Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp.
  • Patent number: 11163790
    Abstract: A bubble is displayed in a visualization that is based on a number of distinct values pertaining to the concept and on a number of records in the dataset including at least one of the distinct values pertaining to the concept. Furthermore, the dataset includes records from one or more databases organized into a concept hierarchy. The bubble includes, for a level of the concept hierarchy, a plurality of indicators each representing one of the distinct values at the level of the concept hierarchy. An interaction with the bubble visualization is received. Responsive to receiving the interaction, the bubble visualization is updated by adjusting the bubble to include a radial bar graph representative of a relative quantity of each distinct value of the concept represented by the bubble at each indicator of the plurality of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: 11164052
    Abstract: A web detection system processes webpage information and performs automated feature extraction of webpages including machine processable information. In an embodiment, the web detection system determines a subset of webpages having a target characteristic by processing markup language. For a webpage of the subset, the web detection system determines that a first image overlaps at least a portion of a second image in the webpage. The web detection system generates an image of the webpage such that the portion of the second image is obscured by the first image. The web detection system determines a graphical feature of the webpage by processing the image, e.g., using optical character recognition. Responsive to determining that the graphical feature corresponds to graphical features of images of a different set of webpages associated with a target entity, the web detection system determines that the webpage is also associated with the target entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David B. Hurry, David J. Tabacco
  • Patent number: 11161854
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain reversed indazolyl-spiro[2.2]pentane-carbonitrile derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Annunziato Candito, Thomas H. Graham, John Acton, Ryan Wing-Kun Chau, Joanna L. Chen, J. Michael Ellis, Peter H. Fuller, Anmol Gulati, Hakan Gunaydin, Solomon Kattar, Mitchell Henry Keylor, Blair T. Lapointe, Ping Liu, Weiguo Liu, Joey L. Methot, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Vladimir Simov, Ling Tong, Harold B. Wood
  • Patent number: 11160860
    Abstract: HSV glycoprotein B-VSV-G1 fusion proteins and variants thereof, HSV glycoprotein C antigenic peptide constructs and variants thereof, HSV immunogenic compositions and protein vaccines including the peptide constructs, and HSV DNA vaccines encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide constructs, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dai Wang, Lan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11161819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, NASH, inflammation related disorders, and related diseases and conditions. The compounds are useful as agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor GPR120. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Adams, Jason M. Cox, John S. Debenham, Scott Edmondson, Eric J. Gilbert, Yan Guo, Yu Jiang, Hubert Josien, Hyunjin M. Kim, Ping Lan, Shouwu Miao, Christopher W. Plummer, Murali Rajagopalan, Unmesh Shah, Zhongxiang Sun, Quang T. Truong, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Francisco Velazquez, Srikanth Venkatraman, Takao Suzuki, Nengxue Wang
  • Patent number: 11160811
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval
  • Publication number: 20210330676
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Xianhai Huang, Joseph Kozlowski, Guoqing Li, Jongwon Lim, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, Nunzio Sciammetta, Andreas Verras, Li Xiao, Wensheng Yu, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210330778
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jian He, John E. MacNair, William J. Smith, Michael A. Winters, Joseph G. Joyce, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Musey, Hari Pujar
  • Publication number: 20210330777
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jian He, John E. MacNair, William J. Smith, Michael A. Winters, Joseph G. Joyce, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Musey, Hari Pujar, Julie M. Skinner, Patrick McHugh
  • Patent number: 11155619
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Bowman, Maribel Beaumont, Marie-Ange Buyse, Carlo Boutton, Bruno Dombrecht, Robert A. Kastelein, David Vlerick
  • Publication number: 20210324052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable formulations comprising antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Also provided are methods of preventing and/or treating RSV-related diseases with the formulations of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Venus Hashemi, Arnab De, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 11149036
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrazol-4-yl-pyridine compounds which are allosteric modulators of the M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: MSD R&D (China) Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John J. Acton, III, Jianming Bao, Qiaolin Deng, Melissa Egbertson, Ronald Ferguson, II, Xiaolei Gao, Scott Timothy Harrison, Sandra L. Knowles, Chunsing Li, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., Zhaoyang Meng, Meng Na, Michael T. Rudd, Oleg Selyutin, David M. Tellers, Ling Tong, Fengqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11147806
