Tricyclo Ring System Having The Five-membered Hetero Ring As One Of The Cyclos Patents (Class 514/411)
  • Patent number: 8835447
    Abstract: Provided is a method of inhibiting growth of androgen receptor positive cancer cells. The method entails administering to an individual diagnosed with or suspected of having an androgen receptor positive cancer and administering to the individual a composition containing a compound that can inhibit the growth of the androgen receptor positive cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Health Research Inc., Panacela Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Katerina Gurova, Natalya Narizhneva
  • Publication number: 20140256700
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to carbazole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Michael A. Poss, David R. Tortolani, Dharmpal S. Dodd, Christopher P. Mussari, John S. Tokarski, Ashvinikumar V. Gavai, Yufen Zhao, George V. Delucca, Daniel O'Malley, Derek J. Norris, Patrice Gill, Claude A. Quesnelle, Wen-Ching Han
  • Publication number: 20140249193
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that modulate protein translocation in mitochondria, compositions thereof, and methods of identifying, making and using these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carla M. Koehler, Samuel A. Hasson, Kiyoko Miyata, Micheal A. Teitell, Deepa Dabir
  • Patent number: 8815932
    Abstract: Substituted tricyclic diproline analogues of the formula (I): wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for the production thereof, the use thereof for the induction of an alpha-helix conformation in peptides and/or proteins, pharmaceuticals containing said compounds, methods for the production of a peptide library containing said compounds, and peptide libraries containing said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Universität zu Köln, Forschungsverbund Berlin E. V.
    Inventors: Hans-Günther Schmalz, Ronald Kuhne, Verena Hack, Cédric Reuter
  • Publication number: 20140228409
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fused heterocyclic compound having an ROR?t inhibitory action. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I?): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, provided that 2-(2-((4-cyanophenyl)amino)-2-oxoethoxy)-N-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)acetamide and N-(4-cyanophenyl)-N?-(9-ethyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)-3-methylpentanediamide are excluded, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Junya Shirai, Yoshiyuki Fukase, Yoshihide Tomata, Ayumu Sato, Atsuko Ochida, Kazuko Yonemori, Hideyuki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140227252
    Abstract: Methods for treating diseases such as cancer comprising administering a DLL4 antagonist, either alone or in combination with other anti-cancer agents, and monitoring for cardiovascular side effects and/or toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: ONCOMED PHARMACEUTICALS , INC.
    Inventors: STEVEN EUGENE BENNER, ROBERT JOSEPH STAGG, JAKOB DUPONT
  • Publication number: 20140220001
    Abstract: Methods for treating diseases such as cancer comprising administering a DLL4 antagonist, either alone or in combination with other anti-cancer agents, and monitoring for cardiovascular side effects and/or toxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Eugene BENNER, Robert Joseph Stagg, Jakob Dupont
  • Patent number: 8791149
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protecting from neuron cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Andrew A. Pieper, Joseph M. Ready, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Publication number: 20140206739
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are tricyclic indeno-pyrrole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ABT Holding Company
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Bayard Huck, Michael J. Robarge
  • Publication number: 20140199235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanoparticle having a linker connected to a long alkane or alkene chain, and a method for preparing the nanoparticle. The alkyl chain of C10-30 introduced with a ligand of the present invention can be coated on a hydrophobic nanoparticle through a noncovalent bond, enabling easy introduction of various ligands to the nanoparticle, and the nanoparticle having various functional groups prepared using the method can be applied to fluorescent detection, MRI, raman spectroscopy, optical detection, PET, SPECT, or gamma image device, and the ligand of the visualization agents can be modified to be used for new vessels detection, cancer cell detection, immunocyte detection, hepatocyte detection, cell death detection, and gene detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Min Jeong, Young Kyoung Lee, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung, Myung Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20140187481
    Abstract: A pharmaceutically delivery system is described comprising a pharmaceutically active agent and acidified nitrite as an agent to produce local production of nitric oxide at the skin surface. The dosage form may be in any pharmaceutically acceptable carrier means and comprises an acidifying agent adapted to reduce the pH at the environment. In one embodiment, a barrier consisting of a membrane allows diffusions of the anaesthetic and nitrite ions while preventing direct contact of the skin and acidifying agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Arthur Tudor Tucker, Nigel Benjamin
  • Patent number: 8765738
