Unsaturation Between The 4- And 5-positions (e.g., Testosterones, Etc.) Patents (Class 552/638)
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Patent number: 11974996Abstract: The present invention relates to solid dispersion of Naloxegol oxalate. Further, the present invention relates to an improved process for Naloxegol oxalate and intermediates thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Aurobindo Pharma LtdInventors: Rama Shankar, Nimesh Chandra Misra, Siva Rama Kasibabu Velugula, Suresh Chapala, Sivakumaran Meenakshisunderam
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Patent number: 11951123Abstract: The invention describes ophthalmic pharmaceutical formulations comprising pharmaceutical ingredients to address DED symptoms. In one aspect of the invention, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical formulation comprises: 1) lubricity-promoting ingredient(s) such as those listed in the FDA over the counter (OTC) monograph for ophthalmics as demulcents and 2) surfactant(s) that solubilize lipids, assist in lubrication, and assist in easily spreading over hydrophobic surfaces; and/or 3) lipid and/or plant oil ingredient(s) that assist in film formation and the spreading of tear fluid while promoting (or at least not inhibiting) lubrication; and/or 4) mucoadhesive and viscosity promoting polymer(s) that demonstrate shear thinning flow behavior. The pharmaceutical ingredients and osmoprotectant/tonicity ingredients are combined with ingredients that provide direct to the eye nutritional support that is comprehensive in nature.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Platform Ophthalmic Innovations, LLCInventor: Kenneth Reed
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Patent number: 11746253Abstract: A conductive agent can be filled in a sprayer and sprayed onto the surface of a fabric to form a conductive portion thereon. The conductive agent includes sodium hydroxide, carbomer, glycerin, disinfectant and water. The percentage by weight of sodium hydroxide is 0.15% to 0.25% of the conductive agent; the percentage by weight of carbomer is 0.45% to 0.55% of the conductive agent; the percentage by weight of the glycerin is 0.90% to 1.10% of the conductive agent; the percentage by weight of disinfectant is 0.03% to 0.07% of the conductive agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventor: Hoi Ming Michael Ho
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Patent number: 10881671Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage capsules containing testosterone undecanoate, as well as related methods. The capsule includes a capsule shell and a capsule fill. The capsule fill can include a solubilizer and about 14 wt % to about 35 wt % testosterone undecanoate based on the total capsule fill. The oral dosage capsule is such that when a single oral administration to a male subject of one or more capsules with a total testosterone undecanoate daily dose of about 350 mg to about 650 mg it provides a ratio of serum testosterone Cmax to serum testosterone Cave of about 2.7 or less. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of testosterone within a target serum testosterone concentration Cave range for a male subject is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventors: Chandrashekar Giliyar, Basawaraj Chickmath, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Mahesh V. Patel, Srinivansan Venkateshwaran
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Patent number: 8759329Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gen formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Besins Healthcare Luxembourg SARLInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Patent number: 8754070Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gel formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Besins Healthcare Luxembourg SARLInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Patent number: 8741881Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gen formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Besins Healthcare Luxembourg, SARLInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Patent number: 8729057Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gen formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Unimed Pharmaeuticals, LLC, Besins Healthcare Luxembourg SARLInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Patent number: 8586770Abstract: The invention relates to methods to manipulate stem cells in vivo and in vitro to treat, e.g., a condition where cell or tissue repair is needed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Harbor Therapeutics, Inc.Inventor: James M. Frincke
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Patent number: 8486925Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gel formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Laboratoires Besins International, SASInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Miller
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Patent number: 8466136Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gen formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Laboratoires Besins International, SASInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Patent number: 8466138Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gel formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Laboratoires Besins International, SASInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Miller
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Patent number: 8466137Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved transdermal hydroalcoholic testosterone gen formulation that provides, among other things, a desirable pharmacokinetic hormone profile, and methods of use.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Laboratoires Besins International, SASInventors: Ramana Malladi, Jodi Stahlman
