MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617060946 A) filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC on May 13, 2026, for A Cyclic Peptide For Trapping Interleukin-1 Beta.

Inventors include Cruz, Faben A.; Feng, Danqing; Guo, Yan; Hanisak, Jennifer; Hickey, Jennifer L.; Kalyani, Dipannita; Kekec, Ahmet; Li, Bing; Lo, Michael Man-Chu; Pissarnitski, Dmitri A.; Plummer, Christopher W.; Truong, Quang T.; and Colarusso, Stefania.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of the Formula (I), or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein X1, X2, X3, R1-R9, RA, RB, RD, A1, A2, and subscripts t and w are as herein described. ...