Bicyclic Ring System Consisting Of The N-hetero Ring Fused To Another Hetero Ring (e.g., 2-azaadenines, 6-azaadenines, Etc.) Patents (Class 536/27.13)
  • Patent number: 9040498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,2,3-triazolyl purine derivatives. The invention also relates to using the derivatives to treat cancer and various viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventor: Mahesh K. Lakshman
  • Publication number: 20150126469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Todd FIELDS
  • Publication number: 20150111846
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Todd FIELDS
  • Patent number: 8987437
    Abstract: The invention provides synthetic processes and synthetic intermediates that can be used to prepare compounds having useful anti-HIV properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hung Chiu Yu, Brandon Heath Brown, Richard P. Polniaszek, Benjamin R. Graetz, Keiko Sujino, Duong Duc-Phi Tran, Alan Scott Triman, Kenneth M. Kent, Steven Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 8927520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein Rj, R2, R3, R4, Xi, X2, X3 and Z are as defined in claim 1. The compounds are useful in the prevention and/or treatment of bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut Curie
    Inventors: Sylvie Pochet, Gilles Labesse, Muriel Gelin, Liliane Assairi, Olivier Dussurget, Guillaume Poncet-Montange
  • Patent number: 8912318
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed herein that involve C5-functionalized nucleic acids, which can be used for detecting a target in a nucleic acid. Particular embodiments disclose methods for making these compounds, wherein the compounds can be formed by coupling of an intermediate with a linker. Certain embodiments disclose the use of these compounds for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms, and for increasing the thermal affinity of nucleic acid complements as compared to unmodified nucleic acid complements. In addition, the disclosed compounds can decrease enzymatic degradation of nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: University of Idaho
    Inventors: Patrick Jerzy Hrdlicka, Pawan Kumar, Michael E. Østergaard
  • Patent number: 8912163
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula (III): wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2; Y is O, S or NH; Z is O, S or CH2; R1 is C1-8 alkyl, especially C1-6 alkyl, preferably n-alkyl, e.g., n-pentyl or n-hexyl; at least one of R2 and R3 is H—[R4—R5]n—R6—, in which: H—[R4—R5]n— comprises an oligopeptide, R4 being an amino acid and R5 being an amino acid selected from proline, alanine, hydroxyproline, dihydroxyproline, thiazolidinecarboxylic acid (thioproline), dehydroproline, pipecolic acid (L-homoproline), azetidinecarboxylic acid, aziridinecarboxylic acid, glycine, serine, valine, leucine, isoleucine and threonine, R6 is a neutral, non-polar amino acid moiety that is bonded to R5 by a peptide bond, and n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and the other of R3 and R2 is H—[R4—R5]n-R6— or H; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Ceintificas
    Inventors: Jan Balzarini, Maria Jose Camarasa, Sonsoles Velazquez
  • Patent number: 8853385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapy comprising a DPP4 inhibitor and an SGLT inhibitor. The combination of the present invention leads to increase plasma GLP-1 level and the combination is useful for prevention or treatment of conditions such as diabetes and diseases related to diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
    Inventors: Kiichiro Ueta, Kenji Arakawa, Yasuaki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8841275
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are 2?-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating a subject infected by hepatitis C virus or dengue virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Gilead Pharmasset LLC
    Inventors: Jinfa Du, Michael Joseph Sofia
  • Publication number: 20140256668
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I-A) using the compounds wherein Ring A and the variables X, Y, R3a, R3b, R3c, R3d, R4, R5, R5?, and m are defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen CRITCHLEY, Thomas G. Gant, Steven P. Langston, Edward J. Olhava, Stephane Peluso
  • Publication number: 20140234251
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for treating a host, especially a human, infected with hepatitis C, flavivirus and/or pestivirus, comprising administering to that host an effective amount of an anti-HCV biologically active pentofuranonucleoside where the pentofuranonucleoside base is an optionally substituted 2-azapurine. The optionally substituted pentofuranonucleoside, or a salt or prodrug thereof, may be administered alone or in combination with one or more optionally substituted pentofuranonucleosides or other anti-viral agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: Indenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, L'Universite Montpellier II
