Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Patent number: 9873707
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds useful as intermediates in the preparation of macrolactams, methods for preparing the intermediates, and methods for preparing macrolactams. One use of the methods and intermediates described herein is in the production of macrolactam compounds able to inhibit HCV NS3 protease activity. HCV NS3 inhibitory compounds have therapeutic and research applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Richard Desmond, Guy R. Humphrey, Hongming Li, Ji Qi, Rebecca T. Ruck, Zhiguo Jake Song, Tao Wang, Yong-Li Zhong, Jeonghan Park, Laura Marie Artino, Richard John Varsolona
  • Publication number: 20180015106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic himbacine derivatives of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein: R1 is W is and the remaining variables are described herein. The compounds of the invention are effective inhibitors of the PAR-1 receptor. The inventive compounds may be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of disease states such as ASC, secondary prevention of myocardial infarction or stroke, or PAD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Yang, Guizhen Dong, Milana Maletic
  • Patent number: 9868738
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C-6 spirocarbocyclic iminothiadiazine compounds, including compounds Formula (I) or a tautomer thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein R1A, R1B, R2, RA, ring A, RA, m, L1, RL, ring C, RC, and p are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kun Liu, Shuwen He, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew W. Stamford
  • Patent number: 9868727
    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 thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Weiguo Liu, Scott D. Edmondson, Zhuyan Guo, Sung-Sau So, Anthony K. Ogawa, Rongze Kuang, Heping Wu, Amjad Ali, Ying-Duo Gao, Yu Jiang, Chunsing Li, Tingting Yu
  • Patent number: 9868733
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James M. Apgar, Tesfaye Biftu, Ping Chen, Danqing Feng, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Ahmet Kekec, Kenneth J. Leavitt, Bing Li, Iyassu Sebhat, Xiaoxia Qian, Lan Wei, Robert R. Wilkening, Zhicai Wu, Ashok Arasappan
  • Patent number: 9868777
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to antigen binding proteins including, but not limited to, monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to and preferably neutralize human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Also encompassed by the invention are antigen binding proteins that have been humanized. The antigen binding proteins of the invention are useful as a therapeutic agent for treating and/or preventing CMV infections in a patient in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Tong-Ming Fu, Dai Wang, Zhiqiang An
  • Patent number: 9861620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Substituted Quinolizine Derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R9 and R10 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Substituted Quinolizine Derivative, and methods of using the Substituted Quinolizine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tao Yu, Yonglian Zhang, Sherman Tim Waddell, Andrew Stamford, John S. Wai, Paul J. Coleman, John M. Sanders, Ronald Ferguson, Thomas H. Graham, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 9862725
    Abstract: A process for preparing a compound of structural Formula Ia: comprising Boc deprotection with TFA of, reductive amination of:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John Y. L. Chung, Feng Peng, Yonggang Chen, Amude Mahmoud Kassim, Cheng-yi Chen, Mathew Maust, Mark McLaughlin, Michael J. Zacuto, Qinghao Chen, Lushi Tan, Zhiguo Jake Song, Yang Cao, Feng Xu
  • Patent number: 9862716
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I) which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Mark E. Fraley, Andrew J. Cooke, Craig A. Stump, Yi-Heng Chen, Xu-Fang Zhang, Casey C. McComas, Kathy Schirripa, Melody McWherter, Swati P. Mercer, Keith P. Moore, Ping Liu, Harold B. Wood, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Douglas C. Beshore
  • Patent number: 9861692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dengue virus vaccine compositions comprising a first and a second dengue vaccine, wherein the first dengue vaccine is a live, attenuated dengue vaccine and the second dengue vaccine is a recombinant dengue subunit vaccine or an inactivated dengue vaccine; wherein the live attenuated dengue vaccine comprises at least one live, attenuated dengue virus or at least one live attenuated chimeric flavivirus. The dengue virus vaccine compositions of the invention may further comprise one or more adjuvants. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the first and the second dengue vaccine are tetravalent. The invention also relates to methods of using the dengue virus vaccine compositions of the invention to treat or prevent dengue infection, or to prevent, ameliorate, or delay the onset or progression of the clinical manifestations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew Bett, Beth-Ann Griswold Coller, Govindarajan Dhanasekaran, Ramesh V. Chintala
  • Patent number: 9862707
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formula (I) which are tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Helen Mitchell, Harold B. Wood, Chun Sing Li, Qinghua Mao, Zhiqi Qi
  • Patent number: 9862720
