Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
  • Publication number: 20260224758
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which may be suitable for imaging alpha-synuclein pathology and hence are useful in binding and imaging alpha-synuclein aggregates in patients with Parkinson's Disease. More specifically, this invention relates to a method of using the compounds of this invention as tracers in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to study alpha-synuclein in brain in vivo to allow diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases Specific characterized by alpha-synuclein pathology. The invention further relates to a method of measuring clinical efficacy of therapeutic agents for Parkinson's Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases characterized by alpha-synuclein pathology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Idriss BENNACEF, Maria V. FAWAZ, Eric D. HOSTETLER, Helen MITCHELL, Anthony J. ROECKER, Anthony W. SHAW, Craig A. STUMP, Ling TONG
  • Publication number: 20260226040
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds that are blockers of NaV1.7 which have the structure of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Kevin F. Gilbert, Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Joseph E. Pero
  • Publication number: 20260226165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polypeptides and polypeptide complexes that are capable of binding tumor cell antigens and effector cell antigens. In some embodiments, the polypeptides and polypeptide complexes bind the tumor cell antigens and the effector cell antigens in a tumor microenvironment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Janux Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Waight, Rebecca Goldstein, Mehabaw Getahun Derebe, Daniel Malashock, Karin Vroom, Sandra Isabel Vanegas, David Alan Campbell, Thomas Robert DiRaimondo, Iliana Tenvooren
  • Patent number: 12698503
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods for measuring the potency of anti-Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) antibody against respiratory syncytial virus in a cell culture system using an RSV reporter virus. The disclosure also describes respiratory syncytial viruses that carry a reporter gene, and expression vectors for producing an infectious recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that carry a reporter gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Dai Wang, John P. Bilello, Kevin B. Gurney, Ping Han, Xi He, Dengyun Sun, Amy Hsu Tou
  • Patent number: 12697308
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, a lipid nanoparticle adjuvant composition. The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions that include a stable lipid nanoparticle adjuvant and human papillomavirus (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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bett, Izzat T. Raheem, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • Publication number: 20260217798
    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: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Venus Hashemi, Arnab De, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan
  • Publication number: 20260216443
    Abstract: A proximal subassembly for an injection device includes a thumb press, a base housed within the thumb press, and an internal screw at least partially disposed within the base, the internal screw being configured and arranged to rotate when the thumb press is linearly actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Givand, Igor Inga, Steven Carl Persak
  • Patent number: 12692262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to urea compounds of formula(s) 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: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Kira A. Armacost, Maria Irina Chiriac, Danielle M. Hurzy, Jeffrey C. Kern, Jian Liu, Peter J. Manley, Philippe Nantermet, Vanessa L. Rada, Michael T. Rudd, Craig A. Stump
  • Publication number: 20260209180
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and subscripts X and n are as described herein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of a coronavirus, including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. The compounds of this invention could further be used in combination with other therapeutically effective agents, including but not limited to, other drugs useful for the treatment of coronavirus infection. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, John J. Acton, III, Mayuri Gupta, Franca-Maria Klingler, Harini Krishnamurthy, John A. McCauley, Gregori J. Morriello, Craig A. Parish, James J. Perkins, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Valerie W. Shurtleff, Anthony J. Roecker
  • Publication number: 20260207509
    Abstract: The invention relates to stable formulations of antibodies against human programmed death receptor PD-1, or antigen binding fragments thereof. The invention further provides methods for treating various cancers with stable 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: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Akhilesh Bhambhani, Smeet Deshmukh, Rui Fang, Yogita Krishnamachari, Yuwei Lu, Geetha Thiagarajan
  • Publication number: 20260207619
    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: March 18, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Harmon, Narayan Variankaval, Michael Lowinger, Chad David Brown, Francis Flanagan
