Patents by Inventor Ayako Motitomo

Ayako Motitomo 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).

  • Publication number: 20140249151
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Motitomo