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structural formula (I) and (II) and use of the compounds and salts and hydrates thereof, as therapeutic agents are disclosed. Treatable diseases and conditions include cancers, inflammatory diseases and conditions, and immunodeficiency diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Incuron, LLC
    Inventors: John Tucker, Sergey Sviridov, Leonid Brodsky, Catherine Burkhart, Andrei Purmal, Katerina Gurova, Andrei Gudkov
  • Publication number: 20140179732
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) useful as 11-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Inhibitors
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Libuse Jaroskova, Joannes Theodorus Maria Linders, Louis Jozef Elisabeth Van Der Veken, Gustaaf Henri Maria Willemsens
  • Publication number: 20140179735
    Abstract: A variety of benzofurans and indole derivatives some with an alkynyl linker are disclosed herein. These compounds are not highly charged at physiological pH and have good bioavailability characteristics. These compounds exhibit selective or at least preferential affinity for the active sites of various sub-sets of protein tyrosine phosphatases. Some of these compounds are excellent inhibitors of Mycobacterium protein tyrosine phosphatase B (mPTPB) a protein tyrosine phosphatase expressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and characterized as a virulence factor in the causal agent of tuberculosis. Accordingly, many of these compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for the treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Zhong-Yin Zhang, Yantao He, Li-Fan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20140170112
    Abstract: In alternative embodiments the invention provides compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions and preparations, formulations, kits and other products of manufacture, e.g., exemplary drug combinations packaged together or separately in blister packs, lidded blisters or blister cards, or wrapped in paper, plastic or cellophane wrappers (e.g., a shrink wrap), comprising a combination regimen of at least two active ingredients designed to diminish systemic inflammation by targeting (inhibiting) two different, but convergent, signaling pathways, i.e., the sympathetic nervous system and the lipid-derived autacoid system; and methods for making and using these compositions. In alternative embodiments, the compositions of the invention (e.g., the combination of drugs) are used to ameliorate, diminish, treat, block or prevent an inflammatory response secondary to an infection, e.g., a viral infection and/or a reactivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VICUS THERAPEUTICS, LLC
    Inventors: John Maki, Newell Bascomb, Timothy J. Turner, Fredric Young
  • Publication number: 20140163029
    Abstract: Compound of formula (I) and methods of treating disorders by administering a compound of formula (I) are described herein. Examples of disorders include neoplastic disorders, fat-cell related disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ELIXIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Napper, Peter DiStefano, Rory Curtis, Jeffrey Hixon, Thomas E. McDonagh, L. Julie Huber, Jonathan M. Solomon, Russel J. Thomas, Jean-francois Pons
  • Patent number: 8748473
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protecting from neuron cell death.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Board of the Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Andrew A. Pieper, Joseph M. Ready, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Patent number: 8748446
    Abstract: Halo-organic heterocyclic compounds are described, which have the formulas Ring A is an aromatic ring bound to at least two halogen atoms, at least one of which is iodine or bromine. Also described are polymethine dyes based on these heterocyclic compounds, and dendrimeric compounds and conjugates of such polymethine dyes. The polymethine dyes are characterized by enhanced properties, e.g., brightness, photostability, sensitivity and/or selective affinity that make them useful to target cancer cells, pathogenic microorganisms, and/or other biological materials, in applications such as photodynamic therapy, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), cancer treatment, selective removal or attachment of biological materials, antimicrobial coating materials, and other diagnostic, theranostic, spectrum shifting, deposition/growth, and analytic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nanoquantum Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Jones, Anatoliy L. Tatarets, Leonid D. Patsenker
  • Patent number: 8748472
    Abstract: Formulations of molindone having superior stability and methods of administering same are provided. The formulations may be immediate, modified, or otherwise delayed release formulations of molindone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rong-Kun Chang, Michael L. Vieira, Likan Liang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, Austin B. Huang, Sachin V. Patel
  • Publication number: 20140155369
    Abstract: An agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of stress urinary incontinence, which contains a substance that activates a serotonin 5-HT2C receptor, an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of stress urinary incontinence, which contains a substance that stimulates an androgen binding site, and a method of screening for a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of abdominal pressure incontinence, which includes electrostimulating the abdominal muscles or a nerve controlling them of an animal to increase the abdominal pressure, and measuring the leak point pressure at that time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Izumi KAMO, Tadatoshi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8735440
