Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing enterically-coated lyospheres comprising a therapeutic agent comprising: a.) providing lyospheres comprising the therapeutic agent; b.) coating said lyospheres with an enteric polymer coating composition; and c.) isolating said enterically-coated lyospheres. In other embodiments, the invention provides dosage forms comprising a lyosphere comprising an effective amount of a therapeutic agent and an enteric polymer coating. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agent in the process or dosage form is a polypeptide, a protein, a peptide, a lipopeptide, a glycoprotein, a fusion protein, a protein conjugate, a cytokine, an enzyme, an antibody, an oligonucleotide, a vaccine vector, small molecule, a live virus, an inactivated virus, a virus-like particle, a viral protein subunit, an adjuvant, microbiome, a prebiotic, a probiotic, or an ectobiotic.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Akhilesh Bhambhani, Robert K. Evans, Pranav Gupta, Ronald L. Smith, Donna M. Williams
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 5-(pyridine-3-yl)oxaxole 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:
June 22, 2018
Publication date:
April 9, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Jianming BAO, Timothy J. HENDERSON, Chunsing LI, Michael Man-Chu LO, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., Meng NA, Michael T. RUDD, David M. TELLERS, Ling TONG
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for determining the eligibility of a subject having a malignancy for treatment with an anti-PD therapeutic agent based on a Combined Positive Score (CPS) for a tumor tissue sample from the subject. Compositions and kits or performing the disclosed methods are also provided.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, treatment of infection by HIV, prophylaxis of infection by HIV, and the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC by administering a compound of structural Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof, wherein X is —F or —Cl, less frequently than once daily.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2019
Publication date:
April 2, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Daria Hazuda, Michael D. Miller, Jay A. Grobler, Deborah Anne Nicoll-Griffith
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 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:
Application
Filed:
March 23, 2018
Publication date:
April 2, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Kun Liu, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Ravi Nargund, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Qinglin Pu, Derun Li, Abdelghani Achab, Guoqing Li
Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C5-C6-oxacyclic fused iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds bearing an ether linker, including compounds Formula (I): or a tautomer thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein RN, R1, R2, RA, ring A, ring C, and m 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:
February 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Shawn P. Walsh, Jared N. Cumming, Xing Dai
Abstract: The instant invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising doravirine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and lamivudine. These compositions are useful for the treatment of HIV infection. Also disclosed are processes for making said pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Santipharp Panmai, Aditya Tatavarti, Andrew M. Farrington, Varsha Biyyala, Leonardo R. Allain, Marcela Nefliu, Gerard R. Klinzing, Jie Ren, Matthew Lamm
Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate 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:
Application
Filed:
February 19, 2018
Publication date:
March 26, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Kun Liu, Dane Clausen, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Joseph Kozlowski, Derun Li, Qinglin Pu, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 6,5-fused heteroarylpiperidine ether 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:
December 18, 2017
Publication date:
March 26, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Xiaolei GAO, Sandra L. KNOWLES, Chunsing LI, Michael Man-Chu LO, Robert D. MAZZOLA, JR., Debra L. ONDEYKA
Abstract: The present invention is directed to azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane 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:
June 4, 2018
Publication date:
March 26, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Dane James CLAUSEN, James I. FELLS, Joseph A. KOZLOWSKI, Ping LIU, Robert D. MAZZOLA, JR.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for making Chloro-Substituted Nucleoside Phosphoramidate Compounds of formula (I): which are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of HCV infection. The present invention is also directed to compounds that are useful as synthetic intermediates for making the compounds of formula (I).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 24, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Daniel DiRocco, Artis Klapars, Edward C. Sherer
Abstract: An insulin conjugate comprising or consisting of a tri-valent sugar cluster is described. In particular aspects, the insulin conjugate displays a pharmacokinetic (PK) and/or pharmacodynamic (PD) profile that is responsive to the systemic concentrations of a saccharide such as glucose or alpha-methylmannose even when administered to a subject in need thereof in the absence of an exogenous multivalent saccharide-binding molecule such as Con A.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 19, 2018
Publication date:
March 19, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Danqing Feng, David N. Hunter, Pei Huo, Ahmet Kekec, Songnian Lin, Christopher R. Moyes, Ravi Nargund, Brenda Pipik, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Lin Yan, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yuping Zhu
Abstract: An implant excision aid comprising a first plate comprising an external surface, an internal surface, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right side and a left side, wherein the bottom portion of the first plate is in communication with the patient's skin during use; a second plate comprising an external surface and an internal surface, a top portion, a bottom portion, a right side and a left side, wherein the bottom portion of the second plate is in communication with the patient's skin during use, wherein at least a portion of the bottom portion of the first or second plate or the internal surface of the first plate or second plate comprises a polymer or a metal, wherein the polymer or the metal generates enough friction so that the portion of the bottom of the first or second plate or the internal surface of the first plate or second plate is capable of moving the patient's skin during use; and a hinge wherein the hinge connects the top of the first plate to the top of the second plate.
Abstract: Antibodies that bind the apple 2 domain of human coagulation Factor XI and inhibit activation of FXI by coagulation factor XIIa are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2020
Assignees:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Adimab, LLC
Inventors:
Zhu Chen, Kenneth P. Ellsworth, James A. Milligan, Elizabeth Oldham, Dietmar Seiffert, Vaishnavi Ganti, Mohammad Tabrizifard, Bianka Prinz
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Hongjun Zhang, Kenneth Jay Barr, Blair T. Lapointe, Hakan Gunaydin, Kun Liu, B. Wesley Trotter
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 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:
November 5, 2019
Publication date:
March 5, 2020
Applicants:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD R & D (China) Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
John J. Acton, III, Jianming Bao, Melissa Egbertson, Xiaolei Gao, Scott T. Harrison, Sandra L. Knowles, Chunsing Li, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Robert D. Mazzola, JR., Zhaoyang Meng, Michael T. Rudd, Oleg B. Selyutin, David M. Tellers, Ling Tong, Jenny Miu-Chun Wai
Abstract: The disclosure relates to HSV glycoprotein B and HSV glycoprotein C antigenic peptide constructs, HSV protein vaccines, and HSV DNA vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
Abstract: This disclosure relates to stable aqueous pharmaceutical formulations comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an incretin-insulin conjugate as well as methods of using the same, and aqueous pharmaceutical formulations containing an incretin-insulin conjugate which are stable and which provide a protracted pharmacodynamics profile, which include L-arginine HCl and phenol (or m-cresol) as stabilizing agents.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and their use in the inhibition of HIV protease, the inhibition of HIV replication, the prophylaxis of infection by HIV, the treatment of infection by HIV, and the prophylaxis, treatment, and delay in the onset or progression of AIDS.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2017
Publication date:
March 5, 2020
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Brian McKittrick, John P. Caldwell, John McCauley, Henry Vaccaro, Tin-Yau Chan, Hyunjin Kim, Elizabeth Smith, Liwu Hong, Tanweer Khan, Shihong Ying, Hongwu Wang, Peter D. Williams, Jae-Hun Kim, M. Brad Nolt, Maryann Caplen
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a compound of formula I-11 through multiple-step reactions:
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 3, 2020
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
John Y. L. Chung, Kevin Campos, Edward Cleator, Robert F. Dunn, Andrew Gibson, R Scott Hoerrner, Stephen Keen, Dave Lieberman, Zhuqing Liu, Joseph Lynch, Kevin M. Maloney, Feng Xu, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Naoki Yoshikawa, Yong-Li Zhong