Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Publication number: 20210403469
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: Formula (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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, David Jonathan Bennett, Indu Bharathan, Liangqin Guo, Brett A. Hopkins, Xianhai Huang, Derun Li, Min Lu, Alexander Pasternak, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210403541
    Abstract: Provided herein are high affinity antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human tau-pS413. Also provided are compositions, kits, methods, and uses involving such antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jeanne E. Baker, Sophie Parmentier Batteur, Ming-Tang Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Chung-Ming Hsieh, Carl Mieczkowski, Sokreine Suon
  • Publication number: 20210403479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 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: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wensheng Yu, Joseph Kozlowski, Dane James Clausen, Jian Liu, Younong Yu, Ming Wang, Bing Li
  • Publication number: 20210403560
    Abstract: Antibodies which block binding of hPD-1 to hPD-L1 or hPD-L2 and their variable region sequences are disclosed. A method of increasing the activity (or reducing downmodulation) of an immune cell through the PD-1 pathway is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
    Inventors: Gregory John Carven, Hans van Eenennaam, Gradus Johannes Dulos
  • Publication number: 20210403457
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, Ian M. Bell, Christopher James Bungard, Christopher S. Burgey, Jason M. Cox, Michael J. Kelly, III, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Akshay A. Shah, Michael David VanHeyst, Zhe Wu
  • Publication number: 20210403557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dosing regimens of an anti-TIGIT antibody useful for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention relates to the dosing regimen in a combination therapy which comprises administering an antibody of a Programmed Death 1 protein (PD-1) or Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) and an anti-TIGIT antibody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mingmei Cai, Elliot K. Chartash, Jane Anne Healy, Mallika Lala, Tommy Ruosi Li, Kapil Mayawala, Raluca Andreia Predoiu, Sybil M.G. Williams, Zhen Zeng
  • Patent number: 11207312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z, RA, X1, X2 and R1 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, optionally in combination with a beta lactam antibiotic and/or a beta-lactamase inhibitor. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more ?-lactam antibiotics and optionally in combination with one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. The compounds of the invention are useful in the methods described herein for overcoming antibiotic resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Shuzhi Dong, Jack D. Scott, Haiqun Tang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Dexi Yang, Xin Gu, Jinlong Jiang, Li Xiao
  • Patent number: 11208407
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (I) Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds 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 the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Abdelghani Achab, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Derun Li, Meredeth A. McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, David L. Sloman, Wensheng Yu
  • Patent number: 11207406
    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 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Linda Liang, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Rene De Waal Malefyt, Gopalan Raghunathan
  • Publication number: 20210395224
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cinnolinyl and quinolinyl 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R&D (China) Co. LTD.
    Inventors: John J. Acton, III, Melissa Egbertson, Xiaolei Gao, Scott T. Harrison, Timothy J. Henderson, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., Zhaoyang Meng, James Mulhearn, Vanessa L. Rada, Jeffrey W. Schubert, Oleg B. Selyutin, David M. Tellers, Ling Tong, Fengqi Zhang, Jianming Bao, Chunsing Li
  • Publication number: 20210395255
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain substituted amino triazolopyrimidine and amino triazolopyrazine compounds of Formula (IA) and Formula (IB): or and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutically active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and their use in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zachary G. Brill, Amjad Ali, Jared Cumming, Duane DeMong, Qiaolin Deng, Thomas H. Graham, Rongze Kuang, Yeon-Hee Lim, Christopher W. Plummer, Jenny Lorena Rico Duque, Huijun Wang, Yonglian Zhang, Kake Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210393600
    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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Liangqin Guo, Hongjun Zhang, Ping Chen, Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Xianhai Huang, Alexander Pasternak, Qinglin Pu, Li Xiao, Feng Ye
  • Publication number: 20210395240
    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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dane Clausen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Guoqing Li, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, David Sloman, Li Xiao, Wensheng Yu, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210395236
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain N-heteroaryl indazole 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 diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Vladimir SIMOV, William P. KAPLAN, John J. ACTON, III, Michael J. ARDOLINO, Joanna L. CHEN, Peter H. FULLER, Hakan GUNAYDIN, Derun LI, Ping LIU, Kaitlyn Marie LOGAN, Joey METHOT, Gregori J. MORRIELLO, Santhosh F. NEELAMKAVIL, Luis TORRES, Xin YAN, Hua ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20210388023
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of separating lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) according to their isoelectic points, the methods comprising applying a separating voltage to a separation matrix comprising carrier ampholytes and the LNPs for a sufficient time to separate the LNPs according to their isoelectic points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sha Ha, John W. Loughney, Kevin A. Minsker, Richard R. Rustandi
  • Publication number: 20210387966
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, Ian M. Bell, Michael J. Breslin, Christopher James Bungard, Christopher S. Burgey, Harry R. Chobanian, Jason M. Cox, Anthony T. Ginnetti, Deodial Guy Guiadeen, Kristen L. G. Jones, Mark E. Layton, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, James J. Perkins, Shawn J. Stachel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Zhe Wu
  • Patent number: 11198718
    Abstract: A process is described for purifying insulin and insulin analogs that comprises high-pressure liquid chromatography with an acidic cation exchange medium performed in the presence of a water miscible organic modifier and at an elevated temperature followed by reverse phase chromatography performed in the presence of a water miscible organic modifier and at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Allison D. Ortigosa, Michael P. Coleman, Shibu T. George, Michael A. Rauscher, Mark C. Sleevi, Kartoa Chow
  • Patent number: 11198687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as modulators of 7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ian M. Bell, Brendan M. Crowley, Peter J. Manley, William D. Shipe
  • Patent number: 11197921
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for making polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides, typically from bacteria, are conjugated to a carrier protein by reductive amination under conditions which improve conjugation reaction consistency, increase consumption of protein during conjugation reaction, generate conjugates of higher molecular weight, and/or reduce the levels of free cyanide in the conjugate reaction product. The polysaccharide-protein conjugates obtained using these methods are useful for inclusion in multivalent vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jitin Bajaj, Michael Albert Winters, Emily Wen, Jian He
  • Publication number: 20210379020
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating malaria by administration of a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound, to a subject in need thereof, wherein the variables X, R1, R3, R4, R5, A, B, L, m and n are as defined herein. The invention also provides uses of the compounds of Formula (I), as defined herein, for inhibiting plasmepsin V activity, for treating a Plasmodium infection, and for treating malaria. Also provided are methods of treatment further comprising administration of one or more additional anti-malarial compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
    Inventors: Tanweer A. Khan, Jared N. Cumming, David B. Olsen, Justin A. Boddey, Alan F. Cowman, Brad E. Sleebs