Patents Assigned to Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240084419
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a recovery method of 226Ra, and the recovery method of 226Ra includes a step (A1) of immersing a solid-state 226Ra containing substance and a carrier having a function of adsorbing 226Ra ions in a processing solution, and then irradiating the processing solution with ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Taku ITO, Jun ICHINOSE, Kotaro NAGATSU, Hisashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240002411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a radioactive zirconium-labeled complex that can realize a high labeling index in a reaction between a radioactive zirconium ion and a ligand compound. The production method of the present invention includes a step of reacting a radioactive zirconium ion with a ligand compound in a reaction solution containing water to coordinate the radioactive zirconium ion. This step is performed in a state where the pH of the reaction solution is in an acidic region. The reaction solution does not contain an organic solvent but contains a water-soluble organic compound having one or two sulfo groups or carboxy groups in its structure, separately from the ligand compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki TAKEMORI, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Minoru KAWATANI, Akihiro IZAWA, Tomoyuki IMAI
  • Publication number: 20230390425
    Abstract: A conjugate of an anti-HER2 antibody site-specifically modified with a peptide and a chelating agent. The chelating agent is chelated with a metal radionuclide, the peptide and the chelating agent are linked by a linker (L), and the linker (L) does not contain a thiourea bond. A radiopharmaceutical including the conjugate as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru KAWATANI, Takahisa HANADA, Gota TONOYA, Takuya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230390426
    Abstract: A method for producing a radioactive zirconium complex of the present invention includes a step of reacting a radioactive zirconium ion, a ligand compound containing DOTA or a DOTA derivative, and an additive such as hydroxybenzoic acid and a derivative thereof with one another in a reaction solution to form a radioactive zirconium complex. As the reaction solution, a reaction solution is used in which the amount of radioactivity of the radioactive zirconium ion is 60 MBq or more at the start of the reaction and the amount of radioactivity of the radioactive zirconium ion is 5 MBq or more per 1 nmol of the ligand compound at the start of the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki IMAI, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Satoshi KISHIMOTO, Akihiro IZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230364275
    Abstract: A method for producing an 225Ac solution includes a step (I) of irradiating a 226Ra target with particles to generate two or more actinium radioisotopes (Ac) including at least 225Ac, a step (II) of dissolving the 226Ra target after the aforementioned step to obtain a solution (1), a step (III) of separating 226Ra and Ac contained in the solution (1) to obtain a solution (2), a step (IV) of allowing Ac contained in the solution (2) other than 225Ac to decay to obtain a solution (3), and a step (V) of separating Ra and Ac contained in the solution (3) to obtain a solution (4). The solution (4) is used to produce a medicine that contains, as an active ingredient, a conjugate between a chelating agent that has formed a complex with 225Ac, and a targeting agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Taku ITO, Jun ICHINOSE, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Tomoyuki IMAI, Kotaro NAGATSU, Hisashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230310665
    Abstract: A method for producing 225Ac solution includes steps (I) to (III): a step (I) of passing a solution containing 226Ra and 225Ac through a solid-phase extraction agent (a) that contains a compound represented by formula (A) so as to cause the solid-phase extraction agent (a) to retain 225Ac; a step (II) of passing a liquid containing an eluate, which is obtained by eluting the retained 225Ac from the solid-phase extraction agent (a), through a solid-phase extraction agent (b) that contains a compound represented by formula (B) so as to cause the solid-phase extraction agent (b) to retain 225Ac; and a step (III) of eluting the retained 225Ac from the solid-phase extraction agent (b) to obtain an 225Ac solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Masashi NATSUSAKO, Shunichi ASO
  • Publication number: 20230288585
    Abstract: A radionuclide analysis apparatus includes: a radiation data detection unit that detects energy of alpha-ray emitted from a radionuclide in a sample and another energy emitted from another radionuclide different from the energy of the alpha-ray; a nuclide identification unit that identifies the radionuclide that has emitted the radiation by comparing a measurement spectrum Sa that is an energy spectrum based on the energy of the alpha-ray or another energy detected by the radiation data detection unit with a standard spectrum Ssa; and a distribution acquisition unit that obtains a distribution of a specific nuclide identified by the nuclide identification unit in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahisa HANADA
  • Patent number: 11752223
