IP Library Granted Patent US 12,269,815
Granted Patent B2
US 12,269,815 · App. 17/751,806 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Dantrolene prodrugs and methods of their use

Inventors: Charles Wescott (Woodcliff Lake, NJ); Adrian Hepner (Ramsey, NJ); Alyssa Larson (Needham, MA)
Assignee: Eagle Research Labs Limited
C07D405/12A61K9/0019A61K9/0043A61K9/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,269,815
App. No.
17/751,806
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure is directed to dantrolene prodrugs, compositions thereof, and methods of their use in the treatment of disease.

Claims (18)

1. A ditromethamine salt of the compound of formula I-A

2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the salt of claim 1 , and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the excipient comprises preservative, antioxidants, and mixtures thereof.

4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 3 , wherein the preservative is selected from phenol, cresol, p-hydroxybenzoic ester, chlorobutanol, and mixtures thereof.

5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 3 , wherein the antioxidant is selected from ascorbic acid, sodium pyrosulfite, palmitic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, tocopherols, and mixtures thereof.

6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the composition is a solution.

7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the compound of formula I-A is present at a concentration of about 1 mg/ml to about 400 mg/ml.

8. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , further comprising a stabilizer.

9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , further comprising a buffer.

10. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 3 to about 10.

11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the composition has an osmolarity from about 280 mOsm/L to about 310 mOsm/L.

12. A method of treating a treating a disorder responsive to dantrolene in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the salt of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the disorder is malignant hyperthermia, chronic spasticity, exertional heat stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, heart failure, myocardial injury, cardiomyopathy, central core disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, rhabdomyolysis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ataxia, detrusor overactivity, overactive bladder, seizure, epilepsy, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, human stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury, neuronal reperfusion injury, hypoxia, cerebral aneurysm, subarachnoid hemorrhage, stroke, hyperthermia associated with drug abuse, hyperthermia associated with drug overdose, nerve agent exposure, nerve gas exposure, or acetylcholine accumulation.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is intravenous administration.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is intramuscular administration.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is oral administration.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is subcutaneous.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is intranasal.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the administration is intraosseous.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2026
From: EAGLE RESEARCH LABS LIMITED
To: EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 075323/0174 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2026
From: EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: COSETTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 076014/0635 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: EAGLE RESEARCH LABS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070698/0830 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: EAGLE RESEARCH LABS LIMITED
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061615/0096 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16755255
Provisional Application 62674422 · May 21, 2018
Provisional Application 62575124 · Oct 20, 2017
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