strittmatter
  • Publication number: 20090130097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinazolinone compounds, and methods of preparation of these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the quinazolinone compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ArQule, Inc.
    Inventors: Jifeng Liu, Syed M. Ali, Mark A. Ashwell, Ping Ye, Yousheng Guan, Shi-Chung Ng, Rocio Palma, Dan Yohannes
  • Publication number: 20090130229
    Abstract: The use of an arylidene 2-indolinone derivative for treating tumors involving Met, PDGF-R, FGF-RI, FGF-R3 or Kit tyrosine kinases, or a Ret oncoprotein which includes a MEN2-associated mutation is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicants: Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Instituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
    Inventors: Cinzia Lanzi, Giuliana Cassinelli, Giuditta Cuccuru, Marco A. Pierotti, Franco Zunino, Ernesto Menta
  • Publication number: 20090081155
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved treatment methods by the administration of both an inhibitor of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase in addition to the administration of an additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc
    Inventors: David Munn, Andrew Mellor
  • Publication number: 20090053168
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of B-cell proliferative disorders that employ an A2A receptor agonist or one or more PDE inhibitors. The methods and compositions may further include an antiproliferative compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Rickles, Margaret S. Lee
  • Publication number: 20090028850
    Abstract: Methods of prolonging survival of allotransplanted cells, tissues or organs are presented. These methods are directed to administering to the allotransplant recipient an inhibitor of complement activity together with one or more immunosuppressants. The inhibitor of complement activity is administered chronically. These methods have been determined to aid in preventing chronic rejection of allografts. These methods can additionally be used in cases in which the recipient has been presensitized to the allograft or in which there is an ABO mismatch between the allograft and the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell P. Rother, Hao Wang, Aili Lao
  • Publication number: 20090017009
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of tumors and cancer by exploiting the surface expression of the usually nuclear-localized protein, nucleolin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Paula J. Bates, Donald M. Miller, John O. Trent, Xiaohua Xu
  • Patent number: 7468359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions useful for treating or controlling disease states or conditions associated with zinc containing proteinases, especially metalloproteinases. The active ingredient in these compositions is an alpha-oxo- or alpha-thioxophosphonate of formula (I). Out of the phosphonates of formula (I), some are known and others are new. The novel compounds constitute another aspect of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Yissum Research Develpment Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Inventors: Eli Breuer, Reuven Reich, Claudio Salomon
  • Publication number: 20080279961
    Abstract: It is demonstrated in the present invention that G-quadruplex ligands can be used to both shorten telomeres and inhibit telomerase by causing telomere uncapping. The invention relates to compositions and methods of treating cancer stem cells comprising the administration of G-quadruplex ligands, such as 3,11-difluoro-6,8,13-trimethyl-8H-quino[4,3,2-kl]acridinium methosulfate (RHPS4), which can effectively inhibit or reduce the growth of cancer stem cells. The invention also relates to a synergistic effect in inhibiting or reducing the growth cancer stem cells when a G-quadruplex ligand is combined with a mitotic spindle poison, such as paclitaxel, or other agents used in the treatment of cancer and disease. The invention also relates to RHPS4 inducing non-cancerous cell and non-cancerous stem cell proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Angelika M. BURGER
  • Publication number: 20080269172
    Abstract: The present invention provides lysine based compounds of the formula; and when the compound of formula I comprises an amino group, pharmaceutically acceptable ammonium salts thereof, wherein R1 may be, for example, (HO)2P(O)—, (NaO)2P(O)—, alkyl-CO— or cycloalkyl-CO—, wherein X may be, for example, F, Cl, and Br, and wherein R2 and R3 are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Brent Richard Stranix, Valerie Perron
  • Publication number: 20080253960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-naturally occurring lipoprotein nanoplatform (“LBNP”) comprising at least one cell surface receptor ligand; at least one lipoprotein; and at least one diagnostic agent and/or at least one therapeutic agent. In embodiments of the present invention, the cell surface receptor ligand is not a low-density lipoprotein receptor ligand and the cell surface receptor ligand is covalently bonded to the apoprotein. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising LBNPs and methods of making the LBNPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Gang Zheng, Jerry D. Glickson
  • Publication number: 20080242637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel drug target in cancer therapy. More closely it relates to use of the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2W1 and its promoter as a drug target for cancer therapy. It also relates to screening methods for obtaining therapeutic agents for cancer therapy and to therapeutic agents comprising moieties showing binding affinity for CYP2W1 and moieties with cytotoxic/anti-cancer effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Maria Karlgren, Alvin Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080242638
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: University of Southern Carlifornia
    Inventor: Valter Longo
