Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Publication number: 20160068597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for identifying and using modulators of FDF03 biological activity in vitro and in vivo that are useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Michael E. Bigler, Drake M. LaFace, Kalyan Pande, Joseph H. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20160068510
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hydroxy compounds which are antagonists 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 pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Scott D. KUDUK, Nigel L. LIVERTON, Jason W. SKUDLAREK
  • Patent number: 9278976
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel substituted aminotetrahydropyrans of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. 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 such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Ann E. Weber
  • Patent number: 9278965
    Abstract: This invention provides for certain bridged and fused compounds of the formula G-L-A??I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester of solvate thereof wherein: A is and the other variables are defined herein; the inventive compounds are agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40, also known as free fatty acid receptor FFAR). This invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds to regulate insulin levels in a mammal. The compounds may be used, for example in the prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and in the prevention and treatment of conditions related to Type 2 diabetes mellitus, such as insulin resistance, obesity and lipid disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hubert B. Josien, John W. Clader, William J. Greenlee, Michael J. Mayer, Jason L. Davis, Shuangyi Wan
  • Patent number: 9278093
    Abstract: This invention relates to tricyclic triazole compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The inventive compounds selectively inhibit aldosterone synthetase. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above-cited compounds or their salts as well as potentially to methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of conditions that could be treated by inhibiting aldosterone synthetase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., ElexoPharm GmbH
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Emmanuel Bey, Rolf Hartmann, Quingzhong Hu, Lina Yin
  • Patent number: 9278960
    Abstract: The present invention provides quinoline carboxamide and quinoline carbonitrile compounds of formula (I) wherein ring A, RQ, -L-, R1, n, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The compounds of the invention are useful as non-competitive mGluR2 antagonists, or mGluR2 negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), and in methods of treating a patient (preferably a human) for diseases or disorders in which the mGluR2-NAM receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other mood disorders, pain disorders and sleep disorders, by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher James Bungard, Antonella Converso, Barbara Hanney, Timothy John Hartingh, Peter J. Manley, Robert S. Meissner, James J. Perkins, Michael T. Rudd
  • Publication number: 20160060255
    Abstract: The invention provides certain thiazole-substituted aminoheteroaryl compounds of the Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, and R4 are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicants: Merck Canada Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Neville J. Anthony, Brian M. Andresen, Alan B. Northrup, Kaleen K. Childers, Anthony Donofrio, Thomas A. Miller, Yuan Liu, Michelle R. Machacek, Hyun Chong Woo, Kerrie B. Spencer, John Michael Ellis, Michael D. Altman, Eric T. Romeo, Daniel Guay, Jonathan Grimm, Marie-Eve Lebrun, Joel S. Robichaud, Liping Wang, Byron DuBois, Qiaolin Deng
  • Publication number: 20160060272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-Pyridone Compounds of Formula (I); and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one 4-Pyridone Compound, and methods of using the 4-Pyridone Compounds for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject or the clinical manifestations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Graham, John S. Wai, Andrew Stamford, Wensheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20160060256
    Abstract: The invention provides certain thiazole-substituted aminopyrimidine compounds of the Formula (I) (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, and the subscripts r, s, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Arrington, Byron DuBois, John S. Debenham, Ping Liu, Alan B. Northrup, Jason W. Szewczyk, Liping Wang, Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 9272987
    Abstract: A compound having the structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R6 is hydrogen, —OH, —C1-6alkyl, —OC1-6alkyl, aryl, or halogen, or together with R7, forms an oxo group, or together with R7 and the atom to which they are attached, form a 5-7-membered carbocycle ring or a 5-7-membered heterocyclic ring having 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms, wherein alkyl and aryl are unsubstituted or independently mono-, di-, or tri-substituted with R14; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, —CF3, aryl, —O-aryl, —O—C1-6alkyl, —C(O)OC1-6alkyl, —C(R15R16)OH, a 5-7-membered heteroaryl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 nitrogen atoms, or halogen, or together with R6, forms an oxo group, or together with R6 and the atom to which they are attached, form a 5-7-membered carbocycle ring or a 5-7-membered heterocyclic ring having 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms wherein alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or independently mono-, di- or tri-substituted with R14; R12 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or —(CH2)1-2OH, or together with R13 and the nitr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Lin Yan
  • Patent number: 9273040
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (A) or a salt thereof, wherein “Het”, Ra, and Rb are defined herein, which have properties for blocking Nav 1.7 ion channels found in peripheral and sympathetic neurons. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula (A) or their salts, and methods of treating neuropathic pain disorders using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mark E. Layton, Joseph E. Pero, Hannah Fiji, Michael J. Kelly, III, Pablo de Leon, Michael A. Rossi, Kevin F. Gilbert, Anthony J. Roecker, Zhijian Zhao, Swati I P. Mercer, Scott Wolkenberg, James Mulhearn, Lianyun Zhao, Dansu Li
  • Patent number: 9272999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of a compound of formula A: This compound is useful as a glucagon receptor antagonist and serves as a pharmaceutically active ingredient for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and related conditions, such as hyperglycemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. Hydrates, hemihydrates, anhydrates and similar polymorphic forms are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John Y. L. Chung, Yanfeng Zhang, Aaron S. Cote, Jeremy Scott, Yekaterina Vaynshteyn
  • Patent number: 9273033
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted pyridinone compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Casey C. McComas, Thomas S. Reger
  • Patent number: 9266881
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to triazolopyridinone compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: James C. Barrow, Christopher D. Cox, Mark B. Nolt, William D. Shipe
  • Patent number: 9266827
    Abstract: The invention provides bicyclic sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting RORy activity, reducing the amount of iL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such bicyclic sulfone compounds. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a medical disorder. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more bicyclic sulfone compounds described herein. In certain other embodiments, the disorder is rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Lycera Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Aicher, Kenneth Jay Barr, Vladimir Simov, William D. Thomas, Peter L. Toogood, Chad A. Van Huis
  • Patent number: 9265773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD Italia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Casey C. McComas, Nigel J. Liverton, Joerg Habermann, Uwe Koch, Frank Narjes, Peng Li, Xuanjia Peng, Richard Soll, Hao Wu, Anandan Palani, Shuwen He, Xing Dai, Hong Liu, Zhong Lai, Clare London, Dong Xiao, Nicolas Zorn, Ravi Nargund
  • Publication number: 20160046581
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony Ogawa, Scott Edmondson, Mark Erion, Santhosh Neelamkavil, Zhuyan Guo, Rudrajit Mal, Jiafang He, Weiguo Liu, Ellen K. Vande Bunte
  • Publication number: 20160045526
    Abstract: 2?-disubstituted substituted nucleoside derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed: (1), wherein A is N3 or NH2 and X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R18 are as defined herein. Compositions comprising at least one 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivative, and methods of using the 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivatives for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Vinay Girijavallabhan, Stephane Bogen, Weidong Pan, Qun Dang, Ian Davies
  • Patent number: 9260418
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyranyl aryl methyl benzoquinazolinone compounds of formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Ronald K. Chang, Thomas J. Greshock
  • Patent number: 9260712
    Abstract: Methods for display of recombinant whole immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin libraries on the surface of eukaryote host cells, including yeast and filamentous fungi, are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant immunoglobulins in eukaryote host cells to identify immunoglobulins that are specific for an antigen of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Bianka Prinz, Natarajan Sethuraman, Dongxing Zha, Stefan Wildt, Piotr Bobrowicz