Abstract: The instant invention provides pharmaceutical formulations for a long acting injectable drug product comprising a suspension of doravirine for parenteral administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous routes. The drug product can be used for the treatment or prophylaxis of infection by HIV or for the treatment, prophylaxis, or delay in the onset of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) or ARC (AIDS related complex).
Inventors:
Sachin Mittal, Irina Kazakevich, Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Peter Bakker, Luke Schenck, David J. Goldfarb, Amitava Mitra, Donna Carroll, Nazia Khawaja
Abstract: A mixing device (1) for cyclically imparting a force on an external surface (A) of a bag (B) for agitating a content (C) of the bag (B), the mixing device (1) comprising a lever (2) supported so as to be able to pivot about a pivot (3), a weight (4) provided on a first side of the lever (2), a driver (5) arranged to cooperate with the lever (2), a motor (6) for moving the driver (5) to lift the first side of the lever (2) with the weight (4) against gravity and to drop the first side against the external surface (A) of the bag (B), and a holder (7) for supporting the mixing device (1) such that the first side of the lever (2) can contact the external surface (A) of the bag (B) in the drop motion.
Abstract: The present invention provides a calibration device for an optical detector comprising a light emitting diode 1, and an electronic circuit 3 for driving the light emitting diode 1, wherein the electronic circuit 3 is a constant current generator configured to supply a constant driving current to the light emitting diode 1 in the range of 0.5 to 25 ?A. Furthermore, the present invention provides a setting device for setting at least one calibration point for a calibration device as described above. The setting device comprises a light detector 51 configured to output a signal representing the light emission intensity of a calibration device under examination, a controller 53 for controlling the constant driving current of the calibration device under examination, and a calibration point setting means 55 for setting at least one calibration point for the calibration device under examination.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 29, 2019
Publication date:
July 29, 2021
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Fabrice COMINI, Frederick G. BARGOOT, Victor ETRE
Abstract: A liquid-crystalline media (LC media) containing a low-molecular-weight, non-polymer component, and a combination of self-alignment additives for vertical alignment of two or more of the specified kinds (formulae IA to IM). The combination of two or more self-alignment additives affect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell surfaces of a liquid-crystal display (LC display).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2021
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Graziano Archetti, Izumi Saito, Rocco Fortte, Edward Plummer, Dmitry Ushakov, Helmut Haensel, Melanie Klasen-Memmer
Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Michael Miller, Harry R. Chobanian, Shuwen He, Jinsong Hao, Barbara Pio
Abstract: Provided herein are anti-PD-1/LAG3 bispecific antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. Also provided here are methods and uses of these antibodies and antigen-binding fragments in the treatment of cancer or infectious disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2021
Assignees:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., ZYMEWORKS, INC.
Inventors:
Laurence Fayadat-Dilman, Veronica Juan, Shireen Khan, Shaopeng Huang, Hua Ying, Eric Escobar Cabrera, Genevieve Desjardins
Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments which comprise niobium-doped titanium dioxide as well as a layer encapsulating the niobium-doped titanium dioxide, to polymer materials containing same and to the use of said pigments as laser absorbing additive in products comprising at least one polymer material and said encapsulated niobium-doped titanium dioxide containing pigments.
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:
June 3, 2019
Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Akhilesh Bhambhani, Thorsten Verch, Morrisa C. Jones, Mary Retzlaff, Jessica R. Sinacola, Silikhone L. Bouaraphan
Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-morpholine wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-morpholine is from 1:0.3 to 1:2.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 2, 2019
Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Rudolf MOSER, Viola GROEHN, Ruth BOEHNI STAMM, Fritz BLATTER, Martin SZELAGIEWICZ
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 invention relates to a polymerizable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula S0, S1 or S2, wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from a corresponding polymerizable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerizable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing beta 3 agonists of Formula (I) and Formula (II) and their intermediates. The beta 3 agonists are useful in the treatment of certain disorders, including overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, and urinary urgency.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 22, 2021
Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
John Y.L. CHUNG, Kevin CAMPOS, Edward CLEATOR, Robert F. DUNN, Andrew GIBSON, R. Scott HOERRNER, Stephen KEEN, Dave LIEBERMAN, Zhuqing LIU, Joseph LYNCH, Kevin M. MALONEY, Feng XU, Nobuyoshi YASUDA, Naoki YOSHIKAWA, Yong-Li ZHONG
Abstract: The present invention is directed to crystalline salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid comprising (i) 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid, (ii) sodium and (iii) an organic base having a pKa value from 6 to 11; wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the sodium is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the organic base is 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a processes of obtaining the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Rudolf Moser, Viola Groehn, Fritz Blatter, Martin Szelagiewicz, Ruth Boehni Stamm, Markus Ruettimann, Giuseppe Lapadula
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel styrenic polymer and to the novel composition comprised of this polymer and a solvent; wherein the styrenic polymer has a polydispersity from 1 to 1.3 and further wherein each polymer chain of the styrenic polymer is capped with one end group of structure 1), wherein, and L is a linking group selected from the group consisting of a direct valence bond, oxy (—O—), carbonyloxy, (—(C?O)—O—), carbonate (—O—(C?O)—O—); L2 is a C-1 to C-20 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene spacer, an arylene spacer or a direct valence bond, R, is hydrogen, a halide, a C-1 to C-20 alkyl moiety, or a C-1 to C-20 alkyloxy moiety, m is an integer from 1 to 3; and (I) represent the direct valence bond attaching the end group 1) to the end of the polymer chain of the styrenic polymer. In another aspect of this invention it pertains to the use of this composition to create self-assembly process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Patent GMbH
Inventors:
Hengpeng Wu, JiHoon Kim, Jianhui Shan, Durairaj Baskaran, Md S. Rahman
Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted 5-trifluoromethyl oxadiazole compounds of generic formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In particular, the invention is directed to a class of aryl and heteroaryl substituted 5-trifluoromethyl oxadiazole compounds of formula I which may be useful as HDAC6 inhibitors for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, such as schizophrenia and stroke, as well as other diseases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Inventors:
Abbas Walji, Richard Berger, Craig A. Stump, Kelly-Ann S. Schlegel, James J. Mulhearn, Thomas J. Greshock, Deping Wang, Mark E. Fraley, Kristen G. Jones
Abstract: A crystalline form of (S)-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(7-morpholin-4-yl-quinazolin-4-yl)-phenyl]-(6-methoxy-pyridazin-3-yl)-methanol can be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Michael Lange, Clemens Kuehn, Thomas Fuchss, David Maillard, Marcel Breuning, Marco Poma, Edoardo Burini
Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) which can be used for the inhibition of serine-threonine protein kinases and for the sensitisation of cancer cells to anticancer agents and/or ionising radiation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 20, 2021
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Thomas Fuchss, Ulrich Emde, Hans-Peter Buchstaller, Werner Mederski
Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an DO-associated disease or disorder.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 28, 2019
Publication date:
July 15, 2021
Applicant:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Inventors:
Shuwen He, Yongxin Han, Alexander Pasternak
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.