    Abstract: This technology relates generally to compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death. Various compounds are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Andrew A. Pieper, Joseph M. Ready, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Patent number: 8729118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of new and known dithiine derivatives for controlling unwanted microorganisms, more particularly phytopathogenic fungi, in crop protection, in the household and hygiene sector and in the protection of materials, and also to new dithiine derivatives, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to crop protection compositions comprising these new dithiine derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Jürgen Benting, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 8729274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tricyclic heterocyclic derivative according to Formula (I), wherein the variables are defined as in the specification, or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said tricyclic heterocyclic derivatives and to their use in therapy, for instance in the treatment or prevention of serotonin mediated disorders, such as obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Keneth Davies, Takao Kiyoi, Ashvinkumar Dhirubhai Mistry, Peter Christopher Ray, Mark Reid, Grant Wishart
  • Patent number: 8722939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of provided cyclohexane-1,3-diones (CHD compounds) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also provides methods of preparing the provided CHD compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Cambria Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Kirsch, Radhia Benmohamed, Anthony C. Arvanites, Richard I. Morimoto, Wei Zhang, Richard B. Silverman
  • Patent number: 8722722
    Abstract: The present invention includes new salts of Raltegravir and crystalline forms thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the salts or crystalline forms, methods of using the salts or crystalline forms or the compositions to treat HIV infection or to prepare medicament for treating HIV infection, and a process for preparing Raltegravir potassium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
    Inventors: Ana Kwokal, Lilach Hedvati, Revital Burstein, Adi Yeori, Rinat Moshkovits-Kaptsan
  • Patent number: 8716324
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a series of compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and to use of the compounds and compositions as therapeutic agents. More specifically, compounds of the present invention are tricyclic indeno-pyrrole compounds. These compounds are serotonin receptor (5-HT) ligands and are useful for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions wherein modulation of the activity of serotonin receptors (5-HT) is desired (e.g. anxiety, depression and obesity).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Athersys, Inc.
    Inventors: Youssef L. Bennani, Bayard Huck, Michael J. Robarge
  • Publication number: 20140121101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) a dithiino-tetracarboximide of formula (I), (B) an inhibitor of the ergosterol biosynthesis, in particular an azole compound, and (C) an inhibitor of the respiratory chain at complex III, in particular a strobilurin compound. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Anton Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Jose Augusto Geraldes
  • Publication number: 20140120164
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for controlled release of an active substance, the composition being a matrix composition of: (a) a substantially water soluble or crystalline polymer, (b) an active substance, and optionally, (c) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients having a water solubility of at least 1 mg/ml at ambient temperature. The matrix composition does not contain a water dispersible or water soluble surface active agent that has at least one domain, which is compatible with the polymer in the matrix composition, and which substantially eliminates water diffusion between the interface between the polymer crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: EGALET LTD.
    Inventors: Gina Fischer, Daniel Bar-Shalom, Lillian Slot, Anne-Marie Lademann, Christine Andersen
  • Publication number: 20140107174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzoyl derivatives of 3-aminocarbazole, to a pharmaceutical composition containing them, to a method for preparing them and to the use of such compounds for the production of a drug that is useful in the treatment or prevention of disturbances associated with the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), for instance inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumours, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: AZIENDE CHIM. RIUN. ANG. FRANC. AC.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maria Alessandra ALISI, Nicola CAZZOLLA, Isabella COLETTA, Patrizia DRAGONE, Guido FURLOTTI, Barbara GAROFALO, Angelo GUGLIELMOTTI, Giorgina MANGANO, Caterina MAUGERI
  • Patent number: 8697690
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isoindolone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas C. Beshore, Scott D. Kuduk, Youheng Shu, Zhi-Qiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20140099279
    Abstract: A medical device that is at least partially formed of a novel metal alloy, which novel metal alloy improves the physical properties of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ICON MEDICAL CORP.
