US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on June 2 for "RIPK1 inhibitors and methods of use" (Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,904, issued on June 2, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"RIPK1 inhibitors and methods of use" was invented by Joanna L. Chen (Newton, Mass.), Yi-Heng Chen (Whippany, N.J.), Erin F. DiMauro (Cambridge, Mass.), Min Lu (Brookline, Mass.), Joey L. Methot (Westwood, Mass.), Andrew J. Musacchio (Westborough, Mass.), Anandan Palani (Needham, Mass.), Barbara Pio (West Orange, N.J.), Lorena Rico Duque (Canton, Mass.), Phieng Siliphaivanh (Newton, Mass.), Brandon A. Vara (Boston) and Xavier Fradera (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compounds of Formula Ior a pharmaceutically acceptable salt there...