Patents Represented by Attorney William Kronatin
  • Patent number: 7678783
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to macrocyclic tertiary amine compounds represented by general formula (I) which are inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the treatment of such diseases in which the beta-secretase enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Philippe G. Nantermet, Hemaka A. Rajapakse, Harold G. Selnick, Stacey Lindsley, Keith P. Moore, Shawn J. Stachel
  • Patent number: 7638629
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I: selectively inhibit production of A?(1-42) and hence are useful in treatment or prevention of disease associated with deposition of ?-amyloid in the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd,
    Inventors: Joanne Clare Hannam, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Andrew Madin, Mark Peter Ridgill, Eileen Mary Seward
  • Patent number: 7598386
    Abstract: Novel sulphones of Formula I are disclosed: wherein A completes a 4-7 membered ring optionally comprising up to two heteroatoms. The compounds modulate the action of ?-secretase and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian Churcher, Kevin Dinnell, Timothy Harrison, Sonia Kerrad, Alan John Nadin, Paul Joseph Oakley, Andrew Pate Owens, Duncan Edward Shaw, Martin Richard Teall, Susannah William, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 7408067
    Abstract: Compounds comprising an aza-cyclic portion and an aromatic portion linked via a sulphur atom are disclosed. The compounds disclosed are selective modulators of beta 4 subtype nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and are useful for the treatment of dysfunctions of the central and autonomic nervous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Merck + Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Charles Astles, Stephen Richard Baker, Celine Bonnefous, Jean Michel Vernier, Martine Keenan, Adam Jan Sanderson