Patents Assigned to The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
  • Patent number: 5710286
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds and derivatives thereof containing a trioxepane protected diol in addition to a hydrazone, hydrazine, amine, or cyclic urea moiety; methods for the preparation of said compounds; and the use of said compounds in processes to prepare human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors which effectively inhibit HIV. The novel compounds provided by this invention have the formulae: ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Lucius Thomas Rossano, Young Sek Lo
  • Patent number: 5707844
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to immunoassay reagents including specific antibodies to quinoline carboxylic acids, such as brequinar; novel quinoline carboxylic acid haptens useful as standards in immunoassays or for conjugating to large molecular weight carriers as immunogens or conjugating to detectable fluorescent moieties as tracer compounds. The present invention also relates to immunoassays for detecting quinoline carboxylic acids in clinical samples, and finally to kits containing said reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Douglas Guy Batt, William Galbraith, Paul Moore Simon
  • Patent number: 5704297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dry powder composition of hydroxyethyl starch suitable for reconstitution and comprising hydroxyethyl starch of a molecular weight of up to about 2,000,000, a degree of substitution of from about 0.4 to about 0.7, and containing less than about 0.5 parts by weight of ethylene glycol per 100 parts of the hydroxyethyl starch, the hydroxyethyl starch comprising from about 4% to about 40% by weight of the composition. The composition includes at least one soluble component in addition to the hydroxyethyl starch chosen from dextrose, lactose or mannitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Munir Alwan Hussain, Raghunath Srinivas, Lei-Shu Wu
  • Patent number: 5703092
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel hydroxamic acids and carbocyclic acids and derivatives thereof and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of these novel compounds for the inhibition of matrixmetalloproteinases, such as stromelysin and other matrix metalloproteinases, and also inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and are therefore useful for the treatment of arthritis and other related inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Chu-Biao Xue, William F. DeGrado, Carl Peter DeCicco, Irina Cipora Jacobson
  • Patent number: 5698538
    Abstract: Novel boronic acid and ester and carboxyl-modified amino acid compounds of the Formula I, which are inhibitors of trypsin-like enzymes, are disclosed :R.sup.1 --Z--CHR.sup.2 --A,where R.sup.1, Z, R.sup.2 arid A are defined within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Eugene Cruz Amparo, William Henry Miller, Gregory James Pacofsky, John Wityak, Patricia Carol Weber, John Jonas Vytautas Duncia, Joseph Basil Santella, III
  • Patent number: 5698559
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I have been shown to enhance the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and thus may be useful in the treatment of diseases of man, such as in Alzheimer's disease and other conditions involving learning and cognition, where subnormal levels of this neurochemical are found.The compounds of this invention can be described as shown in Formula I ##STR1## where Q is ##STR2## R.sup.1 is 4-, 3-, or 2-pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, or fluoro-4-pyridyl;R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, NO.sub.2, OH, --R.sup.4, --O--R.sup.4, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.4, --COR.sup.4, --CONH.sub.2, --CONHR.sup.4, --CONR.sub.4 R.sup.4', --S(O).sub.m2 --R.sup.4, NH.sub.2, CF.sub.3, NHR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 R.sup.4' ;R.sup.4 and R.sup.4' are independently H, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbons, CH.sub.2 Phe-W or Phe-W;Phe is a phenyl group;R.sup.5 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --Y or --OCOR.sup.4 ;Y is H, OH, NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.4, NR.sup.4 R.sup.4', NHCOR.sup.4, NHCO.sub.2 R.sup.4, NHS(O).sub.2 R.sup.4 ; F, Cl, Br, OR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Wendell Wilkie Wilkerson, Christopher Allan Teleha
  • Patent number: 5696119
    Abstract: This invention relates to (2-quinoxalinyloxy)phenoxypropanoic acids, related derivatives thereof, enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms thereof, mixtures of enantiomeric diastereomeric forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, processes for their preparation, and methods of using them to treat cancer, particularly solid tumors, in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Carl Henry Behrens, Betsy Ann Dusak, Barbara Ann Harrison, Michael James Orwat
  • Patent number: 5693324
    Abstract: Tris(isonitrile) copper(I) sulfate complexes and their use in synthetic methods for making radionuclide isonitrile coordination complexes such as ?.sup.99m Tc(1-isocyano-2-methoxy-2-methylpropane).sub.6 !.sup.+. The coordination complexes are useful as radiopharmaceutical imaging agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventor: David Scott Edwards
  • Patent number: 5691329
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds containing basic and acidic termini, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds, and to methods of using these compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the inhibition of platelet aggregation, as thrombolytics, and/or for the treatment of thromboembolic disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: William Frank DeGrado, Chu-Biao Xue
