Publication number: 20180193292
Abstract: The present invention provides process for preparation of cysteamine bitartrate comprising reacting cysteamine or its salt with tartaric acid. The present invention further provides crystalline form L1 of cysteamine bitartrate having characteristic diffraction peaks at 10.36, 14.54, 17.23, 18.03, 19.24, 20.76, 21.20, 22.02, 23.37, 23.64, 27.71, 28.28, 29.26, 31.33, 32.84, 33.83, 35.51, 36.74±0.2 degree two theta in an X-ray diffraction pattern and process for preparation thereof. The present invention provides crystalline form L2 of cysteamine bitartrate having characteristic diffraction peaks at 7.4, 10.3, 11.0, 11.4, 14.4, 14.9, 18.6, 19.4, 20.1, 20.8, 21.9, 22.3, 22.5, 23.5±0.2 degree two theta in an X-ray diffraction pattern and process for preparation thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 11, 2018
Publication date:
July 12, 2018
Inventors:
Pankaj Ramchandra CHAUDHARI, Sukhdeo Sampat GUNJAL, Raju Muktaji WALUNJ, Anurag TRIVEDI, Rajinder Singh SIYAN, Nandu Baban BHISE, Girij Pal SINGH
Patent number: 9994518
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (IVA), or a salt thereof, and pharmaceutical formulations (pharmaceutical compositions) comprising those compounds, or a salt thereof: Formula (IVA), wherein “RIa”, “RIb”, “RIc”, “RId”, “RIe”, are defined herein above, which compounds are believed suitable for use in positive modulation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (?7 nAChR) receptors, for example, those found in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus. Such compounds and pharmaceutical formulations are believed to be useful in treatment or management of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Alzheimer's disease (AD), schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease (PD), or movement disorders arising from use of certain medications used in the treatment or management of Parkinson's disease.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 12, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Inventors:
Kenneth Leavitt, Brendan Crowley, Ian M. Bell, Andrew Harvey, Thomas Avery, Dharam Paul, Justin Ripper, Belinda Huff, Rajinder Singh, Laurent Schaeffer, Christophe Joseph, Christophe Morice, Bruno Giethlen, Patrick Bazzini, Aurelie Fromeyer