Patents Assigned to Merck Sharp
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200055938
    Abstract: The present invention provides formulations of anti-LAG3 antibodies, and co-formulations of anti-PD-1 antibodies and anti-LAG3 antibodies, and their use in treating various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Preeti G. Desai, Shuai Shi, Valentyn Antochshuk, Rubi Burlage, Smita Raghava
  • Publication number: 20200054530
    Abstract: A multiple dose spoon device for scooping, retaining, and delivering to a patient a specific number of mini-tablets from a container, e.g., bottle, or bulk pile, of mini-tablets. The device comprises a top housing, a bottom housing, and one or two sliders movably positioned between top housing and bottom housing, said: a) top housing having a plurality of nests, and also having a handle with an open window and slider retention notches, and b) one or two sliders with slider tabs, having a plurality of sequential whole number markings equivalent to the plurality of nests, and a plurality minus 1 of tablet blocking ribs, wherein slider movement is regulated by the slider retention notches, and wherein the plurality of nests and the plurality of whole number markings are a same number. Alternatively, the top housing does not have slider retention notches, and the one or two sliders have slider retention notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Annaniy Berenshteyn, Michael Gotliboym, Christopher Granelli
  • Publication number: 20200054598
    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: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandra G. Naik, Elizabeth S. Ommen, James Michael Rusnak, Steven G. Terra
  • Patent number: 10562951
    Abstract: The use of two tandem microfiltration (MF) steps in a process for making recombinant insulin is described. The two MF steps in a single downstream purification unit operation reduce both soluble and insoluble impurities and exchange the insulin product into a suitable buffer for downstream purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Sean S. Gant, Michael J. Iammarino, Kristi Kerchner, Michael A. Rauscher, David J. Roush, Christopher H. Smith, Martin Chandler, Matthew Petroff
  • Publication number: 20200048259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) (represented as tautomers Ia and Ib): (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are KDM5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: UMAR FARUK MANSOOR, Christian Fischer, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Hakan Gunaydin
  • Publication number: 20200046821
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for making polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides, typically from bacteria, are conjugated to a carrier protein by reductive amination under conditions which improve conjugation reaction consistency, increase consumption of protein during conjugation reaction, generate conjugates of higher molecular weight, and/or reduce the levels of free cyanide in the conjugate reaction product. The polysaccharide-protein conjugates obtained using these methods are useful for inclusion in multivalent vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jitin Bajaj, Michael Albert Winters, Emily Wen, Jian He
  • Publication number: 20200048258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) (represented as tautomers Ia and Ib) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are KDM5 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: UMAR FARUK MANSOOR, Christian Fischer, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Luis Torres, Hakan Gunaydin, David L. Sloman
  • Patent number: 10558471
    Abstract: When a system configuration is deployed, the recipe used, the results of the deployment, and/or the results of any qualification tests performed may be anchored to a distributed ledger. Periodically, the system configuration may be audited by verifying the recipe against the anchored version. The results of such audits may also be anchored to the distributed ledger. Thus, what is anchored to the distributed ledger represents a cryptographically verifiable history of the configuration of the system. Consequently, the system configuration at any time can be proven by comparing historical configuration information maintained by the owner of the system to the distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: David Brett Pasirstein
  • Patent number: 10556900
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to bicyclic heteroaryl benzamide compounds of formulas (I): which are tropomyos-in-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, and hence are useful in the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Craig A. Stump, Yi Heng Chen, Ping Liu, Dongfang Meng, Jane Yang Wu, Chun Sing Li, Zhiqi Qi
  • Patent number: 10556950
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for using and compositions of humanized antibodies that bind tau protein that is phosphorylated at the serine at position 413.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED, MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Eguchi, Takashi Murakami, Naoko Namiki, Akira Tanokura, Jeanne E. Baker, Sophie Parmentier Batteur, Angela Marie Jablonski, Daniel Stephen Malashock, Carl Mieczkowski, Gopalan (Raghu) Raghunathan
  • Patent number: 10556957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-CD27 antibodies, as well as use of these antibodies in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Sharp & Dohme B. V.
