Patents Assigned to Merial Limited
  • Patent number: 8461176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aryloazol-2-yl-cyanoethylamino derivatives substantially enriched in an enantiomer of formula (I): and compounds of formula (IH) wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R13a, R13b, R14a, R14b, P, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z and a are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Soll, Loic Patrick Le Hir de Fallois, Scot Kevin Huber, Hyoung Ik Lee, Douglas Edward Wilkinson, Robert Toms Jacobs, Brent Christopher Beck
  • Publication number: 20130143956
    Abstract: This invention provides for novel antiparasitic and pesticidal forms of moxidectin, including a long-acting polymeric implant. The resulting compounds may be used in veterinary compositions which are used in treating, controlling and preventing of endo- and ectoparasite infections in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Susan Mancini Cady, Baoqing Ma, Robert Clark Chapman, Chunhua Yang, Uday Jain
  • Patent number: 8450357
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for combating parasites in animals, comprising 1-arylpyrazole compounds alone or in combination with formamidine compounds. This invention also provides for an improved methods for eradicating, controlling, and preventing parasite infestation in an animal comprising administering the compositions of the invention to the animal in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Soll, Luiz Gustavo Cramer, James Pate, Natalya Shub, Loic Patrick Le Hir de Fallois, Philip Reid Timmons
  • Patent number: 8426460
    Abstract: This invention provides for novel antiparasitic and pesticidal derivatives of avermectin and milbemycin compounds in which two avermectin or milbemycin members are linked together by a chemical linker. The resulting compounds may be used in veterinary compositions which are used in treating, controlling and preventing of endo- and ectoparasite infections and infestations in animals or for combating pests in plants or plant propagation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventor: Charles Q. Meng
  • Patent number: 8420389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant anti-Nipah virus vaccines and the administration of such vaccines to animals, advantageously pigs. Advantageously, the anti-Nipah virus vaccine may comprise a recombinant avipox virus containing a Nipah virus glycoprotein gene. The invention encompasses methods of vaccinating animals, advantageously pigs, by administration of anti-Nipah virus vaccines that may comprise a recombinant avipox virus that may contain a Nipah virus glycoprotein gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventor: Jean Christophe Francis Audonnet
  • Patent number: 8414882
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for effectively and reproducibly infecting canines with Leishmania infantum using sand flies to vector the parasite. The inventive method comprises several steps, including ensuring canines are naïve to Leishmania, infecting the canines using bites of Leishmania-infected sand fly bites, and evaluating successful transmission of the Leishmania parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Laurent Bernard Fischer, Shaden Kamahwi, Jesus Valenzuela, Hamide Aslan Suau
  • Publication number: 20130079394
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel coumarin derivatives, formulations comprising same, and to methods of making and using these compounds and formulations, which are useful as repellents against insects and/or pests. The compounds also prevent illness and disease caused by insect/pest-borne vectors, and provide safer, more effective alternatives to existing repellents. This invention also relates to novel methods for modeling and/or predicting the repellency of unknown compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: CNRS (CENTRE NATIONAL RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE), MERIAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean Delaveau, Pierre Nicolas Stebe, Nathalie Marchand-Geneste
  • Patent number: 8394384
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses influenza vaccines, in particular avian influenza vaccines. The vaccine may be a subunit vaccine based on the hemagglutinin of influenza. The hemagglutinin may be expressed in plants including duckweed. The invention also encompasses recombinant vectors encoding and expressing influenza antigens, epitopes or immunogens which can be used to protect animals against influenza. It encompasses also a vaccination regimen compatible with the DIVA strategy, including a prime-boost scheme using vector and subunit vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Merial Limited, Biolex Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan Guo, Michel Bublot, Joyce A. Pritchard, Lynn F. Dickey
  • Patent number: 8362086