  • Publication number: 20260207798
    Abstract: Disclosed are cyclic peptides, their salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, diagnostic and therapeutic uses and processes for making such compounds, which bind to granzyme B and may be suitable for imaging granzyme B. Further provided are compounds useful as a radiotracer for positron emission tomography (PET) and/or single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging. The use of the compounds as imaging agents of granzyme B is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Idriss Bennacef, Tapan K. Nayak, Jeffrey William Schubert, William D. Shipe, David M. Tellers, Federica Orvieto, Valerio Piacenti
  • Patent number: 12686690
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to macrocyclic urea 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: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Kira A. Armacost, Maria Irina Chiriac, Danielle M. Hurzy, Jeffrey C. Kern, Jian Liu, Peter J. Manley, Vanessa L. Rada, Michael T. Rudd, Craig A. Stump, Zhe Wu, Dong Xiao
  • Publication number: 20260200916
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are inhibitors of NLRP3 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by NLPR3. The compounds of structural formula I may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of diseases, disorders and conditions mediated by NLRP3 such as, but not limited to, gout, pseudogout, CAPS, NASH fibrosis, heart failure, idiophathic pericarditis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's Disease. Parkinson's Disease and traumatic brain injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Zachary G. BRILL, Chen CHENG, Donna A.A.W. HAYES, Rohan Rajiv MERCHANT, Essam METWALLY, Anilkumar G NAIR, Maoqun TIAN
  • Publication number: 20260199498
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating a cancer patient with an ROR1 immunoconjugate and a BTK inhibitor. These methods may be useful for the treatment of a variety of cancers that express ROR1 and are expected to be mediated or modulated by BTK signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Uzor C. Ogbu, Nishitha Reddy, Zifang Guo, Mohammed Z.H. Farooqui, Patricia Marinello, Ying Zhu
  • Patent number: 12679848
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of plasma kallikrein, including hereditary angioedema, uveitis, posterior uveitis, wet age related macular edema, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. The compounds are selective inhibitors of plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Jianming Bao, Natalija Cernaka, Alan C. Cheng, Ying-Duo Gao, Salman Jabri, Jovan Alexander Lopez, Rohan Merchant, Anthony Ken Ogawa, Skylar K. Osler, Christopher J. Sinz, Phillip Patrick Sharp, Haiqun Tang, Maoqun Tian, Dong Xiao, Song Yang
  • Patent number: 12679807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof. 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 treatment or prophylaxis of lysosomal storage diseases, neurodegenerative disease, cystic disease, cancer, or a diseases or disorders associated with elevated levels of glucosylceramide (GlcCer), glucosylsphingosine (GlcSph) and/or other glucosylceramide-based glycosphingolipids (GSLs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Breslin, Mark E. Fraley, H. Marie Loughran, James J. Mulhearn, Anthony J. Roecker, Kathy M. Schirripa, Shawn J. Stachel
  • Publication number: 20260193249
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I, Formula Ib or Formula Ic and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, Formula Ib or Formula Ic, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, Formula Ib or Formula Ic, and methods of using these compounds to treat hepatic steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cognitive decline, dementia, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions, comprising administering a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Yeon-Hee LIM, Cedric Lorenz HUGELSHOFER, Essam METWALLY, James Patrick ROANE, Samantha E. SHOCKLEY
  • Publication number: 20260191976
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for making compounds of structural formula (I): (I), wherein PG is defined above herein, which are useful for making antibody-drug conjugates. The present disclosure is also directed to processes for making related payload compounds, related Linker-Payload compounds, and to compounds that are useful as synthetic intermediates for making the compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Patrick S. Fier, Gregorio J. Estrada, Reed Larson, Tao Liang, Patrick J. Moon, Marc Poirier, Gao Shang, Michael Shevlin, Lu Wang
  • Publication number: 20260193350
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing high concentration crystalline drug substances of an anti-PD-1 mono-clonal antibody (mAb), wherein the mAb is pembrolizumab or a pembrolizumab variant. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystals produced by the methods herein and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Werthenstein Biopharma GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Reichert, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan, Andrew Bochnovich, Divya Chandra, Rebecca A. Chmielowski, Lorenzo Codan, Aaron S. Cote, Ashley E. Lay-Fortenbery, Patrick Larpent, Zhao Li, Mikhail D. Murashov, Jordan R. Rampolla, Yongchao Su