Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Publication number: 20200297788
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating tumours comprising delivering an oncolytic virus or oncolytic viral RNA via direct injection or systemic administration or intravesicular administration to the tumour or cancer in combination with the co-administration of an immuno-stimulatory agent via the systemic route to a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Darren Shafren, Gough Geoffrey Au
  • Publication number: 20200299266
    Abstract: A composition comprising (S)-N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide and hypromellose acetate succinate for pharmaceutical preparations, especially capsule preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Pranav Gupta, Jiansheng Wan
  • Publication number: 20200297692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present invention also relates to methods for preventing neuronal damage following the incidence of ischemic stroke and close-head traumatic brain injury in animals comprising the step of administering to an animal, in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of ertugliflozin or a co-crystal or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandra G. Naik, Elizabeth S. Ommen, James Michael Rusnak, Steven G. Terra
  • Patent number: 10780092
    Abstract: The invention provides certain fused pyrazine compounds of the Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, R1, R3, R4a, R5a, R5b, R6, and the subscript t are as described herein. The compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can modulate the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (“cGMP”), and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases or disorders which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for use of the compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts in the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and disorders and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alan Whitehead, Olga Ornoski, Subharekha Raghavan, Raphaelle Berger, Joie Garfunkle, Zhiqiang Yang, Gang Ji, Falong Jiang, Jianmin Fu
  • Publication number: 20200289761
    Abstract: A syringe is provided herein for injecting medication into a patient, the syringe including a tubular barrel having opposing inner and outer surfaces, an open proximal end, and a distal end having a wall extending thereacross. An opening is defined in the wall with a needle mount extending distally from the wall about the opening. A first panel extends radially outwardly from the outer surface of the barrel, the first panel having opposing first and second faces. Further, a first scale including a series of spaced-apart first graduations is disposed on the first face of the first panel. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a syringe may be provided having a planar portion, in addition to its barrel, with graduations marked thereon for improved viewing by a practitioner in determining a proper dose amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Pharmaceutical Industrial and Commercial Societe Anonyme, MSD IT Global Innovation Center S.R.O.
    Inventors: Georgios Errikos GRIGOREAS, Ashley Marie POLHEMUS
  • Publication number: 20200289493
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treatment for recurrent cancer(s) through combination therapy with an agent that inhibits programmed death-1 protein (PD-1) signaling and an agent that inhibits poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase (PARP) signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: TESARO, Inc., MERCK SHARP & DOHME B.V.
    Inventors: Dmitri Bobilev, Bruce Dezube, Peng Sun, Andrew R. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20200290996
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: Also disclosed herein are uses of a compound 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 a composition in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Catherine M. White, Abdelghani Achab, Indu T. Bharathan, Xavier Fradera, Yongxin Han, Derun Li, Jongwon Lim, Kun Liu, Meredeth Ann McGowan, Nunzio Sciammetta, Wensheng Yu, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200289406
    Abstract: The instant invention provides pharmaceutical formulations for a long acting injectable drug product comprising a suspension of doravirine for parenteral administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous routes. The drug product can be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV or for the treatment, prophylaxis, or delay in the onset of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) or ARC (AIDS related complex).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., MERCK SHARP & DOHME B. V.
