IP Library Granted Patent US 12,427,150
Granted Patent B2
US 12,427,150 · App. 17/824,288 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Phospholipid formulations of 1′-cyano substituted carba-nucleoside analogs

Inventors: Gerard Jensen (Brea, CA); Youngri Kim (Anaheim, CA); Kian Yong Lee (Diamond Bar, CA); Huy Pham (Orange, CA); Thomas Upton (Huntington Beach, CA); Stephanie Yang (Arcadia, CA)
Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
A61K31/519A61K9/0019A61K9/1682A61K31/685A61K47/26A61K47/542A61K47/544
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Patent No.
US 12,427,150
App. No.
17/824,288
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides pharmaceutical formulations of the compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Claims (38)

1. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising:

a. phospholipids;

b. a compound of Formula I:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and

c. sucrose;

wherein the phospholipids comprise a phosphatidyl choline and an anionic phospholipid.

2. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula I is a compound of Formula Ia:

3. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 60% of fatty acid chains of the phosphatidyl choline comprise 16 or more carbon atoms.

4. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 60% of fatty acid chains of the phosphatidyl choline comprise 18 or more carbon atoms.

5. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 50% of fatty acid chains of the phosphatidyl choline comprise at least one carbon-carbon double bond.

6. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline is Soy-PC, egg-PC, DEPC, or DOPC.

7. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 6 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline is soy-PC or egg PC.

8. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 60% of fatty acid chains of the anionic phospholipid choline comprise 14 or more carbon atoms.

9. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 60% of fatty acid chains of the anionic phospholipid choline comprise 16 or more carbon atoms.

10. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein at least about 60% of fatty acid chains of the anionic phospholipid choline comprise 18 or more carbon atoms.

11. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the anionic phospholipid is selected form the group consisting of Egg-PG, Soy-PG, DSPG, DEPG, DOPG, DSPA, DPPA, DEPA, DOPA, DSPS, DPPS, DEPS, and DOPS, and mixtures thereof.

12. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 11 , wherein the anionic phospholipid is DSPG.

13. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the phospholipids and the compound of Formula I are present in a weight ratio of about 5:1 to about 25:1.

14. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 13 , wherein the phospholipids and the compound of Formula I are present in a weight ratio of about 15:1.

15. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.

16. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 15 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 10:1.

17. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer.

18. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the sucrose is present in an amount of about 1% to about 25%.

19. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 18 , wherein the sucrose is present in an amount of about 9%.

20. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 18 , wherein the sucrose is present in an amount of about 18%.

21. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 0.1 mg/mL to about 20 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

22. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 21 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 6 mg/mL to about 7 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

23. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 22 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 6.67 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

24. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 21 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 1 mg/mL to about 5 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

25. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 24 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 3 mg/mL to about 4 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

26. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 25 , wherein the compound of Formula I is present in an amount of about 3.33 mg/mL relative to total volume of the pharmaceutical formulation.

27. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical formulation has a pH of about 2.0 to about 7.0.

28. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical formulation is a lyophilized formulation.

29. A method of treating or preventing a viral infection in a human in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the human the pharmaceutical formulation of claim 1 .

30. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 13 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.

31. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 14 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 1:1 to about 20:1.

32. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 13 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 10:1.

33. The pharmaceutical formulation of claim 14 , wherein the phosphatidyl choline and the anionic phospholipid are present in a molar ratio of about 10:1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: JENSEN, GERARD; KIM, YOUNGRI; LEE, KIAN YONG; PHAM, HUY; UPTON, THOMAS; YANG, STEPHANIE
To: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63193510 · May 26, 2021
Related Publication 20230000873A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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