    Inventors: Richard STORER, Gilles GOSSELIN, David DUKHAN, Frederic LEROY
  • Patent number: 8802840
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of bicyclic nucleosides and nucleotides based on formula (II) for the treatment of infectious diseases, and in particular, viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Paula Francom, Roland Henry Nearn, Alistair George Draffan, John Nicholas Lambert, Silas Bond
  • Patent number: 8759318
    Abstract: Phosphoramidate compounds derived from guanine bases having enhanced therapeutic potency are provided, and these compounds in particular have enhanced potency with respect to treatment of viral infections, such as hepatitis C virus. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat viral infections are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Inhibitex, Inc., University College Cardiff Consultants Limited
    Inventors: Stanley Chamberlain, Jeff Hutchins, Karolina Madela, Christopher McGuigan, John Vernachio, Mohamed Aljarah, Arnaud Gilles
  • Patent number: 8742101
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for treating a host, especially a human, infected with hepatitis C, flavivirus and/or pestivirus, comprising administering to that host an effective amount of an anti-HCV biologically active pentofuranonucleoside where the pentofuranonucleoside base is an optionally substituted 2-azapurine. The optionally substituted pentofuranonucleoside, or a salt or prodrug thereof, may be administered alone or in combination with one or more optionally substituted pentofuranonucleosides or other anti-viral agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, L'Universite Montpellier II
    Inventors: Richard Storer, Gilles Gosselin, David Dukhan, Frederic Leroy
  • Publication number: 20140099283
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of Flaviviridae infections, including HCV infections. In certain embodiments, compounds and compositions of nucleoside derivatives are disclosed, which can be administered either alone or in combination with other anti-viral agents. In certain embodiments, the compounds are 2?-chloro nucleosides according to Formula 2001: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, stereoisomeric form, tautomeric form or polymorphic form thereof, wherein B, Z and PD are as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Gilles GOSSELIN, Christophe Claude PARSY, Francois-Rene ALEXANDRE, Houcine RAHALI, Jean-Francois GRIFFON, Julien MILHAU, Dominique SURLERAUX, Cyril B. DOUSSON, Claire PIERRA, Adel M. MOUSSA, Benjamin Alexander MAYES
  • Patent number: 8686130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel unnatural fluorescent nucleic acid bases, that is, a purine base, a 1-deazapurine base, and a 1,7-deazapurine base each having a functional group which consists of two or more heterocyclic moieties linked together, at the 6-position thereof (the 6-position of purine ring). The present invention also relates to a compound containing the unnatural base, a derivative thereof, and a nucleic acid containing a nucleotide having the unnatural base. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing the nucleic acid. The unnatural base of the present invention has excellent fluorescence characteristics and also has excellent properties as a universal base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Riken, Tagcyx Biotechnologies
    Inventors: Ichiro Hirao, Michiko Hirao, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Tsuneo Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20140011764
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein Ar can be one six-membered or two fused six-membered aromatic rings; R8 and R9 can be hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogen, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, cyano, alkyoxy, aryloxy, thiol, alkylthiol, arythiol, or aryl; Q can be O, S or CY2, where Y may be H, alkyl or halogen; X can be O, NH, S, N-alkyl, (CHR2)m where m is 1 to 10, and CY2; Z can be O, S, NH, or N-alkyl; U? is H and U? can be H or CH2; wherein: T can be OH, H, halogen, O-alkyl, O-acyl, O-aryl, CN, NH2 or N3; T? and T? can be H or halogen; and W can be H or a phosphate group. Compounds show anti-viral activity, for example with respect to varicella zoster virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CARDIFF CONSULTANTS LIMITED, REGA FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Christopher McGuigan, Jan Balzarini
  • Publication number: 20130338094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I-A) using the compounds wherein Ring A and the variables X, Y, R3a, R3b, R3c, R3d, R4, R5, R5?, and m are defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen CRITCHLEY, Thomas G. Gant, Steven P. Langston, Edward J. Olhava, Stephane Peluso
  • Patent number: 8609627
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing cancer and viral infections, in particular, HIV, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV in human patients or other animal hosts. The compounds are certain 6-substituted purine monophosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof. In particular, the compounds show potent antiviral activity against HIV-1, HIV-2, HCV, Norovirus, Saporovirus, HSV-1, HSV-2, Dengue virus, Yellow fever, and HBV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: RFS Pharma, LLC, Emory University
