IP Library Granted Patent US 8,859,510
Granted Patent B2
US 8,859,510 · App. 12/523,790 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Macrocyclic polymorphs, compositions comprising such polymorphs, and methods of use and manufacture thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,859,510
App. No.
12/523,790
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to novel forms of compounds displaying broad spectrum antibiotic activity, especially crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, compositions comprising such crystalline polymorphic forms and amorphous forms of such compounds, processes for manufacture and use thereof. The compounds and compositions of the invention are useful in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the use of antibiotics, chemotherapies, or antiviral therapies, including, but not limited to, colitis, for example, pseudo-membranous colitis; antibiotic associated diarrhea; and infections due to Clostridium difficile (“ C. difficile ”), Clostridium perfringens (“ C. perfringens ”), Staphylococcus species, for example, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus , or Enterococcus including Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Claims (14)

1. A method of treating a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a polymorphic form of a compound of Formula I:

wherein the polymorphic form of a compound of Formula I is characterized by a powder x-ray diffraction pattern wherein said x-ray diffraction pattern comprises peaks at diffraction angles 2θ of 7.7°, 15.0°, and 18.8°±0.2.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administration is oral.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the amount is from about 0.001 mg to about 1000 mg.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprising a polymorphic form of a compound of Formula I is a solid dosage form.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymorphic form of the compound of Formula I is present in the composition with at least about 85% of the total weight of tiacumicins.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymorphic form of the compound of Formula I is present in the composition with at least about 90% of the total weight of tiacumicins.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymorphic form of the compound of Formula I is present in the composition in at least about 93% of the total weight of tiacumicins.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymorphic form of the compound of Formula I is present in the composition in at least about 95% of the total weight of tiacumicins.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polymorphic form of the compound of Formula I is present in the composition in at least about 99% of the total weight of tiacumicins.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial infection is caused by Clostridia.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the bacterial infection is caused by Clostridium difficile.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial infection is a gastrointestinal infection.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial infection is Clostridium difficile infection.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
Reel/Frame 061102/0145 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 14, 2015
From: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 036328/0122 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2015
From: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
Reel/Frame 036333/0793 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2015
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: TRIUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.; OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036178/0175 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 13, 2013
From: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; TRIUS THERAPEUTICS INC.
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031628/0850 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2009
From: CHIU, YU-HUNG; CHE, TESSIE MARY; ROMERO, ALEX; ICHIKAWA, YOSHI; SHUE, YOUE-KONG
To: OPTIMER PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 023194/0631 →