Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • Publication number: 20200095262
    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.
  • Patent number: 10597422
    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
  • Publication number: 20200087375
    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
  • Publication number: 20200078035
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Brad Thomas Britland
  • Patent number: 10584121
    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
  • Patent number: 10584179
    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
  • Publication number: 20200069671
    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
  • Publication number: 20200069691
    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
  • Publication number: 20200069792
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Dai Wang, Lan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200069809
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shuai Shi, Valentyn Antochshuk
  • Patent number: 10577348
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Pranav Gupta, Jason Wan, Scott T. Trzaska
  • Patent number: 10577600
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, an antibody display system that simultaneously uses a secretion and a display mode. Embodiments of the invention provide a system in which a bait complexed with a monovalent antibody fragment can be captured prior to secretion in a host cell by virtue of surface displaying an antibody light chain and utilizing the covalent interaction of this light chain with the heavy chain of an antibody molecule that is co-expressed in the same host. Polypeptides, polynucleotides and host cells useful for making the antibody display system are also provided along with methods of using the system for identifying antibodies that bind specifically to an antigen of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hussam Hisham Shaheen, Dongxing Zha
  • Patent number: 10577316
    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
  • Publication number: 20200062798
    Abstract: A class of polycyclic compounds 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, R8a, and R9 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Wen-Lian WU, Jongwon LIM, Jared N. Cumming, Benjamin Wesley TROTTER, Wonsuk CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200061179
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides obtained from bacterial capsules are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) or a variant thereof. The immunogenic compositions may be multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate compositions in which polysaccharides from one or more Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) and, optionally, additional polysaccharides from one or more different Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are conjugated to one or more other carrier proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: John E. MacNair, Michael A. Winters, Thomas Svab, Sheng-Ching Wang, William J. Smith, Cecilia Giovarelli
  • Publication number: 20200061542
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for preparing polysaccharide protein conjugates utilizing surfactants to improve filterability of the conjugation reaction mixture. The polysaccharide-protein conjugates are useful for inclusion in vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael A. Winters, Patrick McHugh, Kyle Evans, Jian He, Josef Vlasak, Willam J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20200061184
    Abstract: Described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses comprising a packaged genome comprising a transgene encoding interleukin-12. The chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and compositions thereof are useful in combination with an antagonist of programmed cell death protein 1 (“PD-1”) or a ligand thereof in the treatment of cancer. In particular, described herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administering the chimeric Newcastle disease viruses in combination with an antagonist of PD-1 or a ligand thereof, wherein the chimeric Newcastle disease virus comprises a packaged genome comprising a transgene encoding interleukin-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Palese, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Dmitriy Zamarin, Svetlana Sadekova, Rachel Allison Altura, Uyen Phan, Brian B. Haines, Jedd D. Wolchok
  • Patent number: 10568968
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treatment for tumors. In particular, methods are provided for use of a chemically modified IL-10 to treat tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Oft, Catherine Sheppard, John Brian Mumm, Lingling Wu
  • Patent number: 10568876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of diacylglyceride O-acyltransferase 2 (“DGAT2”) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by DGAT2. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of hepatic steatosis, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Imbriglio, Rui Liang, Clare London, Kenneth Marby, James Tata, Ming You, Yusheng Xiong
  • Publication number: 20200054740
    Abstract: The present invention provides pneumococcal conjugate vaccine formulations comprising surfactant systems incorporating polysorbate 20 or a combination of a poloxamer and a polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Smith, Cecilia Giovarelli, Denise K. Nawrocki