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Cho, Steven J. Coats, Raymond F. Schinazi, Hongwang Zhang, Longhu Zhou
  • Patent number: 8580763
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,6-dinitrogen-containing substituted purine compounds of formula (A) or salts or solvates thereof or the solvates of salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds of the present invention have the characteristics of lower toxicity, broad anticancer spectrum, higher anticancer activity, good stability and the like. The compounds are useful for the manufacture of an antitumor medicament. The present invention also provides a process for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Zhanggui Wu, Zhe Jiang Medicine Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhanggui Wu, Weidong Ye, Jianyong Yuan, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 8551965
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein Ar can be one six-membered or two fused six-membered aromatic rings; R8 and R9 can be hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogens, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, cyano, alkyoxy, aryloxy, thiol, alkylthiol, arythiol, or aryl; Q can be O, S or CY2, where Y may be H, alkyl or halogens; X can be O, NH, S, N-alkyl, (CHR2)m where m is 1 to 10, and CY2; Z can be O, S, NH, or N-alkyl; U? is H and U? can be H or CH2; wherein: T can be OH, H, halogens, O-alkyl, O-acyl, O-aryl, CN, NH2. or N3; T? and T? can be H or halogen; and W can be H or a phosphate group. Compounds show anti-viral activity, for example with respect to varicella zoster virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited, Rega Foundation
    Inventors: Christopher McGuigan, Jan Balzarini
  • Publication number: 20130261294
    Abstract: The invention relates to crystalline forms of 5,6-dichloro-2-(isopropylamino)-1-?-L-ribofuranosyl-1H benzimidazole, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, processes for preparing the same, and their use in medical therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Bobby Neal Glover, Lian-Feng Huang, Robert William Lancaster, Stacey Todd Long, Michele Catherine Rizzolio, Eric Allen Schmitt, Barry Riddle Sickles
  • Patent number: 8541569
    Abstract: The present invention provides building blocks and methods for synthesizing very pure RNA in a form that can efficiently be modified at the 3? end. Reverse RNA monomer phosphoramidites have been developed for RNA synthesis in 5??3? direction, leading to very clean oligo synthesis that allows for the introduction of various modifications at the 3?-end cleanly and efficiently. Higher coupling efficiency per step have been observed during automated oligo synthesis with the reverse RNA amidites disclosed herein, resulting in a greater ability to achieve higher purity and produce very long oligonucleotides. The use of the reverse RNA phosphoramidites in the synthetic process of this invention leads to oligonucleotides free of N+1 species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: ChemGenes Corporation
    Inventors: Suresh C. Srivastava, Naveen P. Srivastava
  • Patent number: 8541391
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel crystalline forms of 5,6-dichloro-2-(isopropylamino)-1-(?-L-ribofuranosyl)-1H-benzimidazole (Maribavir), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and their use in medical therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: ViroPharma Incorporated
    Inventors: Eugene C. Amparo, Cristina Stoica, Mihaela Pop, Jaroslaw Mazurek
  • Publication number: 20130243725
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I and methods for treating Orthomyxoviridae virus infections by administering these compounds. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are particularly useful for the treatment of Human Influenza virus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventor: Michael O'Neil Hanrahan Clarke
  • Publication number: 20130237697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to building blocks and methods for the efficient synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine-containing nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN
    Inventors: Thomas Carell, Martin Munzel
  • Patent number: 8518908
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed herein that involve C5-functionalized nucleic acids, which can be used for detecting a target in a nucleic acid. Particular embodiments disclose methods for making these compounds, wherein the compounds can be formed by coupling of an intermediate with a linker. Certain embodiments disclose the use of these compounds for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms, and for increasing the thermal affinity of nucleic acid complements as compared to unmodified nucleic acid complements. In addition, the disclosed compounds can decrease enzymatic degradation of nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: University of Idaho