    Inventors: Sachin Mittal, Irina Kazakevich, Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Peter Bakker, Luke Schenck, David J. Goldfarb, Amitava Mitra, Donna Carroll, Nazia Khawaja
  • Patent number: 10772947
    Abstract: The invention provides human papillomavirus (HPV) antigen formulations which show increased antigen stability. More specifically, the invention provides stable HPV formulations comprising HPV virus-like particles (VLPs) bound to an aluminum salt adjuvant and further comprise a combination of sucrose and mannitol. The vaccine formulations of the invention are stable following freeze-thaw and freeze-drying. Also provided are lyophilized and frozen HPV vaccine formulations comprising HPV VLPs of at least one HPV type adsorbed onto an aluminum salt adjuvant, sucrose, and mannitol. Methods of making the stable vaccine formulations of the invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ramesh V. Chintala, Akhilesh Bhambhani
  • Patent number: 10772888
    Abstract: Compressed tablets for oral administration containing raltegravir in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt are described. The tablets comprise: (A) an intragranular component comprising (i) an effective amount of an alkali metal salt of raltegravir, (ii) optionally a first superdisintegrant, and (iii) a binder; and (B) an extragranular component comprising (i) a second superdisintegrant, (ii) a filler, and (iii) a lubricant. Methods for preparing the tablets and the use of the tablets, optionally in combination with other anti-HIV agents, for the inhibition of HIV integrase, for the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection, or for the treatment, delay in the onset, or prophylaxis of AIDS are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Majid Mahjour, Feng Li, Decheng Ma, Sutthilug Sotthivirat
  • Publication number: 20200282070
    Abstract: The present invention provides capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes identified using NMR. The present invention further provides polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which capsular polysaccharides from one or more of these serotypes are conjugated to a carrier protein such as CRM197. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates from one or more of these serotypes may be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines having polysaccharides from multiple additional Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard J. Porambo, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Kavuka Musey, Michael J. Kosinski, Yadong Adam Cui
  • Publication number: 20200281913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Z, RA, X1, X2 and R1 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, optionally in combination with a beta lactam antibiotic and/or a beta-lactamase inhibitor. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more ?-lactam antibiotics and optionally in combination with one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. The compounds of the invention are useful in the methods described herein for overcoming antibiotic resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Alexander Pasternak, Shuzhi Dong, Jack D. Scott, Haiqun Tang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Dexi Yang, Xin Gu, Jinlong Jiang, Li Xiao
  • Publication number: 20200282040
    Abstract: The present invention provides capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes identified using NMR. The present invention further provides polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which capsular polysaccharides from one or more of these serotypes are conjugated to a carrier protein such as CRM197. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates from one or more of these N serotypes may be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines having polysaccharides from multiple additional Steptococcus pneumoniae serotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Richard J. Porambo, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Kavuka Musey, Michael J. Kosinski, Yadong Adam Cui
  • Patent number: 10766957
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP
    Inventors: Sybil M. G. Williams, Wolfgang Seghezzi, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Linda Liang, Veronica Juan
  • Patent number: 10766919
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I?), or of general formula (I?), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brian Andresen, Wonsuk Chang, Matthew Lloyd Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew Marc Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Hong Liu, Min Lu, Alan B. Northrup, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Quang T. Truong, Shawn P. Walsh, Kake Zhao
  • Patent number: 10766883
    Abstract: The instant invention provides compounds which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Fuller, Jason Brubaker, Hongbo Zeng, Joshua Close, Jonathan Young
  • Publication number: 20200276274
    Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide of SEQ ID No. 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or counterion thereof, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating diabetes and diabetes-related disorders with such pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Suzanne M. D'Addio, Sachin Lohani, Sachin Mittal, Sergei Y. Pechenov, Daniel Hong Yin
  • Publication number: 20200276316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a number of process improvements related to the conjugation of capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae to a carrier protein. These process are serotype specific and include acid hydrolysis, addition of sodium chloride to the reductive amination reaction, and addition of sucrose to dissolve polysaccharides. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared using the processes of the invention can be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Patrick McHugh, Michael Albert Winters, Janelle Konietzko
  • Publication number: 20200276153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating a cell proliferation disorder (e.g., cancer) comprising administering: (a) a compound having the Formula (I), wherein R1 or R2 are as herein defined, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) an anti-human PD-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof to a human patient in need thereof. Also disclosed are therapeutic combinations and kits containing such agents for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Elaine M Pinheiro, Michael Rosenzweig, Robert A. Kastelein, David R. Kaufman, Deborah A. Law
  • Patent number: D896648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp.
    Inventors: Tinh Nguyen-DeMary, Raymond K. Seto