Chalcogen Bonded Directly To Carbon Of The Hetero Ring Of The Quinoline Ring System Patents (Class 514/253.07)
  • Publication number: 20150031677
    Abstract: Monomeric and dimeric trioxane thioacetals and methods of their use for treating subjects infected with malaria or other parasitic infectious diseases including, but not limited to, toxoplasmic infection; subjects afflicted with psychiatric conditions associated with toxoplasmic infection; and subjects afflicted with cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gary H. Posner, Alexander M. Jacobine, Rachel D. Slack, Jennifer R. Mazzone
  • Publication number: 20150031703
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention aims to elucidate a polynucleotide as a novel responsible gene for cancer and aims to thus provide a method for detecting the polynucleotide and a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide and a detection kit, a probe set, and a primer set for the detection. The present invention also aims to provide a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer. [Means for Solution] The method detects a fusion gene composed of a portion of an FGFR3 gene and a portion of a TACC3 gene or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene. The primer set, the probe set, or the detection kit comprises a sense primer and a probe set designed from the portion encoding FGFR3 and an antisense primer and a probe set designed from the portion encoding TACC3. Since an inhibitor of the polypeptide exhibits antitumor effect, a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer which is positive for either the fusion gene or the polypeptide is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Makoto Asaumi, Kazuhisa Tsunoyama, Kouichi Nishimura, Akifumi Morinaka, Tomohiro Yamauchi, Masayasu Yoshino, Hiroaki Yoshizaki
  • Publication number: 20150024056
    Abstract: A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle thereof, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Janusz W. KOSTANSKI, Takakuni MATSUDA, Manoj NERURKAR, Vijay H. NARINGREKAR
  • Publication number: 20150005314
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous pharmaceutical preparation comprising 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one (compound (I)) or a salt thereof, which shows improved water solubility of compound (I) or a salt thereof achieved by addition of substituted ?-cyclodextrin. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation comprising compound (I) or a salt thereof, and substituted ?-cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hasegawa, Hidekazu Toyobuku
  • Publication number: 20140371204
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein ring A, X, (R1)n, R2, R3, R4, R4?, R5, n, and p are as described in the description; to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the use of such compounds as medicaments, especially as modulators of the CXCR3 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Eva Caroff, Marcel Keller, Thierry Kimmerlin, Emmanuel Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140364431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of quinoline and cinnoline derivatives of general formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates or prodrugs thereof. And the compounds of general formula I show potent inhibitory activity gainst c-Met kinase. The present invention further relates to the uses of the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases caused by abnormal expression of c-Met kinase, especially for treatment and/or prevention of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ping Gong, Yanfang Zhao, Yajing Liu, Xin Zhai, Sai Li, Wufu Zhu, Mingze Qin
  • Publication number: 20140356292
    Abstract: A method of evaluating memory/learning functions with the use of a model with glutamic acid N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type receptor hypofunction as an animal model for schizophrenia and with the use of reference memory task, wherein there has been found concrete means for detecting any differences in activity between typical anti-psychosis drugs and atypical anti-psychosis drugs is found. An in vivo animal model for screening of a therapeutic agent for improving cognitive dysfunction by schizophrenia is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeo ISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8901130
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous Aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ostuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Satoshi Aoki, Junichi Kawasaki, Makoto Ishigami, Youichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Fujimura, Masanori Takahashi, Kaoru Abe, Tomonori Nakagawa, Koichi Shinhama, Naoto Utsumi, Michiaki Tominaga, Yoshihiro Ooi, Shohei Yamada, Kenji Tomikawa
  • Publication number: 20140349999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel opioid modulator effective in reducing pharmacologically induced weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic use. The present invention provides methods of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain, methods for suppressing food intake and reducing ghrelin levels induced by atypical antipsychotic medications in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Deaver, Mark Todtenkopf
  • Publication number: 20140336236
