Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Patent number: 8557848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives, and methods of using the 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient. Wherein ring Z, of formula (I), is a cyclopentyl, cyclopentenyl, 5-membered heterocycloalkyl, 5-membered heterocycloalkenyl or 5-membered heteroaryl ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin X. Chen, Srikanth Venkatraman, F. George Njoroge, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Charles A. Lesburg, Jose S. Duca, Neng-Yang Shih, Francisco Velazquez, Gopinadhan N. Anilkumar, Qingbei Zeng, Joseph A. Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 8557826
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain pentafluorosulfur imino heterocyclic compounds, including compounds Formula (I): and tautomers thereof, and solvates, prodrugs, esters, and deuterates of said compounds and said tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds, tautomers, solvates, prodrugs, esters, and deuterates, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R9, R11, ring A, ring B, m, n, p, q, r, -L1-, L2-, and L3- is selected independently and as defined herein. 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 in treating pathologies associated with amyloid beta (A?) protein, including Alzheimers Disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Stamford, Jared N Cumming
  • Patent number: 8557798
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof, wherein U, W, X, L, Y, M, Z, c, d, e, f, g, h, s, t, R1, R2, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17 and R18 are as defined in the specification; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed is the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases using the compounds of formula I in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor or a muscarinic m1 agonist or m2 antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ulrich Iserloh, Zhaoning Zhu, Andrew Stamford, Johannes H. Voigt
  • Patent number: 8557992
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to heterocyclic fused phenanthrolinone 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: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Jason W. Skudlarek
  • Patent number: 8557832
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzoquinazilinone 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: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Kuduk, Douglas C. Beshore, Christina Ng Di Marco, Thomas J. Greshock
  • Patent number: 8552023
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-amidic linkers with branched termini derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which CGRP is involved, such as migraine. 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 CGRP is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael R. Wood, June J. Kim, Harold G. Selnick, Shawn J. Stachel
  • Patent number: 8552019
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for compounds of formula A that inhibit PDK1 activity: The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting PDK1 activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Keenan, Alan B. Northrup
  • Patent number: 8552193
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to alternative forms of the title phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor which has the structural formula shown immediately below:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sophie-Dorothee Clas, Rafik Naccache, Hongshi Yu, Jerry Murry, Narayan Vanankaval
  • Patent number: 8551942
    Abstract: A lyophilized anti-fungal composition comprises (A) caspofungin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an effective amount; (B) one or more non-reducing sugars having a glass transition temperature Tg(s) of at least about 90° C.; and (C) an acetate buffer in an amount effective to provide a pH in a range of from about 5 to about 7; wherein the weight ratio of the one or more non-reducing sugars to caspofungin is in a range of from about 1.1:1 to about 10:1; the composition has a moisture content of about 0.8 wt. % or less; and the composition has a glass transition temperature Tg(c) of at least about 55° C. The lyophilized composition has good storage stability at temperatures up to and including room temperature. The composition can be reconstituted for use in preventing or treating fungal infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Sachin Mittal, Hossain Jahansouz, Sutthilug Sottivirat
  • Patent number: 8552022
    Abstract: Substituted cyclopropyl compounds of the formula I: are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts are included as well. The compounds are useful as agonists of the g-protein coupled receptor GPR-119.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Harold B. Wood, Alan D. Adams, Jason W. Szewczyk, Yong Zhang, Meng Yang
  • Patent number: 8551984
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyrimidine amines of formula (I) which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian M. Andresen, Kenneth L. Arrington, Jason Burch, Kaleen Konrad Childers, Bernard Cote, Maria Emilia Di Francesco, Anthony Donofrio, Kristina Dupont-Gaudet, John Michael Ellis, Christian Fischer, Daniel Guay, David Joseph Guerin, Andrew M. Haidle, Solomon Kattar, Sandra Lee Knowles, Chaomin Li, Jongwon Lim, Michelle R. Machacek, Alan B. Northrup, Brendan M. O'Boyle, Ryan D. Otte, Michael H. Reutershan, Eric Romeo, Adam J. Schell, Tony Siu, Kerrie B. Spencer, Brandon M. Taoka, B. Wesley Trotter, Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 8546404
