Plural Ring Oxygens In The Additional Hetero Ring Patents (Class 546/283.7)
  • Patent number: 10512636
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mediated diseases such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic pancreatitis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, mucus formation, comprising administering an effective amount of a 3-(phenyl)-N-(4-phenoxybenzyl)-1,2,4-oxa-diazole-5-carboxamide compound, salt, or derivative thereof to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the 2-amino-N-benzylidene-acetohydrazide compound is 3-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-N-(4-phenoxybenzyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole-5-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Nael McCarty, Guiying Cui
  • Patent number: 10017500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a particular chemical structure or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which has an excellent inhibitory effect on EZH1 and/or EZH2 activity. The present invention provides a compound having a 1,3-benzodioxole structure represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and V in the formula (I) are each as defined in the present specification).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Jun Watanabe, Takao Horiuchi, Akira Nakao, Keisuke Suzuki, Tomonori Yamasaki, Nobuaki Adachi, Daisuke Honma, Yoshito Hamada
  • Patent number: 9771361
    Abstract: Polymorphic forms of Compound (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Compound (1) is represented by the following structural formula: are Form A of HCl salt of Compound (1).½H2O, Form F of HCl salt of Compound (1).3H2O, Form D of HCl salt of Compound (1), Form A of Compound (1), and Form A of tosylate salt of Compound (1). Such polymorphic forms are employed for treating influenza, inhibiting the replication of influenza viruses, or reducing the amount of influenza viruses in a biological sample or in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Kwame W. Nti-Addae, Michael Waldo, Simon Adam O'Neil, John Gregg Van Alsten, Dainius Macikenas, Praveen Mudunuri, Yi Shi, Mark Willem Ledeboer, Valdas Jurkauskas, Ales Medek, Steven Jones, Randal Byrn, Mohammed Asmal, Sarah Marie Robertson, Wanjung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9434717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially crystalline and free solid state form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Form I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Publication number: 20150133301
    Abstract: 3-alkoxy, thioalkyl and amino-4-amino-6-(substituted)picolinic acids having a halogen, alkyl or mono-, di-tri- and tetra-substituted aryl substituents in the 6-position, and their acid derivatives, are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Epp, Christian T. Lowe, James M. Renga, Paul R. Schmitzer, Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Katherine A. Guenthenspberger, Thomas L. Siddall, Carla N. Yerkes, Lindsey G. Fischer, Natalie C. Giampietro, Jeremy Kister, Joshua Roth
  • Patent number: 9012652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: David Andrew Siesel
  • Patent number: 8993600
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D. J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150080578
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of orally available pentacyclic taxane compounds, as well as intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: John K. Thottathil, Raymond P. Warrell
  • Publication number: 20150080351
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, John J. Wright, Andrew Pennell, Zheng Wei
  • Patent number: 8980629
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20150065500
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida-Ruah, Matthew Hamilton, Mark Miller, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Jinglan Zhou, Frederick van Goor
  • Publication number: 20150065497
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Mark T. Miller, Brian Bear, Jason McCartney, Peter D.J. Grootenhuis
  • Patent number: 8969574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Patent number: 8962529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, herbicidally active picolinic acid derivatives of the formula (I) and to processes for preparation thereof. The present invention further provides for the use thereof as a herbicide, especially as a herbicide for selective control of weed plants in useful plant crops, and as a plant growth regulator alone or in combination with safeners and/or in a mixture with other herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Harmut Ahrens, Marco Brünjes, Hansjörg Dietrich, Elmar Gatzweiler, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Stefan Lehr, Dirk Schmutzler
  • Publication number: 20150031876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrone derivative and a pyridone derivative, which are novel intermediates for synthesizing an anti-influenza drug, a method of producing the same, and a method of using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihito Sumino, Kazuya Okamoto, Moriyasu Masui, Toshiyuki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20140371230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Sara Hadida Ruah, Mark Miller, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear
  • Publication number: 20140371070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung, Joerg Leipner, Mathilde Denise Lachia, Alain De Mesmaeker
  • Patent number: 8906942
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that function as modulators of aldehyde dehydrogenase activity; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The present invention provides therapeutic methods involving administering a subject compound, or a subject pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Che-Hong Chen, Daria Mochly-Rosen, Wenjin Yang
