MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517036542 A) filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc, Rahway, U.S.A., on April 15, for 'exatecan-derived adc linker-payloads, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Bacauanu, Vlad; Charati, Manoj B.; Chen, Sijie; Johnson, Rebecca Elizabeth; Lang, Simon B.; Morales, Christian L.; Quiroz, Ryan; Seganish, W. Michael; and Zepeda, Nancy.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure is directed to linker-payloads, and salts (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts), solvates, or stereoisomers thereof,...