Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20190337917
    Abstract: Compounds of general formula (Ia), compounds of general formula (Ia?), compounds of general formula (Ib), compounds of general formula (Ib?), compounds of general formula (I), compounds of general formula (I?), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R8, R9, X1, X2, and X3 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 of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Michael D. Altman, Brandon D. Cash, Wonsuk Chang, Jared N. Cumming, Andrew M. Haidle, Timothy J. Henderson, James P. Jewell, Matthew A. Larsen, Rui Liang, Jongwon Lim, Min Lu, Ryan D. Otte, Tony Siu, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Sriram Tyagarajan
  • Publication number: 20190338187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a nematic phase comprising one or more compounds of formula B wherein the parameters have the meaning given in the text, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type and to the use of the compounds of formula B for improvement of the transmission and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Constanze BROCKE
  • Publication number: 20190337902
    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 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tanweer Khan, Elizabeth Smith, Peter Williams, Catherine Wiscount, Brian McKittrick, John McCauley
  • Publication number: 20190337910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as modulators of ?7 nAChR, compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds for preventing, treating, or ameliorating disease, particularly disorders of the central nervous system such as cognitive impairments in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as for L-DOPA induced-dyskinesia and inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: BRENDAN M. CROWLEY, BRIAN T. CAMPBELL, JOSEPH L. DUFFY, THOMAS J. GRESHOCK, DEODIAL G. GUIADEEN, ANDREW JOHN HARVEY, BELINDA C. HUFF, KENNETH J. LEAVITT, VANESSA L. RADA, JOHN M. SANDERS, WILLIAM D. SHIPE, LINDA M. SUEN, IAN M. BELL
  • Publication number: 20190338025
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Bowman, Maribal Beaumont, Marie-Ange Buyse, Carlo Boutton, Bruno Dombrecht, Robert A. Kastelein, David Vlerick
  • Patent number: 10463666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which comprises progestogens, preferably drospirenone, estrogens, preferably ethinylestradiol and 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate, can be employed as oral contraceptive and moreover prevents disorders caused by folate deficiency in the consumers, in particular cardiovascular disorders and, after conception of the embryo, congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency such as, for example, neural tube defects, ventricular valve defects, urogenital defects, and cleft lip, jaw and palate, without masking the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, and at the same time even in the case of homozygous or heterozygous polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase facilitates unimpaired utilizability of the folate component 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate by the body and thus its biological activity for preventing the abovementioned congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: MERCK & CIE, Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Strothmann, Gavin Welch Wasserfall-Smith, Klaus Pietrzik, Kristina King, Rudolf Moser
  • Patent number: 10465117
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, and a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, which comprises a) one or more compounds of the formula I and b) one or more compounds of the formula II in which the parameters have the respective meanings indicated in Claim 1. The use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect. Displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type. Use of the compounds of the formula I for the stabilization of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Eveline Baron, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 10465115
    Abstract: The invention relates to cinnamic acid derivatives of formula S wherein the radicals have the meaning indicated in claim 1, to a process for their preparation and their use as self assembling photoalignment agent in liquid crystal mixtures. The invention further relates to a process for the fabrication of a liquid crystal (LC) display device with homogeneous alignment by photoaligning a liquid crystal mixture with positive or negative dielectric anisotropy comprising one or more compounds of formula S and optionally a polymerizable compound, to the liquid crystal mixture comprising the self assembling photoaligning agent and optionally the polymerizable compound and to the LC display produced by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kevin Adlem, Alex Davis, Hassan Arasi, Joseph Sargent, Rachel Tuffin, Ian Charles Sage
  • Patent number: 10464937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of N-protected (2S,5R)-6-hydroxy-7-oxo-N-piperidin-4-yl-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxamide intermediates. Such compounds have application in the preparation of beta-lactamase inhibitors such as 7-oxo-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxamides and esters, in particular, the beta lactamase inhibitor, (2S,5R)-7-oxo-N-piperidin-4-yl-6-(sulfoxy)-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxamide. The present invention also encompasses intermediates useful in the disclosed processes and methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jianguo Yin, Zhijian Liu, Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Mark Weisel
  • Patent number: 10464874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Friedrich, Julian Osthoff
  • Patent number: 10464923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid form of 1-(4-{[6-Amino-5-(4-phenoxy-phenyl)-pyrimidin-4-ylamino]-methyl}-piperidin-1-yl)-propenone, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as BTK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Becker, Marco Poma, Edoardo Burini, Christoph Saal, Vedad Theuerkorn
  • Patent number: 10465114
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium which is suitable for use in a guest-host system. An LC device, preferably a device for the regulation of the passage of energy, containing the liquid-crystalline medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Junge, Andreas Beyer, Ursula Patwal, Peer Kirsch, Susann Beck
  • Publication number: 20190330475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
  • Publication number: 20190330530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula DFS in which the groups and parameters occurring have the meanings indicated in claim 1, to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas. The present invention further relates to novel mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Dagmar KLASS, Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER, Dmitry USHAKOV, Beate SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20190328970
    Abstract: A reloadable auto injector wherein a syringe assembly is movably positioned between a first position in which the needle is accommodated inside a housing and a second position in which the needle protrudes outside the housing. The assembly comprises a syringe, a plunger rod and a plunger rod driver configured to apply a force to the plunger rod to advance the plunger rod in the syringe for delivering at least one dose of medicament. A syringe driver is configured to apply a force to the assembly thereby moving the assembly from the first position to the second position. A reload handle may be connected to the assembly so that user operation of the reload handle retracts the assembly to the first position and simultaneously reload the syringe driver to thereby ready the auto injector for delivering a further dose of medicament. The plunger rod driver is not re-activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Soeren BECHMANN, Flemming MADSEN, Esben W. JOHANSEN
  • Publication number: 20190330195
    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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Fuller, Jason Brubaker, Hongbo Zeng, Joshua Close, Jonathan Young
  • Publication number: 20190330340
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Bowman, Maribel Beaumont, Marie-Ange Buyse, Carlo Boutton, Bruno Dombrecht, Robert A. Kastelein, David Vlerick
  • Publication number: 20190330352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dosing regimen of avelumab for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention relates to improved dosing regimen of avelumab for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: PFIZER INC, MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Glen Ian Andrews, Carlo Leonel BELLO, Satjit Singh BRAR, Shaonan WANG, Pascal GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20190328762
    Abstract: Therapeutic combinations that comprise at least one antagonist of the Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and at least one cyclic dinucleotide compound that activates the Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) pathway are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is the use of such therapeutic combinations for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Saso Cemerski, Jared N Cumming, Johnny E Kopinja, Yanhong Ma, Samanthi A Perera, Benjamin Wesley Trotter, Archie Ngai-Chiu Tse
  • Publication number: 20190330339
    Abstract: The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Edward Bowman, Maribel Beaumont, Marie-Ange Buyse, Carlo Boutton, Bruno Dombrecht, Robert A. Kastelein, David Vlerick