  • Patent number: 8901111
    Abstract: Certain aryl-substituted heterocyclic urea compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, energy metabolism disorders, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: J. Guy Breitenbucher, Mark S. Tichenor, Jeffrey E. Merit, Natalie A. Hawryluk, Alison L. Chambers, John M. Keith
  • Publication number: 20140350056
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof wherein Ar1, Ar2, L1, L2, X, R3, R22, and m are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (I), and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD and IBS, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Jianming Yu
  • Patent number: 8889875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Sara Hadida Ruah, Mark Miller, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Peter Grootenhuis
  • Publication number: 20140336193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that exhibit vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the activity of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying such compounds, and use of such compounds for the treatment of diseases related to dysfunction of vasodilation, inflammation, and/or endothelial cells. In particular non-limiting embodiments, components of the invention may be used to treat hypertension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Donald W. Landry, Shi-Xian Deng, Stevan Pecic, Kirsten Alison Rinderspacher
  • Publication number: 20140330023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: David Andrew Siesel
  • Publication number: 20140309237
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. WHITTEN, Jonathan GREY, Jianguo CAO, Zhijun WANG, Evan ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20140303232
    Abstract: This invention provides for a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1-R4, L and X are defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are cationic lipids useful in the delivery of biologically active agents to cells and tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Jeremy Lee BARYZA, Rohan Eric John BECKWITH, Keith BOWMAN, Crystal BYERS, Tanzina FAZAL, Gabriel Grant GAMBER, Cameron Chuck-munn LEE, Ritesh Bhanudasji TICHKULE, Chandra VARGEESE, Shuangxi WANG, Laura Ellen West, Thomas ZABAWA, Junping ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20140295045
    Abstract: A compound (including salts thereof) according to Formula I in which R1 is H, methyl or ethyl; R2 is H, OH, fluorine, C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy wherein the alkyl group is linear or branched, or a C3-C5 cycloalkyl moiety; R3 is H, methoxy, methyl or ethyl; or R2 and R3 together form a bridging moiety —O—CH2—O— between the phenyl carbon atoms to which they are connected; R4 is OH or methoxy; and R5 and R6 are independently H or methyl; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are such that, (i) when R2 and R3 together form a bridging moiety —O—CH2—O— between the phenyl carbon atoms to which they are connected, R1, R5, R6 are H, and R4 is OH; and (ii) when R4 is OH and R1-R3 are H, at least one of R5, R6 is methyl, which compound or salt thereof provides umami flavour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yili WANG, Andrew DANIHER, Adri DE KLERK, Cornelis WINKEL
  • Publication number: 20140274701
    Abstract: Novel 4-amino-6-(heterocyclic)picolinic acids and their derivatives and 6-amino-2-(heterocyclic)pyrimidine-4-carboxylates and their derivatives are useful to control undesirable vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Jeffrey B. Epp, Lindsey G. Fischer, Christian T. Lowe, Jeff Petkus, Joshua Roth, Norbert M. Satchivi, Paul R. Schmitzer, Thomas L. Siddall
  • Patent number: 8835461
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds having antiviral activities especially inhibiting activity for influenza virus, more preferably provides substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone derivatives having cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Fujishita, Minako Mikamiyama, Makoto Kawai, Toshiyuki Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20140249186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of orally available pentacyclic taxane compounds, as well as intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: GFV, LLC
    Inventors: JOHN K. THOTTATHIL, RAYMOND P. WARRELL
  • Publication number: 20140243366
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CalciMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. WHITTEN, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20140243349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ?-diketones or analogs thereof, that activate Wnt/?-catenin signaling and thus treat or prevent diseases related to signal transduction, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthropathy; osteogenesis imperfecta, bone defects, bone fractures, periodontal disease, otosclerosis, wound healing, craniofacial defects, oncolytic bone disease, traumatic brain injuries or spine injuries, brain atrophy/neurological disorders related to the differentiation and development of the central nervous system, including Parkinson's disease, strokes, ischemic cerebral disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia; otic disorders like cochlear hair cell loss; eye diseases such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema or retinitis pigmentosa and diseases related to differentiation and growth of stem cell, such as hair loss, hematopoiesis related diseases and tissue regeneration related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Sunil Kumar KC, David Mark Wallace, John Hood, Charlene F. Barroga
  • Patent number: 8816093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: David Andrew Siesel
  • Publication number: 20140235637