    Abstract: The application relates to long acting injectable (LAI) formulations for combating ectoparasites and endoparasites in mammals. In particular, this invention provides for a LAI formulation comprising a subcutaneously volatile solvent, a biologically acceptable polymer, a bioactive agents and optionally one or more anti-ectoparasitically or anti-endoparasitically acceptable additive or excipient. Surprisingly, the liquid long acting injectable formulations of the invention solve the problems associates with previous injectable formulations by having long term stability, being able to accommodate smaller needle diameters and achieving long acting effects in the control of pests in a mammal. The unique formulations of the invention also allow for combating ectoparasites and endoparasites which have become resistant to macrolide antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Mark D. Soll, Peter Hanson, Krishan Kumar, Monica Tejwani-Motwani
  • Patent number: 8329163
    Abstract: Disclosed and claimed are a mutant of a gram negative bacterium, wherein said bacterium has at least one mutation in a nucleotide sequence which codes for a polypeptide having an identity which is equal or more than 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% with an amino acid sequence coded by a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of nucleotide sequences identified SEQ ID NO: 2, 6, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67, 70, 75, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93; said mutation resulting in attenuated virulence of the bacterium. Immunogenic compositions and vaccines containing such a mutant are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Helen Rachel Crooke, Jacqueline Elizabeth Shea, Robert Graham Feldman, Sylvain Gabriel Goutebroze, Francois Xavier Le Gros
  • Patent number: 8314218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for synthesizing macrolide compounds which are known to have antibacterial activity, and are useful in the therapy of bacterial infections in mammals. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for synthesizing the macrolide antibiotic, gamithromycin utilizing a novel configuration of catalysts, chemical structures, and/or methods. An embodiment of the present invention may include allowing multiple chemical reactions to proceed without the isolation of chemical intermediates. Thus, multiple reactions may occur in one reaction vessel allowing for a considerable decrease in the cycle-time. The present invention also provides a novel method for inhibiting degradation while isolating a structure of a pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Zita Mendes, António Carlos Silva Henriques, William Heggie
  • Patent number: 8314146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thioamide derivatives of formula (I) and formula (Ia): wherein, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, P, Q, T, V, W, X, Y, Z, a, m and n are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Loic Patrick Le Hir de Fallois, Hyoung Ik Lee, Philip Reid Timmons
  • Patent number: 8313752
    Abstract: An injectable composition, capable of preventing or controlling parasitic, viral, or bacterial infections or diseases, for example scours, in pregnant cows and viral infections or diseases in neonatal calves by parenterally administering to each cow in a herd of pregnant cows, a dose of a combination composition comprising: (a) at least one inactivated viral component derived from rotavirus and/or coronavirus; (b) a macrocyclic lactone active compound; and (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable parenteral carrier and preservative. The injectable compositions which include eprinomectin result in extremely low milk residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Majid Razzak, Robert Holmes
  • Patent number: 8283475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aryloazol-2-yl-cyanoethylamino derivatives of formula (I): wherein R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, P, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z and a are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses as pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Merial Limited, Aventis Agriculture
    Inventors: Mark David Soll, Loïc Patrick Le Hir de Fallois, Scot Kevin Huber, Hyoung Ik Lee, Douglas Edward Wilkinson, Robert Toms Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8263566