    Inventors: JOSEPH G. FURST, UDAYAN PATEL, RAYMOND BUCKMAN
  • Publication number: 20140100107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) a dithiino-tetracarboximide of formula (I), (B) an inhibitor of the respiratory chain at complex I or II and (C1) an inhibitor of the ergosterol biosynthesis, in particular an azole compound, or (C2) an inhibitor of the respiratory chain at complex III, in particular a strobilurin compound. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Anton Kraus, Thomas Seitz, Jose Augusto Geraldes
  • Patent number: 8691864
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds and methods of administering compounds to a subject that can reduce ?APP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. The present invention also provides non-carbamate compounds and methods of administering such compounds to a subject that can reduce ?APP production and that is not toxic in a wide range of dosages. It has been discovered that either the racemic or enantiomerically pure non-carbamate compounds can be used to decrease ?APP production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventors: Nigel H. Greig, Karen T. Y. Shaw, Qiang-Sheng Yu, Harold W. Holloway, Tada Utsuki, Timothy T. Soncrant, Donald K. Ingram, Arnold Brossi, Anthony Giordano, Gordon Powers, Diane M. Davidson, Michael Sturgess
  • Publication number: 20140094480
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protection from neuron cell death.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Joseph M. Ready, Andrew A. Pieper, Jef K. De Brabander
  • Patent number: 8686021
    Abstract: Use of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole to produce a drug for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected form the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis. Method for the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a disorder selected from the group comprising inflammatory processes, pain, fever, tumors, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis in which a therapeutically effective quantity of a benzoyl derivative of 3-aminocarbazole according to the invention is administered to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Polenzani, Giorgina Mangano, Isabella Coletta, Maria Alessandra Alisi, Nicola Cazzolla, Guido Furlotti, Caterina Maugeri
  • Patent number: 8680293
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel agents that are analogs of the DNA-alkylating agent CC-1065 and to their conjugates. Furthermore this invention concerns intermediates for the preparation of said agents and their conjugates. The conjugates are designed to release their (multiple) payload after one or more activation steps and/or at a rate and time span controlled by the conjugate in order to selectively deliver and/or controllably release one or more of said DNA alkylating agents. The agents, conjugates, and intermediates can be used to treat an illness that is characterized by undesired (cell) proliferation. As an example, the agents and the conjugates of this invention may be used to treat a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Syntarga B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Henry Beusker, Henri Johannes Spijker, Johannes Albertus Frederikus Joosten, Tijl Huijbregts, Franciscus Marinus Hendrikus de Groot
  • Publication number: 20140080885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of treating a traumatic brain injury with an agent. In particular, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of treating a traumatic brain injury using an agent such as (±)-[3-(9H-carbazol-4-yloxy)-2-hydroxypropyl][2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl]amine or an isomer, a tautomer, or a prodrug thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt each of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: University of South Florida (A Florida Non-Profit Corporation)
    Inventors: Keith R. Pennypacker, Shyam S. Mohapatra
  • Patent number: 8673957
    Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 represent amino groups that substitute at adjacent positions on the benzene ring, wherein one of the amino groups may have one alkyl group; R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group, R5 and R8 independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group, R6 and R9 represent a carboxy-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, a sulfo-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or an alkyl sulfonate-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, and R7 and R10 represent a C1-6 alkyl group, an aryl group, a C1-6 alkoxycarbonyl group, a vinyl group, a thienyl group, or a pyrrolyl group, and an agent for measurement of nitrogen monoxide containing the compound. Said compound can give a fluorescent substance that is free from change in fluorescence intensity in a wide pH range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Tetsuo Nagano, Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nagano, Yu Gabe, Yasuteru Urano
  • Publication number: 20140073503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) a dithiino-tetracarboximide of formula (I) and a further fungicidally active compound (B). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Peter Dahmen
  • Publication number: 20140073623
    Abstract: The invention provides tricyclic sulfonamide compounds and their use in treating medical disorders, such as obesity. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various tricyclic compounds are provided. The compounds are contemplated to have activity against methionyl aminopeptidase 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Zafgen, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Mary Cramp, Hazel Joan Dyke, Thomas David Pallin, Robert Zahler