    Abstract: Novel ALK and NTRK1 fusion molecules and uses are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventors: Maureen T. Cronin, Doron Lipson, Roman Yelensky
  • Publication number: 20140336191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides and stereoisomeric forms, solvates, hydrates and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamide compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these compounds together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluent. Said quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides are useful for prophylaxsis, treatment and/or after-treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, tumors and particularly cancer metastases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Axel Ullrich, Robert Torka, Yixiang Zhang, György Kéri, László Örfi, István Szabadkai
  • Publication number: 20140329830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), and to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compound and to the use of said compound in therapy, for instance in treating cognitive disorders, as well as to intermediates useful in the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Helena Gybäck, Jonas Malmström, Elgaard Gitte Terp
  • Patent number: 8877752
    Abstract: Provided are 4(1H)-quinolone derivatives effective in inhibiting or eliminating the viability of at least one of the stages in the life-cycle of the malarial parasite, and to show a reduced propensity to induce resistance to the compound by the target parasite. In particular, the compounds can be derivatives of phenoxyethoxy-quinolones, and including, but not only, 7-(2-phenoxyethoxy)quinolin derivatives. These compounds may be administered by themselves, with at least one other derivative compound, or with other antimalarial compounds, to an animal or human subject. The therapeutic compositions can be and formulated to reduce the extent of a Plasmodium infection in the recipient subject, or to reduce the likelihood of the onset or establishment of a Plasmodium infection if administered prior to the parasite contacting the subject. The therapeutic compositions can be formulated to provide an effective single dose amount of an antimalarial compound or multiple doses for administering over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Roman Manetsch, Richard Matthew Cross, Niranjan Kumar Namelikonda, Dennis Edward Kyle, Tina Susanna Mutka, Alexis Nichole LaCrue, Jordany Richarlson Maignan, Fabian Ernesto Saenz
  • Publication number: 20140322334
    Abstract: [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide an oral solid preparation that can be produced in a simpler manner than conventional methods, that exhibits high bioavailability and high dissolubility even in persons having low stomach acid, and that can also ensure dissolubility after being allowed to stand for a certain period of time. Another object is to provide a simple method for producing the oral solid preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Haruka YOSHIDA, Toshiaki Taniguchi, Tadashi Mukai
  • Publication number: 20140315892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods for treating or preventing an alcohol-related or addictive disorder. The (+)-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony Alexander McKinney, Franklin Porter Bymaster
  • Publication number: 20140309236
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuji BANDO, Satoshi AOKI, Junichi KAWASAKI, Makoto ISHIGAMI, Youichi TANIGUCHI, Tsuyoshi YABUUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Yoshihiro NISHIOKA, Noriyuki KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu FUJIMURA, Masanori TAKAHASHI, Kaoru ABE, Tomonori NAKAGAWA, Koichi SHINHAMA, Naoto UTSUMI, Michiaki TOMINAGA, Yoshihiro OOI, Shohei YAMADA, Kenji TOMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140303183
    Abstract: Provided is a solution suitable for oral administration of 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one (compound (I)) or a salt thereof. A solution for oral administration containing compound (I) or a salt thereof, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, phosphoric acid, glycolic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, succinic acid and acetic acid and having pH 2.5-4.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Ayako Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140303182
    Abstract: A lacate salt of a compound of Formula I or a tautomer of the compound, wherein Formula I has the following structure and R1-R9 and R12-R14 are as defined herein
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Shaopei Cai, Joyce Chou, Eric Harwood, Timothy Machajewski, David Ryckman, Xiao Shang, Shuguang Zhu, Augustus Okhamate, Marc S. Tesconi
  • Publication number: 20140275109
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that a pharmaceutical composition comprising aripiprazole and a carrier administered in a bolus injection resulted in an extended release profile similar to that obtained by the injection of a poly lactide-co-glycolide microsphere formulation containing the active agent. This surprising result suggests that pharmacologically beneficial extended release formulations without the complexities and expense associated with the manufacture microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Alkermes, Inc.
