Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kaizawa

Hiroyuki Kaizawa 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).

  • Patent number: 10975091
    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: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    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: 20200055868
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: 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
  • 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: 20180327418
    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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: 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
  • Patent number: 10059720
    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: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., KOTOBUKI PHARMACEUTICALS 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: 20170190715
    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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicants: 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
  • Patent number: 8901126
    Abstract: Substituted imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4-one compounds of formula (I) described herein exhibit PDE9-inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Mari Sugita, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazunori Kamijo, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Ryushi Seo, Satoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8822448
    Abstract: The present inventors have investigated a compound which has a PDE9-inhibiting action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, bladder/urethral diseases, and the like, and thus, have found that a pyrazoloquinoline compound has a PDE9-inhibiting action, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazunori Kamijo, Mari Sugita, Ryushi Seo, Satoshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Ukai
  • Patent number: 8815920
    Abstract: A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optically substituted lower alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawaminami, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Yuta Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Yutaka Kondoh, Ryushi Seo, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Kazuhiko Take, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8674096
    Abstract: Substituted imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4-ones are useful as phosphodiesterase 9 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Mari Sugita, Hidenori Azami, Ryushi Seo, Takaho Nomura, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Hideki Kubota, Kazunori Kamijo
  • Patent number: 8669246
    Abstract: A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawaminami, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Yuta Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Yutaka Kondoh, Ryushi Seo, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Kazuhiko Take, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130296329
    Abstract: The present inventors have investigated a compound which has a PDE9-inhibitory action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like, and thus, have found that an imidazoquinoxaline compound or a triazoloquinoxaline compound has a PDE9-inhibitory action, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAIZAWA, Mari SUGITA, Hirofumi YAMAMOTO, Kazunori KAMIJO, Kazuyuki TSUCHIYA, Ryushi SEO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130231320
    Abstract: A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optically substituted lower alkyl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji KAWAMINAMI, Tatsuhisa TAKAHASHI, Takatoshi KANAYAMA, Yuta FUKUDA, Hiroyuki KAIZAWA, Yutaka KONDOH, Ryushi SEO, Kazuyuki KURAMOTO, Kazuhiko TAKE, Kazuyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8357688
    Abstract: Substituted imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones are useful as PDE9 inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Mari Sugita, Hidenori Azami, Ryushi Seo, Takaho Nomura, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Hideki Kubota, Kazunori Kamijo
  • Publication number: 20120184521
    Abstract: A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawaminami, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Yuta Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Yutaka Kondoh, Ryushi Seo, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Kazuhiko Take, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20110319385
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a compound which has a PDE9-inhibiting action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have investigated a compound which has a PDE9-inhibiting action and is useful as an active ingredient for an agent for treating and/or preventing storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like, and thus, have found that an imidazoquinoxaline compound or a triazoloquinoxaline compound has a PDE9-inhibiting action, thereby completing the present invention. The imidazoquinoxaline compound or the triazoloquinoxaline compound of the present invention has a PDE9-inhibiting action and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating storage dysfunction, voiding dysfunction, and bladder/urethral diseases, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Mari Sugita, Hidenori Azami, Ryushi Seo, Takaho Nomura, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Hideki Kubota, Kazunori Kamijo
  • Patent number: 8067586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial Cancer Research Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20100137584
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiko HAYAKAWA, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
  • Publication number: 20100137585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which is useful as a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitor and an antitumor agent, and it provides a novel bicyclic or tricyclic fused heteroaryl derivative or a salt thereof which possesses an excellent PI3K inhibiting activity and cancer cell growth inhibiting activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ken-Ichi Kawaguchi, Tomonobu Koizumi, Mayumi Yamano, Koyo Matsuda, Minoru Okada, Mitsuaki Ohta
  • Patent number: 7666873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel N-phenyl-(2R,5S)dimethylpiperazine derivatives useful as antiandrogenic agent which exhibits a sufficient prostate gland reducing effect as compared with conventional compounds and are excellent in oral activity. The compound of the present application is useful in preventing or treating prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and the like. The present invention also provides a novel intermediate useful in producing the compound of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Masakazu Imamura, Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takenori Kimura, Isao Kinoyama, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Minoru Okada, Takashi Furutani