    Abstract: What is described are a compound of the formula wherein n is 0 or 1; A-B is —CH?CH— or —CH2—CH2—; R1 is C1-C12-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl or C2-C12-alkenyl; R2 is for example C1-C12-alkyl, C2-C12-alkenyl or C2-C12-alkinyl; which are optionally substituted with one to five substituents selected from the group consisting of OH, halogen, CN, —N3, —NO2, C3-C8-Cycloalkyl, norbornylenyl-, C3-C8-Cycloalkenyl; C3-C8-halocycloalkyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C6-alkoxy-C1-C6-alkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkoxy, C1-C12-haloalkoxy, C1-C12-alkylthio, C3-C8-cycloalkylthio, C1-C12-haloalkylthio, C1-C12-alkylsulfinyl, C3-C8-cycloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C12-haloalkylsulfinyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkylsulfinyl, C1-C12-alkylsulfonyl, C3-C8-cycloalkylsulfonyl, C1-C12-haloalkylsulfonyl, C3-C8-halocycloalkylsulfonyl, —NR4R6, —X—C(?Y)—R4, —X—C(?Y)—Z—R4, —P(?O)(OC1-C6-alkyl)2, aryl, heterocyclyl, aryloxy, arylthio and heterocyclyloxy; R3 is for example H, C1-C12-alkyl or C1-C12-alkyl which is optionally substituted and, where applicable, to E/Z isomers, mixtu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Peter Maienfisch, Fiona Murphy Kessabi, Jerome Cassayre, Laura Quaranta, Thomas Pitterna, Ottmar Franz Hueter, Pierre Jung
  • Patent number: 8242161
    Abstract: The present invention provides for, inter alia, novel topical formulations comprising at least one 1-N-arypyrazole derivative and amitraz and to methods for treating, controlling, or preventing parasite infestations on mammals or birds The inventive formulations include spot-on, pour-on or spray formulations and may include a further ectoparasiticide, such as an IGR compound, an avermectin or milbemycin derivative, or a pyrethroid insecticides, and anthelmintics, such as benzimidazoles and imidazothiazoles. The inventive formulation provides a larger duration of parasite control at a faster rate of control. The inventive formula remains effective up to three months from the first application. Moreover, the inventive formulations prevent tick attachment to the animal, thereby providing protection against tick borne diseases. The ectoparasites which may be controlled, treated or prevented by the present invention includes ticks, fleas, mites, mange, lice, mosquitoes, flies and cattle grubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Albert Boeckh, Luiz Gustavo Cramer, Mark D. Soll
  • Patent number: 8242123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new insecticidal methods of using 4-Amino-5-chloro-thieno[2,3-d]-pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and A are defined as in the description. The present invention relates to insecticidal methods of applying such compounds of formula (I), and to new derivatives of compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Ernst Baumann, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Wolfgang von Deyn, Michael Puhl, Michael Rack, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Deborah L. Culbertson, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi
  • Patent number: 8196549
    Abstract: The assemblies of the invention are suitable for mounting to, or being an integral part of, an animal enclosure such that the height of a valve-controlled liquid outlet may be adjusted according to the changing needs of growing animals. The adjustable liquid delivery assemblies comprise an elongated rail, a liquid delivery unit having at least one liquid delivery head slideably engaged with the elongated rail, a flexible liquid delivery tube for connecting a liquid delivery head to a liquid source, and a means for securing the liquid delivery unit at a selected position on the elongated rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventor: John Seagraves
  • Patent number: 8168200
    Abstract: The present invention provides vectors that contain and express in vivo the genes encoding VP2 and VP5 of African Horse Sickness Virus or an epitope thereof that elicits an immune response in a horse against African horse sickness virus, compositions comprising said vectors, methods of vaccination against African horse sickness virus, and kits for use with such methods and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignees: Merial Limited, The Regents of the University of California, University of Pretoria
    Inventors: Jules Maarten Minke, Jean-Christophe Audonnet, Alan John Guthrie, Nigel James MacLachlan, Jiansheng Yao
  • Patent number: 8163877
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part to isolated nucleic acid molecules (polynucleotides) which encode Dermacentor variabilis ligand gated ion channel proteins. The present invention also relates to recombinant vectors and recombinant hosts which contain a DNA fragment encoding D. variabilis LGIC/GluCl channels, substantially purified forms of associated D. variabilis channel proteins and recombinant membrane fractions comprising these proteins, associated mutant proteins, and methods associated with identifying compounds which modulate associated Dermacentor variabilis LGIC/GluCl, which will be useful as insecticides and acaricides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Merial Limited
    Inventors: Doris F. Cully, Yingcong Zheng