    Inventor: Josiah Brown
  • Publication number: 20140275060
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prophylaxis of certain neurologic disorders, including disorders related to NMDA receptor activity, including neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and other neurologic diseases, disorders and conditions including stroke, brain injury, epilepsy, neuropsychiatric disorders, mood disorders, chronic pain and related conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Steven Menaldino, George Walter Koszalka, Ruppa Poornachary Kamalesh Babu, Scott James Myers
  • Patent number: 8834930
    Abstract: A composition for pulmonary administration comprises a fluoroquinolone betaine, such as ciprofloxacin betaine, and an excipient. In one version, the particles have a mass median aerodynamic diameter from about 1 ?m to about 5 ?m, and the fluoroquinolone has a half life in the lungs of at least 1.5 hours. The composition is useful in treating an endobronchial infection, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and is particularly useful in treating cystic fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Jeffry Weers, Thomas Tarara
  • Publication number: 20140248378
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Ling Fan Cockcroft, William Farnaby, Natasha Kinsella, Kevin Merchant, David Miller
  • Publication number: 20140235631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to efflux inhibitor compositions and methods of using these agents for treating conditions where the activity of efflux transporter proteins (e.g., Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) and P-Glycoprotein (P-GP)) inhibit effective delivery of a therapeutic agent to a target tissue (e.g., brain, spinal cord, nerves, cerebrospinal fluid, testis, eyeballs, retina, inner ear, placenta, mammary gland, liver, biliary tract, kidney, intestines, lung, adrenal cortex, endometrium, hematopoietic cells, and/or stem cells).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Antonius Martinus Gustave Bunt, Olaf van Tellingen
  • Publication number: 20140234417
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tablet containing, as an active ingredient, 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, that has excellent disintegration ability, storage stability and photostability. The tablet of the present invention comprising an uncoated tablet containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, excipients such as lactose, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose; disintegrants such as low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, and sodium carboxymethyl starch; binders such as hydroxypropylcellulose; lubricants such as stearate; and further comprising a coating layer containing hypromellose; talc; titanium oxide; colorant; and the like, the coating layer being applied to the surface of the uncoated tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140221388
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises (1) a carbostyril derivative and (2) a serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carbostyril derivative may be aripiprazole or a metabolite thereof, which is a dopamine-serotonin system stabilizer. The serotonin reuptake inhibitor may be fluoxetine, duloxetine, venlafaxine, milnacipran, citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline or escitalopram. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is useful for treating patients with mood disorders, particularly depression or major depressive disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro KIKUCHI, Taro IWAMOTO, Tsuyoshi HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20140221389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a cancer in patient in need thereof by administering 4-amino-5 fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one, or a tautomer thereof, or a salt of any one of them, wherein the patient is a moderate hepatic impaired patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Suraj Anand, Catherine Reddick, Michael Shi, Mary Steed, Mario Stegert, Eugene Tan, Yongyu Wang
  • Publication number: 20140220112
    Abstract: Sparingly water-soluble agents can be formulated as cyclodextrin complexes, however, these water-soluble drug-cyclodextrin complexes dissociate when the complex is administered into patients. The dilution of the complex in the patient leads to the drug being released from the complex, so the drug is not effectively targeted. In contrast, drugs encapsulated in the aqueous core of a lipid vesicles are not released when the liposome is diluted in blood. This invention describes compositions and methods whereby cyclodextrin or polyanionic beta-cyclodextrin drug-complexes are mixed with a preformed liposome containing the amine salts of an acidic compound. This results in the drug cyclodextrin complex being transferred into the liposome where it is stably retained. The liposome-encapsulated drug can then be injected into a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Francis C. SZOKA, JR., Charles O. Noble, Mark E. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20140220110
    Abstract: The present invention provides liposome compositions containing sparingly soluble drugs that are used to treat life-threatening diseases. A preferred method of encapsulating a drug inside a liposome is by remote or active loading. Remote loading of a drug into liposomes containing a transmembrane electrochemical gradient is initiated by co-mixing a liposome suspension with a solution of drug, whereby the neutral form of the compound freely enters the liposome and becomes electrostatically charged thereby preventing the reverse transfer out of the liposome. There is a continuous build-up of compound within the liposome interior until the electrochemical gradient is dissipated or all the drug is encapsulated in the liposome. However, this process as described in the literature has been limited to drugs that are freely soluble in aqueous solution or solubilized as a water-soluble complex. This invention describes compositions and methods for remote loading drugs with low water solubility (<2 mg/mL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Mark E. HAYES, Charles O. NOBLE, Francis C. SZOKA, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140206667
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for treating schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (in particular, mania) by using a combination of a synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A) inhibitor and an antipsychotic or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs thereof. In some embodiments, the methods and the compositions are for treating one or more positive and/or negative symptoms, as well as cognitive impairment, associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (in particular, mania).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Michela Gallagher
  • Patent number: 8778947
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improved methods of administering pirfenidone therapy when ciprofloxacin is administered concomitantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Intermune, Inc.
