Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Publication number: 20210277009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) Formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: David Witter, Shuhei Kawamura, Michelle Machacek, Ryan Quiroz, Michael H. Reutershan, Sebastian Schneider, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Yingchun Ye, Charles S. Yeung
  • Patent number: 11111232
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound 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 a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Catherine M. White, Abdelghani Achab, Indu T. Bharathan, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Derun Li, Jongwon Lim, Kun Liu, Meredeth Ann McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11111297
    Abstract: Humanized, non-promiscuous monoclonal antibodies specific for immunoglobulin-like transcript 3 (ILT3), also known as Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 4 (LILRB4), are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael A. Meehl, Philip E. Brandish, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Veronica Juan, Carl Mieczkowski, Latika Singh
  • Patent number: 11104690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula I?: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of formula I are inhibitors of diacylglyceride O-acyltransferase 2 (“DGAT2”) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by DGAT2. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of hepatic steatosis, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dong-Ming Shen, Thomas H. Graham, Wensheng Liu, Clare Tudge, Andreas Verras, Jinlong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11104721
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, an antibody display system that simultaneously uses a secretion and a display mode. A bait complexed with a monovalent antibody fragment can be expressed on the surface of the host cell wherein the fragment may be assayed for antigen binding while full antibody is simultaneously secreted from the host cell. Methods of using the system for identifying antibodies that bind specifically to an antigen of interest are also provided. Polypeptides, polynucleotides and host cells useful for making the antibody display system are also provided along with methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dongxing Zha, Hussam Hisham Shaheen
  • Patent number: 11103493
    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: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Meredeth A. McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Catherine White, Wensheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20210260082
    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
  • Publication number: 20210265024
    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
  • Patent number: 11096930
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., IOmet Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Phillip M. Cowley, Meredeth Ann McGowan, Thomas J. Brown, Yongxin Han, Kun Liu, Qinglin Pu, Alan Wise, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11098029
    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
  • Patent number: 11098059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michelle R. Machacek, David J. Witter, Michael Hale Reutershan, David L. Sloman, Michael D. Altman
  • Patent number: 11096890
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wycliffe S. Omwancha, Rubi Burlage
  • Publication number: 20210252126
    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
  • Publication number: 20210257046
    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
  • Publication number: 20210252138
    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
  • Publication number: 20210252125
    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
  • Patent number: 11091493
    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
  • Patent number: 11091459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising the compound niraparib, in particular certain solid forms of niraparib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Tesaro, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: George Wu, John Chaber, Arlene E. McKeown, Jennifer R. Foley
  • Patent number: 11090374
    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
  • Patent number: 11091806
    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