    Inventors: Amy M. Beebe, Jason Ka Jen Cheung, Veronica Juan, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Svetlana Sadekova, Jerelyn Wong, Hans van Eenennaam, Andrea van Elsas, Lars Guelen, Thierry Olivier Fischmann, Winifred W. Prosise
  • Publication number: 20200038368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as ertugliflozin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a co-crystal thereof, for treating, reducing the risk of and/or preventing heart failure, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular death in animals without type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus, or in animals with pre-diabetes, or in animals with type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Lauring, Samuel S. Engel, Steven G. Terra, James M. Rusnak
  • Publication number: 20200043372
    Abstract: A reusable safety syringe training device is provided. The device comprises a syringe contained within a syringe protective member. The syringe protective member is movable vertically within an outer protective sheath from a first position to a second position and back to the first position. In the first position, the device is in an injection-ready position with the needle exposed and the syringe protective member in a locked vertical position with respect to the outer protective sheath. In the second position, the device is in a post-injection position such that the syringe protective member is no longer vertically locked with respect to the outer protective sheath and has moved vertically upward thereby rendering the needle within the outer protective sheath. The plunger carries a release flange sufficient to engage release latches that otherwise retain the syringe protective member in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter A. Basile, Michael M. Maia
  • Publication number: 20200039951
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain substituted N-aryl and N-heteroaryl piperidine compounds of the Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L, R4, L1, Q, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising a compound thereof, may be useful as Liver X-? receptor (LXR?) agonists, and may be useful for treating or preventing pathologies related thereto. Such pathologies include, but are not limited to, inflammatory diseases and diseases characterized by defects in cholesterol and lipid metabolism, such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Michael T. Rudd, Zhaoyang Meng, Jenny Wai, David Jonathan Bennett, Edward J. Brnardic, Nigel J. Liverton, Shawn J. Stachel, Yongxin Han, Paul Tempest, Jiuxiang Zhu, Xuewang Xu
  • Publication number: 20200039975
    Abstract: This invention provides an improved processes for the preparation of verubecestat (Compound of Formula (I)), a potent inhibitor of BACE-1 and BACE-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Morris, David Thaisrivongs, Thomas W. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20200040310
    Abstract: The present invention provides an efficient process for culturing viruses in the presence of an endonuclease and for producing vaccines, typically from live attenuated viruses, under conditions to reduce the presence of host cell DNA and eliminate the need for a post-harvest DNA digestion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yi Li, Matthew Woodling, Adam Kristopeit
  • Patent number: 10552445
    Abstract: A bubble is displayed in a visualization that is based on a number of distinct values pertaining to the concept and on a number of records in the dataset including at least one of the distinct values pertaining to the concept. Furthermore, the dataset includes records from one or more databases organized into a concept hierarchy. The bubble includes, for a level of the concept hierarchy, a plurality of indicators each representing one of the distinct values at the level of the concept hierarchy. An interaction with the bubble visualization is received. Responsive to receiving the interaction, the bubble visualization is updated by adjusting the bubble to include a radial bar graph representative of a relative quantity of each distinct value of the concept represented by the bubble at each indicator of the plurality of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventor: Oriana Jeannette Love
  • Patent number: 10548910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein B, X, Y, R, R1, R2 and R10 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivative, and methods of using the Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Graham, Tao Yu, Sherman T. Waddell, John A. McCauley, Andrew Stamford, Wensheng Liu, Jay A. Grobler, Libo Xu
  • Patent number: 10550190
    Abstract: Phosphate-based linkers with tunable stability for intracellular delivery of drug conjugates are described. The phosphate-based linkers comprise a monophosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, or tetraphosphate group (phosphate group) and a linker arm comprising a tuning element and optionally a spacer. A payload is covalently linked to the phosphate group at the distal end of the linker arm and the functional group at the proximal end of the linker arm is covalently linked to a cell-specific targeting ligand such as an antibody. These phosphate-based linkers have a differentiated and tunable stability in blood vs. an intracellular environment (e.g. lysosomal compartment).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Ambrx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Garbaccio, Jeffrey Kern, Philip E. Brandish, Sanjiv Shah, Linda Liang, Ying Sun, Jianing Wang, Nick Knudsen, Andrew Beck, Anthony Manibusan, Dennis Gately