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods for treating inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, including methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of the p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives and analogs of pirfenidone, useful for modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: InterMune, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Kossen, Scott D. Seiwert, Vladimir Serebryany, Donald Ruhrmund, Leonid D. Beigelman, Luca Francesco Mario Raveglia, Stefania Vallese, Ivana Bianchi, Tao Hu
  • Publication number: 20140221430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ali KESHAVARZ-SHOKRI, Beili ZHANG, Mariusz KRAWIEC
  • Publication number: 20140194433
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel modulators of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, to a method for modulating the TRPM8 receptor using said modulators; to the use of the modulators for induction of cold sensation; and to objects and means produced using said modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Jens Wittenberg, Michael Krohn, Holger Zinke
  • Patent number: 8742122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Publication number: 20140142134
    Abstract: Organic compounds showing the ability to inhibit effector toxin secretion or translocation mediated by bacterial type III secretion systems are disclosed. The disclosed type III secretion system inhibitor compounds are useful for combating infections by Gram-negative bacteria such as Salmonella spp., Shigella flexneri, Psendomonas spp., Yersinia spp., en tero pathogenic and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, and Chlamydia spp. having such type III secretion systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: MICROBIOTIX, INC.
    Inventors: Donald T. Moir, Daniel Aiello, Norton P. Peet, John D. Williams, Matthew Torhan
  • Publication number: 20140135329
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridine and pyrazine derivatives which restore or enhance the function of mutant and/or wild type CFTR to treat cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory tract infections, lung carcinoma, xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sire, or constipation (IBS, IBD, opioid induced). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives are also encompassed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Urs BAETTIG, Kamlesh BALA, Emma BUDD, Lee EDWARDS, Catherine HOWSHAM, Glyn Alan HUGHES, Darren Mark LEGRAND, Katrin SPIEGEL
  • Patent number: 8716338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in Form I, pharmaceutical packs or kits thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Young
  • Publication number: 20140080768
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to Pro-Drugs of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a DHODH inhibitor compound including a cleavable functional group that increases bioavailability as compared to a form of the DHODH inhibitor without the functional group, rendering the former more suitable for therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Alan Palmer, Michael J. Hudson, Richard Todd, Patrick Camilleri
  • Publication number: 20130345193
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: CALCIMEDICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. WHITTEN, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20130345240
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: CALCIMEDICA, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey
  • Publication number: 20130317020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sara Hadida Ruah, Mark Miller, Jinglan Zhou, Brian Bear, Peter Grootenhuis
  • Patent number: 8592602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: David Siesel
  • Publication number: 20130296379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially a solid form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Compound 1, Solvate Form A and Compound 1, HCl Salt Form A), processes for making such forms, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ali Keshavarz-Shokri, Beili Zhang, Mariusz Krawiec
  • Publication number: 20130274477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventor: David Andrew Siesel
  • Publication number: 20130267516
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula I, (formula [I)], their use as calcium receptor-active compounds for the prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of physiological disorders or diseases associated with disturbances of CaSR activity, such as hyperparathyroidism, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of treating diseases with said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: LEO PHARMA A/S
    Inventors: Kristoffer Månsson, Lars Kristian Albert Blæhr
  • Publication number: 20130267492
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Solomon Ungashe, John J. Wright, Andrew Pennell, Zheng Wei
  • Patent number: 8552034
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising Compound 1, (3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid), and at least one excipient selected from: a filler, a diluent, a disintegrant, a surfactant, a binder, a glidant and a lubricant, the composition being suitable for oral administration to a patient in need thereof to treat a CFTR mediated disease such as Cystic Fibrosis. Methods for treating a patient in need thereof include administering an oral pharmaceutical formulation of Compound 1 to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Marinus Jacobus Verwijs, Rossitza Gueorguieva Alargova, Ritu Rohit Kaushik, Irina Nikolaevna Kadiyala, Christopher Young
  • Patent number: 8546403
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Calcimedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Whitten, Yazhong Pei, Jianguo Cao, Zhijun Wang, Evan Rogers, Brian Dyck, Jonathan Grey