    Inventors: Patrick J. Hrdlicka, Pawan Kumar, Michael E. Østergaard
  • Patent number: 8513215
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula (III): wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2; Y is O, S or NH; Z is O, S or CH2; R1 is C1-8 alkyl, especially C1-6 alkyl, preferably n-alkyl, e.g., n-pentyl or n-hexyl; at least one of R2 and R3 is H—[R4-R5]n—R6—, in which: H—[R4-R5]n— comprises an oligopeptide, R4 being an amino acid and R5 being an amino acid selected from proline, alanine, hydroxyproline, dihydroxyproline, thiazolidinecarboxylic acid (thioproline), dehydroproline, pipecolic acid (L-homoproline), azetidinecarboxylic acid, aziridinecarboxylic acid, glycine, serine, valine, leucine, isoleucine and threonine, R6 is a neutral, non-polar amino acid moiety that is bonded to R5 by a peptide bond, and n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and the other of R3 and R2 is H—[R4-R5]n-R6— or H; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Ceintificas
    Inventors: Jan Balzarini, Maria Jose Camarasa, Sonsoles Velazquez
  • Publication number: 20130210024
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a method of treating cancer by sensitizing human tumours to DNA damaging therapies through activating FBXO32 expression. Transactivation of FBXO32 through the inhibition of EZH2, a histone methyltransferase, decreases p21 protein induction which results in the sensitization of human tumours to chemotherapy. The method further provides a prognostic method to determine if a combination treatment would be effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Qiang Yu, Zhenlong Wu
  • Patent number: 8461128
    Abstract: Many pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis, rely on an iron acquisition system based on siderophores, secreted iron-chelating compounds with extremely high Fe(III) affinity. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of domain salicylation enzymes, which catalyze the salicylation of an aroyl carrier protein (ArCP) domain to form a salicyl-ArCP domain thioester intermediate via a two-step reaction. The compounds include the intermediate mimic 5?-O—[N-(salicyl)sulfamoyl]-adenosine (salicyl-AMS) and analogs thereof. These compounds are inhibitors of the salicylate activity of MbtA, YbtE, PchD, and other domain salicylation enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of siderophores. Therefore, these compounds may be used in the treatment of infection caused by microorganisms which rely on siderphore-based iron acquisition systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Shieh Tan, Luis E. N. Quadri, Jae-Sang Ryu, Justin Scott Cisar, Julian Alberto Ferreras, Xuequan Lu
  • Patent number: 8440812
    Abstract: The invention relates to analogous compounds of 6-thioguanosine triphosphate of general formula (I). A compound of the general formula (I); wherein the dashed bond in the sugar moiety can be either single or double and wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 or R5, equal or different between each other, have general formula -(Int)m-Ter, wherein m is between 0 and 12 and Int and Ter are Internal and Terminal building blocks, wherein Int is selected from the group consisting of formula (II); and Ter is selected from the group consisting of formula (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Nogra Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Giancarlo Naccari, Sergio Baroni
  • Publication number: 20130034598
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns materials and methods for inhibiting the Akt/PKB pathway. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention inhibits kinase activity and/or phosphorylation levels of Akt proteins. The subject invention also concerns methods for inhibiting or killing a cancer cell or other cell in which expression of an Akt protein is elevated or constitutively active, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I. The subject invention also concerns methods for treating cancer or a tumor in a person or animal comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I to the person or animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jin Q. Cheng, Mei Sun, Said M. Sebti
  • Publication number: 20130018013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use and methods of manufacture of bicyclic nucleosides and nucleotides for the treatment and prevention of infectious and proliferative diseases, including microbial infections and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
    Inventors: Paula Francom, Barbara Frey, Silas Bond, Alistair George Draffan, Michael Harding, Richard Hufton, Saba Jahangiri, Michael John Lilly, Edward Tyndall, Jianmin Duan, Richard Bethell, George Kukolj
  • Patent number: 8329664