    Abstract: A method for producing an 225Ac solution includes a step (I) of irradiating a 226Ra target with particles to generate two or more actinium radioisotopes (Ac) including at least 225Ac, a step (II) of dissolving the 226Ra target after the aforementioned step to obtain a solution (1), a step (III) of separating 226Ra and Ac contained in the solution (1) to obtain a solution (2), a step (IV) of allowing Ac contained in the solution (2) other than 225Ac to decay to obtain a solution (3), and a step (V) of separating Ra and Ac contained in the solution (3) to obtain a solution (4). The solution (4) is used to produce a medicine that contains, as an active ingredient, a conjugate between a chelating agent that has formed a complex with 225Ac, and a targeting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshio Honda, Taku Ito, Jun Ichinose, Hiroaki Ichikawa, Tomoyuki Imai, Kotaro Nagatsu, Hisashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230248854
    Abstract: The production method of a radioactive metal-labeled antibody of the present invention includes a step of conducting a click reaction of a radioactive metal complex and an antibody site-specifically modified with a peptide to produce a radioactive metal-labeled antibody. The click reaction is performed between a first atomic group of the radioactive metal complex and a second atomic group directly or indirectly linked to the peptide. The second atomic group is an atomic group containing an azide group, or an atomic group containing trans-cyclooctene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro IZAWA, Yu OGAWA, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Minoru KAWATANI, Hideaki TAKEMORI, Yuki OKUMURA
  • Patent number: 11701440
    Abstract: Described is a labeling technique which can facilitate the metabolism in the liver after administration to patients without the reduction in the antibody function, thereby reducing accumulation of radionuclides in an organ such as the liver, and a modified antibody containing an IgG antibody and an IgG-binding peptide bound to the IgG antibody. The IgG-binding peptide has an amino acid sequence consisting of 13 to 17 amino acid residues, such as GPDCAYH(Xaa1)GELVWCTFH (SEQ ID NO: 2) wherein Xaa1 represents a lysine residue, a cysteine residue, an aspartic acid residue, a glutamic acid residue, 2-aminosuberic acid, or diaminopropionic acid, and a compound represented by the following formula (II-1) is linked at a position of the lysine residue via a modification linker to the N terminus of the IgG-binding peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shota Komoto, Yu Ogawa, Yoshinari Shoyama, Tadashi Hatano, Yuji Ito, Yasushi Arano, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tomoya Uehara
  • Publication number: 20230112418
    Abstract: In a compound of the present invention, in a macroscopic view of a chemical structure thereof, a chelating moiety is located at the center of the structure, an atomic group containing an albumin binding moiety binds to one side of the chelating moiety, and an atomic group containing a target molecule binding moiety binds to the other side of the chelating moiety. The chelating moiety is also preferably DOTA or a derivative thereof. The target molecule binding moiety preferably has a structure to bind to a target molecule expressed in a cancer tissue. The present invention also provides a radioactive labeled compound in which the compound is coordinated to a radioactive metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshifumi MAYA, Masahiro ONO, Shimpei IIKUNI
  • Publication number: 20230094773
    Abstract: The RI-labeled anti-MUC5AC humanized antibody of the present invention is a conjugate of a chelating agent chelated with a radionuclide and an antibody (the radionuclide is a metal nuclide that emits ? particle or positron, and the antibody is a humanized antibody specifically binding to MUC5AC), and is superior in specificity for MUC5AC and accumulation in tumor. Therefore, it is extremely useful for the treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases in which MUC5AC is overexpressed, particularly cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Nakata, Nobuya Kobashi, Yoshinari Shoyama, Mitsuhiro Matono, Yasushi Ochiai, Takayuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 11551826
    Abstract: A method for producing 225A including: a method (X) for purifying a 226Ra-containing solution, including an adsorption step of allowing a 226Ra ion to adsorb onto a carrier having a function of selectively adsorbing a divalent cation by bringing a 226Ra-containing solution into contact with the carrier under an alkaline condition, and an elution step of eluting the 226Ra ion from the carrier under an acidic condition; a method for producing a 226Ra target, including an electrodeposition liquid preparation step of preparing an electrodeposition liquid by using a purified 226Ra-containing solution obtained by the method (X), and an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a 226Ra-containing substance on a substrate by using the electrodeposition liquid; and a step of irradiating a 226Ra target produced by the method for producing a 226Ra target with at least one selected from a charged particle, a photon, and a neutron by using an accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Honda, Shinya Yano
  • Publication number: 20220370651
