Patents Assigned to Nibon University
  • Patent number: 9018194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which functions as a selective vitamin D receptor modulator and has action-selectivity or tissue-selectivity such that it does not induce hypercalcemia but causes other effects. There is provided a compound represented by formula (I), a solvate thereof or a prodrug thereof. wherein m and n each independently represent 1 or 0; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Y represents an ethane-1,1-diyl group or an ethyne-1,2-diyl group; and Z1 represents a hydrogen atom and Z2 represents a hydroxyalkoxy group, or Z1 and Z2 jointly form a methylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Nibon University
    Inventors: Makoto Makishima, Sachiko Yamada, Antonio Mourino, Hiroaki Tokiwa, Takeru Kudo, Yusuke Watarai, Kazuki Maekawa