    Abstract: A compound for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections such, for example as chicken pox or shingles caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, said compound having the general formula (II): wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2, Y is O, S or NH, Z is O, S or CH2, R1 is C1-6 alkyl, preferably n-alkyl, e.g., n-pentyl or n-hexyl, and one of R2 and R3 is OH, and the other of R3 and R2 is a neutral, non-polar amino acid moiety, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof. Said neutral, non-polar amino acid moiety R2 or R3 may be (IV): in which R4, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently H or C1-2 alkyl. In preferred embodiments, one of R2 or R3 is valine, leucine, isoleucine or alanine, particularly valine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: University College Cardiff Consultants Limited, K.U. Leuven Research and Development
    Inventors: Christopher McGuigan, Jan Balzarini, Marco Migliore
  • Publication number: 20120309107
    Abstract: Nucleoside analogs are provided; and fluorescent sensors comprising the nucleoside analogs. The sensors comprise multiple chromophores built on a DNA backbone, in which all the natural DNA bases are replaced by excimeric or exciplex-forming fluorophores, ligands, quenchers and spacers in thousands of combinations. The sensors find use in the detection and identification of target analytes by fluorescence, e.g., detection of metal ions, neutral organic compounds and anions. The sensors find use in the detection and identification of molecular species in the vapor or gaseous phase, or the liquid phase. The sensors find use in qualitative and quantitative screening and detection methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Eric Todd Kool
  • Patent number: 8278282
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds that have various medicinal applications, e.g. for the treatment and/or prevention of viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Zheng Yin, Jeyaraj Duraiswamy, Yen Liang Chen
  • Publication number: 20120245340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel unnatural fluorescent nucleic acid bases, that is, a purine base, a 1-deazapurine base, and a 1,7-deazapurine base each having a functional group which consists of two or more heterocyclic moieties linked together, at the 6-position thereof (the 6-position of purine ring). The present invention also relates to a compound containing the unnatural base, a derivative thereof, and a nucleic acid containing a nucleotide having the unnatural base. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing the nucleic acid. The unnatural base of the present invention has excellent fluorescence characteristics and also has excellent properties as a universal base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: TAGCYX Biotechnologies, Riken
    Inventors: Ichiro Hirao, Michiko Hirao, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Tsuneo Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20120237480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2?-allene-substituted nucleoside derivatives of the general formula (I): As well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to treat or prevent an HIV infection, HBV infection, HCV infection or abnormal cellular proliferation, comprising administering said compounds or compositions. In addition, the present invention includes processes for the preparation of such compounds, and the related ?-D and ?-L-nucleoside derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: YAT SUN OR, Jun Ma, Guoqiang Wang, In Jong Kim, Jiang Long, Yao-Ling Qiu
  • Patent number: 8258115
    Abstract: The present invention refers to new salts of S-adenosyknethionine (SAMe) with improved stability and containing at least 70% by weight of SAMe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Gnosis SpA
    Inventors: Ermanno Valoti, Daniele Giovannone, Marco Berna
  • Patent number: 8242258
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include 2? protected nucleoside monomers that are protected at the 2? site with orthoester-type protecting groups. The 2? protected monomers also include a second, aryl carbonate-type, protecting group. Aspects of the invention further include nucleic acids that include the protecting groups of the invention, as well as methods of synthesizing nucleic acids using the protecting groups of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Agilent Technologies, Inc., The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Douglas J. Dellinger, Brian Stell, Marvin H. Caruthers
  • Patent number: 8227431
    Abstract: The present patent application relates to the novel nucleoside derivatives and novel intermediates, which are useful to antiviral, anti tumor and immunomodulatory activity, method of treating diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by viral infections with them, and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hetero Drugs Limited
    Inventors: Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, Vedula Manohar Sharma, Kura Rathnakar Reddy, Musku Madhanmohan Reddy, Jennepalli Sreenu, Aryasomayajula Ratnakar
  • Patent number: 8202844
