Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp.
  • Publication number: 20220089585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and A are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula I, and methods of using the compounds of Formula I for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dane James Clausen, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Jian Liu, Scott E. Wolkenberg, Wengsheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20220088210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a polysaccharide-protein conjugate with capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19F conjugated to a carrier protein. The method includes a prolonged incubation step prior to filtration to remove free polysaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Albert Winters, John E. MacNair
  • Publication number: 20220090005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to supplemented serum-containing cell culture media that provides enhances ARPE-19 cell growth and/or improves the yield of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) grown in ARPE-19 cell cultures. The media of the invention includes two additives, a hormone (e.g., a glucocorticoid hormone such as dexamethasone) and a growth factor (e.g., EGF). The invention further provides methods of producing HCMV in such growth media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sianny Christanti, Esther Wei Yee Lim, Jason Rodriguez, Christopher L. Daniels
  • Publication number: 20220089738
    Abstract: The invention relates to stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof and a PH20 variant or fragment thereof. The invention further provides methods for treating various cancers with formulations of the invention. In some embodiments of the methods of the invention, the formulations are administered to a subject by subcutaneous administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yogita Krishnamachari, Sachin Mittal, Sahil S. Sangani, William P. Forrest, JR., Yongchao Su, Xi Zhao
  • Patent number: 11278620
    Abstract: The present invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human or cynomolgous monkey LAG3 as well as immunoglobulin chains thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same along with injection devices comprising such antibodies or fragments. Vaccines including such antibodies and fragments as well as compositions comprising the antibodies and fragments (e.g., including anti-PD1 antibodies) are included in the invention. Methods for treating or preventing cancer or infection using such compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for recombinant expression of the antibodies and fragments are part of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Linda Liang, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Rene De Waal Malefyt, Gopalan Raghunathan
  • Patent number: 11278622
    Abstract: This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising ceftolozane, pharmaceutical compositions comprising ceftolozane and tazobactam, methods of preparing those compositions, and related methods and uses of these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph Terracciano, Nicole Miller Damour, Chun Jiang, Giovanni Fogliato, Giuseppe Alessandron Donadelli, Dario Resemini
  • Publication number: 20220080128
    Abstract: A manually actuated drug-injecting device is configured such that the grip strength of the entire hand (i.e., majority of fingers closing toward the palm or heel of the hand) is employed to discharge medication through a hypodermic needle and into a patient's body. The device is well suited for delivering medications with high viscosity and/or by patients (e.g., elderly patients) with reduced finger strength and dexterity. The device includes a grip member, a push member (which causes the medication to be injected), and a force-transfer mechanism that couples the grip member to the push member. Suitably, the device is configured to be held transverse to the palm of the medication-administering hand, with a discharge port located by the outer, blade edge of the administering hand, when the device is being gripped to administer medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter A. BASILE, Henry J. MACK, JR., Oliver SHA, Stephen G. MIGGELS
  • Publication number: 20220081403
    Abstract: The present invention discloses oxazolidinone compounds of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A and E, are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise at least one oxazolidinone compound of the invention. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting growth of mycobacterial cells as well as a method of treating mycobacterial infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an oxazolidinone of the invention and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a composition comprising such compound and/or salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Randall R. Miller, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Philippe Nantermet, David B. Olsen, Jing Su, Lihu Yang, Takao Suzuki, Brendan Crowley, Negxue Wang, Lanying You
  • Patent number: 11274111
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Jared N. Cumming, Christian Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11275722
    Abstract: An indexing system indexes data entries in a database and processes queries of the database. The indexing system generates a key database storing keys that each represent a vector of a relative attribute between two data entries. For instance, a temporal distance indicates a relative time between timestamps of events represented by the two data entries. In other embodiments, relative attributes may be based on physical proximity, altitude, semantics, etc. The indexing system may also generate a key space database to enable efficient lookup of events associated with a target entity for indexing new data entries. For example, the indexing system may perform one read operation using the key space database to lookup all events associated with the target entity. Furthermore, the indexing system may determine responses for queries to retrieve events that occurred within a target temporal distance before or after a target type of event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: David B. Hurry, David J. Tabacco
  • Publication number: 20220073945
    Abstract: The invention provides expression vectors for expressing multi-chain recombinant proteins (e.g., biologics) in mammalian cells. Also provided are host cells comprising the expression vectors, methods of producing the multi-chain recombinant proteins, and methods of propagating the expression vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhimei Du, Balrina Gupta, Steven C. Huhn
  • Patent number: 11268071
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for culturing viruses in the presence of an endonuclease and for producing vaccines, typically from live attenuated viruses, under conditions to reduce the presence of host cell DNA and eliminate the need for a post-harvest DNA digestion step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yi Li, Matthew Woodling, Adam Kristopeit
  • Patent number: 11267786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Shuwen He, Yongxin Han, Alexander Pasternak
  • Publication number: 20220064291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprising administering to the subject with an antibody to Butyrophilin that reactivates HIV from latency and/or activates CD4+ T cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Bonnie Jean Howell, Hsien-Wei Yvonne Meng, Morgan Ann Monslow, Hussam Hisham Shaheen, Sai Vikram Vemula
  • Publication number: 20220064147
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to pyrimidone derivatives of Formula I and their use for selectively killing HIV infected GAG-POL expressing cells without concomitant cytotoxicity to HIV nave cells, and for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV, or for the treatment, prophylaxis or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or AIDS Related Complex (ARC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Antonella Converso, Abdellatif El Marrouni, Ashley Forster, Jessica L. Frie, David N. Hunter, Scott D. Kuduk, Helen J. Mitchell, Philippe Nantermet, Deyou Sha, William Daniel Shipe, Cheng Wang, Deping Wang
  • Publication number: 20220062295
    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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval
  • Publication number: 20220062284
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to tetrahydroquinazoline derivatives of Formula I and their use for selectively killing HIV infected GAG-POL expressing cells without concomitant cytotoxicity to HIV naïve cells, and for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV, or for the treatment, prophylaxis or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or AIDS Related Complex (ARC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Antonella Converso, Abdellatif El Marrouni, Anthony W. Shaw, David N. Hunter, Ashley Forster, Cheng Wang, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220054460
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of administering cephalosporin/tazobactam to human patients with end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and suffering from a complicated intra-abdominal infection or a complicated urinary tract infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gopal KRISHNA, Gurudatt A. CHANDORKAR, Elham HERSHBERGER, Benjamin MILLER, Alan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20220056067
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel anhydrate crystalline Forms 1 and 4 of 4?-Ethynyl-2-fluoro-2?-deoxyadenosine and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, each of which may be useful for the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection and/or the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Skomski, Yongchao Su, Wei Xu, Marko Cubrovic
  • Publication number: 20220056045
    Abstract: The instant invention is related to a novel solid form of ceftolozane sulfate (the DMAc solvate of ceftolozane sulfate (Form 3)), compositions comprising ceftolozane sulfate DMAc solvate (Form 3), synthesis of Form 3 and an improved crystallization process using Form 3 to prepare ceftolozane sulfate Form 2. Novel compositions also include ceftolozane sulfate solid Form 3 and/or other crystalline and amorphous solid forms of ceftolozane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Matthew Maloney, Eric M. Sirota, Richard J. Varsolona, Donald R. Gauthier, Jr., Hong Ren