Patents by Inventor Akiko Ookawa

Akiko Ookawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET
    Publication number: 20140073671
    Abstract: Provided is an orally disintegrating tablet comprising a bitter-tasting pharmaceutically active ingredient in the form of bepotastine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof that enables the bitter taste thereof to be masked, has both superior oral cavity disintegration and adequate hardness, and can be produced with ordinary tablet production equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Narisawa, Masaaki Sugimoto, Kenichi Kitaoka, Akiko Ookawa, Masayuki Morimoto
  • RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING SOLID PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20120171296
    Abstract: Provided is a solid preparation which rapidly disintegrates in the presence of saliva or a small amount of water in the oral cavity, particularly, a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation useful as an orally-disintegrating solid preparation. Specifically provided is a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation containing coated granules wherein saccharide or sugar alcohol having an average particle size of not less than 75 ?m and a high dissolution rate is coated with cellulose, and a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation containing a) an active ingredient, b) saccharide or sugar alcohol having an average particle size of not less than 400 ?m, c) cellulose and d) a disintegrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Akiko OOKAWA, Yasushi IMADA, Yasunari SHINKAI, Hideaki MATSUMOTO
  • SOLID PREPARATION FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION
    Publication number: 20110059980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid preparation for oral administration, which comprises cariprazine hydrochloride, in which lactose is used as the main excipient, and which enables the stable storage of cariprazine hydrochloride contained therein without the need of adding cyclodextrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuaki Oobayashi, Akiko Ookawa, Atsuko Hadama
  • RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING SOLID PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20100233278
    Abstract: Provided is a solid preparation which rapidly disintegrates in the presence of saliva or a small amount of water in the oral cavity, particularly, a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation useful as an orally-disintegrating solid preparation. Specifically provided is a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation containing coated granules wherein saccharide or sugar alcohol having an average particle size of not less than 75 ?m and a high dissolution rate is coated with cellulose, and a rapidly disintegrating solid preparation containing a) an active ingredient, b) saccharide or sugar alcohol having an average particle size of not less than 400 ?m, c) cellulose and d) a disintegrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Akiko Ookawa, Yasushi Imada, Yasunari Shinkai, Hideaki Matsumoto