US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on March 11 for "4-amino or 4-alkoxy-substituted aryl sulfonamide compounds with selective activity in voltage-gated sodium channels" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,008, issued on March 11, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"4-amino or 4-alkoxy-substituted aryl sulfonamide compounds with selective activity in voltage-gated sodium channels" was invented by Christopher J. Bungard (Lansdale, Pa.), Helen Y. Chen (Marlboro, N.J.), Jason M. Cox (Flemington, N.J.), Liangqin Guo (Monroe Township, N.J.), Michael J. Kelly III (Paoli, Pa.), Ronald M. Kim (Summit, N.J.), Mark E. Layton (Harleysville, Pa.), Hong Liu (Hillsborough, N.J.), Jian Liu (Edison, N.J.), Mehul F. Patel (Blue Bell, Pa.), James J. Perkins (Churchville, Pa.), Deping Wang (Furlong, Pa.), Walter Won (San Diego), Younong Yu (East Brunswick, N.J.) and Ting Zhang (P...