Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, in particular based on a mixture of polar compounds, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, SA-VA, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, PS-FFS, UB-FFS or PS-UB-FFS effect.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, treatment of infection by HIV, prophylaxis of infection by HIV, and the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC by administering a compound of structural Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof, wherein X is —F or —Cl, less frequently than once daily.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 13, 2024
Publication date:
March 6, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Daria Hazuda, Michael D. Miller, Jay A. Grobler, Deborah Anne Nicoll-Griffith
Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating cancer in a patient comprising subcutaneously administering a PD-1 antagonist, e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, (e.g. pembrolizumab), in specific amounts to the patient. In some embodiments, the administration occurs about every three weeks. In some embodiments, the amount of anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, is about 280 mg to about 450 mg. In certain embodiments, the PD-1 antagonist is pembrolizumab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof. Also provided are compositions and kits formulated for subcutaneous administration comprising a dosage of an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and uses thereof for treating cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 4, 2022
Publication date:
March 6, 2025
Applicant:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
Inventors:
Mallika LALA, Carolina DE MIRANDA SILVA, Ferdous GHEYAS, Yogita KRISHNAMACHARI, Elliot Keith CHARTASH, Lokesh JAIN, Venkata Naga Ratna Pavan Kumar VADDADY
Abstract: The invention relates to stable formulations comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA4), optionally further containing an anti-human programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof. Also provided are methods of treating various cancers and chronic infections with the formulations of the invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 11, 2024
Publication date:
March 6, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Soumendu Bhattacharya, Chakravarthy Nachu Narasimhan, Manoj K. Sharma, Xiaoyu Yang, Arnab De, Rubi Burlage, Jason K. Cheung
Abstract: A process for the production of flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure, the use thereof as effect pigments or as substrates of effect pigments, furthermore, effect pigments which contain coated or uncoated flake-form, crystalline particles having an aurivillius structure as substrates, and the use thereof in various products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 28, 2022
Publication date:
March 6, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Christoph Schmidt, Carsten Handrosch, Tanja Delp, Andrea Heyland, Johann Bauer
Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a cured film having high film density, high film hardness and high etching resistance. A method for manufacturing a cured film comprising (1) applying a composition (i) above a substrate; (2) forming a hydro-carbon-containing film from the composition (i); and (3) irradiating the hydrocarbon-containing film with plasma, electron beam and/or ion to form a cured film. Use of the cured film.
Abstract: Compounds of formula I liquid crystal media containing these compounds, and high-frequency components containing these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, phased array antennas, and devices containing these components, and furthermore optical components containing these liquid-crystalline media, operable in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 4, 2025
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Abdelghani Abe Achab, Matthew L. Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, Hongjun Zhang
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:
Application
Filed:
August 5, 2024
Publication date:
February 27, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Sybil M. G. Williams, Drake LaFace, Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Gopalan Raghunathan, Linda Liang, Wolfgang Seghezzi
Abstract: Provided are methods of treating malaria comprising administration of compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a subject in need thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are uses of the compounds of Formula (I), as defined herein, for inhibiting plasmepsin X, plasmepsin IX or plasmepsin X and IX activity, for treating a Plasmodium infection, and for treating malaria. Also provided are methods of treatment further comprising administration of one or more additional anti-malarial compounds.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 5, 2022
Publication date:
February 27, 2025
Applicants:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, MSD R&D (China) Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
John A. McCauley, Manuel De Lera Ruiz, Zhuyan Guo, Philippe Nantermet, Michael J. Kelly, III, Alvaro Gutierrez Bonet, Lianyun Zhao, Zhiyu Lei, Bin Hu, Dongmei Zhan, Anthony Hodder
Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) of the chiral polymer stabilized alignment (C-PSA) mode, a method of its production and its use as an energy-saving display.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2022
Publication date:
February 27, 2025
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GmbH
Inventors:
Chia-Sheng HSIEH, Yinghua HUANG, Cheng-Jui LIN
Abstract: The present invention provides lyophilized pellets of low concentrations of antibodies in the form of lyospheres. These lyospheres provide pre-measured antibody concentrations suitable for diagnostic and quality control assays.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 13, 2024
Publication date:
February 27, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Akhilesh Bhambhani, Thorsten Verch, Morrisa C. Jones, Mary Retzlaff, Jessica R. Sinacola, Silikhone L. Bouaraphan
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I: and their use as anti-viral agents for inhibition of the replication of hRSV and hMPV and treatment and prophylaxis of hRSV and hMPV infection.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 15, 2024
Publication date:
February 27, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Brett R. Ambler, Douglas C. Beshore, Christopher James Bungard, Weizhe Dong, Danielle M. Hurzy, Peter J. Manley, Vanessa L. Rada, II, Kelly-Ann S. Schlegel, Linda M. Suen-Lai, Mahdieh Yazdani
Abstract: The disclosure relates to stable RSV F proteins and immunogenic compositions containing the same, as well as methods of using the immunogenic compositions and compositions comprising the RSV F proteins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2022
Date of Patent:
February 25, 2025
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Lan Zhang, Arthur Fridman, Eberhard Durr, Andrew Bett
Abstract: Provided are novel Substituted Thiophene Derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R7 are as defined herein, as well as compositions comprising at least one Substituted Thiophene Derivative, and methods of using the Substituted Thiophene Derivatives for treating or preventing cancer in a patient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2022
Publication date:
February 20, 2025
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
David A. Candito, Matthew L. Childers, Duane E. DeMong, Christian Fischer, Xavier Fradera, James P. Jewell, Shuhei Kawamura, Ping Liu, Charles S. Yeung, Xiao Mei Zheng, Kaitlyn Marie Logan, Ryan D. Otte, Chunhui Huang, Sebastian E. Schneider
Abstract: A liquid-crystal (LC) medium containing one or more dyes and one or more polymerizable compounds, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in colour LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode containing a quantum dot colour filter (QDCF), an LC display of the PSA or SA mode containing the LC medium and containing a QDCF, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel anhydrate crystalline Forms 1 and 4 of 4?-Ethynyl-2-fluoro-2?-deoxyadenosine and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, each of which may be useful for the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection and/or the treatment, prophylaxis and/or delay in the onset or progression of AIDS or ARC.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Skomski, Yongchao Su, Wei Xu, Marko Cubrovic, Stephanie Elizabeth Barrett
Abstract: The present invention relates to combination therapies useful for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention relates to a therapeutic combination which comprises a PD-1 antagonist, an ATR inhibitor and a platinating agent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2025
Assignee:
Merck Patent GMBH
Inventors:
Marat Alimzhanov, Patricia Soulard, Frank Zenke, Heike Dahmen, Astrid Zimmermann, Andreas Schroeder, Keyvan Tadjalli Mehr, Martin Falk