    Abstract: Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula 1.0: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and solvates thereof. Q is a piperidine or piperazine ring that can have a bridge or a fused ring. The piperidine ring can have a double bond in the ring. All other substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme
    Inventors: Alan B. Cooper, Yongqi Deng, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Neng-Yang Shih, Hugh Y. Zhu, Robert Sun, Joseph M. Kelly, Ronald J. Doll, Yang Nan, Tong Wang, Jagdish A. Desai, James J-S Wang, Youhao Dong, Vincent S. Madison, Li Xiao, Alan W. Hruza, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Ahmed A. Samatar, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Azim Alan Celebi, Yiji Wu, Sobhana Babu Boga, Abdul-Basit Alhassan, Xiaolei Gao, Liang Zhu, Mehul Patel
  • Patent number: 8546420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives of formula (I), compositions comprising at least one 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives, and methods of using the 4,5-ring annulated indole derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient, wherein ring Z of formula (I), is cyclohexyl, cyclohexenyl, 6-membered heterocycloalkyl, 6-membered heterocycloalkenyl, 6-membered aryl or 6-membered heteroaryl, wherein R1, R2, R3, R6, R7 and R10 are as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gopinadhan N. Anilkumar, Yueheng Jiang, Stuart B. Rosenblum, Srikanth Venkatraman, Francisco Velazquez, Neng-Yang Shih, F. George Njoroge, Joseph A. Kozlowski
  • Publication number: 20130251677
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 19 that are associated with a beneficial response to interferon alpha (IFN-?). These IFN-? response markers are useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with IFN-? pharmaceutical compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with an IFN-?, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Arthur Bertelsen, Jacques Fellay, Dongliang Ge, David B. Goldstein, John G. McHutchison, Ping Qiu, Kevin Shianna, Jason S. Simon, Alexander J. Thompson, Thomas Urban
  • Patent number: 8541427
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain 2-imino-3-methyl pyrrolo pyrimidone compounds, including compounds Formula (II): and include tautomers, steroisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates of said compounds, stereoisomers, or said tautomers, wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each selected independently and as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds, and methods for their preparation and use in treating pathologies associated with amyloid beta (A?) protein, including Alzheimer's Disease, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Stamford, Zhaoning Zhu, Mihirbaran Mandal, Yusheng Wu, Jared N. Cumming, Xiaoxiang Liu, Guoqing Li, Ulrich Iserloh
  • Patent number: 8541572
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, aggrecanase, TNF—or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Kozlowski, Wensheng Yu, Michael K. C. Wong, Seong Heon Kim, Ling Tong, Brian J. Lavey, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, De-Yi Yang, Robert Feltz, Aneta Maria Kosinski, Guowei Zhou, Razia K. Rizvi, Chaoyang Dai, Luke Fire, Vinay Girijavallabhan, Dansu Li, Janeta Popovici-Muller, Judson E. Richard, Kristin E. Rosner, M. Arshad Siddiqui, Liping Yang
  • Patent number: 8541434
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and pro-drugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Cecil D. Kwong, F. George Njoroge, Subramaniam Ananthan, Ashok Arasappan, Frank Bennett, Jeremy Clark, Anita T. Fowler, Feng Geng, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, John J. Piwinski, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, John A. Secrist, III, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20130243692
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for evaluating the efficacy of an IGF1R inhibitor, such as an anti-IGF1R antibody, for the treatment of an Ewing's sarcoma tumor by determining the level of tumoral glucose metabolism. Tumoral glucose metabolism is determining at an early point in the treatment regimen by any of several methods known in the art including FDG-PET/CT scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Brian Der-Hua Lu, Siu-Long Yao, Cynthia Seidel-Dugan, Yan Wang
  • Patent number: 8536193
    Abstract: The instant invention provides for substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]-1,5-naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms, preferably Akt1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity, especially Akt1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Hidetomo Furuyama, Yasuhiro Goto, Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Mark E. Layton, Takashi Mita, Yoshio Ogino, Yu Onozaki, Michael A. Rossi, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Philip E. Sanderson, Jiabing Wang
  • Patent number: 8535887
    Abstract: The present invention provides genetic markers on human chromosome 19 that are associated with a beneficial response to interferon alpha (IFN-?). These IFN-? response markers are useful, inter alia, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with IFN-? pharmaceutical compositions and drug products, in methods of treating patients having a disease susceptible to treatment with an IFN-?, and in methods for selecting the most appropriate therapy for such patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Arthur Bertelsen, Jacques Fellay, Dongliang Ge, David B. Goldstein, John G. McHutchison, Ping Qiu, Kevin Shianna, Jason S. Simon, Alexander J. Thompson, Thomas Urban