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel chemical compounds, and methods for their use. In particular, the present invention provides indole derivatives (e.g. as shown in Formula (I)) and related compounds and methods of using indole derivatives and related compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions, including those associated with viral infection and cardiovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Leroy B. Townsend, John C. Drach
  • Publication number: 20120122811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use and methods of manufacture of bicyclic nucleosides and nucleotides for the treatment and prevention of infectious and proliferative diseases, including microbial infections and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paula Francom, Barbara Frey, Silas Bond, Jianmin Duan, Richard Bethell, George Kukolj
  • Patent number: 8173620
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses caged compounds such as caged nucleoside phosphoesters (caged nucleotides). In an embodiment, the caged nucleotides include compounds corresponding to those described by formula (I) that may be activated by two-photon excitation, and methods of synthesis of such compounds. 8-Bromo-7-hydroxyquinoline-caged ATP was synthesized and examined for its photochemistry as a biologically useful, temporally and spatially controlled ATP-releasing reagent. The combination of two-photon excitation hydrolysis and activation of caged ATP enables methods for finely focusing ATP activation at the sub-cellular level or to a greater depth of activation, thereby providing improved resolution of ATP-dependent processes at the cellular level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Dore, Yue Zhu, Khalilah G. Reddie, James D. Lauderdale
  • Patent number: 8153781
    Abstract: Disclosed are conjugates comprising a dendrimer and a ligand, which is a functionalized congener of an agonist or antagonist of a receptor of the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, for example, wherein the functionalized congener is an A1 adenosine receptor agonist having a purine nucleoside moiety and a functional group at the N6 position of the purine nucleoside moiety, wherein the functional group has the formula (I): N6H—Ar1—CH2—C(?O)NH—R1 (I), wherein Ar1 and R1 as defined herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating various diseases, and a diagnostic method employing such conjugates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Inserm
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Jacobson, Yoonkyung Kim, Athena Klutz, Beatrice Hechler, Christian Gachet
  • Patent number: 8114986
    Abstract: The invention relates to analogous compounds of 6-thioguanosine triphosphate of general formula (I). A compound of the general formula (I); wherein the dashed bond in the sugar moiety can be either single or double and wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 or R5, equal or different between each other, have general formula -(Int)m-Ter, wherein m is between 0 and 12 and Int and Ter are Internal and Terminal building blocks, wherein Int is selected from the group consisting of formula (II); and Ter is selected from the group consisting of formula (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Giuliani International Limited
    Inventors: Giancarlo Naccari, Sergio Baroni
  • Publication number: 20120027752
    Abstract: Provided are methods for treating Paramyxoviridae virus infections by administering ribosides, riboside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, of Formula I: wherein the 1? position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are particularly useful for the treatment of Human parainfluenza and Human respiratory syncytial virus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Mackman, Jay P. Parrish, Adrian S. Ray, Dorothy Agnes Theodore
  • Patent number: 8101740
    Abstract: Compounds for use as PET probes and methods for synthesizing and using these, comprising [18F]D-FAC and other cytosine and adenosine analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Caius G. Radu, Owen N. Witte, Evan David Nair-Gill, Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Chengyi J. Shu, Johannes Czernin
  • Patent number: 8093226
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1 and R2 have any of the values defined in the specification and salts thereof, as well as compositions comprising such compounds and therapeutic methods that utilize such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the ASCR, V.V.I.
    Inventors: Michal Hocek, Petr Naus
  • Patent number: 8034924
    Abstract: Crystals of a purine nucleoside compound, particularly crystals of 2?,3?-dideoxyinosine, which have excellent storage stability and have a concentration of phosphate attached to the crystal of 25 ppm or more, may be produce by: (1) preparing an aqueous solution containing phosphate ion (PO43?) and a purine nucleoside compound; and (2) crystallizing the purine nucleoside compound from the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Naito, Yoshitomo Kimura, Hiroya Ueda, Minoru Harada