Patents Assigned to Astellas Pharma Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240150754
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antisense guide RNA for editing a polyadenylation signal sequence of a target RNA and a nucleic acid that encodes the guide RNA, which are expected to control expression of the target RNA with high efficiency. The present inventors have intensively examined technologies for controlling expression of a target RNA with high efficiency, thereby completing the present invention by discovering a guide RNA for ADAR-dependent editing of the target RNA, including an antisense region complementary to a portion of the target RNA including a polyadenylation signal sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Takatomo ARAI, Mariko MANDA
  • Patent number: 11976130
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies directed against an epitope located within the C-terminal portion of CLDN18.2 which are useful, for example, in diagnosing cancer and/or in determining whether cancer cells express CLDN18.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON—Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Woll
  • Publication number: 20240138690
    Abstract: An arrhythmic state detection assisting device includes an acquisition unit, a derivation unit and an estimation unit. The acquisition unit acquires image information obtained by capturing an image of a predetermined part of a subject with an image capture device that captures a color moving image. The derivation unit derives a variance value, for a predetermined interval, of periods of a periodic change in a green luminance component in the image information acquired by the acquisition unit. As the variance value derived by the derivation unit becomes greater, the estimation unit estimates a higher likelihood that an arrhythmia is occurring in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto OGINO, Hiroyuki KAMADA
  • Patent number: 11944620
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising 6-ethyl-3-({3-methoxy-4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-5-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as compound A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the generation of related substances during storage is inhibited. In the stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, the proportion of crystals of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 60% or more with respect to the total amount of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Miyazaki, Ryohei Ishiba, Yuki Takaishi, Fumiaki Uejo
  • Patent number: 11938131
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising 6-ethyl-3-(3-methoxy-4-4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl phenylamino)-5-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as compound A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the generation of related substances during storage is inhibited. In the stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, the proportion of crystals of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 60% or more with respect to the total amount of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Miyazaki, Ryohei Ishiba, Yuki Takaishi, Fumiaki Uejo
  • Patent number: 11938130
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising 6-ethyl-3-({3-methoxy-4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-5-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as compound A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the generation of related substances during storage is inhibited. In the stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, the proportion of crystals of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 60% or more with respect to the total amount of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Miyazaki, Ryohei Ishiba, Yuki Takaishi, Fumiaki Uejo
  • Patent number: 11938133
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising 6-ethyl-3-({3-methoxy-4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-5-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as compound A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the generation of related substances during storage is inhibited. In the stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, the proportion of crystals of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 60% or more with respect to the total amount of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Miyazaki, Ryohei Ishiba, Yuki Takaishi, Fumiaki Uejo
  • Patent number: 11938132
    Abstract: Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising 6-ethyl-3-({3-methoxy-4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-5-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (hereinafter referred to as compound A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the generation of related substances during storage is inhibited. In the stable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, the proportion of crystals of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 60% or more with respect to the total amount of compound A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Miyazaki, Ryohei Ishiba, Yuki Takaishi, Fumiaki Uejo
  • Publication number: 20240092916
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a multispecific antibody for preventing or treating amyotrophic diseases such as inclusion body myositis by binding to ActRIIA, ActRIIB, and Fn14, and inhibiting an amyotrophic action which occurs via ActRIIA, ActRIIB, and Fn14. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted studies on a multispecific antibody, and provided a multispecific antibody including a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji SOGA, Takeshi SHIGENAGA, Takeshi TSUTSUMI
  • Patent number: 11925638
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition is suitable for treating AXL-related cancer. The cancer can be cancer with high expression of AXL. The cancer can also be cancer which has acquired resistance by the activation of AXL against therapy with an anticancer agent. Specific diamino heterocyclic carboxamide compounds have an AXL inhibitory action, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient have a therapeutic effect on AXL-related cancer. This AXL-related cancer can be cancer with high expression of AXL and/or cancer which has acquired resistance by the activation of AXL against therapy with an anticancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Eguchi, Masamichi Mori, Yoko Yamaki
