Patents by Inventor Gui-Bai Liang

Gui-Bai Liang 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: 20210023079
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of itraconazole, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The use of the pharmaceutical composition for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Gui-Bai Liang
  • Publication number: 20190282565
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of itraconazole, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The use of the pharmaceutical composition for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Gui-Bai LIANG
  • Publication number: 20160311791
    Abstract: Novel tricyclic compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing osteoporosis and similar conditions. The compounds are effective as calcium sensing receptor antagonists. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gui-Bai Liang, Changyou Shou, Xianghong Huo, Haisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 8759539
    Abstract: Described herein are substituted bicyclic amines. In particular, described herein are substituted bicyclic amines that are effective as antagonists of SSTR5 and useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Jiafang He, John Bawiec, Weiguo Liu, Gui-Bai Liang, Lihu Yang
  • Patent number: 8399507
    Abstract: Tricyclic compounds containing a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid fused to a bicyclic ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, 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: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Gui-Bai Liang, Xibin Liao, Weiguo Liu, Paul E. Finke, Dooseop Kim, Lihu Yang, Songnian Lin
  • Publication number: 20120041012
    Abstract: Substituted spirocyclic amines of structural formula I are selective antagonists of the somatostatin sub-type receptor 5 (SSTR5) and are useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Susan D. Aster, Joseph L. Duffy, Gui-Bai Liang, Patrick Shao, Feng Ye
  • Publication number: 20110207737
    Abstract: Described herein are substituted bicyclic amines. In particular, described herein are substituted bicyclic amines that are effective as antagonists of SSTR5 and useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, depression, and anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Jiafang He, John Bawiec, Weiguo Liu, Gui-Bai Liang, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20100216694
    Abstract: Tricyclic compounds containing a cyclopropanecarboxylic acid fused to a bicyclic ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Gui-Bai Liang, Xibin Liao, Weiguo Liu, Paul E. Finke, Dooseop Kim, Lihu Yang, Songnian Lin
  • Patent number: 7560455
    Abstract: The pre-sent invention is directed to 3-amino-4-phenylbutanoic acid derivatives which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing Dennis Feng, Gui Bai Liang, Xiaoxia Qian
  • Patent number: 7442808
    Abstract: Tricyclic compounds containing a cyclopropyl carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative (e.g. amide) fused to a bicyclic ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly 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: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Min Ge, Jiafang He, Fiona Wai Yu Lau, Gui-Bai Liang, Songnian Lin, Weiguo Liu, Shawn P. Walsh, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20070265332
    Abstract: Tricyclic compounds containing a cyclopropyl carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative (e.g. amide) fused to a bicyclic ring, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly 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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Min Ge, Jiafang He, Fiona Wai Yu Lau, Gui-Bai Liang, Songnian Lin, Weiguo Liu, Shawn P. Walsh, Lihu Yang
  • Patent number: 7259160
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hexahydrodiazepinone compounds which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DPP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gui-Bai Liang, Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing Dennis Feng, Ann E. Weber
  • Patent number: 7196095
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful in the treatment of cytokine mediated diseases such as arthritis and in the treatment and/or prevention of protozoal diseases such as coccidiosis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Richard Beresis, Richard Berger, Steven L. Colletti, James B. Doherty, Dennis D. Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Dennis M. Schmatz, Xiaoxia Qian, David A. Claremon, Nigel J. Liverton, Charles J. McIntyre, Ernest W. Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20060211682
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to hexahydrodiazepinone compounds which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DPP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gui-Bai Liang, Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing Feng, Ann Weber
  • Patent number: 7101871
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Gui-Bai Liang, Xiaoxia Qian, Ann E. Weber, Danqing Dennis Feng
  • Publication number: 20040254167
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme (“DP-IV inhibitors”) and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compound and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Gui-Bai Liang, Xiaoxia Qian, Ann E. Weber, Danqing Dennis Feng
  • Publication number: 20040176396
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful in the treatment of cytokine mediated diseases such as arthritis and in the treatment and/or prevention of protozoal diseases such as coccidiosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Richard Beresis, Richard Berger, Steven L Coletti, James B Doherty, Dennis D Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Dennis M Schmatz, Xiaoxia Qian, David A Claremon, Nigel J Liverton, Charles J McIntyre, Ernest W Kovacs
  • Patent number: 6528531
    Abstract: Trisubstituted pyrroles are antiprotozoal agents useful in the treatment and prevention of protozoal diseases in human and animals, including the control of coccidiosis in poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Bitfu, Danqing D. Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Mitree M. Ponpipom, Xiaoxia Qian, Michael H. Fisher, Matthew J. Wyvratt, Robert L. Bugianesi
  • Patent number: 6432980
    Abstract: Trisubstituted pyrroles are antiprotozoal agents useful in the treatment and prevention of protozoal diseases in human and animals, including the control of coccidiosis in poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing D. Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Mitree M. Ponpipom, Xiaoxia Qian, Narindar Girotra, Michael H. Fischer, Matthew J. Wyvratt
  • Patent number: 6291480
    Abstract: Trisubstituted pyrroles are antiprotozoal agents useful in the treatment and prevention of protozoal diseases in human and animals, including the control of coccidiosis in poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tesfaye Biftu, Danqing Dennis Feng, Gui-Bai Liang, Mitree M. Ponpipom, Xiaoxia Qian, Michael H. Fisher, Matthew J. Wyvratt