  • Patent number: 5691381
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel hydroxamic acids and carbocyclic acids and derivatives thereof and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of these novel compounds for the inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases, such as stromelysin, and inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha, and for the treatment of arthritis and other related inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Irina Cipora Jacobson, Carl Peter Decicco, Robert Joseph Cherney
  • Patent number: 5688485
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds and methods for use in determining renal function by means of scintigraphic urography. More specifically, this invention relates to radionuclide complexes of ester-substituted diaminethiols, radiopharmaceutical compositions comprising said complexes, kits for the preparation of said compositions, and a method of using said compositions for examining renal function. Compounds of this invention have the formula: ##STR1## wherein the various groups are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventor: Thomas David Harris
  • Patent number: 5686631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process for making compounds of formula 2a or 2b or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, ##STR1## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl and phenyl substituted with at least one group selected from NO.sub.2 and halogen;R.sub.2 is H;R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-4 alkyl, phenyl, and benzyl; and,R.sub.4 is selected from the group consisting of H and halogen;which comprises the steps of:a) oxidizing a racemate of formula 2 or a salt thereof to form a dehydro-compound of formula 3, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH.sub.3, benzyl, C.sub.2-8 acyl Na, Li and K; and,b) asymmetrically hydrogenating a compound of formula 3 in the presence of a chiral phosphine catalyst to form a compound of formula 2a or 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Hui-Yin Li, Andrea Jane Robinson
  • Patent number: 5683999
    Abstract: This invention relates to substituted cyclic ureas and derivatives thereof, including compounds of formula (II): ##STR1## said compounds being useful as inhibitors of HIV protease. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and to method of using these compounds for the treatment HIV infection. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds in processes for the identification of HIV protease inhibitors and for the inhibition or detection of HIV in a bodily fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Prabhakar Kondaji Jadhav, Soo Sung Ko
  • Patent number: 5668159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Fuqiang Jin, Pasquale Nicholas Confalone
  • Patent number: 5663333
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted caprolactams, including 4-azacaprolactams, and derivatives thereof which inhibit HIV protease and are useful for treatment of HIV disease. Also included in this invention are pharmaceutical compositions containing such caprolactams, and to methods of using such caprolactams for the treatment of HIV disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Carl Nicholas Hodge, Christina Howard Fernandez, Prabhakar Kondaji Jadhav, Patrick Yuk-Sun Lam
  • Patent number: 5658885
    Abstract: This invention relates to Novel .alpha.-aminoacid and .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Sheng-Lian O. Lee, David John Carini, John Matthew Fevig, Charles Adrian Kettner, Padmaja Mantri, Zixia Feng
  • Patent number: 5641782
    Abstract: This invention relates to 3-Pyrimidinyl Bisnaphthalimides as Anticancer Agents and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, of the formula: ##STR1## and processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical composition containing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat cancer, particularly solid tumor carcinomas, in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Jung-Hui Sun, Steven P. Seitz
  • Patent number: 5639739
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to .alpha.-aminoboronic acids and corresponding peptide analogs of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which the .alpha.-carbon is substituted with an optionally functionalized imidazole containing alkyl group. These compounds are useful as inhibitors of trypsin-like serine protease enzymes, especially thrombin, Factor X and Factor VII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, Joseph Cacciola, John Matthew Fevig
  • Patent number: 5639759
    Abstract: This invention relates to carbocyclic and heterocyclic fused-ring quinolinecarboxylic acid compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to methods of using such compounds for the treatment and/or prevention of organ transplantation rejection, graft versus host disease, autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, including but not limited to psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Ronald Louis Magolda, William John Pitts, Irina Cipora Jacobson, Carl Henry Behrens, Michael James Orwat, Douglas Guy Batt
  • Patent number: 5637780
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for preparing alkylating agents and use of the agents prepared. In particular, this invention relates to preparation methods for hydroxy halide and organooxy halide alkylating agents and their use for alkylating cyclic urea compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Prabhakar K. Jadhav, George C. Emmett, Michael E. Pierce