Patents Assigned to Astella Pharma Inc.
  • Publication number: 20190382403
    Abstract: Provided are a novel compound having CDK8 and/or CDK19 inhibitory activity, and a production method for Tregs. The treatment of T cells with a CDK8 and/or CDK19 inhibitor induces Foxp3 in the T cells. Foxp3+ T cells can be induced by treating Foxp3? T cells with the CDK8 and/or CDK19 inhibitor in vitro. Thus, Tregs can be induced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: Kyoto University, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shimon SAKAGUCHI, Naganari OHKURA, Norihisa MIKAMI, Shuh NARUMIYA, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Guliang XIA, Hironori HARADA, Naoto NAKAMURA, Satoru UJIHARA, Hisao HAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10507251
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment that is expected to be useful in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a cancer, particularly, the diagnosis and/or treatment of breast cancer or bladder cancer, and a diagnosis approach and/or a treatment approach using a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment. The solution is an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment comprising a heavy chain fragment comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 8 or 10, and a light chain comprising a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 12, and a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Morinaka, Hiroki Shirai, Kazunori Hirayama, Naomi Hosogai, Hitoshi Doihara
  • Publication number: 20190336552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a genetically recombinant vaccinia virus effective in preventing or treating cancer. Specifically, the present invention provides a recombinant vaccinia virus lacking functions of VGF and O1L and having a gene encoding B5R in which an SCR domain has been deleted. Specifically, the present invention provides a vaccinia virus comprising two polynucleotides, a polynucleotide encoding IL-7 and a polynucleotide encoding IL-12; a combination kit of two vaccinia viruses, a vaccinia virus comprising a polynucleotide encoding IL-7 and a vaccinia virus comprising a polynucleotide encoding IL-12; and use of the two vaccinia viruses in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., National University Corporation Tottori University
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakamura, Hajime KUROSAKI, Motomu NAKATAKE
  • Publication number: 20190330280
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] It is intended to provide a fusion polypeptide that regulates the transcription of a target gene. [Solution] The present inventors have provided a fusion polypeptide comprising: a cell-penetrating peptide; a DNA-binding polypeptide; and a transcriptional regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Hiroshima University
    Inventors: Hideki ENDO, Yukihito ISHIZAKA, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Tetsushi SAKUMA
  • Publication number: 20190307906
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment that is expected to be useful in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a cancer, particularly, the diagnosis and/or treatment of breast cancer or bladder cancer, and a diagnosis approach and/or a treatment approach using a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment. The solution is an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment comprising a heavy chain fragment comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 8 or 10, and a light chain comprising a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 12, and a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi MORINAKA, Hiroki SHIRAI, Kazunori HIRAYAMA, Naomi HOSOGAI, Hitoshi DOIHARA
  • Publication number: 20190309063
    Abstract: Described herein are novel anti-human Ig? antibodies, as well as methods for making the antibodies and using the antibodies to treat or prevent autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke YAMAJUKU, Mutsumi SEKI, Takashi HONDA, Satoshi KUBO, Shinji SOGA, Akifumi MORINAKA
  • Patent number: 10426784
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) defined herein are useful as a dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (D1 PAM) and can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating cognitive impairment, schizophrenia negative symptom, CIAS, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, depression, ADHD, drug dependency, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Tomoyoshi Imaizumi, Naoyuki Masuda, Shigeki Kunikawa, Masataka Morita, Junko Yarimizu
  • Publication number: 20190292182
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating lung cancer. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have studied a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating lung cancer, and as a result, it was found that a quinazoline compound has an excellent G12C mutation KRAS inhibitory activity, and which can be used as a therapeutic agent for lung cancer, and thereby the present invention has been completed. The quinazoline compound of the present invention and a salt thereof may be used as the therapeutic agent for lung cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Michinori Akaiwa, Tomoaki Abe, Takanobu Araki, Susumu Yamaki, Shigeki Kunikawa, Tomoyoshi Imaizumi, Takahiro Nigawara, Keisuke Arakawa, Itsuro Shimada, Masashi Shimazaki, Yoshiki Satake, Kazushi Watanabe, Takanori Koike
  • Patent number: 10421762
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a compound suitable for a pharmaceutical composition, specifically a pharmaceutically composition for treating nocturia. The inventors have assumed that inhibition of nocturnal activity of placental leucine aminopeptidase (P-LAP), i.e. aminopeptidase that cleaves AVP, would maintain and/or increase an endogenous AVP level to enhance the antidiuretic effect, which would contribute to a decreased number of nocturnal voids, and have extensively studied compounds which inhibit P-LAP. As a result, the inventors have found that (2R)-3-amino-2-{[4-(substituted pyridine)-2-yl]methyl}-2-hydroxy-propanoic acid derivatives have excellent P-LAP inhibitory activity. The inventors have evaluated antidiuretic effects in water-loaded rats and have found that the compounds increase endogenous AVP levels by inhibiting P-LAP and consequently reduce urine production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., KOTOBUKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawaguchi, Akihiro Ishihata, Yusuke Inagaki, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Tadaatsu Hanadate, Akira Kanai, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Junichi Kazami, Hiroshi Morikawa, Masashi Hiramoto, Kentaro Enjo, Hajime Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20190282569
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises 5-{[(3R)-1-acryloylpyrrolidin-3-yl]oxy}-6-ethyl-3-({4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]phenyl}amino)-pyrazine-2-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and is stabilized. The pharmaceutical composition comprises potassium chloride and/or sodium chloride, and inhibits the increase of related substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi SAKURAI, Mitsuru YOSHIDA, Tetsuo TOMINAGA
  • Publication number: 20190269804
