US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on Oct. 6 for "Amido-substituted pyridyl compounds and methods of use thereof for the treatment of herpesviruses" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,187, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Amido-substituted pyridyl compounds and methods of use thereof for the treatment of herpesviruses" was invented by Richard Thaddeus Berger Jr. (Harleysville, Pa.), Christopher Douglas Cox (Harleysville, Pa.), Brendan M. Crowley (Collegeville, Pa.), Marc Labroli (Moorestown, N.J.), Michael Aaron Plotkin (Frenchtown, N.J.), Izzat Tiedje Raheem (Doylestown, Pa.), Deyou Sha (Newark, Del.), Anthony W. Shaw (Harleysville, Pa.), Jason W. Skudlarek (Audubon, Pa.) and Ling Tong (Warren, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel Amid...