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and a multi-RTK inhibitor, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer. The multi-RTK inhibitor may be represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl or C3-8 cycloalkyl, R2 is a hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkoxy, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom. A tumor therapeutic agent is disclosed that combines a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof represented by Formula I and an anti-PD-1 antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. EISAI, R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Evan Denker, Yu Kato, Kimiyo Tabata, Yusaku Hori
  • Publication number: 20210317091
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound disclosed herein in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are uses of a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an 1DO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, Abdelghani Achab, Indu Bharathan, Xavier Fradera, Derun Li, Nunzio Sciammetta, Wensheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20210317214
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and a Lymphocyte-Activation Gene 3 (LAG3) antagonist, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of non-microsatellite instability-high (non-MSI-H) or proficient mismatch repair (pMMR) colorectal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Elliot K. Chartash, Terrill K. McClanahan, Jane Anne Healy
  • Publication number: 20210317215
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing crystalline an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb), wherein the mAb is pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab variant, comprising (1) mixing a solution comprising (a) the mAb, (b) polyethylene glycol (PEG), and (c) an additive selected from the group consisting of: caffeine, theophylline, 2? deoxyguanosine-5?-monophosphate, a bioactive gibberellin, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said bioactive gibberellin, to form a crystallization solution, (2) incubating the crystallization solution for a period of time sufficient for crystal formation; and (3) optionally harvesting the crystalline anti-PD-1 mAb from the solution. In specific embodiments, the PEG is PEG 3350 and the additive is caffeine. The invention also relates to the novel anti-human PD-1 mAb crystals produced by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Reichert, Winifred W. Prosise, Xiaoyu Yang, Corey Strickland, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan, Thierry O. Fischmann, Erika R. Walsh, Yongchao Su
  • Publication number: 20210317441
    Abstract: Methods for display of recombinant whole immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin libraries on the surface of eukaryote host cells, including yeast and filamentous fungi, are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant immunoglobulins in eukaryote host cells to identify immunoglobulins that are specific for an antigen of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Bianka Prinz, Natarajan Sethuraman, Dongxing Zha, Stefan Wildt, Piotr Bobrowicz
  • Patent number: 11141410
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula I, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of TarO and may be useful in the prevention, treatment and suppression of diseases mediated by TarO, such as bacterial infections, including gram negative bacterial infections and gram positive bacterial infections such as MRSA and MRSE, alone or in combination with a ?-lactam antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: John P. Caldwell, Reynalda De Jesus, Fa-Xiang Ding, Charles J. Gill, Ginny Dai Ho, Sookhee N. Ha, Sandra J. Koseoglu, Marc A. Labroli, Sang Ho Lee, Christina Madsen-Duggan, Mihir Mandal, Terry Roemer, Jing Su, Christopher Michael Tan, Zheng Tan, Haifeng Tang, Hao Wang, Christine Yang, Shu-Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11141539
    Abstract: An injector for delivering liquid can include a body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a track follower adjacent to the proximal end. A plunger can be disposed at least partially within the body and movable with respect to the body along the longitudinal axis. An actuator can be positioned at the proximal end of the body and operably connected to the plunger. The actuator can include a track having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can limit travel of the actuator along the longitudinal axis to deliver a first predetermined amount of the liquid. The second portion can limit travel of the actuator along the longitudinal axis to deliver a second predetermined amount of the liquid. The actuator can be positionable to selectively control displacement of the plunger pursuant to the first portion or the second portion of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Givand, Peter A. Basile
  • Patent number: 11141403
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula I, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of TarO and may be useful in the prevention, treatment and suppression of diseases mediated by TarO, such as bacterial infections, including gram negative bacterial infections and gram positive bacterial infections such as MRSA and MRSE, alone or in combination with a ?-lactam antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: John P. Caldwell, Ginny Dai Ho, Sookhee N. Ha, Sandra J. Koseoglu, Marc A. Labroli, Sang Ho Lee, Christina Madsen-Duggan, Mihir Mandal, Jianping Pan, Weidong Pan, Terry Roemer, Jing Su, Christopher Michael Tan, Zheng Tan, Hao Wang, Christine Yang, Shu-Wei Yang