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment that is expected to be useful in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a cancer, particularly, the diagnosis and/or treatment of breast cancer or bladder cancer, and a diagnosis approach and/or a treatment approach using a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment. The solution is an anti-human MUC1 antibody Fab fragment comprising a heavy chain fragment comprising a heavy chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 8 or 10, and a light chain comprising a light chain variable region consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 12, and a conjugate comprising the Fab fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Morinaka, Hiroki Shirai, Kazunori Hirayama, Naomi Hosogai, Hitoshi Doihara
  • Publication number: 20190248738
    Abstract: Phenyldifluoromethyl-substituted prolinamide compounds that have a cathepsin S inhibitory effect, and are usable as active ingredients of pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis, allergies, or graft rejection of an organ, bone marrow or tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakajima, Sunao Imada, Eriko Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Yu Harayama, Shunichiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190248904
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an anti-human BDCA-2 antibody for preventing or treating an autoimmune disease by binding to a human BDCA-2 to control the function of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell through human BDCA-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Shinsuke NAKAO, Masayuki ITO, Yoshiyuki TENDA
  • Publication number: 20190217531
    Abstract: Provided is a fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object, which is formed by fused deposition modeling type three-dimensional molding and quickly elutes an active component. The fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object is formed by the fused deposition modeling type three-dimensional molding and includes an active component, a water-soluble thermoplastic polymer, a water-soluble sugar and/or a water-soluble sugar alcohol, and a plasticizer component. The fast-eluting three-dimensionally molded object has an elution rate of the active component of 80% or higher within 85 minutes by a dissolution test method in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth Edition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: SORATO IKEDA, Shota HATTORI, Masanori KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190218620
    Abstract: The purpose is to reveal a polynucleotide that is a novel causal gene of pancreatic cancer and thereby provide a method for detecting the polynucleotide or a polypeptide encoded thereby to select a subject positive for the polynucleotide or polypeptide and a method expected to be useful for to identify patients suitable for therapies and a primer set therefor and a kit for detection. In the method, a polynucleotide comprising a fusion point of a part of a CLDN18 gene and an ARHGAP6 gene or a polynucleotide comprising a fusion point of a part of a CLDN18 gene and an ARHGAP26 gene, or a fusion protein encoded thereby is detected. The primer set comprises a sense primer designed for a part encoding CLDN18 and an antisense primer designed for a part encoding ARHGAP6 or a part encoding ARHGAP26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Cancer Center
    Inventor: Hiroki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190202815
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as an MC4 receptor agonist. [Means for Solution] The present inventors studied MC4 receptor agonists, and have found that a piperazine derivative has an MC4 receptor agonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. The piperazine derivative of the present invention has an MC4 receptor agonistic action, and can be used as an agent for preventing or treating bladder and/or urinary tract diseases, in particular, underactive bladder, hypotonic bladder, acontractile bladder, detrusor underactivity, neurogenic bladder, urethral relaxation failure, detrusor-external urethral sphincter dyssynergia, and voiding dysfunctions in benign prostatic hyperplasia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi SUGANE, Norio ASAI, Hiroyuki MORITOMO, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Naomi HOSOGAI
  • Publication number: 20190194220
    Abstract: Novel tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds are disclosed herein that may be used as an active ingredient for a pharmaceutical composition, and in particular, for a pharmaceutical composition useful for preventing or treating a disease or condition responsive to modulation of the contractility of the skeletal sarcomere. This may be accomplished, for example, by modulation of the troponin complex of the fast skeletal muscle sarcomere through one or more of fast skeletal myosin, actin, tropomyosin, troponin C, troponin I, and troponin T, and fragments and isoforms thereof. The tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds can thus be used as an agent for preventing or treating 1) neuromuscular disorders, 2) disorders of voluntary muscle, 3) CNS disorders in which muscle weakness, atrophy, and fatigue are prominent symptoms, 4) muscle symptoms stemming from systemic disorders, and 5) dysfunctions of pelvic floor and urethral/anal sphincter muscle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., Cytokinetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ippei Sato, Takashi Kamikubo, Masanori Miura, Yuji Matsushima, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuhiro Shiina, Susumu Yamaki, Tomoyuki Saito, Hiroshi Kiyohara, Munemichi Ohe, Kayoko Mihara, Bradley Paul Morgan, Fady Malik, Scott Emile Collibee, Luke Ashcraft, Pu-Ping Lu, Jeffrey Michael Warrington, Marc Garard
  • Patent number: 10322997
    Abstract: Phenyldifluoromethyl-substituted prolinamide compounds that have a cathepsin S inhibitory effect, and are usable as active ingredients of pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis, allergies, or graft rejection of an organ, bone marrow or tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakajima, Sunao Imada, Eriko Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Yu Harayama, Shunichiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10314890
    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: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., TRON—TRANSLATIONALE ONKOLOGIE AN DER UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Ozlem Tureci, Rita Mitnacht-Kraus, Stefan Woll, Stefan Jacobs, Cornelia Heinz
  • Patent number: 10316086
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an anti-human Ig? antibody which crosslinks BCR and Fc?RIIb and has an immunosuppressive function more enhanced than that of an antibody in the prior art. [Means for Solution] An anti-human Ig? antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 31 to 35 of SEQ ID NO: 2, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 65 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 98 to 108 of SEQ ID NO: 2, a light chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 24 to 38 of SEQ ID NO: 4, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 54 to 60 of SEQ ID NO: 4, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 93 to 101 of SEQ ID NO: 4, and a heavy chain constant region which is a human Ig?1 constant region having amino acid mutations of S239D, H268D, and L328W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yamajuku, Mutsumi Seki, Takashi Honda, Satoshi Kubo, Shinji Soga, Akifumi Morinaka