Abstract: The invention provides a family of agents that target integrins, which can be used as imaging agents and/or therapeutic agents. The agents can be used to image angiogenesis, inflammation or other physiological processes in a subject.
Abstract: This disclosure relates to an improved synthesis of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds such as ceftolozane, and compositions and methods of use thereof. Thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid compounds such as TATD can be reacted to yield the activated thiadiazolyl-oximinoacetic acid methanesulfonate ester compounds useful in the manufacture of cephalosporin antibiotic compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 4, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Kristos Adrian Moshos, Valdas Jurkauskas, Manuel Scanu, Michele Benotti
Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) where A is a heterocycle ring system and B is a heterocycle ring system or aryl ring system, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.
Inventors:
Cameron James Smith, Edward Sherer, Louis-Charles Campeau, James Balkovec, William John Greenlee, Derun Li, Liangqin Guo, Tin-Yau Chan, Yi-Heng Chen, Yili Chen, Samuel Chackalamannil, John Qiang Tan, Tomokazu Hirabayashi, Mika Sekioka
Abstract: The invention provides compounds with enhanced permeability for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
Abstract: The present invention provides nucleoside compounds and certain derivatives thereof which are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral polymerase. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral replication and are useful for the treatment of RNA-dependent RNA viral infection. They are particularly useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replication, and/or for the treatment of hepatitis C infection. The invention also describes pharmaceutical compositions containing such nucleoside compounds alone or in combination with other agents active against RNA-dependent RNA viral infection, in particular HCV infection. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA viral replication, and/or treating RNA-dependent RNA viral infection with the nucleoside compounds of the present invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 16, 2017
Publication date:
June 29, 2017
Applicants:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Inventors:
Balkrishen Bhat, Anne B. Eldrup, Thazha P. Prakash, Phillip Dan Cook, David B. Olsen, Steven S. Carroll, Malcolm MacCoss
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:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2015
Publication date:
June 29, 2017
Applicants:
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
Abstract: 3,3?-Disubstituted indoline compounds, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Jonathan E. Wilson, Petr Vachal, Ravi Kurukulasuriya
Abstract: The present invention is directed to indazole compounds which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease. 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 LRRK2 kinase is involved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 27, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Michael Miller, Kallol Basu, Duane DeMong, Jack Scott, Hong Liu, Xing Dai, Andrew Stamford, Marc Poirier, Paul Tempest
Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds, including compounds Formula (I): (I) and include stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds stereoisomers, wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R9, ring A, ring B, m, n, p, -L1-, L2-, and L3- is selected independently and as defined herein. The novel iminothiadiazine dioxide compounds of the invention have surprisingly been found to exhibit properties which are expected to render them advantageous as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related to ?-amyloid (A?) production. 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:
August 29, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Jack D. Scott, Andrew W. Stamford, Eric J. Gilbert, Jared N. Cumming, Ulrich Iserloh
Abstract: A process is described for purifying insulin and insulin analogs that comprises use of two or more orthogonal chromatographic purification steps in tandem following enzymatic digestion of the propeptide-insulin precursor to remove specific product impurities, improve process consistency, and increase process redundancy in the purification of the insulin or insulin analog, e.g., insulin lispro.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 16, 2015
Publication date:
June 22, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Douglas S. Watson, Allison D. Ortigosa, Michael A. Rauscher, Kathryn M. Story
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, and E are defined herein, which compounds have properties for inhibiting Nav 1.7 ion channels found in peripheral and sympathetic neurons. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula A or their salts, and methods of treating pain disorders, cough, and itch using the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2016
Publication date:
June 22, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Thomas J. Greshock, James Mulhearn, Junying Zheng, Ronald M. Kim, Ting Zhang, Anthony J. Roecker, Walter Won, Philippe Nantermet, Rajan Anand, Gang Zhou, Deping Wang, Liangqin Guo
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that are metallo-?-lactamase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for use with ?-lactam antibiotics for overcoming resistance.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 4, 2015
Publication date:
June 22, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Haifeng Tang, Shu-Wei Yang, Mihir Mandal, Jing Su, Guoqing Li, Weidong Pan, Haiqun Tang, Reynalda DeJesus, Jianping Pan, William Hagmann, Fa-Xiang Ding, Li Xiao, Alexander Pasternak, Yuhua Huang, Shuzhi Dong, Dexi Yang
Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are described: wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein. The compounds of Formula I are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis and treatment of infection by HIV, and the prophylaxis, delay in the onset or progression, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 27, 2015
Publication date:
June 22, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Christopher S. Burgey, Jeffrey F. Fritzen, Jaume Balsells, Mehul Patel
Abstract: The present invention provides 2,6,7 substituted purines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 20, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Matthew P. Christopher, Francesc Xavier Fradera Llinas, Michelle Machacek, Michelle Martinez, Michael Hale Reutershan, Manami Shizuka, Binyuan Sun, Christopher Francis Thompson, B. Wesley Trotter, Matthew E. Voss, Liping Yang
Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
Inventors:
Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Scott D. Edmondson, Zhuyan Guo, Alan W. Hruza, Zahid Hussain, Remond Moningka, Nancy Jo Kevin
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A: (structurally represented) where “RG1”, “RG2a”, “RG4”, “RG5”, “MG1”, “n” and “m” are defined herein which compounds are antagonists of A2A receptor. Disclosed herein also are uses of the compounds described herein as antagonists of the A2a receptor in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological disorders and diseases in which A2A receptors are involved. Disclosed herein also are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and uses of these pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 13, 2017
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Amjad Ali, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Yeon-Hee Lim, Andrew Stamford, Rongze Kuang, Paul Tempest, Younong Yu, Michael Berlin, Pauline Ting, Gang Zhou, Tao Yu, Christopher Boyce, Joseph Michael Kelly, Jayaram R. Tagat, Junying Zheng, Xianhai Huang, Wei Zhou, Jae-Hun Kim, Nicolas Zorn, Dong Xiao, Gioconda V. Gallo, Walter Won, Heping Wu, Rajan Anand, Qiaolin Deng
Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2-amino-3-ester pyridyl compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2-amino-3-ester pyridyl compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.
Abstract: The invention is a pharmaceutical tablet formulation comprising between about 12.5 mg and 100 mg losartan potassium, between about 6.25 mg and about 50 mg chlorthalidone, and sodium bicarbonate in an amount between about 1.0% and about 10.0% by weight.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 24, 2014
Publication date:
June 8, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
Inventors:
Jan-Piet Wijgergangs, Jocominus Antonius Maria Zwinkels, Albert Falivene Aldea
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.
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of using anti-ILT5 antibodies and ILT5-binding fragments thereof to induce an immunostimulatory effect in a T cell when such a T cell is contacted with an antigen presenting cell (APC) that has been previously contacted with the anti-ILT5 antibody or ILT5-binding fragment. Also disclosed herein are methods of using anti-ILT5 antibodies and ILT5-binding fragments thereof to inhibit a response in a T cell (e.g., a proliferative response) when such a T cell is concomitantly contacted, or has previously been contacted, with an APC, which APC is simultaneously contacted with the anti-ILT5 antibody or ILT5-binding fragment. Also disclosed herein are methods of using anti-ILT5 antibodies and ILT5-binding fragments thereof for the treatment of various diseases and for use as immunostimulatory adjuvants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 7, 2016
Publication date:
June 8, 2017
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Irina Apostolou, Paul Ponath, Joe Ponte, Michael Rosenzweig, Lou Vaickus