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Publication number: 20130029901Abstract: Bone targeted compounds and methods are provided. Compounds can include a Bone Targeting Portion (RT), having an affinity for bone; a Bone Active Portion (RA) for interacting with and affecting bone; and a Linking Portion (RL) connecting the Bone Targeting Portion and the Bone Active Portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: William M. PIERCE, JR., K. Grant TAYLOR, Leonard C. WAITE, Kevyn MERTEN
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Patent number: 8361996Abstract: The present invention provides a novel series of imidazolyl substituted steroidal and indan-1-one derivatives and salts thereof having the following general structural formulae (A and B)Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Ranju Bansal, Sheetal Guleria, Gaurav Narang, Rolf Wolfgang Hartmann
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Publication number: 20130018022Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a testis extract serving as an active ingredient for treating and preventing anemia, in which since the testis extract induces proliferation of hematopoietic stem cell, an increase in the number of red blood cell, and an increase in the amount of hemoglobin, it is effectively used as a therapeutic agent for treating anemia related to red blood cell and hemoglobin in women of childbearing age, post-childbearing age, and during pregnancy, as well as in men.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITYInventors: In-Ho Choi, Dong-Mok Lee, Eun-Ju Lee, Ki-Ho Lee, Yong-Pil Cheon, Tae-Hoon Chun
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Publication number: 20120264722Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a PDE5-inhibitor and testosterone for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Emotional Brain B.V.Inventor: Jan Johan Adriaan TUITEN
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Publication number: 20120190661Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions for treating an ocular condition. The composition comprises a physiologically effective amount of an androgen, wherein the composition is suitable for topical administration to an eye. The disclosure further provides methods for treating an ocular condition with the disclosed compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: John T. Trogden, Adnan K.. Salameh, Chetan P. Pujara, Anuradha V. Gore, Jaya Giyanani
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Publication number: 20120083440Abstract: Bone targeted compounds and methods are provided. Compounds can include a Bone Targeting Portion (RT), having an affinity for bone; a Bone Active Portion (RA) for interacting with and affecting bone; and a Linking Portion (RL) connecting the Bone Targeting Portion and the Bone Active Portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: William M. Pierce, JR., K. Grant Taylor, Leonard C. Waite, Kevyn Merten
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Publication number: 20120082715Abstract: A composition comprising a glassified, stabilized particle preparation having a low water activity (between about 0.1 and 0.9) is provided. The preparations provide improved products with enhanced storage stability, less expensive cost of processing, and extended shelf life. The glassified, stabilized particle preparations are particularly efficacious in the preparation of perishable products, especially pharmaceutical agents, such as human blood and blood products (e.g., red blood cells). A single emulsion process comprising a 2-phase system for preserving food and pharmaceutical products is also provided. Stabilized biological products as glassified beads are also provided, as well as a method for rehydrating and/or reconstituting the glassified beads to provide useful and fully active reconstituted and/or rehydrated materials is also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventor: David Needham
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Patent number: 7495115Abstract: Conjugates comprising one or more steroids conjugated with one or more mammalian proteins are disclosed. The conjugates are useful for diagnosis or treatment of solid cancer and haematological malignancies. Further the conjugates exhibits a synergistic action together with a cytoskeleton acting drug such as Taxol®, which enable the treatment of cancers that otherwise would be non responsive to Taxol®.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Bionature E.A., Ltd.Inventor: Elias Castanas
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Patent number: 7365218Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of Guggulsterones which comprises epoxidising 16-dihydropegnenolone acetate (16 DPA) by reacting 16DPA with hydrogen peroxide reagent adduct in the presence of a co-base in a polar solvent to obtain 3 ? hydroxy-16 ?, 17-oxido-5 pregnen-20-one, converting the 3 ? hydroxy-16?, 17-oxido-5-pregnen-20-one by reacting with hydrazine in the presence of a strong base at refluxing temperature followed by oxidation to obtain desired guggulsterones viz. to 5, 17-(20)-cis and trans pregnadiene-3 ?, 16-diol of the formula Ia and Ib.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchInventors: Ram Pratap, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Raghavendra Pal, Satyawan Singh
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Patent number: 7112670Abstract: The present invention involves a novel crystal form of 17?-hydroxy-7?-(5?-methyl-2?-furyl)-pregna-4,9(11)-dien-3-one-21-carboxylic acid, ?-lactone, having the formula which is an intermediate useful in preparation of an important pharmaceutical, eplerenone.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Pharmacia CorporationInventors: Bruce Allen Pearlman, Frederick J. Antosz
