Patents by Inventor Ashwin U. Rao

Ashwin U. Rao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250026762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one compound of Formula (I), and methods of using the compounds of Formula (I) for treatment or prophylaxis of lysosomal storage diseases, neurodegenerative disease, cystic disease, cancer, or a diseases or disorders associated with elevated levels of glucosylceramide (GlcCer), glucosylsphingosine (GlcSph) and/or other glucosylceramide-based glycosphingolipids (GSLs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Fraley, Tao Liang, H. Marie Loughran, Anthony J. Roecker, Kathy M. Schirripa, Ling Tong, Ashwin U. Rao
  • Publication number: 20240287138
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the Formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, can inhibit TNFR1 and are expected to have utility as therapeutic agents, for example, for treating inflammatory bowel diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, junvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and hidradenitis suppurativa. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions which comprise the compounds disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods for use of the compounds or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts in the therapy and prophylaxis of inflammatory bowel diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and hidradenitis suppurativa, and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kaustav Biswas, Nicolas C. Boyer, Brandon D. Cash, Fa-Xiang Ding, John R. Frost, Michael B. Garrigou, James P. Jewell, Ahmet Kekec, Hu-Jung Julie Lee, Songnian Lin, Ashwin U. Rao, Daniel J. Sindhikara, Murray Wan, Yuping Zhu, Susan L. Zultanski, Tony Siu, Andrew M. Haidle, Claudio Mapelli, Luca Gambini, Federica Orvieto, Roberta Tozzi, Nicolo Maria Pasquini, Luigi Abate, Giordano Proietti, Michael Wuo, Ryan Chau
  • Patent number: 10875851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIIa inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Ashwin U. Rao, Brian Alexander McKittrick, Matthew Lombardo, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Amy Bittner McCracken, Hong Dong Chu, Sung-Sau So, Peter Orth, Zhicai Wu, Ping Lan, John S. Debenham, Brent R. Whitehead, Jerry A. Taylor, Zhongxiang Sun, Revathi Reddy Katipally, Jonathan E. Gable, Markus K. Dahlgren, Sathesh P. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20190352294
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIIa inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ashwin U. Rao, Brian Alexander McKittrick, Matthew Lombardo, Jacqueline D. Hicks, Amy Bittner McCracken, Hong Dong Chu, Sung-Sau So, Peter Orth, Zhicai Wu, Ping Lan, John S. Debenham, Brent R. Whitehead, Jerry A. Taylor, Zhongxiang Sun, Revathi Reddy Katipally, Jonathan E. Gable, Markus K. Dahlgren, Sathesh P. Bhat
  • Publication number: 20180215729
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Anandan PALANI, Xianhai HUANG, Dong XIAO, Sunil PALIWAL, Hon-Chung TSUI, Michelle Laci WROBLESKI, Ashwin U. RAO, Cheng WANG, Sapna S. SHAH, Neng-Yang SHIH
  • Patent number: 9969711
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Sapna S. Shah, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Publication number: 20170029403
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Sapna S. Shah, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 9469629
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Sapna S. Shah, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 9290454
    Abstract: The invention provides certain substituted isoquinolines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Ashwin U. Rao, Hongjun Zhang, Wei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150353498
    Abstract: The invention provides certain substituted isoquinolines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Ashwin U. Rao, Hongjun Zhang, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 8927559
    Abstract: This application provides for compounds of the formula Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the individual variables are defined herein, as well as processes to prepare these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and their use in treating disease state associated with the CRTH2 receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Robert G. Aslanian, Christopher W. Boyce, Robert D. Mazzola, Jr., Brian A. McKittrick, Kevin D. McCormick, Anandan Palani, Jun Qin, Haiqun Tang, Dong Xiao, Younong Yu, John P. Caldwell, Elizabeth Helen Kelley, Hongjun Zhang, Phieng Siliphaivanh, Rachel N. MacCoss, Joey L. Methot, Jolicia Polivina Gauuan, Qin Jiang, Andrew J. Leyhane, Purakkattle Johny Biju, Li Dong, Xianhai Huang, Ning Shao, Wei Zhou, Pawan K. Dhondi, Ashwin U. Rao
  • Publication number: 20140296196
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Sapna S. Shah, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 8754216
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: OPKO Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sapna S. Shah, Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 8569312
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin D. McCormick, Li Dong, Christopher W. Boyce, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Salem Fevrier, Jie Wu, Junying Zheng, Younong Yu, Jianhua Chao, Walter S. Won, Ashwin U. Rao, Rongze Kuang, Pauline C. Ting, Xianhai Huang, Ning Shao, Anandan Palani, Michael Y. Berlin, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Patent number: 8476274
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin D. McCormick, Li Dong, Christopher W. Boyce, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Salem Fevrier, Jie Wu, Junying Zheng, Younong Yu, Jianhua Chao, Walter S. Won, Ashwin U. Rao, Rongze Kuang, Pauline C. Ting, Xianhai Huang, Ning Shao, Anandan Palani, Michael Y. Berlin, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Patent number: 8324213
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of ?2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the ?2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin D. McCormick, Li Dong, Christopher W. Boyce, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Salem Fevrier, Jie Wu, Junying Zheng, Youngong Yu, Jianhua Chao, Walter S. Won, Ashwin U. Rao, Rongze Kuang, Pauline C. Ting, Xianhai Huang, Ning Shao, Anandan Palani, Michael Y. Berlin, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20120295879
    Abstract: A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: OPKO HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Xianhai Huang, Dong Xiao, Sapna S. Shah, Sunil Paliwal, Hon-Chung Tsui, Michelle Laci Wrobleski, Ashwin U. Rao, Cheng Wang, Neng-Yang Shih
  • Patent number: 8283360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Bicyclic Heterocyclic Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Bicyclic Heterocyclic Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a cognitive disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Ashwin U. Rao, Xiao Chen, Ning Shao, Ying R. Huang, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20120225885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the imidazole compounds and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ashwin U. Rao, Anandan Palani, Robert G. Aslanian
  • Publication number: 20110319434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Bicyclic Heterocyclic Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Bicyclic Heterocyclic Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a cognitive disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Plough Corporation
    Inventors: Anandan Palani, Ashwin U. Rao, Xiao Chen, Ning Shao, Ying R. Huang, Robert G. Aslanian