Patents Represented by Attorney Maria V. Marucci
  • Patent number: 8283344
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of treating severe neutropenia, and in particular, cyclic neutropenia (CN) or severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), in a patient in need of such treatment comprising: administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Merck & Co., Inc., University of Washington
    Inventors: David C. Dale, Paul E. Finke, Richard A. Mumford, Andranik Andrew Aprikyan
  • Patent number: 8158671
    Abstract: The invention is directed to indole and indoline cyclopropyl amide derivatives as EP4 receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boyd, John Colucci, Yongxin Han
  • Patent number: 8124628
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds of Formula II which are 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitors. Compounds of Formula II are useful as anti-atherosclerotic, anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Lin Chu, Bing Li, Anthony K. Ogawa, Hyun O. Ok, Debra L. Ondeyka, Minal Patel, Rosemary Sisco, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Jinyou Xu
  • Patent number: 8063102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in therapy, in particular to their use for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms, benign prostate hyperplasia, prostate cancer, hot flushes, anxiety, depression, breast cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, ovarian cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, endometriosis, and colon cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Herman Thijs Stock, Neeltje Miranda Teerhuis, Gerrit Herman Veeneman
  • Patent number: 8017605
    Abstract: Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of asthma, COPD, ARDS, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Soumya P. Sahoo, Meng-Hsin Chen, Kevin D. Dykstra, Hiroo Koyama, Peter T. Meinke, Stephen J. O'Keefe, Ginger Xu-qiang Yang
  • Patent number: 8013159
    Abstract: The invention is directed to quinoline derivatives as prostaglandin E type receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. The derivatives have the following structure of formula (I): wherein A and B represents either a nitrogen atom or a CH group with the proviso that they cannot both simultaneously be CH, Q can represent a nitrogen or a carbon atom, and Y and Z are either a nitrogen atom, a N(O) group or a C(R5) group. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives of formula (I) are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Belley, Jason Burch, John Colucci, Julie Farand, Mario Girard, Yongxin Han
  • Patent number: 8003661
    Abstract: The invention is directed to naphthalene and quinoline sulfonylurea derivatives as EP4 receptor antagonists useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Burch, Julie Farand, Yongxin Han, Claudio Sturino
  • Patent number: 7888394
    Abstract: Pharmacological inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity leads to increased levels of fatty acid amides. The alkylcarbamic acid aryl ester of Formula (I), KDS-4103, is a FAAH inhibitor. Described herein is a process for the preparation of the compound of Formula (I), characterization of polymorphs of the FAAH inhibitor, and their uses therof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: David Putman, Olivier Dasse
  • Patent number: 7879875
    Abstract: Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Merk Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsin Chen, James B. Doherty, Robert Tynebor, Swaminathan R. Natarajan, Zhen Li, Soumya P. Sahoo
  • Patent number: 7846966
    Abstract: The invention provides chroman compounds having formula 1 wherein R1 is (1C-4C)alkyl, (2C-4C)alkenyl or (2C-4C)alkynyl, and independently R1 has a cis-orientation in relation to the exocyclic phenyl group at the 2-position of the skeleton; R4 is H, Hal, CF3, OH or (1C-2C)alkyloxy; R2, R3, and R5 are independently H, Hal, CF3, (1C-4C)alkyl, (2C-4C)alkenyl or (2C-4C)alkynyl and prodrugs thereof for the manufacture of a medicine for estrogen-receptor related treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: N.V. Organon
    Inventors: Gerrit Herman Veeneman, Neeltje Miranda Teerhuis
  • Patent number: 7735366
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved method for measuring the volume of an animal paw, suitable for use in a rat paw edema assay. Also disclosed is a novel apparatus for measuring the volume of liquid displaced by the insertion of an object into a liquid filled cup (1) which is on a cup holder basin (3), the liquid filled cup and cup holder basin being inside a rectangular support assembly (5), the measurement obtained by determining the buoyant force produced as a result of the displacement of the liquid by the animal paw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gary S. Kath, Michael K. Wismer, Paul R. Augustine, Cordelia G. Rasa
  • Patent number: 7521207
    Abstract: The Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey) Nur77 (rhNur77) nuclear receptor and the nucleic acid encoding the rhNur77 nuclear receptor are described. Further described are methods for identifying analytes that modulate expression or activity of the rhNur77 nuclear receptor. Analytes that affect Nur77 expression or activity may be used to treat or inhibit inflammatory diseases, for example, osteoarthritis and various bone, neurological, and prostrate disorders. The rhNur77 may also be used to treat various cancers, for example, prostate, ovarian, colon, lung, and gastric cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo J. Gambone, Azriel Schmidt