MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058230 A) filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme Llc, Rahway, U.S.A., on June 17, for 'preparation of fused azole derivatives as novel diacylglyceride o-acyltransferase 2 inhibitors.'

Inventor(s) include Lim, Yeon-Hee; Hugelshofer, Cedric L.; Roane, James P.; and Shockley, Samantha E.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided are compounds of Formula I, Formula Ia and Formula Ib and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I,...