    Abstract: A method for producing an 225Ac solution includes a step (I) of irradiating a 226Ra target with particles to generate two or more actinium radioisotopes (Ac) including at least 225Ac, a step (II) of dissolving the 226Ra target after the aforementioned step to obtain a solution (1), a step (III) of separating 226Ra and Ac contained in the solution (1) to obtain a solution (2), a step (IV) of allowing Ac contained in the solution (2) other than 225Ac to decay to obtain a solution (3), and a step (V) of separating Ra and Ac contained in the solution (3) to obtain a solution (4). The solution (4) is used to produce a medicine that contains, as an active ingredient, a conjugate between a chelating agent that has formed a complex with 225Ac, and a targeting agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Taku ITO, Jun ICHINOSE, Hiroaki ICHIKAWA, Tomoyuki IMAI, Kotaro NAGATSU, Hisashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220367081
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for purifying efficiently and easily a 226Ra-containing solution obtained when 225Ac is produced from a 226Ra target, a method for producing a 226Ra target by using the purified 226Ra-containing solution obtained by the above purification method, and a method for producing 225Ac including these above methods. The method for purifying a 226Ra-containing solution according to the present invention is characterized by including an adsorption step (R1) of allowing 226Ra ions to adsorb onto a carrier having a function of selectively adsorbing divalent cations by bringing a 226Ra-containing solution (a) into contact with the carrier under an alkaline condition; and an elution step (R2) of eluting the 226Ra ions from the carrier under an acidic condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Shinya YANO
  • Publication number: 20220356591
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a production method of a 226Ra target, a production method of 225Ac, or an electrodeposition solution for producing a 226Ra target, and the production method of a 226Ra target includes an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a 226Ra-containing substance on a substrate by using an electrodeposition solution that contains 226Ra ions and a pH buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo KAJISHIRO, Shinya YANO, Jun ICHINOSE
  • Publication number: 20220328208
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a production method of 225Ac includes; a production step of a 226Ra target including an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a 226Ra-containing substance on a substrate by using an electrodeposition solution that contains 226Ra ions and a pH buffer, and an irradiating step of irradiating the 226Ra target with at least one selected from charged particles, photons, and neutrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo KAJISHIRO, Shinya YANO, Jun ICHINOSE
  • Publication number: 20220328207
    Abstract: A method for producing 225A including: a method (X) for purifying a 226Ra-containing solution, including an adsorption step of allowing a 226Ra ion to adsorb onto a carrier having a function of selectively adsorbing a divalent cation by bringing a 226Ra-containing solution into contact with the carrier under an alkaline condition, and an elution step of eluting the 226Ra ion from the carrier under an acidic condition; a method for producing a 226Ra target, including an electrodeposition liquid preparation step of preparing an electrodeposition liquid by using a purified 226Ra-containing solution obtained by the method (X), and an electrodeposition step of electrodepositing a 226Ra-containing substance on a substrate by using the electrodeposition liquid; and a step of irradiating a 226Ra target produced by the method for producing a 226Ra target with at least one selected from a charged particle, a photon, and a neutron by using an accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio HONDA, Shinya YANO
  • Publication number: 20220259160
    Abstract: A method for producing a radioactive metal complex includes a step of allowing a radioactive metal to react with DOTA or a derivative thereof as a ligand in a reaction liquid to form a radioactive metal complex. The reaction liquid contains water, a buffer, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The radioactive metal is 89Zr or 225Ac. The ligand may have, in the structure thereof, a group to which a peptide is linked. The content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the reaction liquid is preferably 2% by volume or more and 50% by volume or less. The radioactive metal is preferably allowed to react with the ligand in the reaction liquid at 30° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki IMAI, Masato KIRIU, Akihiro IZAWA
  • Patent number: 11369701
    Abstract: The RI-labeled anti-MUC5AC humanized antibody of the present invention is a conjugate of a chelating agent chelated with a radionuclide and an antibody (the radionuclide is a metal nuclide that emits ? particle or positron, and the antibody is a humanized antibody specifically binding to MUC5AC), and is superior in specificity for MUC5AC and accumulation in tumor. Therefore, it is extremely useful for the treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases in which MUC5AC is overexpressed, particularly cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: NIHON MEDI-PHYSICS CO., LTD., SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Nakata, Nobuya Kobashi, Yoshinari Shoyama, Mitsuhiro Matono, Yasushi Ochiai, Takayuki Murakami