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Patent number: 7018993Abstract: A compound pf general formula (I): wherein, for example, X1 and X2 independently represent a hydrogen atom. Ra represents a hydrogen atom or a protecting group for a hydroxyl group. Rb and Rc form an optionally protected —(C?O)— together with the 3-position carbon atom attached to Rb and Rc, and the broken line forms a single bond or double bond together with the solid line, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a prodrug thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masateru Ohta, Nobuaki Kato, Mitsuaki Nakamura, Kazutaka Tachibana
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Publication number: 20040209853Abstract: Orally Active androgens are derivative of 7&agr;-methyl-19-nortestosterone. The compounds satisfy formula (I) wherein R1 is O, (H,H), (H,OR), NOR, with R being hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, or (C1-6) acyl; R2 is ethyl optionally substituted by halogen; R3 is hydrogen, (C1-2) alkyl, or ethenyl; R4 is (C1-2) alkyl; R5 is hydrogen, or (C1-15)acyl; and the dotted lines indicate optional bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Jaap Louw van der, Dirk Leysen, Roberta Buma Bursi
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Publication number: 20040186306Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of Guggulsterones which comprises epoxidising 16-dihydropegnenolone acetate (16 DPA) by reacting 16DPA with hydrogen peroxide reagent adduct in the presence of a co-base in a polar solvent to obtain 3 &bgr; hydroxy-16 &agr;, 17-oxido-5 pregnen-20-one, converting the 3 &bgr; hydroxy-16&agr;, 17-oxido-5-pregnen-20-one by reacting with hydrazine in the presence of a strong base at refluxing temperature followed by oxidation to obtain desired guggulsterones viz. to 5, 17-(20)-cis and trans pregnadiene-3 &bgr;, 16-diol of the formula Ia and Ib.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHInventors: Ram Pratap, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Raghavendra Pal, Satyawan Singh
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Patent number: 6670348Abstract: Compounds having an ansamycin anitibiotic, or other moiety which binds to hsp90, coupled to a targeting moiety which binds specifically to a protein, receptor or marker can provide effective targeted delivery of the ansamycin antibiotic leading to the degradation of proteins and death of the targeted cells. These compositions may have different specificity than the ansamycin alone, allowing for a more specific targeting of the therapy, and can be effective in instances where the ansamycin alone has no effect. Thus, these compounds provide an entirely new class of targeted chemotherapy agents with application, depending on the nature of the targeting moiety, to treatment of a variety of different forms of cancer. Such agents can further be used to promote selective degradation of proteins associated with the pathogenesis of others diseases, including antigens associated with autoimmune disorders and pathogenic proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer ResearchInventors: Neal Rosen, Samuel Danishefsky, Ouathek Ouerfelli, Scott D. Kuduk, Laura Sepp-Lorenzino
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Publication number: 20030191101Abstract: The present invention provides storage stable, shaped particles of allotropic organic compounds. The particles of the present invention can be shaped according to the desired application. Preferred shapes of such particles are microspheres, particularly those having diameters of about 1 to about 1,000 microns. The stable shaped particles of the present invention are particularly well-suited to the fabrication of pharmaceutical formulations, particularly where sustained release and uniform bioavailability are desired. The storage stable particles are formed by a solid state crystallization of allotropic organic compounds. The solid state crystallization process of the present invention affords a means for achieving a storage stable crystalline form of said allotropic compound without loss or deterioration of the original particle dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: John-Claude Savoir, Juan Angeles, Aurelio De Gyves, Abraham Gomez
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Patent number: 6610844Abstract: Multiple novel reaction schemes, novel process steps and novel intermediates are provided for the synthesis of epoxymexrenone and other compounds of Formula I wherein —A—A— represents the group —CHR4—CHR5— or —CR4═CR5—; R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, cyano and aryloxy; R1 represents an alpha-oriented lower alkoxycarbonyl or hydroxyalkyl radical; —B—B— represents the group —CHR6—CHR7— or an alpha- or beta-oriented group: where R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, lower alkoxy, acyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyloxyalkyl, cyano and aryloxy; and R8 and R9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, lower alkoxy, acyl, hydroxyalkylType: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: G.D. Searle & CompanyInventors: John S. Ng, Chin Liu, Dennis K. Anderson, Jon P. Lawson, Joseph Wieczorek, Sastry A. Kunda, Leo J. Letendre, Mark J. Pozzo, Yuen-Lung L. Sing, Ping T. Wang, Edward E. Yonan, Richard M. Weier, Thomas R. Kowar, Julio A. Baez, Bernhard Erb
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Publication number: 20030055274Abstract: Multiple novel reaction schemes, novel process steps and novel intermediates are provided for the synthesis of epoxymexrenone and other compounds of formula (I) wherein: —A—A— represents the group —CHR4—CHR5— or —CR4═CR5—, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, cyano, aryloxy; R1 represents an alpha-oriented lower alkoxycarbonyl or hydroxyalkyl radical; —B—B— represents the group —CHR6—CHR7— or an alpha- or beta-oriented group (III), where R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, lower alkoxy, acyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyloxyalkyl, cyano and aryloxy; and R8 and R9 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, lower alkoxy, acyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkType: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: G.D. Searle & CompanyInventors: John S. Ng, Chin Liu, Dennis K. Anderson, Jon P. Lawson, Joseph Wieczorek, Sastry A. Kunda, Leo J. Letendre, Mark J. Pozzo, Yuen-Lung L. Sing, Ping T. Wang, Edward E. Yonan, Richard M. Weier, Thomas B. Kowar, Julio A. Baez, Bernhard Erb
