Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Curtis C. Panzer
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Patent number: 7763659Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Barbara Hanney, Yuntae Kim, Michael R. Krout, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell, Jeffrey Musselman, James J. Perkins, Jiabing Wang
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Patent number: 7705035Abstract: The invention is directed to indoline amide derivatives of formula I as EP4 receptor ligands, antagonists or agonists, useful for the treatment of EP4 mediated diseases or conditions, such as acute and chronic pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and glaucoma. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.Inventors: Michael Boyd, John Colucci
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Patent number: 7696217Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Mildred L. Kaufman, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
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Patent number: 7687541Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), which are prodrugs that convert in vivo to diaryl-2-(5H)-furanones useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. These prodrugs are far more soluble in aqueous media than the active agents into which they convert, in vivo. As such compounds of Formula (I) and (II) are advantageous for, among other things intravenous administration. The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising the use of compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Jeannie M. Arruda, Benito Munoz, Brian A. Stearns
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Patent number: 7629367Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Barbara Hanney, Yuntae Kim, Michael R. Krout, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell, Jeffrey Musselman, James J. Perkins, Jiabing Wang
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Patent number: 7625920Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient. These compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, cancer cachexia, muscular dystrophies, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combination with other active agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins
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Patent number: 7625919Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Carol A. McVean
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Patent number: 7622501Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I, which are nitric oxide-releasing prodrugs of diaryl-2-(5H)-furanones useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases, Formula (I). The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising the use of compounds of Formula 1. The above compounds may be used as a combination therapy with low-dose aspirin to treat chronic cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases or conditions while also reducing the risk of thrombotic cardiovascular events.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.Inventors: Claude Dufresne, Carl Berthelette, Lianhai Li, Daniel Guay, Michel Gallant, Patrick Lacombe, Renee Aspiotis, Zhaoyin Wang, Claudio F. Sturino
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Patent number: 7622502Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I, which are nitric oxide-releasing prodrugs of diaryl-2-(5H) furanones useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising the use of compounds of Formula I. The above compounds may be used as a combination therapy with low-dose aspirin to treat chronic cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases or conditions while also reducing the risk of thrombotic cardiovascular events.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.Inventors: Carl Berthelette, Lianhai Li, Christian Beaulieu, Zhaoyin Wang, Claudio F. Sturino
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Patent number: 7622592Abstract: Compounds of structural formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. They are useful as agonists of the androgen receptor in bone and/or muscle tissue while antagonizing the AR in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Yuntae Kim, Barbara Hanney, Mark E. Duggan, Keith L. Spencer
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Patent number: 7605152Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I as herein defined are disclosed as useful in a method for modulating the androgen receptor in a tissue selective manner in a patient in need of such modulation, as well as in a method of activating the function of the androgen receptor in a patient, and in particular the method wherein the function of the androgen receptor is blocked in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient and activated in bone and/or muscle tissue.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell, James J. Perkins
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Patent number: 7482345Abstract: 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 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Inventors: Meng-Hsin Chen, James B. Doherty, Robert Tynebor
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Patent number: 7482359Abstract: Compounds of structural Formula (I) are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner These compounds are useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combinationType: GrantFiled: August 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Joshua Close
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Patent number: 7482357Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. These compounds are useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combination with other active agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: William P. Dankulich, Mildred L. Kaufman, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
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Patent number: 7446110Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Mildred L. Kaufman, Robert S. Meissner, Helen J. Mitchell
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Patent number: 7442716Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) enzyme and are therefore useful to treat pain and/or inflammation from a variety of diseases or conditions, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and acute or chronic pain. Methods of treating diseases or conditions mediated by the mPGES-1 enzyme and pharmaceutical compositions are also encompassed.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.Inventors: Anh Chau, Bernard Cote, Yves Ducharme, Richard Frenette, Richard Friesen, Marc Gagnon, Andre Giroux, Evelyn Martins, Hongping Yu, Tom Wu
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Patent number: 7429666Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula I which are antagonists of the C5a receptor. Compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment of various C5a-mediated diseases and disorders; accordingly the present invention provides a method for the treatment of C5a-mediated diseases using the novel compounds described herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.Inventors: Nicholas Lachance, Patrick Roy, Yves Leblanc
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Patent number: 7411073Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, which are useful as novel non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulators for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions, and possess advantages over steroidal glucocorticoid ligands with respect to undesireable side-effects, efficacy, toxicity and/or metabolism. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Amjad Ali, Richard Beresis, Steven L. Colletti, Donald W. Graham, James R. Tata, Christopher F. Thompson
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Patent number: 7410977Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. These compounds are useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combination with other active agents.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins
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Patent number: 7402577Abstract: Compounds of structural formula as herein defined are disclosed as useful in a method for modulating the androgen receptor in a tissue selective manner in a patient in need of such modulation, as well as in a method of activating the function of the androgen receptor in a patient, and in particular the method wherein the function of the androgen receptor is blocked in the prostate of a male patient or in the uterus of a female patient and activated in bone and/or muscle tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventors: Jiabing Wang, Mark E. Duggan, David B. Whitman