Patents Assigned to Merck
  • Publication number: 20250000990
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a cellular proliferative disorder (e.g., cancer) comprising administering: (a) an anti-human PD-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof; and (b) an Immunoconjugate of Formula (I): wherein: Ab is an antibody that binds to Trop-2; and n is an integer from 1 to 10. Also disclosed are therapeutic combinations and kits containing such agents for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyou Ge, Xiaoping Jin, Yina Diao, Jiacheng Yang, Yujie Fu, Zhijiao Qiao, Lihua Chen, Omobolaji Akala, Elliot Keith Chartash, Sarper Toker, Christian H. Poehlein, Blanca Homet Moreno
  • Publication number: 20250000744
    Abstract: An ampoule includes a body having a cavity for storing a medicament, a neck coupled to the body and defining a nozzle in communication with the cavity of the body, a removable cap coupled to the nozzle, and an anti-choking miter coupled to the removable cap, the anti-chocking miter being wider than the removable cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ramprasad B. Halthore, Atul Karande, Derrick M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20250000994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a cellular proliferative disorder (e.g., cancer) comprising administering: (a) an anti-human PD-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof; and (b) an Immunoconjugate of Formula (I): wherein: Ab is an antibody that binds to Trop-2; and n is an integer from 1 to 10. Also disclosed are therapeutic combinations and kits containing such agents for the treatment of cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyou Ge, Xiaoping Jin, Yina Diao, Yalan Yang, Yujie Fu, Dian Jing, Hongbo Zhong, Omobolaji Akala, Elliot Keith Chartash, Maria Catherine Pietanza, Bin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12178842
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: where A, X, R1, and R2 are as defined herein, which compounds have properties for antagonizing PCSK9. Also described are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the compounds of Formula I or their salts, and methods of treating cardiovascular disease and conditions related to PCSK9 activity, e.g. atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, or related cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Hubert Josien, Abbas Walji, Harold B. Wood, Fa-Xiang Ding, Jian Liu, Thomas Joseph Tucker, Michael Man-Chu Lo, Liangqin Guo
  • Patent number: 12180583
    Abstract: A method of forming a conformal layer including TiN in a via includes introducing a precursor into a reaction chamber according to a first exposure schedule. The precursor includes non-halogenated metal-organic titanium. The first exposure schedule indicates precursor exposure periods. Each precursor exposure period is associated with a particular duration of time and a particular duty cycle over which to introduce the precursor during the particular duration of time. The method includes introducing a co-reactant into the reaction chamber according to a second exposure schedule. The co-reactant includes nitrogen. The second exposure schedule indicates co-reactant exposure periods. Each co-reactant exposure period is associated with a particular duration of time and a particular duty cycle over which to introduce the co-reactant during the particular duration of time. The method includes providing the conformal layer including TiN in the via based on said introducing the precursor and the co-reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Kummel, Cheng-Hsuan Kuo, SeongUk Yun, Ravindra Kanjolia, Mansour Moinpour, Daniel Moser
  • Patent number: 12180226
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, R3, W, X, Y, Z, m, n and p are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I act as RIPK1 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for RIPK1-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Zachary G. Brill, Jenny Lorena Rico Duque, Xavier Fradera, Joey L. Methot, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Jing Su, Brandon A. Vara, Erin F. DiMauro
  • Patent number: 12180219
    Abstract: The application is directed to efficient and economical processes as described in more detail below for the preparation of the beta 3 agonists of the formula of I-7 and intermediate compounds that can be used for making these agonists. The present disclosure relates to a process for making beta-3 agonists and intermediates using ketoreductase (KRED) biocatalyst enzymes and methods of using the biocatalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Zhuqing Liu, Richard Desmond, Jeonghan Park, Alexei Kalinin, Birgit Kosjek, Hallena Strotman, Hongmei Li, Johannah Moncecchi
  • Publication number: 20240424109
    Abstract: An insulin conjugate comprising or consisting of a tetra-valent sugar cluster is described. The tetra-valent sugar cluster is provided by tetra-dentate linker having four arms, wherein each arm of the tetra-dentate linker is independently covalently linked to a ligand comprising or consisting of a saccharide, such as a monosaccharide, disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, or branched trisaccharide. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Pei Huo, Songnian Lin, Christopher R. Moyes, Dmitri A. Pissarnitski, Zhiqiang Zhao, David N. Hunter, Yuping Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240424218
    Abstract: In some examples, a vial-to-syringe converter includes a plunger rod, an adapter including a body having a piercing spike, a receiver and a lumen extending between the spike and the receiver, the body further including at least one laterally-extending flange, and a needle in communication with the receiver and configured to deliver a medicament to a patient's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bonanno, Eduardo Cristofolli, Cassie Megna, Wail A. Rasheed, Ophelia L. Wells
  • Publication number: 20240425524
