Patents by Inventor Serge Leger

Serge Leger 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).

  • Use of inhibitors of cyclooxygenase in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
    Publication number: 20010016595
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease and in particular Alzheimers disease which comprises administering to a human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a non-steroid COX-II inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: Merck Frosst Canada Inc./Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Diaryl-2-(5H)-furanones as Cox-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 6222048
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula (I) as well as a method of treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient in need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I). The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Erich Grimm, Serge Leger, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang
  • Diaryl-5-alkyl-5-methyl-2-(5H)-furanones as selective cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitors
    Patent number: 6133292
    Abstract: The invention encompasses compounds of Formula I as well as a method of treating COX-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I ##STR1## e.g. (5R)-3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-5-ethyl-5-methyl-4-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]- 2,5-dihydro-2-furanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Zhaoyin Wang, Erich Grimm, Serge Leger
  • (methylsulfonyl)phenyl-2-(5H)-furanones with oxygen link as COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 6071954
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Merk Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves LeBlanc, Patrick Roy, Serge Leger, Erich Grimm, Zhaoyin Wang
  • 3,4-Diaryl-2-hydroxy-2,5-dihydrofurans as prodrugs to cox-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 6057319
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of formula (I) useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Serge Leger, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang, Pierre Hamel, Yongxin Han, Gregory Hughes
  • Bisaryl COX-2 inhibiting compounds, compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 5994379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of COX-2, compositions which contain such compounds and methods of use. The compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1## and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher I. Bayly, Cameron Black, Nathalie Ouimet, David Percival, Serge Leger, Marc Ouellet
  • Alkylated styrenes as prodrugs to COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5925631
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Greg Hughes, Erich Grimm, Serge Leger, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang
  • Unsaturated hydroxyalkylquinoline acids as leukotriene antagonists
    Patent number: 5856322
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I: ##STR1## are leukotriene antagonists and inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis. These compounds are useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and cytoprotective agents. They are also useful in treating angina, cerebral spasm, glomerular nephritis, hepatitis, endotoxemia, uveitis, and allograft rejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel L. Belley, Serge Leger, Patrick Roy, Marc Labelle, Yi Bin Xiang, Daniel Guay
  • Use of inhibitors of cyclooxygenase in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
    Patent number: 5840746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease and in particular Alzheimers disease which comprises administering to a human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a non-steroid COX-II inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Alkylated styrenes as prodrugs to COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5789413
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Erich Grimm, Serge Leger, Greg Hughes, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang
  • Phenyl heterocycles as cox-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5767291
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Phenyl heterocycles as COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5710140
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Yves Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • 3,4-diaryl-2-hydroxy-2,5-dihydrofurans as prodrugs to COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5698584
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Serge Leger, Petpiboon Prasit, Zhaoyin Wang, Pierre Hamel, Yongxin Han, Gregory Hughes
  • Diaryl-5-oxygenated-2-(5H) -furanones as COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5691374
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I as well as a method of treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient in need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Black, Erich Grimm, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger
  • Unsaturated hydroxyalkylquinoline acids as leukotriene antagonists
    Patent number: 5565473
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I: ##STR1## are leukotriene antagonists and inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis. These compounds are useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and cytoprotective agents. They are also useful in treating angina, cerebral spasm, glomerular nephritis, hepatitis, endotoxemia, uveitis, and allograft rejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel L. Belley, Serge Leger, Marc Labelle, Patrick Roy, Yi B. Xiang, Daniel Guay
  • Phenyl heterocycles as cox-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5550142
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Y. Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Phenyl heterocycles as COX-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5536752
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Y. Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Diaryl bicyclic heterocycles as inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2
    Patent number: 5521213
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I as well as a method of treating cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising administration to a patient in need of such treatment of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Petpiboon Prasit, Daniel Guay, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Phenyl heterocycles as cox-2 inhibitors
    Patent number: 5474995
    Abstract: The invention encompasses the novel compound of Formula I useful in the treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases, ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated diseases comprising compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Ducharme, Jacques Y. Gauthier, Petpiboon Prasit, Yves Leblanc, Zhaoyin Wang, Serge Leger, Michel Therien
  • Saturated hydroxyalkylquinoline acids as leukotriene antagonists
    Patent number: 5428033
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I: ##STR1## are leukotriene antagonists and inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis. These compounds are useful as anti-asthmatic, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, and cytoprotective agents. They are also useful in treating angina, cerebral spasm, glomerular nephritis, hepatitis, endotoxemia, uveitis, and allograft rejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Merck Frosst Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel L. Belley, Serge Leger, Patrick Roy, Yi B. Xiang, Marc Labelle