Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Patent number: 9522883
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) for inhibiting gh cosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides method of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or over-expression of O-gh coprotein 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-?-D-glucopyranosidase (O-GlcNAcase), accumulation or deficiency of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-?-D-glucopyranoside (O-GlcNAc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: Alectos Therapeutics Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ernest J. McEachern, David J. Vocadlo, Yuanxi Zhou, Harold G. Selnick
  • Patent number: 9523107
    Abstract: The invention is directed to immobilized transaminases and methods of making and using them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Truppo, Michel Journet, Hallena Strotman, Jonathan P. McMullen, Shane T. Grosser
  • Patent number: 9522141
    Abstract: This invention relates to indazole compounds of the structural formula: (structure represented) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment or amelioration of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott B. Hoyt, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Clare London, Yusheng Xiong, Andrew John Cooke
  • Publication number: 20160361411
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations, containing cationic lipids, for use as vaccine adjuvants and/or as antigen delivery systems. It is an object of the instant invention to provide LNP formulations that demonstrate enhancements in humoral and cellular immunogenicity of vaccine antigens, particularly subunit vaccine antigens, when utilized alone or in combination with immunostimulatory agents (e.g. small molecule or oligonucleotide TLR agonists). The instant invention further identifies physical and chemical properties of the LNP formulations that can be manipulated to enhance antigen efficiency and adjuvant tolerability in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & dohme Corp
    Inventors: Marian Gindy, Danilo R. Casimiro, Andrew Bett, Jan H. Ter Meulen
  • Publication number: 20160361337
    Abstract: This invention provides a buffered solution comprising acadesine, as well as compositions, formulations and kits containing said solution. The solution, compositions, formulation, and kits can be used to prevent morbidity/mortality in a patient or to treat an ischaemic condition, a condition regulated by adenosine, or a condition associated with reduced blood flow to a tissue in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Valentyn Antochshuk, Mohammed Shameem, Amardeep Singh Bhupender BHALLA
  • Patent number: 9518055
    Abstract: This invention relates to imidazopyridyl compounds of the structural formula: or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the variable are defined herein. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, D. Jonathan Bennett, Jaiqiang Cai, Emma Carswell, Andrew Cooke, Scott B. Hoyt, Michael Lo, Clare London, John MacLean, Min K. Park, Paul Ratcliffe, Jerry Andrew Taylor, Brent Whitehead, Yusheng Xiong
  • Patent number: 9518100
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for increasing the yield and N-glycosylation site occupancy of paucimannose or complex N-glycans of recombinant glycoproteins produced in a recombinant host cell lacking dolichyl-P-Man:Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichyl alpha-1,3 mannosyltransferase (Alg3p) activity. In particular, the present invention provides recombinant host cells for producing recombinant glycoproteins that comprise a disruption of the expression of an OS-9 family gene in the host cell and which overexpress one or more Trypanosoma brucei STT3 proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Byung-Kwon Choi
  • Publication number: 20160355589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-TIGIT antibodies, as well as use of these antibodies in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sybil M. G. Williams, Drake LaFace, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Gopalan Raghunathan, Linda Liang, Wolfgang Seghezzi
  • Publication number: 20160356794
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel antibodies that bind to human Tau and assays for quantifying human Tau using these antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Omar Laterza, Michael Tanen, Oitak Wong
  • Publication number: 20160355474
    Abstract: 3,3?-Disubstituted indoline compounds, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: JONATHAN E. WILSON, Petr Vachal, Ravi Kurukulasuriya
  • Publication number: 20160355502
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are cysteine protease inhibitors, including but not limited to, inhibitors of cathepsins K, L, S and B. These compounds are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn Stachel, Daniel V. Paone, Jing Li, Anthony Ginnetti, Jianmin Fu, Shimin Xu
  • Patent number: 9511052
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the Formula I: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that may be useful for treating aldosterone-mediated diseases. The invention furthermore relates to specific diastereomers and enantiomers of the compounds, to processes for preparing compounds of the Formula I, to their potential use for the therapy and prophylaxis of the above-mentioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Cernak, Kevin D. Dykstra, Dong-Ming Shen, Kun Liu, Andrew Stamford, John Qiang Tan
  • Publication number: 20160347757
    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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Scott D. Edmondson, Zhuyan Guo, Alan W. Hruza, Zahid Hussain, Charles A. Lesburg, Remond Moningka, Anthony K. Ogawa, Rudrajit Mal
  • Publication number: 20160346214
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions comprising an extrudate or solid solution of a compound, or a salt thereof, of Formula I (API): Formula I, wherein “Ra” is independently H or —F, in a water-soluble polymer matrix which further comprises a disintegration system allowing a tablet made therefrom to rapidly disintegrate in the environment in which the API is to be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mary Ann Johnson, Leonardo Resende Allain, W. Mark Eickhoff, Craig B. Ikeda, Chad D. Brown, Francis J. Flanagan, JR., Rebecca Nofsinger, Melanie Marota, Lisa Lupton, Paresh B. Patel, Hanmi Xi, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20160346198
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to disintegration systems for solid pharmaceutical dosage forms, which allow rapid disintegration of solid dosage forms that comprise solid dispersion formulations that include pharmaceutically active agents, polymers and optionally surfactants. The present disclosure is also directed to solid pharmaceutical dosage forms, such as tablets, comprising solid dispersion formulations and the disintegration systems, to methods for preparing the disintegration systems, and to methods for preparing the solid pharmaceutical dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Melanie J. Marota, Chad David Brown, Craig B. Ikeda, Mary Ann Johnson, Hanmi Xi, Wei Xu, Lixia Cai
  • Publication number: 20160346289
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising blended materials comprising a first solid dispersion formulation, which comprises an HCV NS3/NS4a protease inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers or a mixture thereof, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable surfactants or a mixture thereof; a second solid dispersion formulation, which comprises an HCV NS5a inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers or a mixture thereof; and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable surfactants or a mixture thereof; and optionally one or more excipients. The present disclosure is also directed to oral dosage forms, such as tablets or capsules comprising the disclosed blended compositions comprising the disclosed solid dispersion formulations, and the methods for making these solid dispersion formulations and pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Pavithra Sundararajan, Agam Sheth, Jesse Kuiper, Patrick Jules Marsac, Elise Miller, Justin David Moser, Adam Socia, Angela M. Wagner
  • Patent number: 9505730
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the Formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are potentially useful for treating aldosterone-mediated diseases. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of the Formula I, to their possible use in the treatment of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of the Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hong Shen, Jason M. Cox, Christine Yang, Zhicai Wu
  • Patent number: D773646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
    Inventors: Angela M. Amend Kwasnik, Benjamin R. Bartfeld, Peter Basile, Jeffrey C. Givand, Philip G. Green, Sharad Gupta, Christin L. O'Neill, Steven Carl Persak, Robert Stianchi, Ari Tao Adler, Florian Altmann, Thomas Junk, Florian Kössler, Martin Meier, Scott R. Mackie, Pernilla Danielsson
  • Patent number: D773647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Angela M. Amend Kwasnik, Benjamin R. Bartfeld, Peter Basile, Jeffrey C. Givand, Philip G. Green, Sharad Gupta, Christin L. O'Neill, Steven Carl Persak, Robert Stianchi, Ari Tao Adler, Florian Altmann, Thomas Junk, Florian Kössler, Martin Meier, Scott R. Mackie, Pernilla Danielsson
  • Patent number: D774641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Miggels, Inyoung Jang, Henry Mack, Wail Rasheed, Scott Brown, Robert Berger, Peter Basile