  • Publication number: 20080200436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in a warm-blooded animal such as a human which is optionally being treated with ionising radiation, particularly a method for the treatment of a cancer, particularly a cancer involving a solid tumour, which comprises the administration of ZD6474 in combination with androgen ablation; to a pharmaceutical composition comprising ZD6474 and an antiandrogen; to a combination product comprising ZD6474 and an antiandrogen for use in a method of treatment of a human or animal body by therapy; to a kit comprising ZD6474 and an antiandrogen; to the use of ZD6474 and an antiandrogen in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in a warm-blooded animal such as a human which is optionally being treated with ionising radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Robert Wedge
  • Publication number: 20080193448
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating cancer using a compound of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, particularly a malate salt, in combination with various additional therapeutic agents. The invention also provides therapeutic dosing regimens, using the compound of formula (1) and an additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventor: Charles M. Baum
  • Publication number: 20080119421
    Abstract: A process for treating a biological organism, comprising the steps in which a cell cycle arresting drug is administered to the organism to produce synchronized cells, the microtubules within the synchronized cells are stabilized by means of a microtubule stabilizing agent, and the synchronized cells with the stabilized microtubules are then contacted with mechanical vibrational energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Jack Tuszynski, Howard J. Greenwald, Stephen H. Curry, Kendrick Goss
  • Patent number: 7354928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins such as Bcl-2 and/or Bcl-XL. In particular, the present invention provides non-peptide cell permeable small molecules (e.g., tricyclo-dibenzo-diazocine-dioxides) that bind to a pocket in Bcl-2/Bcl-XL that block the anti-apoptotic function of these proteins in cancer cells and tumor tissues exhibiting Bcl-2 protein overexpression. In preferred embodiments, the small molecules of the present invention are active at the BH3 binding pocket of Bcl-2 family proteins (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and Mcl-1). The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful therapeutics for cancerous diseases either alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic or other drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shaomeng Wang, Dajun Yang, Istvan J. Enyedy
  • Patent number: 7345046
    Abstract: Heteroaryl-fused pyrimidinyl compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and prodrugs thereof; compositions that include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and one or more of the heteroaryl-fused pyrimidinyl compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent. Methods of using the heteroaryl-fused pyrimidinyl compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, in the prophylaxis or treatment of proliferative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: Weibo Wang, Liana Marie Lagniton, Ryan N. Constantine, Matthew T. Burger
  • Patent number: 7268124
    Abstract: The invention provides novel pyrophosphate synthase inhibitors of formula I as well as compositions comprising such inhibitors and methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: David F. Wiemer, Raymond J. Hohl
  • Patent number: 7205001
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Polarx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Marmelstein
  • Patent number: 7199111
    Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous Ifosfamide compositions and a process for their preparation, in which the compositions have a reduced toxicity over and above the concomitant use of the uroprotective agent, Mesna. Aqueous Ifosfamide compositions can be prepared at concentrations as high has 1,1000 mg/ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Bharat Serums & Vaccines Ltd.
    Inventors: Gautam Vinod Daftary, Srikanth Annappa Pai, Sangeeta Hanurmesh Rivankar, Praveen Kumar Subbappa
  • Patent number: 7166611
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition contains an extract obtainable from a plant of the genus Trichocaulon or Hoodia containing an appetite suppressant agent having the formula (1). A process for obtaining the extract and a process for synthesizing compound (1) and its analogues and derivatives is also provided. The invention also extends to the use of such extracts and compound (1) and its analogues for the manufacture of medicaments having appetite suppressant activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: CSIR
    Inventors: Fanie Retief Van Heerden, Robert Vleggaar, Roelof Marthinus Horak, Robin Alec Learmonth, Vinesh Maharaj, Rory Desmond Whittal
  • Patent number: 7163703
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 7045495
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for screening a modulating agent which when combined with antitumor therapeutic agent increases apoptosis in tumor cells. This invention also provides methods for screening antitumor therapeutic agents suitable for combination therapy with a protein kinase C inhibitors capable of potentiating apoptosis in tumor cells. This invention further provides different combination therapies comprising the specific protein kinase C inhibitors and the antitumor therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Gary K. Schwartz, Anthony P. Albino
  • Patent number: 7038039
    Abstract: A desired isomer is selectively prepared by phosphorolyzing and isomerizing an anomer mixture of a 1-phosphorylated saccharide derivative while crystallizing one of the isomers to displace the equilibrium. Furthermore, using the action of a nucleoside phosphorylase, a nucleoside is prepared from the 1-phosphorylated saccharide derivative obtained and a base with improved stereoselectivity and a higher yield. This process is an anomer-selective process for preparing a 1-phosphorylated saccharide derivative and a nucleoside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori Komatsu, Hirokazu Awano, Nobuyuki Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Ito, Ichirou Ikeda, Tadashi Araki, Takeshi Nakamura, Tamotsu Asano, Junya Fujiwara, Tomoyuki Ando, Katsutoshi Tsuchiya, Kyoko Maruyama, Hideki Umetani, Takahiro Yamauchi, Hitoki Miyake
  • Patent number: 6875451
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein