Patents by Inventor Malcolm Maccoss

Malcolm Maccoss 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: 20200206221
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Michael H. Fischer, Dooseop Kim, Malcolm Maccoss, Emma R. Parmee, Ann E. Weber, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20200095240
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a CaMKII inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cardiac diseases (particularly catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, postoperative atrial fibrillation, heart failure, fatal arrhythmia) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MATSUNAGA, Yasufumi MIYAMOTO, Junya SHIRAI, Takashi NAKAHATA, Zenyu SHIOKAWA, Tomohiro OKAWA, Akito SHIBUYA, Malcolm MacCoss
  • Publication number: 20200046723
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being potent modulators of human TNF? activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Christopher Brookings, Teresa De Haro Garcia, Yann Foricher, Helen Tracey Horsley, Martin Clive Hutchings, James Andrew Johnson, Malcolm Maccoss, Mengyang Xuan, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190367513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain bicyclic bis-heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for preventing, reversing, slowing, or inhibiting protein aggregation, and methods of treating diseases that are associated with protein aggregation, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Huntington's Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple system atrophy, and cancer including melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Adrian HALL, Laurent PROVINS, Malcolm MACCOSS
  • Patent number: 10464932
    Abstract: A series of 3-imino-5-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide derivatives of formula (I), substituted in the 5-position by a phenyl moiety NH which in turn is meta-substituted by an optionally substituted fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring system containing at least one nitrogen atom, being selective inhibitors of plasmepsin V activity, are beneficial as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment of malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Teresa De Haro Garcia, Martin Alexander Lowe, Malcolm Maccoss, Richard David Taylor, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190040053
    Abstract: A series of 3-imino-5-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide derivatives of formula (I), substituted in the 5-position by a phenyl moiety NH which in turn is meta-substituted by an optionally substituted fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring system containing at least one nitrogen atom, being selective inhibitors of plasmepsin V activity, are beneficial as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment of malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Teresa De Haro Garcia, Martin Alexander Lowe, Malcolm Maccoss, Richard David Taylor, Zhaoning Zhu
  • Patent number: 10087179
    Abstract: A series of fused tricyclic imidazole derivatives, in particular dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human TNF? activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL
    Inventors: Rikki Peter Alexander, Gareth Neil Brace, Julien Alistair Brown, Mark Daniel Calmiano, Prafulkumar Tulshibhai Chovatia, Michael Deligny, Ellen Olivia Gallimore, Jag Paul Heer, Victoria Elizabeth Jackson, Boris Kroeplien, Malcolm MacCoss, Joanna Rachel Quincey, Yogesh Anil Sabnis, Dominique Louis Léon Swinnen, Zhaoning Zhu, Uwe Heinelt, Volkmar Wehner
  • Publication number: 20180222899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain bis-heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for preventing, reversing, slowing, or inhibiting protein aggregation, and methods of treating diseases that are associated with protein aggregation, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Huntington's Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple system atrophy, and cancer including melanoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Neuropore Therapies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang WRASIDLO, Emily M. STOCKING, Adrian HALL, Malcolm MACCOSS
  • Publication number: 20170348309
    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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Michael H. Fisher, Dooseop Kim, Malcolm Maccoss, Emma R. Parmee, Ann E. Weber, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20170183373
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleoside compounds and certain derivatives thereof which are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral polymerase. These compounds are inhibitors of RNA-dependent RNA viral replication and are useful for the treatment of RNA-dependent RNA viral infection. They are particularly useful as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase, as inhibitors of HCV replication, and/or for the treatment of hepatitis C infection. The invention also describes pharmaceutical compositions containing such nucleoside compounds alone or in combination with other agents active against RNA-dependent RNA viral infection, in particular HCV infection. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA viral replication, and/or treating RNA-dependent RNA viral infection with the nucleoside compounds of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP., IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Balkrishen Bhat, Anne B. Eldrup, Thazha P. Prakash, Phillip Dan Cook, David B. Olsen, Steven S. Carroll, Malcolm MacCoss
  • Patent number: 9593108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful for treating a viral infection, or for affecting viral activity by modulating viral replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Maccoss, F. George Njoroge, Amin Nomeir, Guangming Chen, Gary Mitchell Karp, William Jospeh Lennox, Chunshi Li, Christie Morrill, Steven D. Paget, Hongyu Ren, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9433621
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Francisco Velazquez, Vinay M. Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Hollis S. Kezar, III, Joseph A. Maddry, Robert C. Reynolds, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, John A. Secrist, III, Joseph A. Kozlowski, Bandarpalle B. Shankar, Ling Tong, Seong Heon Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Srikanth Venkatraman, Vishal Verma
  • Publication number: 20150359793
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Michael H. Fisher, Dooseop Kim, Malcolm Maccoss, Emma R. Parmee, Ann E. Weber, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20140336222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula 1 as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Yao Ma, Yaolin Wang, Brian Robert Lahue, Latha G. Nair, Manami Shizuka, Matthew E. Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, Weidong Pan, Yuan Tian, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Craig R. Gibeau, Yuan Liu, Giovanna Scapin, Diane Rindgen, Ronald J. Doll, Timothy J. Guzi, Danny J. Hicklin, Amin Nomeir, Cynthia Seidel-Dugan, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Malcolm MacCoss
  • Patent number: 8859776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula 1 as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Yao Ma, Yaolin Wang, Brian Robert Lahue, Latha G. Nair, Manami Shizuka, Matthew Ernst Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, Weidong Pan, Yuan Tian, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Craig R. Gibeau, Yuan Liu, Giovanna Scapin, Diane Rindgen, Ronald J. Doll, Timothy J. Guzi, Danny J. Hicklin, Amin Nomeir, Gerald W. Shipps, Jr., Malcolm MacCoss
  • Publication number: 20140242027
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and tautomers, isomers, and esters of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and prodrugs of said compounds, wherein each of R, R1, X, Y, Z, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R18, R19 and n is selected independently and as defined herein. Compositions comprising such compounds are also provided. The compounds of the invention are effective as inhibitors of HCV, and are useful, alone and together with other therapeutic agents, in treating or preventing diseases or disorders such as viral infections and virus-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: Southern Research Institute, Merck Sharp & Dohne Corp.
    Inventors: Ashok Arasappan, F. George Njoroge, Cecil D. Kwong, Subramaniam Ananthan, Frank Bennett, Francisco Velazquez, Vinay Girijavallabhan, Yuhua Huang, Hollis S. Kezer, Joseph Maddry, Robert C. REynold, Abhijit Roychowdhury, Anita T. Fowler, John A. Secrist, III, Ling Tong, Seong Heon Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Srikanth Venkatraman, vishal Verma
  • Patent number: 8809318
    Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds of the formula: as modulators of gamma secretase, 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 disease associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compostions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Zhaoning Zhu, William J. Greenlee, Hongmei Li, Monica L. Vicarel, Jun Qin, Pawan Kumar Dhondi, Xianhai Huang, Anandan Palani, Xiaoxiang Liu, Zhong-Yue Sun, Hubert B. Josien, Ruo Xu, David James Cole, Duane A. Burnett, Chad E. Bennett, Troy McCracken, Malcolm MacCoss
  • Patent number: 8735414
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds and forms and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful for treating a viral infection, or for affecting viral activity by modulating viral replication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm MacCoss, F. George Njoroge, Amin Nomeir, Guangming Chen, Song Xiao Huang, Ramesh Kakarla, Gary Mitchell Karp, William Joseph Lennox, Chunshi Li, Ronggang Liu, Yalei Liu, Christie Morrill, Steven D. Paget, Sean W Smith, James Takasugi, Anthony A. Turpoff, Hongyu Ren, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jin Zhu
  • Patent number: 8440668
    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: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
    Inventors: Scott D. Edmondson, Michael Fisher, Dooseop Kim, Malcolm MacCoss, Emma R. Parmee, Ann E. Weber, Jinyou Xu
  • Publication number: 20120208844
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (1) as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or ester thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Stephane L. Bogen, Yao Ma, Yaolin Wang, Brian Robert Lahue, Latha G. Nair, Manami Shizuka, Matthew Ernst Voss, Margarita Kirova-Snover, Weidong Pan, Yuan Tian, Bheemashankar A. Kulkarni, Craig R. Gibeau, Yuan Liu, Giovanna Scapin, Diane Rindgen, Ronald J. Doll, Timothy J. Guzi, Danny J. Hicklin, Amin Nomeir, Cynthia Seidel-Dugan, Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Malcolm MacCoss