Nitto-denko Corporation

Sridhar C Nagarajan

Joseph E Payne

Yoshiro Niitsu

Priya Prakash Karmali

Yasunobu Tanaka

Mohammad Ahmadian

Victor Knopov

Richard P Witte

Violetta Akopian

John Gaudette

Zheng Hou

Loren A Perelman

Elena Feinstein

Wenbin Ying

Igor Mett

Hagar Kalinski

Kenjiro Minomi

Yun Liu

Sharon Avkin-Nahum

Here described is a composition comprising a compound of formula I: wherein Rand Ris independently selected from a group consisting of Cto Calkyl, Cto Calkenyl, and oleoyl group; Rand Rare independently selected from a group consisting of Cto Calkyl, and Cto Calkanol; X is selected from a group consisting of &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, and &#x2014;O&#x2014; or absent; Y is selected from &#x2014;(CH), &#x2014;S(CH), &#x2014;O(CH)&#x2014;, thiophene, &#x2014;SO(CH)&#x2014;, and ester; n=1-4; a=1-4; b=1-4; c=1-4; and Zis a counterion.

Cationic lipids for therapeutic agent delivery formulations

Here described is a method of delivery of a drug to a stellate cell using a composition comprising a compound of formula I: wherein Rand Rare independently selected from Cto Calkyl, Cto Calkenyl, and oleoyl; Rand Rare independently selected from Cto Calkyl and Cto Calkanol; X is selected from &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, and &#x2014;O&#x2014;, or X is absent; Y is selected from &#x2014;(CH), &#x2014;S(CH)&#x2014;, &#x2014;O(CH)&#x2014;, -thiophene-, &#x2014;SO(CH)&#x2014;, and ester; n&#x2550;1-4; a&#x2550;1-4; b&#x2550;1-4; c&#x2550;1-4; and Zis a counterion.

What is described is a pharmaceutical composition for treating a fibrotic disease comprising a drug carrier, which comprises a lipid and a retinoid, and a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, which comprises an antisense sequence to mRNA encoding human hsp47.

Retinoid-lipid drug carrier

Here described are compounds of formula I: wherein Rand Rare independently selected from Cto Calkyl, Cto Calkenyl, and oleoyl; Rand Rare independently selected from Cto Calkyl and Cto Calkanol; X is selected from &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, and &#x2014;O&#x2014;, or X is absent; Y is selected from &#x2014;(CH), &#x2014;S(CH)&#x2014;, &#x2014;O(CH)&#x2014;, -thiophene-, &#x2014;SO(CH)&#x2014;, and ester; n=1-4; a=1-4; b=1-4; c=1-4; and Zis a counterion. Also described herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including compounds of formula I which are useful for the delivery of therapeutic agents, and methods of using these compositions and formulations.

Here described are compounds of formula I: wherein Rand Ris independently selected from a group consisting of Cto Calkyl, Cto Calkenyl, and oleyl group; wherein Rand Rare independently selected from a group consisting of Cto Calkyl, and Cto Calkanol; wherein X is selected from a group consisting of &#x2014;CH&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, and &#x2014;O&#x2014; or absent; wherein Y is selected from &#x2014;(CH), &#x2014;S(CH), &#x2014;O(CH)&#x2014;, thiophene, &#x2014;SO(CH)&#x2014;, and ester, wherein n=1-4; wherein a=1-4; wherein b=1-4; wherein c=1-4; and wherein Z is a counterion; as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including compounds of formula I which are useful for the delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and formulations.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Sridhar C Nagarajan