Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Li Su
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Patent number: 8349825Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of substituted spirocyclic compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dawn M. Mampreian, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, Paul Tempest, Anna A. Zabierek
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Patent number: 8288440Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition or crystalline composition with a specific dissolution profile, which comprises suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a process of producing said crystalline composition or pharmaceutical composition. The present invention also provides compositions with a specific particle size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Jeannie Chow Wong, Aaron S. Cote, Erik A. Dienemann, Kimberly Gallagher, Craig Ikeda, Justin Moser, Pavol Rajniak, Robert A. Reed, Cindy Starbuck, Hsien-Hsin Tung, Qingxi Wang, Benjamin Max Cohen, Vincent R. Capodanno, Brian Sell
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Patent number: 8227636Abstract: The present invention is directed to prodrugs of hydroxamic acid based histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, e.g., suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA). The prodrugs are acylated derivatives having increased aqueous solubility and cellular permeability as compared with the free hydroxamic acid, and are useful for inhibiting HDACs, and for selectively inducing terminal differentiation, cell growth arrest and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the prodrugs of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The prodrugs of the invention are also useful in the prevention and treatment of thioredoxin (TRX)-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Merck HDAC Research, LLCInventors: Thomas A. Miller, David J. Witter, Sandro Belvedere
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Patent number: 8168658Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the instant invention and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of these compounds in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Jonathan B. Grimm, Jed L. Hubbs, Thomas Miller, Karin M. Otte, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Matthew G. Stanton, Kevin Wilson, David Witter, Hua Zhou
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Patent number: 8158825Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of modified malonate derivatives. The modified malonate compounds can be used to treat cancer. The modified malonate compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Jonathan Grimm, Paul Harrington, Richard Heidebrecht, Jr., Thomas Miller, Karin Otte, Phieng Siliphaivanh, David Sloman, Matthew Stanton, Kevin Wilson, David Witter, Solomon Kattar, Paul Tempest
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Patent number: 8119652Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of aryl-fused spirocyclic compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Christopher Hamblett, Solomon Kattar, Dawn Mampreian, Joey Methot, Thomas Miller, Paul Tempest
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Patent number: 8119685Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of disubstituted aniline compounds. These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Richard Heidebrecht, Joey Methot, Dawn Mampreian, Thomas Miller, Phieng Siliphaivanh
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Patent number: 8093295Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition or crystalline composition with a specific dissolution profile, which comprises suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a process of producing said crystalline composition or pharmaceutical composition. The present invention also provides compositions with a specific particle size distribution.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Jeannie Chow Wong, Benjamin Max Cohen, Aaron S. Cote, Erik A. Dienemann, Kimberly Gallagher, Craig Ikeda, Justin Moser, Pavol Rajniak, Robert A. Reed, Brian Sell, Cindy Starbuck, Hsien-Hsin Tung, Qingxi Wang, Vincent R. Capodanno
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Patent number: 8080573Abstract: The present invention related to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer or tautomer thereof. Compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) and are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. Compounds of the present invention are useful for treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia and stroke among other diseases.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Istituto Di Ricerche Di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpAInventors: Philip Jones, Jesus Maria Ontoria Ontoria
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Patent number: 8026265Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and tautomers thereof. Compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) and are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. They are also useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, mental retardation, schizophrenia, inflammatory diseases, restenosis, immune disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and asthma.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Istituto de Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpA.Inventors: Philip Jones, Jesus Maria Ontoria Ontoria, Rita Scarpelli, Raffaele Ingenito, Carsten Schultz-Fademrecht
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Patent number: 8026260Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of histone deacetylase inhibitors with aryl-pyrazolyl motifs. The compounds of this invention can be used to treat cancer. The compounds of this invention are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of this invention and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the compounds of this invention in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Joshua Close, Richard W. Heidebrecht, Jr., Solomon Kattar, Thomas A. Miller, David Sloman, Matthew G Stanton, Paul Tempest, David J. Witter
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Patent number: 8008295Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are capable of inhibiting, modulating and/or regulating signal transduction of both receptor-type and non-receptor type tyrosine kinases. The compounds of the instant invention possess a core structure that comprises an indole-sulfonamide moiety. The present invention is also related to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers of these compounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Christopher J. Dinsmore, Douglas C. Beshore, Jeffrey M. Bergman, Craig W. Lindsley
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Patent number: 7981874Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of phosphorus derivatives. The phosphorus compounds can be used to treat cancer. The phosphorus compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Joshua Close, Jonathan Grimm, Richard W. Heidebrecht, Jr., Solomon Kattar, Thomas A. Miller, Karin M. Otte, Scott Peterson, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Paul J. Tempest, Kevin J. Wilson, David J. Witter
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Patent number: 7977374Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) and are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. Further, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia and stroke among other diseases.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Istituto Di Ricerche Di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SPAInventors: Federica Ferrigno, Philip Jones, Ester Muraglia, Jesus Maria Ontoria Ontoria, Rita Scarpelli
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Patent number: 7935724Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of hydroxamic acid derivatives having a benzothiophene or thiophene backbone. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The hydroxamic acid compounds can also inhibit historic deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Merck HDAC Research, LLCInventors: Thomas A. Miller, David J. Witter, Sandro Belvedere
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Patent number: 7919261Abstract: The invention disclosed herein describes novel biomarkers useful for risk assessment, screening, prognosis and selection and monitoring of therapy for HDAC mediated cell proliferative disorders. In particular, the invention provides the identities of three particular proteins whose expression patterns are strongly predictive of a particular patient's treatment outcome, e.g., non-responsiveness to SAHA. The expression profile, or pattern, whether embodied in nucleic acid expression, protein expression, or other expression formats will find use in identifying and selecting patients afflicted with a particular HDAC mediated cancer who are likely to be non-responsive to SAHA-based therapy and thus candidates for other treatments.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Valeria R. Fantin, Jacqueline W. Pierce, Andrey Loboda
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Benzothiophene hydroxamic acid derivatives with carbamate, urea, amide and sulfonamide substitutions
Patent number: 7872024Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of hydroxamic acid derivatives carbamate, urea, amide and sulfonamide substitutions. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The hydroxamic acid compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention are also useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Joey Methot, Thomas A. Miller, David J. Witter -
Patent number: 7863294Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof, which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC). The compounds of the present invention are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. Further, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia and stroke among other diseases.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Instituto Di Ricerche Di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti SpAInventors: Barbara Attenni, Federica Ferrigno, Philip Jones, Raffaele Ingenito, Olaf Kinzel, Laura Llauger Bufi, Jesus Maria Ontoria, Giovanna Pescatore, Michael Rowley, Rita Scarpelli, Carsten Schultz
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Patent number: 7834026Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of substituted spirocyclic compounds, represented by the following structural Formula: I Wherein A, B and D are independently selected from CR12, NR1a, C(O) and O; E is selected from a bond, CR12, NR1a, C(O) and O; wherein at least one of A, B, D or E is CR12; and provided that when A is O, then E is not O; G is CR12; R is selected from NH2 and OH; These compounds can inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing termin differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Scott C. Berk, Joshua Close, Christopher Hamblett, Richard W. Heidebrecht, Solomon D. Kattar, Laura T. Kliman, Dawn M. Mampreian, Joey L. Methot, Thomas Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Paul Tempest, Anna A. Zabierek
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Patent number: 7834034Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of benzothiophene amide derivatives. The hydroxamic acid compounds can be used to treat cancer. The benzothiophene amide compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dawn M. Mampreian, Thomas A. Miller, David L. Sloman, Matthew G. Stanton, Kevin J. Wilson, David J. Witter