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Fa-Xiang Ding, Shuzhi Dong, Jinlong Jiang, Takao Suzuki, Joseph P. Vacca, Shouning Xu
  • Publication number: 20180000803
    Abstract: The invention includes a granular composition comprising the active ingredient (S)-N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3- carboxamide, wherein a total amount of active ingredient comprises by weight % about 60-90% (5)-N-(3-(6-isopro-poxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-di-hydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide Form 1 HCl, about 10-30% (5)-N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide amorphous HCl, and about 0-5% (S)-N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide amorphous free base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Deepak Bahl, Yung-Chi Lee, Alfred Lee, William Anthony Marinaro, Jr., Dan Zhang, Tao Feng
  • Publication number: 20180002402
    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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dongxing Zha, Hussam Hisham Shaheen
  • Publication number: 20170368031
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to solid dispersion formulations comprising an NS5A inhibitor compound, elbasvir (dimethyl N,N?-([(6S)-6-phenylindolo [1,2- c][1,3]benzoxazine-3,10-diyl]bis {1H-imidazole-5,2-diyl-(2S)-pyrrolidine-2,1-diyl[(2S)-3-methyl-l-oxobutane-1,2-diyl]})di-carbamate), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. The present disclosure is also directed to solid dispersion formulations, blended compositions and pharmaceutical dosage forms containing or made from these solid dispersion formulations, and the methods for making these solid dispersion formulations, blended compositions and pharmaceutical dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Agam SHETH, Pavithra SUNDARARAJAN, Elise MILLER, Justin David MOSER, Adam J SOCIA, Angela M WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20170369459
    Abstract: Thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivatives have been synthesized, which are useful in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds. Compound (1) (TATD) is commercially available (CAS No. 76028-96-1). It has now been discovered that the thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid derivative compound (1) (TATD) can be prepared from dimethyl malonate (SM 1, CAS No. 108-59-8) according to methods described herein. The methods provide products having desirable purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corpl
    Inventors: Kristos Adrian Moshos, Valdas Jurkauskas
  • Publication number: 20170369484
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain iminothiazine dioxide compounds, including compounds Formula (I): or a tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein R1, R2, ring A, RA, m, ring B, RB, and n are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wen-Lian Wu, Shuwen He, Shawn P. Walsh, Jared N. Cumming
  • Publication number: 20170369498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the structure of Formula I and pharmaceutically suitable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof that are useful as antibacterially effective tricyclic gyrase inhibitors. Related pharmaceutical compositions, uses and methods of making the compounds are also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Bensen, Zhiyong Chen, John Finn, Thanh T. Lam, Suk J. Lee, Xiaoming Li, Douglas W. Phillipson, Leslie W. Tari, Michael Trzoss, Junhu Zhang, Felice C. Lightstone, Toan B. Nguyen, Sergio E. Wong, Paul Aristoff, Michael Jung
  • Publication number: 20170369469
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides certain polymorphic forms of Compound (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound (I) or such polymorphic forms, and methods of using or making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. It has now been discovered that Compound (I) can exist in multiple crystalline forms (polymorphs). One particular crystalline form, Form II, has been found to be more thermodynamically stable and, thus, likely more suitable for bulk preparation and handling than other polymorphic forms. Efficient and economic methods have been developed to prepare Compound (I) and Form II in high purity on a large scale. In animal studies, Form II has demonstrated safety and efficacy in treating depressive disorders and, when micronized, improved absorption compared to non-micronized Form II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicants: Cerecor, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Reza Mazhari, Djelila Mezaache, Blake M. Paterson, James Vornov, Rachel M. Garner, Todd Nelson
  • Publication number: 20170369507
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of one or more mutant IDH enzymes: (I). The present invention is also directed to uses of the tricyclic compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of cancers in which one or more mutant IDH enzymes 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 cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Fischer Christian, Stephane L. Bogen, Matthew L. Childers, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michael J. Ellis, Sara Esposite, Qingmei Hong, Chunhui Huang, Alexander J. Kim, John W. Lampe, Michelle R. Machacek, Daniel R. McMasters, Ryan D. Otte, Dann L. Parker, Jr., Michael H. Reutershan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Patrick Pengcheng Shao, David L. Sloman, Feroze Ujjainwalla, Catherine White, Zhicai Wu, Yang Yu, Kake Zhao, Craig R. Gibeau