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, X, R1, R2, m, n, and p are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, act as RIPK1 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for RIPK1-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Jenny Lorena Rico Duque, Xavier Fradera, Joey L. Methot, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Brandon A. Vara, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240425596
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions of anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof with less than or equal to about 3.0% oxidation of Met105 in the CDRH3 heavy chain region, and methods of obtaining the purified compositions. The invention also provides compositions comprising anti-PD-1 antibody main species and acidic species thereof, wherein the amount of acidic species is about 1.0-12.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Brower, Chung-Jr Huang, Brian Wai Kwan, William Nicholas Napoli, Bhumit A. Patel, Nuno J. Dos Santos Pinto, Douglas Dennis Richardson, II, Sen Xu
  • Patent number: 12175679
    Abstract: A method or system for training a convolutional neural network (CNN) for medical imaging analysis. The system pre-trains the CNN's encoder using a dataset of unlabeled 3D medical images. Each 3D image includes an annotated slice delineating a boundary of a lesion and multiple non-annotated 2D slices above and below the annotated slice. The system then fine-tunes the pre-trained encoder using an annotated 2D image dataset. The annotated 2D image dataset includes multiple 2D slices of lesions, each including an annotation that delineates a boundary of a corresponding lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Yiqiao Liu, Antong Chen, Gregory Goldmacher
  • Patent number: 12171776
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Daria Hazuda, Michael D. Miller, Jay A. Grobler, Deborah Anne Nicoll-Griffith
  • Patent number: 12173026
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat cancer, sickle cell, and hereditary persistence of foetal hemoglobin (HPFH) mutations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, MSD International GmbH
    Inventors: Michelle Machacek, David Witter, Craig Gibeau, Chunhui Huang, Shuhei Kawamura, David L. Sloman, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Ryan Quiroz, Murray Wan, Sebastian Schneider, Charles S. Yeung, Michael H. Reutershan, Timothy J. Henderson, Jean-Laurent Paparin, Houcine Rahali, Jonathan M. E. Hughes, Sulagna Sanyal, Yingchun Ye, David A. Candito, Patrick S. Fier, Steven M. Silverman
  • Patent number: 12171829
    Abstract: Methods of treatment of colorectal cancer can include the administration of the anti-alpha-v integrin (receptor) antibody Abituzumab. Preferably, the methods of treating colorectal cancer can include treating Stage II-IV colorectal cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, left-sided colorectal cancer and/or left-sided metastatic colorectal cancer, involving the administration of said Abituzumab to patients in need thereof. Abituzumab is also useful for the manufacture of a medicament for treating colorectal cancer, preferably colorectal cancer as defined herein. Abituzumab is further useful for the manufacture of a medicament for treating colorectal cancer in combination with suitable targeted therapy concepts, such as growth factor or growth factor receptor targeting monoclonal antibodies, and/or chemotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Giorgio Massimini, Ilhan Celik, Josef Straub, Rolf Bruns, Rita Laeufle
  • Patent number: 12178124
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that can be used in an organic electronic device as an active compound, in particular for use in electronic devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention, and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Merck KGAA
    Inventor: Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 12173163
    Abstract: A pigment mixture comprising at least two or three interference pigments of different interference colours selected from the colours red, green and blue, suitable for use in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses and in the preparation of pigment preparations, dry preparations and in particular cosmetic formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Schmidt, Carsten Plueg, Uwe Lenz, Sabine Schoen
  • Publication number: 20240416097
    Abstract: In some examples, an injector includes a base, a housing movable relative to the base, a needle unit disposed within the base, the needle unit comprising at least one piercing needle configured to pierce a pierceable membrane of a drug product container, and at least one microneedle disposed on an opposite side of the at least one piercing needle, and a driving mechanism configured and arranged to drive at least one of the drug product container and the needle unit toward another of the drug product container and the needle unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bonanno, John B. Cline, Eduardo Cristofolli, Cassie Megna, Wail A. Rasheed, Ophelia L. Wells
  • Patent number: 12168004
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura, comprising the administration of ubrogepant. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods for the acute treatment of migraine in patients having hepatic impairment; in patients with renal impairment; and in patients concurrently taking CYP3A4 modulators or BCRP and/or P-gp only inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Mary Ann Johnson, Leonardo Resende Allain, W. Mark Eickhoff, Craig B. Ikeda, Chad D. Brown, Francis J. Flanagan, Jr., Rebecca Nofsinger, Melanie J. Marota, Lisa Lupton, Paresh B. Patel, Hanmi Xi, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20240410055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an optical metal oxide layer, to a formulation for preparing an optical metal oxide layer and to an optical device comprising an optical metal oxide layer. The optical metal oxide layers are particularly suitable for optical applications and may be used in optical devices such as, for example, in diffractive gratings for augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver DOLL, Hagai ARBELL, Henning SEIM, Oleg CHASHCHIKHIN