  • Patent number: 11919951
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies directed against an epitope located within the C-terminal portion of CLDN6 which are useful, for example, in diagnosing cancer and/or in determining whether cancer cells express CLDN6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Inventors: Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Wöll, Korden Walter, Özlem Türeci, Ugur Sahin
  • Patent number: 11912679
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
  • Patent number: 11897954
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-TSPAN8/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody and an anti-TSPAN8 antibody usable in treatment or prevention in human. A human monoclonal antibody producing mouse was immunized with a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell isolated from a patient, to obtain an antibody 16B11 and an antibody 16B12 that selectively bind to a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. These antibodies were anti-TSPAN8 antibodies that bind to the region from amino acid positions 126 to 155 of TSPAN8 and exhibited strong binding activity to TSPAN8 expressed in the peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. Further, an anti-TSPAN8(16B11)-anti-CD3 bispecific antibody produced based on the sequence of 16B11 exhibited a cytotoxic activity against the TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell in vitro, exerted an anti-tumor action on TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell-bearing mice in vivo, and extended the lifetime of peritoneal dissemination model mice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tenda, Masatoshi Yuri, Daisuke Yamajuku, Takeshi Tsutsumi, Yuko Kusuzaki, Hiroki Sasaki, Fumiko Chiwaki, Masayuki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20240018113
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
  • Publication number: 20240000783
    Abstract: This invention relates to combination therapies comprising a cyclin dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) inhibitor of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an antiandrogen, optionally in further combination with an additional anti-cancer agent, and associated methods of treatment, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Pfizer Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Lars ANDERS, Kimberly Hyunjung KIM, Danan LI, Elizabeth Anne MCMILLAN, Robert Andrew ROLLINS, Brendan Ayers VEENEMAN
  • Patent number: 11839689
    Abstract: This disclosure provides formulations of enzalutamide and their use for treating hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Medivation Prostate Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Alan Lorenz, Sanjay Konagurthu, Randy J. Wald, Jason A. Everett, Sheila Matz, Yuuki Takaishi, Toshiro Sakai, Ryousuke Irie, Shinsuke Oba, Hiroyasu Toyota, Koji Nishimura, Atsushi Kanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20230381305
    Abstract: Provided is an effective and safe method for treating or preventing a cancer using aAVC. The present invention finds suitable ranges of the dose of ?-GalCer loaded on aAVC cell surface, and the amount of ?-GalCer loaded on aAVC cell surface in a pharmaceutical composition comprising aAVC, which are preferred in terms of securing effectiveness and safety in the treatment and prevention of a cancer using aAVC, and provides an effective and safe method for treating or preventing a cancer using aAVC, aAVC for effective and safe treatment or prevention of a cancer, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Keisuke OHSUMI, Taku YOSHIDA, Masayuki KANKI, Shinichiro FUJII, Kanako SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11826402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, including cancer diseases such as pancreatic cancer and metastases thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitatsm
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Woll, Stefan Jacobs, Cornelia Heinz
  • Publication number: 20230364188
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition that can be easily administered into the ear and has a function of allowing a drug to be retained and slowly released in the ear, a pharmaceutical composition for otic administration comprising one, or two or more drugs and a water-dispersible fine cellulose composition, in particular, microcrystalline cellulose-carmellose sodium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Mari OSADA, Hiroyuki KOJIMA, Takatsune YOSHIDA, Natsuki YOSHIKAWA, Akira NAGAKURA, Luna SATO
  • Publication number: 20230348587
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-TSPAN8/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody and an anti-TSPAN8 antibody usable in treatment or prevention in human. A human monoclonal antibody producing mouse was immunized with a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell isolated from a patient, to obtain an antibody 16B11 and an antibody 16B12 that selectively bind to a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. These antibodies were anti-TSPAN8 antibodies that bind to the region from amino acid positions 126 to 155 of TSPAN8 and exhibited strong binding activity to TSPAN8 expressed in the peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. Further, an anti-TSPAN8(16B11)-anti-CD3 bispecific antibody produced based on the sequence of 16B11 exhibited a cytotoxic activity against the TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell in vitro, exerted an anti-tumor action on TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell-bearing mice in vivo, and extended the lifetime of peritoneal dissemination model mice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TENDA, Masatoshi YURI, Daisuke YAMAJUKU, Takeshi TSUTSUMI, Yuko KUSUZAKI, Hiroki SASAKI, Fumiko CHIWAKI, Masayuki KOMATSU