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Publication number: 20020183532Abstract: A compound for supplementing the concentration of a parent androgen in a subject in vivo, wherein the parent androgen has a skeletal structure including a 17 position and the parent androgen further has a 17&bgr;-hydroxy group comprising a 17&bgr;-hydroxy hydrogen appended to the 17 position. The compound comprises a substrate having the skeletal structure of the parent androgen including a 17 position corresponding to the 17 position of the parent androgen, and a promoiety comprising an alkoxymethyl ether appended to the 17 position of the substrate as a substitute for the 17&bgr;-hydroxy hydrogen. Related compounds and methods also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2001Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventor: William J. Roberts
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Patent number: 6468981Abstract: A water soluble delivery system for nucleic acids to cells having androgen receptors, preferably prostate cells, is provided comprising a steroid moiety capable of binding to said receptors, said steroid moiety being covalently linked to a polycationic material. This molecule may be complexed with therapeutic or diagnostic nucleic acids. Methods of diagnosis and therapy using these compositions are also provided, including gene therapy treatments for prostate cancer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1994Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Emory UniversityInventors: John Anthony Petros, Dennis C. Liotta
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Patent number: 6428769Abstract: The libido of adult human female patients is increased by the intrapulmonary delivery of testosterone. A formulation of testosterone is aerosolized and inhaled into a patient's lungs where particles of testosterone deposits on lung tissue and then enter the patient's circulatory system. The patient's testosterone level is enhanced well above baseline levels for a short period and subsides to baseline levels with normal metabolism thereby providing desired short term effects on enhanced libido without undesirable effects of long term enhanced testosterone levels. Additional formulations are provided including formulations for aerosolized delivery of sildenafil citrate which are delivered to male or female patients.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignees: Aradigm CorporationInventors: Reid M. Rubsamen, Robert Cole
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Patent number: 6423701Abstract: The present invention provides novel water soluble testosterone analogs. These testosterone analogs are suitable for intranasal administration to patients requiring increased plasma testosterone levels. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the testosterone analogs of the present invention. The present invention further provides a method of increasing plasma testosterone levels in patients in need of such treatment comprising the intranasal administration of the water-soluble testosterone analogs and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1996Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: University of KentuckyInventor: Anwar A. Hussain
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Patent number: 6406718Abstract: The invention relates to a new polymorphic crystalline form of S-fluoromethyl 6&agr;,9&agr;-difluoro-11&bgr;-hydroxy-16&agr;-methyl-3-oxo-17&agr;-propionyloxyandrosta-1,4-diene-17&bgr;-carbothiate (fluticasone propionate). The new polymorphic crystalline form is easily handled and easily fluidised and its particle size and shape can be controlled. The invention also relates to the use of this new material in therapy, particularly in the treatment of respiratory disorders, e.g. asthma.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1999Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: SmithKline Beecham CorporationInventor: Simon Murray Cooper
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Patent number: 5977096Abstract: Novel substituted steroid compounds are disclosed which are more effective than known radical-trapping agents in methods of prophylaxis and therapy of radical-mediated cell damage and of treatment of diseases due to radical-mediated cell damage. The novel substituted steroid compounds can be made from steroids having an estrane, androstane, pregnane or cholestane basic skeleton and have a radical-attracting aromatic substituent of the general formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n X, or .dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.m X at the 17 or 6 position of the steroid nucleus, wherein X=Y, OY, SY, SeY or NHY; n=0 to 5; m=n-1 and Y is a phenyl group having five substituents A, B, C, D and E, wherein A to E is independently H, alkyl, Oalkyl, Oacyl, OH, or one of the substituents B, C or D is NR.sub.2 wherein R=alkyl and each of the other substituents is hydrogen. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel substituted steroid compounds and methods of making them are also part of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1999Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Jenapharm GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Peter Droescher, Bernd Menzenbach, Kurt Ponsold, Bernd Undeutsch, Michael Oettel, Wolfgang Romer, Gunter Kaufmann, Jens Schroder
