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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Katharina Reichenbacher, Riehen, CH;
Robert J. Duguid, Glenmont, NY (US);
Jacqueline A. Ware, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Douglas Phillipson, Del Mar, CA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A crystalline form of crystalline (R)-3-(4-(2-(2-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-pyridin-5-yl)-3-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxymethyl oxazolidin-2-one dihydrogen phosphate, methods of making the crystalline form and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline form are useful antibiotics. Further, the derivatives of the present invention may exert potent antibacterial activity versus various human and animal pathogens, including Gram-positive bacteria such asand, anaerobic microorganisms such asand, and acid-resistant microorganisms such asand. Accordingly, the compositions comprising the crystalline form may be used in antibiotics.