Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp and Dohme
  • Patent number: 8461189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of pyridyl and pyrimidinyl derivatives. The pyridyl and pyrimidinyl compounds can be used to treat cancer. The pyridyl and pyrimidinyl 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard W. Heidebrecht, Jr., Thomas A. Miller, Matthew G. Stanton, David J. Witter
  • Patent number: 8461185
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to novel P2X3 receptor antagonists that play a critical role in treating disease states associated with pain, in particular peripheral pain, inflammatory pain, or tissue injury pain that can be treated using a P2X3 receptor subunit modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Burgey, Diem N. Nguyen, Daniel V. Paone, Craig M. Potteiger, Joseph P. Vacca
  • Publication number: 20130143859
    Abstract: Compounds of structural formulas I-1 and I-2 are inhibitors of prolylcarboxypeptidase (PrCP). The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to the enzymatic activity of PrCP such as abnormal metabolism, including obesity; diabetes; metabolic syndrome; obesity related disorders; and diabetes related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Graham, Wensheng Liu, Iyassu K. Sebhat, Dong-Ming Shen, Zhi-Cai Shi
  • Patent number: 8455528
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to certain imidazole derivatives which are useful as inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH). The invention is also concerned with pharmaceutical formulations comprising these compounds as active ingredients and the use of the compounds and their formulations in the treatment of certain disorders, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, skeletomuscular pain, and fibromyalgia, as well as acute pain, migraine, sleep disorder, Alzeimer Disease, and Parkinson's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Linus S. Lin, Marc D. Chioda, Ping Liu, Ravi P. Nargund
  • Patent number: 8457902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying siRNA target motifs in a transcript using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention also provides a method for identifying off-target genes of an siRNA using a position-specific score matrix approach. The invention further provides a method for designing siRNAs with higher silencing efficacy and specificity. The invention also provides a library of siRNAs comprising siRNAs with high silencing efficacy and specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Aimee L. Jackson, Steven R. Bartz, Julja Burchard, Peter S. Linsley, Ge Wei, Guy L. Cavet
  • Patent number: 8455533
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted aminotetrahydropyrans of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. 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 the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Ping Chen, Danqing Feng, Xiaoxia Qian
  • Patent number: 8455520
    Abstract: Compounds of the Formula: (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates thereof, that are useful for treating hypertension, diabetes, inflammation, atherosclerosis, pain, and the like are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Steven L. Colletti, Hong Shen, Fa-Xiang Ding
  • Patent number: 8455477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolopyridines and imidazopyridines which are inhibitors of the kinase PDK1 and are thus useful for the treatment of myeloproliferative disorders or cancer. The compounds are also useful as inhibitors of other kinases such as FGFR3, NTRK3, RP-S6K and WEE1. Furthermore, the present compounds also selectively inhibit microtubule affinity regulating kinase (MARK) and are therefore useful for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Jason Katz, James Jewell, Joon Jung, Solomon Kattar, Yongquan Hou, Rachel MacCoss, Satoru Ito
  • Patent number: 8455638
    Abstract: A compound having the structure useful for treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, thromboses, restenoses, myocardial infarction, strokes, cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertonia, erectile dysfunction, asthma bronchiale, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetes, or cirrhosis of the liver in a human or animal patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amy R. Bittner, Ronald M. Kim, John W. Mirc, Emma R. Parmee, Christopher Joseph Sinz, Qiang Tan
  • Patent number: 8450355
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I)-(IX):, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF-? combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael K. C. Wong, Wensheng Yu, Ling Tong, Brian J. Lavey, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Seong Heon Kim, Guowei Zhou, De-Yi Yang, Razia K. Rizvi, Lei Chen, Aneta Maria Kosinzki, Kristin E. Rosner, Luke Fire, Judson E. Richard, Dansu Li
  • Patent number: 8450372
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: 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, Thomas A. Miller
  • Patent number: 8450331
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain thiophenyl-substituted 2-imino-3-methyl pyrrolo pyrimidone compounds, including compounds (or tautomers or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) having the structural Formula (III): wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each selected independently and as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds, and methods for their preparation and use in treating pathologies associated with amyloid beta (A?) protein, including Alzheimer's Disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, Andrew Stamford, Mihirbaran Mandal, Xiaoxiang Liu
  • Publication number: 20130131042
    Abstract: Substituted spirocyclic amines of structural formula (I) are selective antagonists of the somatostatin subtype receptor 5 (SSTR5) and are useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, Metabolic Syndrome, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Duffy, Jianming Bao, Debra L. Ondeyka, Sriram Tyagarajan, Patrick Shao, Feng Ye, Revathi Katipally, Aaron Zwicker, Edward C. Sherer, Michael A. Plotkin, Remond Moningka, Zahid Hussain, Harold B. Wood, Feroze Ujjainwalla, F. Anthony Romero, Paul E. Finke, Yi Zang, Weiguo Liu
  • Publication number: 20130131041
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
  • Patent number: 8445680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tetrahydrothienopyridine compounds useful as HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors to treat anemia and like conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John S. Debenham, Jeffrey J. Hale, Christina B. Madsen-Duggan, Thomas F. Walsh
  • Patent number: 8445227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to eukaryotic host cells having modified oligosaccharides which may be modified further by heterologous expression of a set of glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases to become host-strains for the production of mammalian, e.g., human therapeutic glycoproteins. The process provides an engineered host cell which can be used to express and target any desirable gene(s) involved in glycosylation. Host cells with modified lipid-linked oligosaccharides are created or selected. N-glycans made in the engineered host cells exhibit GnTIII activity, which produce bisected N-glycan structures and may be modified further by heterologous expression of one or more enzymes, e.g., glycosyltransferases, sugar transporters and mannosidases, to yield human-like glycoproteins. For the production of therapeutic proteins, this method may be adapted to engineer cell lines in which any desired glycosylation structure may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme
    Inventors: Piotr Bobrowicz, Stephen R. Hamilton, Tillman U. Gerngross, Stefan Wildt, Byung-Kwon Choi, Juergen Hermann Nett, Robert C. Davidson
  • Patent number: 8445538
    Abstract: Glucagon receptor antagonist compounds are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Songnian Lin, Xibin Liao, Roman Kats-Kagan, John E. Stelmach, Emma R. Parmee
  • Patent number: 8445480
    Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I1 including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are potent CETP (cholesterol ester transfer protein) inhibitors, and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis and its clinical consequences, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and penpheral vascular disease, represent a truly enormous burden to the health care systems of the industrialized world In formula I, A-B is an arylamide moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Julianne A. Hunt, Ramzi F. Sweis, Dooseop Kim, Florida Kallashi, Peter J. Sinclair
  • Patent number: 8445499
    Abstract: Bipiperidinyl compounds of the formula: are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates are included as well. The compounds are useful as agonists of the g-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Alan D. Adams, Stanley Freeman, Jason W. Szewczyk, Conrad Santini, Yong Huang
  • Patent number: 8445450
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I) oligosaccharide-spacer-A??(I), wherein the oligosaccharide is a negatively charged oligosaccharide residue comprising two to twenty five monosaccharide units, the charge being compensated by positively charged counterions, and wherein the oligosaccharide residue is derived from an oligosaccharide which has (AT-III mediated) anti-Xa activity per se; the spacer is an essentially pharmacologically inactive flexible linking residue having a chain length of 10 to 70 atoms; A is the residue —CH[NH—SO2—R1][CO—NR2—CH(4-benzamidine)-CO—NR3R4].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Martin De Kort, Constant Adriaan Anton Van Boeckel