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Patent number: 5969168Abstract: The invention relates to novel, androstane steroids which are the ligand semiochemicals which bind to neuroepithelial receptors. The steroids are useful as ligands to neuroepithelial receptors in the human vomeronasal gland to stimulate autonomic and hypothalamic activity.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1994Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Pherin CorporationInventors: David L. Berliner, Nathan W. Adams, Clive L. Jennings-White
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Patent number: 5925630Abstract: The invention relates to 3.alpha.-hydroxy, 17-(un)substituted derivatives of the androstane series and 3.alpha.-hydroxy, 21-substituted derivatives of the pregnane series. These derivatives are capable of acting at a recently identified site on the GRC, thereby modulating brain excitability in a manner that will alleviate stress, anxiety, insomnia, mood disorders that are amenable to GRC-active agents (such as depression) and seizure activity. The steroid derivatives of this invention are those having the general structural Formula: ##STR1## wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are further defined herein and the dotted lines are single or double bonds. The structure includes androstanes, pregnanes (R.sub.4 =methyl), 19-norandrostanes, and norpregnanes (R.sub.4 =H).Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1996Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: CoCensys, Inc.Inventors: Ravindra B. Upasani, David B. Fick, Derk J. Hogenkamp, Nancy C. Lan
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Patent number: 5723455Abstract: Novel antiandrogenic agents are provided. An exemplary group of compounds has the structural formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 through R.sup.10, a and b are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds of formula (I) to treat androgen-related clinical conditions are provided, as are methods and compositions for using the compounds as contraceptive agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Masato Tanabe, Wan-Ru Chao, Wesley K. M. Chong, David F. Crowe
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Patent number: 5656426Abstract: Novel acridinium esters that are useful, either alone or when incorporated into liposomes, as chemiluminescent agents in binding assays (e.g., immunoassays and gene probe assays) with improved-sensitivity are disclosed. In addition, the synthesis of these esters and their use in assays for detecting an analyte is described. In particular, assays for testosterone and the Rubella virus are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1994Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Chiron Diagnostics CorporationInventors: Say-Jong Law, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Anand Natrajan, Qingping Jiang, Peter B. Connolly, John P. Kilroy, Constance R. McCudden, Stephen M. Tirrell
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Patent number: 5597701Abstract: A process and appropriate device are disclosed for determining the androstenone content of adipose tissues in clearly shorter times. The disclosed process has the following steps: (a) liquefying an adipose tissue sample by heating up to a predetermined temperature in the 45.degree. to 60.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Riedel-De Haen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rolf P. Claus, Martin Dehnhard
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Patent number: 5486603Abstract: The present invention relates to an oligonucleotide or analog thereof conjugated to a molecule comprising a structure, which structure (a) is of substantially fixed conformation; (b) contains, is directly attached to, or is attached to a carbon atom that is directly attached to, an first amine; and (c) contains, is directly attached to, or is attached to an atom that is directly attached to a phosphate, a second amine, or a cationic sulfur. In a preferred embodiment, the structure consists of at least a nonaromatic cyclic portion or substituted derivative thereof. In a specific embodiment, the structure is a nonaromatic cyclic compound. In another embodiment, the molecule is a steroid. In yet another particular aspect, the structure is an aromatic compound. In another embodiment, the structure can bind to a nucleic acid sequence in a nonintercalative manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1992Date of Patent: January 23, 1996Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.Inventor: Chris A. Buhr
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Patent number: 5227375Abstract: Novel aromatase inhibitors are disclosed for use in therapeutic preparations for treatment of estrogen-dependent diseases. The compounds are specified 7.alpha.-substituted androstanedione and androstenedione derivatives which show a strong inhibitory activity towards aromatase. The invention includes synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1990Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.Inventors: Fernand Labrie, Yves Merand
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Patent number: 4948790Abstract: Long-acting androgenic compositions comprising C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl carboxylic acids of testosterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier medium. The ester can be dissolved in an acceptable oily medium or suspended in an aqueous medium in the form of micronised particles or in the form of milled particles.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1987Date of Patent: August 14, 1990Inventors: Sydney Archer, Gabriel Bialy, Richard P. Blye, Pierre Crabbe, deceased, by Lucie Crabbe, executor, Egon R. Diczfalusy, Carl Djerassi, Josef Fried, Hyun K. Kim