    Inventor: Williamson Z. Bradford
  • Publication number: 20140194409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-((1R,3S)-6-chloro-3-phenyl-indan-1yl)-1,2,2-trimethyl-piperazine and the salts thereof with activity at dopamine D1 and D2 receptors as well as the serotonin 5HT2 receptor for the treatment of diseases in the central nervous system in a once weekly dosing regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: René Holm, Lone Bruun
  • Patent number: 8759351
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that a pharmaceutical composition comprising aripiprazole and a carrier administered in a bolus injection resulted in an extended release profile similar to that obtained by the injection of a poly lactide-co-glycolide microsphere formulation containing the active agent. This surprising result suggests that pharmacologically beneficial extended release formulations without the complexities and expense associated with the manufacture microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Josiah Brown
  • Patent number: 8759350
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises (1) a carbostyril derivative and (2) a serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carbostyril derivative may be aripiprazole or a metabolite thereof, which is a dopamine-serotonin system stabilizer. The serotonin reuptake inhibitor may be fluoxetine, duloxetine, venlafaxine, milnacipran, citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline or escitalopram. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is useful for treating patients with mood disorders, particularly depression or major depressive disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kikuchi, Taro Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20140163039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Nobuaki ITO, Shin MIYAMURA, Kunio OSHIMA, Jun MATSUBARA, Hideaki KURODA, Haruka TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SHIMIZU, Tatsuyoshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8741903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the method of treating hepatocellular cancer (HCC) with 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a tautomer thereof, or a hydrate or a solvate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Diana Graus Porta, Herbert Schmid, Michael Shi
  • Publication number: 20140135344
    Abstract: A method for preparing an aripiprazole type I microcrystal, including the following steps: dissolving aripiprazole in an acidifier, acquiring a medicament-having acid solution; adding an alkalizer while stirring, then adding water or aqueous ethanol 10 to 60 wt % while stirring, and separating by precipitation the aripiprazole type I microcrystal. Furthermore, a method for preparing a solid preparation having the aripiprazole type I microcrystal, an aripiprazole microcrystal having an average particle size of less than 24 ?m, and a solid preparation having the microcrystal. The method for preparing the aripiprazole type I microcrystal allows reduced pollution and loss, great safety, easy and convenient, reduced use of organic solvents, obviated need for demanding process conditions (such as cooling condition) and apparatus, low cost, and facilitated applicability in industrialized manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: SHANGHAI ZHONGXI SUNVE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., SHANGHAI ZHONGXI PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Siji Zheng, Bo Tan, Linyong Fu, Xiaoyi Liu, Shaoqing Yuan, Zhihui Cao
  • Publication number: 20140135343
    Abstract: The preparation method includes the following steps: dissolving aripiprazole in an acidic solution having an acidifier so as to obtain a medicament having acidic solution; then, performing a wet granulation on or preparing a suspension with the obtained medicament having acidic solution, an alkalizer, and an excipient so as to obtain the aripiprazole medicament formulation; the excipient comprising an antioxidant. The aripiprazole medicament formulation obtained through the preparation method has a significantly reduced amount of related substances, great solubility, great stability, high bioavailability, reduced individual differences, and enhanced wettability and content uniformity of insoluble medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SHANGHAI ZHONGXI PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Siji Zheng, Xiaoyi Liu, Linyong Fu, Bo Tan, Min Zhou
  • Patent number: 8722680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1) wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaun Jordan, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Katsura Tottori, Tsuyoshi Hirose, Yasufumi Uwahodo
  • Patent number: 8722679
    Abstract: A controlled release sterile freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation is provided which is formed of aripiprazole of a desired mean particle size and a vehicle therefor, which upon constitution with water and intramuscular injection releases aripiprazole over a period of at least about one week and up to about eight weeks. A method for preparing the controlled release freeze-dried aripiprazole formulation, and a method for treating schizophrenia employing the above formulation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Janusz W. Kostanski, Takakuni Matsuda, Manoj Nerurkar, Vijay H. Naringrekar
  • Publication number: 20140121193
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, energy, concentration, mood, and pain associated with fibromyalgia using compositions containing methylphenidate or pharmaceutically equivalents thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Robert S. KATZ, Frank LEAVITT
  • Publication number: 20140120185
