Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented system and method for generating and searching a database containing all of the potential substructures (e.g., metabolites) of a chosen complex molecule based on minimum cleavable units (MCUs) of the chosen complex molecule, wherein each record in the generated database suitably defines the molecular weight and physical arrangement of each substructure. Embodiments of the invention also provide a user interface and a search engine for searching the database based on a query molecular weight (or query molecular weight range) to identify all of the substructures having a total molecular weight matching the query molecular weight or range. Embodiments of the invention are also capable of transmitting to a display device operated by an end user a description and/or a graphical representation of every identified substructure of the chosen complex molecule.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2019
Publication date:
August 26, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Arthur FRIDMAN, Ansuman BAGCHI, Xiang YU, Mark CANCILLA
Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful for the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase. The compounds may also be useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HIV and in the prophylaxis, delay in the onset or progression, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antiviral agents, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2019
Publication date:
August 26, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Manuel De Lera Ruiz, Izzat Raheem, Michael T. Rudd
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 5-alkyl pyrrolidine compounds which are agonists of orexin receptors. 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 orexin 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 orexin receptors are involved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 24, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Stephane L. Bogen, Dane James Clausen, Deodial Guy Guiadeen, Michael T. Rudd, Dexi Yang
Abstract: Disclosed herein are substituted imidazopyridine compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and/or tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) enzymes: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO- and/or TDO-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- and/or TDO-associated disease or disorder.
Abstract: The present invention provides a chewable dosage form having a matrix comprising: a combination of active pharmaceutical ingredients which is metformin hydrochloride and sitagliptin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a fully or partially pregelatinized starch, a polyethylene glycol polymer; a lubricant; an emulsifier; a flavoring agent; and a sweetener. The present invention also provides a method of treating diabetes, e.g., non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes mellitus, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the chewable dosage form to a mammalian patient in need thereof.
Abstract: A method is described for producing a pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide protein conjugate in which one or more activated pneumococcal polysaccharides of particular pneumococcal serotypes and carrier protein are separately lyophilized, the separately lyophilized polysaccharides and carrier protein are separately reconstituted in an organic solvent, and the reconstituted polysaccharide and carrier protein are then combined together by Tee-mixing and conjugated together to produce polysaccharide carrier protein conjugates. A plurality of conjugates, each comprising polysaccharides of a particular serotype, may be used to produce multivalent pneumococcal immunogenic compositions having a combination of conjugates for use in vaccines.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 25, 2019
Publication date:
August 19, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Patrick Leonard Ahl, Akhilesh Bhambhani, Christopher Jon Farrell, Patrick McHugh, Morrisa C. Jones, Daniel D. Roth, Jessica R. Sinacola, Justin Stanbro, Matthew P. Watson, Emily Wen, Michael A. Winters
Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a pharmaceutical composition that includes a lipid nanoparticle adjuvant and an anti-human papillomavirus (HPV) comprising HPV virus-like particles (VLPs) of at least one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) selected from the group consisting of HPV types: 6, 11, 16, 18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73, and 82.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 9, 2021
Publication date:
August 19, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Andrew J. Bett, John P. Bilello, Amy S. Espeseth, Tong-Ming Fu, Marian E. Gindy
Abstract: A method is described for reconstituting lyophilized mutant diphtheria toxin in dimethyl sulfoxide for use in producing pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide mutant diphtheria toxin conjugates.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 25, 2019
Publication date:
August 19, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Patrick Leonard Ahl, Akhilesh Bhambhani, Christopher Jon Farrell, Patrick McHugh, Morrisa C. Jones, Daniel D. Roth, Jessica R. Sinacola, Justin Stanbro, Matthew P. Watson, Emily Wen, Michael A. Winters
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention avoid the processing problems associated with using conventional computer systems for identifying and characterizing all of the substructures (e.g., metabolites) of large complex molecules by using a defined minimum cleavable unit (MCU) and an MCU graph for a chosen molecule, as well as a “cut vertex” in the MCU graph for the chosen molecule. The system splits the MCU graph of the chosen molecule at the specified cut vertex to produce two separate MCU graph components (i.e., a first MCU subgraph and a second MCU subgraph) of the chosen molecule, and generates and traverses a first line graph component and a second line graph component, respectively, for the two MCU subgraph components with a graph traversing algorithm to generate and store in memory a first database of substructures and molecular weights for the first component, and a second database of substructures and molecular weights for the second line graph component.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2019
