Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Patent number: 6372754
    Abstract: The present invention relates compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent a variety of substituents; R6 represents hydrogen, CORa, CO2Ra, COCONRaRb, COCO2Ra, C1-6alkyl optionally substituted by a group selected from (CO2Ra, CONRaRb, hydroxy, CN, CORa, NRaRb, C(NOH)NRaRb, CONHphenyl(C1-4alkyl), COCO2Ra, CONHNRaRb, C(S)NRaRb, CONRaC1-6alkylR12, CONR13C2-6alkenyl, CONR13C2-6alkynyl, COCONRaRb, CONRaC(NRb)NRaRb, CONRaheteroaryl, and phenyl optionally substituted by one, two or three substituents selected from C1-6alky, C1-6alkoxy, halogen and trifluoromethyl); or R6 represents a group of formula —CH2C≡CCH2NR7R8 where R7 and R8 are as defined below; or R6 represents C1-6alkyl, optionally substituted by oxo, substituted by a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms optionally substituted by ═O or ═S and optionally substituted by a group of the formula ZNR7R8; or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventor: Janusz Jozef Kulagowski
  • Publication number: 20020042361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of depression and/or anxiety by the administration of a combination of a specific class of NK-1 receptor antagonists and an antidepressant or anti-anxiety agent. The present invention also provides preclinical screens for anxiolytic and antidepressant activity of NK-1 receptor antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Emma Joanne Carlson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak
  • Patent number: 6355638
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are GABA-A Alpha 5 ligands useful for enhancing cognition:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Helen Jane Bryant, William Robert Carling, Mark Stuart Chambers, Sarah Christine Hobbs, Philip Jones, Angus Murray MacLeod
  • Patent number: 6355798
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, possessing an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl or heteroaryl substituent as the 3-position and an amino moiety at the 6-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Madin, Andrew Pate Owens
  • Patent number: 6352994
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful for treatment of disorders of the central nervous system:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Ian James Collins, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Timothy Harrison, Paul David Leeson, Christopher Richard Moyes, Alan John Nadin, Michael Rowley, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
  • Publication number: 20020019524
    Abstract: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Ian Frank Cottrell, Ulf H. Dolling, David Hands, Robert Darrin Wilson
  • Patent number: 6337331
    Abstract: Substituted or 6,7-ring fused 1,2,3-triazolo[1,5-&agr;]-pyrimidine derivatives are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system, including anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Barff Broughton, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian James Collins, Karl Richard Gibson, Michael Rowley, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 6333336
    Abstract: Pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-3-one derivatives substituted at the 2-position by an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl moiety, and having pendant substituents at the 7-position and optionally also at the 6-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, particularly having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit, and are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders of the central nervous system, including anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Wesley Peter Blackaby, Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Richard Thomas Lewis, Michael Geoffrey Neil Russell, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 6323198
    Abstract: A method of treatment for enhancing cognition in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, for example, employs a specific GABAA Alpha5 receptor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventor: Gerard Raphael Dawson
  • Patent number: 6319924
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by wherein Z represents an optionally substituted tetrahydropyridinyl substituent, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Timothy Harrison, Timothy Jason Sparey
  • Patent number: 6319953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of depression and/or anxiety by the administration of a combination of a specific class of NK-1 receptor antagonists and fluoxetine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Emma Joanne Carlson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak
  • Patent number: 6316468
    Abstract: 3-(Piperidin-4-yl)-1H-indole derivatives bearing an optionally substituted phenyl moiety at the 2-position of the indole ring system and an alkyl or aryl-alkyl substituent on the nitrogen atom of the piperndine ring are selective antagonists of the human 5-HT2A receptor. They are therefore useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of adverse conditions of the central nervous system, including psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert James Maxey, Michael Rowley, Monique Bodil Van Niel
  • Patent number: 6313125
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives are ligands for GABAA receptors useful in the treatment of disorders of dementing illnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: William Robert Carling, Kevin William Moore, Austin John Reeve
  • Patent number: 6303605
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by wherein Z represents cyclobutyl or pyrrolidin-1-yl, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Timothy Harrison, Andrew Madin, Martin Richard Teall
  • Patent number: 6303597
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, possessing an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, phenyl or heteroaryl substituent at the 3-position, a substituted alkoxy moiety at the 6-position, and an optionally substituted bicycloalkyl ring system at the 7-position, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: William Robert Carling, Kevin William Moore, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 6297235
    Abstract: A compound of formula I, or a salt or prodrug thereof: wherein: Z represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, C4-7 cycloalkenyl, aryl, C3-7 heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl or di(C1-6)alkylamino, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; R1 represents an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from oxazole, thiazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, triazole and tetrazole; or R1 represents an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaromatic ring selected from pyrazine, pyrimidine and pyridazine; and R2 represents cyano(C1-6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-6)alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl(C1-6)alky, propargyl, C3-7 heterocycloalkylcarbonyl(C1-6)alkyl, aryl(C1-6)alkyl or heteroaryl(C1-6)alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted; its use in treating anxiety and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it; a subclass of compounds which are useful in enhancing cognition, such as Alzheimer's Disease, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamara Ladduwahetty, Kevin John Merchant, Francine Sternfeld, Leslie Joseph Street
  • Patent number: 6297376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of mopholine derivatives of formula (I) which are useful as a therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Frank Cottrell, Ulf H Dolling, David Hands, Robert Darrin Wilson
  • Patent number: 6291460
    Abstract: 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine derivatives, represented by wherein Z represents cyclobutyl, 1-methylcyclopentyl or pyrrolidin-1-yl, are selective ligands for GABAA receptors, in particular having high affinity for the &agr;2 and/or &agr;3 subunit thereof, are useful in the treatment of anxiety and convulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Harrison, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
  • Publication number: 20010018438
    Abstract: Compounds according to Formula (I) or a salt thereof are selective ligands for GABAA receptors useful for treatment of disorders of the central nervous system: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian James Collins, Stephen Robert Fletcher, Timothy Harrison, Paul David Leeson, Christopher Richard Moyes, Alan John Nadin, Michael Rowley, Timothy Jason Sparey, Martin Richard Teall
  • Patent number: 6271230
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the treatment or prevention of cognitive disorders which comprises oral administration of an orally active, long acting, CNS-penetrant NK-1 receptor antagonist and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a NK-1 receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Raymond Baker, Jason Matthew Elliott, Neil Roy Curtis, Timothy Harrison, Gregory John Hollingworth, Janusz Jozef Kulagowski, Philip Stephen Jackson, Nadia Melanie Rupniak, Eileen Mary Seward, Brian John Williams, Christopher John Swain