IP Library Granted Patent US 12,268,753
Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,753 · App. 17/579,150 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Nanomaterials comprising a biodegradable feature

Inventors: Mina Fawzy Shehata (Spartanburg, SC); Neeraj Narendra Patwardhan (Medford, MA); Gregory Lawrence Hamilton (Atlanta, GA); Cory Dane Sago (Boston, MA); Milloni Balwantkumar Chhabra (Dunwoody, GA)
Assignee: Beam Therapeutics Inc.
A61K47/6929A61K31/7105A61K31/711A61P1/16C07C219/16C07D211/22
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Patent No.
US 12,268,753
App. No.
17/579,150
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure describes compositions, preparations, nanoparticles (such as lipid nanoparticles), and/or nanomaterials and methods of their use.

Claims (28)

1. A compound of Formula (IIIA):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein:

L 2 is a covalent bond, an optionally substituted bivalent saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbon chain, or

Cy A is an optionally substituted ring selected from phenylene and 3- to 7-membered saturated or partially unsaturated carbocyclene;

each m is independently 0, 1, or 2;

R 1 is a saturated, branched C 3 -C 20 hydrocarbon chain;

each L 4 is independently a bivalent saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched C 1 -C 6 hydrocarbon chain;

each A 1 and A 2 is independently C 2 -C 20 alkenyl;

X 1 is a covalent bond, —O—, or —NR—;

—X 2 —X 3 is selected from:

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (IIIA) is a compound of Formula (VI):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is 1, 2, 3 or 4.

3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula (IIIA) is a compound of Formula (VIA):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is 1, 2, 3 or 4.

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R′ is selected from:

5. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of A1 and A2 is independently selected from:

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound is selected from

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

7. A lipid nanoparticle (LNP) preparation comprising the compound according to claim 1 .

8. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the LNP preparation of claim 7 and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

9. A compound having the following structure:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

10. A lipid nanoparticle (LNP) preparation comprising the compound according to claim 9 .

11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the LNP preparation of claim 10 and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

12. A compound having the following structure:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

13. A lipid nanoparticle (LNP) preparation comprising the compound according to claim 12 .

14. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the LNP preparation of claim 13 and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2026
From: BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.
To: SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 075021/0929 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.; GUIDE THERAPEUTICS, LLC; BBBR, LLC
To: SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074955/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: SHEHATA, MINA FAWZY; PATWARDHAN, NEERAJ NARENDRA; HAMILTON, GREGORY LAWRENCE; SAGO, CORY DANE; CHHABRA, MILLONI BALWANTKUMAR
To: BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059333/0975 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63139731 · Jan 20, 2021
Related Publication 20220249694A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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