Publication date:
August 19, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Arthur FRIDMAN, Ansuman BAGCHI, Xiang YU, Mark CANCILLA
Abstract: The application is directed to efficient and economical processes as described in more detail below for the preparation of the beta 3 agonists of the formula of I-7 and intermediate compounds that can be used for making these agonists. The present disclosure relates to a process for making beta-3 agonists and intermediates using ketoreductase (KED) biocatalyst enzymes and methods of using the biocatalysts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Feng Xu, Zhuqing Liu, Richard Desmond, Jeonghan Park, Alexei Kalinin, Birgit Kosjek, Hallena Strotman, Hongmei Li, Johannah Moncecchi
Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 1 that are associated with a beneficial response to CRTH2 receptor antagonists. These CRTH2 receptor antagonist response markers are useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with CRTH2 receptor antagonist compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with a CRTH2 receptor antagonist, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Gregory J. Opiteck, Peggy H. Wong, Joshua McElwee, Devan V. Mehrotra, Steven Greenberg, Zifang Guo
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:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2021
Assignee:
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, Emily Wen, Patrick McHugh, John Michael Williams, Catherine Lancaster
Abstract: Provided is a method of determining the stability increase provided by a non-reducing sugar in a pharmaceutical composition containing a protein therapeutic, the method comprising: (i) providing: a first pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous solution of the protein therapeutic in the substantial absence of a non-reducing sugar, wherein the first pharmaceutical composition has a first B22 value and a second pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous solution of the protein therapeutic and the non-reducing sugar, wherein the second pharmaceutical composition has a second B22 value; (ii) determining the difference between the first and second B22 values; and (iii) predicting the stability increase provided by the non-reducing sugar based on the difference in B22 values.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 6, 2019
Publication date:
August 5, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Arnab De, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan
Abstract: A method is described for producing a pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide protein conjugate in which one or more activated pneumococcal polysaccharides of particular pneumococcal serotypes and carrier protein are separately lyophilized in the form of lyospheres of carrier protein and lyospheres of the one or more polysaccharides. A predetermined amount of carrier protein lyospheres and activated polysaccharide lyospheres are mixed together and the mixture reconstituted in an organic solvent to produce polysaccharide carrier protein conjugates. A plurality of conjugates, each comprising polysaccharides of a particular serotype, may be used to produce multivalent pneumococcal immunogenic compositions having a combination of conjugates for use in vaccines.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 25, 2019
Publication date:
August 5, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Patrick Leonard AHL, Akhilesh BHAMBHANI, Christopher Jon FARRELL, Patrick McHUGH, Morrisa C. JONES, Daniel D. ROTH, Jessica R. SINACOLA, Justin STANBRO, Matthew P. WATSON, Emily WEN, Michael A. WINTERS
Abstract: The instant invention provides pharmaceutical formulations for a long acting injectable drug product comprising a suspension of doravirine for parenteral administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous routes. The drug product can be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV or for the treatment, prophylaxis, or delay in the onset of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) or ARC (AIDS related complex).
Inventors:
Sachin Mittal, Irina Kazakevich, Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Peter Bakker, Luke Schenck, David J. Goldfarb, Amitava Mitra, Donna Carroll, Nazia Khawaja
Abstract: Use of a glucagon receptor antagonist in combination with a cholesterol absorption inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes and related conditions is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 3, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Hong-Ping Guan, Jose M. Castro-Perez, Harry R. Davis, Samuel E. Engel, Douglas G. Johns, Songnian Lin, Stephen F. Previs, Thomas P. Roddy, Liangsu Wang, Sheng-Ping Wang, Yusheng Xiong
Abstract: Provided herein are anti-PD-1/LAG3 bispecific antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. Also provided here are methods and uses of these antibodies and antigen-binding fragments in the treatment of cancer or infectious disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2021
Assignees:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., ZYMEWORKS, INC.
Inventors:
Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Veronica Juan, Shireen Khan, Shaopeng Huang, Hua Ying, Eric Escobar Cabrera, Genevieve Desjardins
Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Michael Miller, Harry R. Chobanian, Shuwen He, Jinsong Hao, Barbara Pio