  • Publication number: 20140066488
    Abstract: Proteases such as memapsin 2 are important enzymes, playing roles in a variety of diseases including Alzheimer's Disease. The inventors have developed inhibitors of memapsin 2 and methods of use therefore in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: Purdue Research Foundation, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jordan Tang, Venkateswararao Kalapala, Arun K. Ghosh
  • Patent number: 8664407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides drug-ligand conjugates that are potent cytotoxins and include a linker between the drug and ligand where the linker has a single amino acid. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-ligand conjugates, and to methods of treatment using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Medarex, LLC
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Sanjeev Gangwar, Vincent Guerlavais, Nils Lonberg, Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 8664233
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of general formula 1 to processes for the production thereof, to pharmaceutical preparations containing said compounds and/or physiologically compatible salts and/or solvates which can be produced therefrom as well as to the pharmaceutical use of said compounds, the salts or solvates thereof as inductors of apoptosis in the case of non-solid malignant tumors of the hematopoietic system, in particular in the case of leukemias and lymphomas, more particularly in the case of leukemic B lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Medicines Company (Leipzig) GmbH
    Inventors: Claudia Reichelt, Alexander Schulze, Mohammed Daghish, Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig, Jochen Heinicke, Konrad Herrmann, Maj Schuster, Sven Letschert, Kenneth Mugridge, Joseph DeAngelo
  • Publication number: 20140057900
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Steven L. McKnight, Andrew A. Pieper, Joseph M. Ready, Enrique Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20140057873
    Abstract: There is provided amino acid ester compounds comprising at least one nitric oxide releasing group, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions thereof. These compounds involve an amino acid side-chain or an amino acid derivative thereof and a nitric oxide releasing group as depicted in the following structures: wherein R1 is either an ethyl or an amino acid side-chain group or an amino acid derivative thereof and R2 is an amino acid side-chain group or an amino acid derivative thereof and n is an integer from 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Farber
  • Patent number: 8658565
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a (A) dithiino-tetracarboximide of formula (I) and at least one agriculturally beneficial biological control agent (B) are disclosed. A method for curatively or preventively controlling phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops is disclosed. A method for treating seed and a method for protecting seed are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Seitz, Ruth Meissner, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Publication number: 20140050779
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of treating a disease or disorder associated with the expression of at least one transgluaminase-2 and a method of identifying a candidate transglutaminase-2 inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Roger W. Beuerman, Veluchamy Amutha Barathi, Louis Tong
  • Publication number: 20140045779
    Abstract: This invention relates with anti-tumor activities of new compounds containing an adamantyl group or analogs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Lifeng Xu
  • Publication number: 20140045687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiine-dicarboximide compounds of formula I as defined in the description, and the N-oxides, and salts thereof for combating harmful fungi and seed coated with at least one such compound. The invention also relates to novel dithiine-dicarboximides, processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds and also to compositions comprising at least one such compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wassilios Grammenos, Nadege Boudet, Richard Riggs, Jochen Dietz, Egon Haden, Marcus Fehr
  • Publication number: 20140044781
    Abstract: The present invention relates provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an amorphous carvedilol salt and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the amorphous carvedilol salt is formed in situ during the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition. The amorphous carvedilol salt is preferably an amorphous carvedilol phosphate salt. The pharmaceutical compositions can be prepared by providing one or more inert cores; contacting the core or cores with a solution or a dispersion comprising carvedilol, an acid component and optionally a binder, in a solvent; removing the solvent; and optionally coating the core or cores with an extended release composition. Preferred pharmaceutical compositions contain both immediate-release pellets and at least one population of extended-release pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Jatin Desai, Vipul Rasikbhai Gajjar, Gaurav Navinbhai Mistry, Parva Yogeshchandra Purohit