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medicament having a wider treatment spectrum, causing a fewer side effects and superior in tolerability and safety, as compared to known typical antipsychotic agents and atypical antipsychotic agents. The present invention related to a medicament containing (I) a compound which is 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, and (II) at least one drug selected from the group consisting of a mood stabilizer, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant, an antianxiety drug, a tricyclic antidepressant, a tetracyclic antidepressant, an antipsychotic drug and an anti-ADHD drug, in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hirose, Kenji Maeda, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Masafumi Toda
  • Publication number: 20140121216
    Abstract: Indoleamine derivatives of formula (IA), R1 represents benzyl unsubstituted or substituted with halogen atom, —OH, or C1-C3-alkyl; phenylsulphonyl unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl ring with halogen atom, —OH or C1-C3-alkyl; G1 represents phenoxyalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl- or heterocyclyloxyalkyl-piperazine moiety; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of the central nervous system disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Adamed Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Marcin Kolaczkowski, Monika Marcinkowska, Adam Bucki, Maciej Pawlowski, Grzegorz Kazek, Marek Bednarski, Anna Wesolowska
  • Publication number: 20140112993
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a freeze-dried aripiprazole powder formulation that exhibits good dispersibility and is easily dispersed into a homogenous suspension when reconstituted with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Shogo Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 8703773
    Abstract: The present invention provides low hygroscopic forms of aripiprazole and processes for the preparation thereof which will not convert to a hydrate or lose their original solubility even when a medicinal preparation containing the anhydrous Aripiprazole crystals is stored for an extended period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Bando, Satoshi Aoki, Junichi Kawasaki, Makoto Ishigami, Youichi Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi Fujimoto, Yoshihiro Nishioka, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Fujimura, Masanori Takahashi, Kaoru Abe, Tomonori Nakagawa, Koichi Shinhama, Naoto Utsumi, Michiaki Tominaga, Yoshihiro Ooi, Shohei Yamada, Kenji Tomikawa
  • Patent number: 8703764
    Abstract: The invention provides, in part, methods and compositions for treating psychiatric disorders, for example, apathy, dementia, or depression, using combination therapies such a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in combination with an anti-psychotic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventor: Leslie James Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20140107130
    Abstract: Oral solution formulations of aripiprazole, methods of manufacture of these formulations, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Antrim Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Tambi, David Song
  • Publication number: 20140107121
    Abstract: The invention provides solution compositions comprising olopatadine and a PDE4 inhibitor compound of Formula I: The invention also provides methods for treating allergic and inflammatory diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates to formulations of olopatadine and their use for treating and/or preventing allergic or inflammatory disorders of the eye, nose, skin, and ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: L. Wayne Schneider, Wesley Wehsin Han, Masood A. Chowhan
  • Publication number: 20140094472
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of sustained delivery of a lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug by administering to a patient an effective amount of a prodrug compound of the invention wherein upon administration to the patient, release of the parent drug from the prodrug is sustained release. Prodrug compounds suitable for use in the methods of the invention are labile conjugates of parent drugs that are derivatized through carbonyl linked prodrug moieties. The prodrug compounds of the invention can be used to treat any condition for which the lactam, imide, amide, sulfonamide, carbamate or urea containing parent drug is useful as a treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Laura Cook Blumberg, Julius F. Remenar, Orn Almarsson, Tarek A. Zeidan
  • Patent number: 8685971
    Abstract: The present invention relates to quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides and stereoisomeric forms, solvates, hydrates and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamide compounds as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these compounds together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluent. Said quinolinyloxyphenylsulfonamides are useful for prophylaxsis, treatment and/or after-treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, such as cancer, tumors and particularly cancer metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
    Inventors: Axel Ullrich, Robert Torka, Yixiang Zhang, György Kéri, László Örfi, István Szabadkai
  • Publication number: 20140088115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition that provides long-term stability of a hydrolytically labile antipsychotic agent
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason M. Perry, Daniel R. Deaver, Magali B. Hickey, Julius F. Remenar, Jennifer Vandiver, Michael J. Palmieri, JR., Zhengzheng Pan