Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Masaki

Katsuhiro Masaki 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: 8039482
    Abstract: A solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof, the preparation being stable and inhibited from decomposing with time when supplied to clinical fields. In a pharmaceutical preparation containing solifenacin or a salt thereof, the compound in an amorphous form was revealed to be causative of cardinal-drug decomposition with time. The composition for a solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof contains solifenacin or its salt each in a crystalline from, and the content provided are: a process for producing the composition; and a medicinal composition for solid pharmaceutical preparations which contains solifenacin and an amorphization inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Sugihara, Takehiko Yasuji, Katsuhiro Masaki, Daisuke Murayama
  • Publication number: 20110065746
    Abstract: A solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof, the preparation being stable and inhibited from decomposing with time when supplied to clinical fields. In a pharmaceutical preparation containing solifenacin or a salt thereof, the compound in an amorphous form was revealed to be causative of cardinal-drug decomposition with time. The composition for a solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof contains solifenacin or its salt each in a crystalline from, and the content provided are: a process for producing the composition; and a medicinal composition for solid pharmaceutical preparations which contains solifenacin and an amorphization inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Akio SUGIHARA, Takehiko Yasuji, Katsuhiro Masaki, Daisuke Murayama
  • Patent number: 7794748
    Abstract: This invention is aimed to provide a stabilized formulation of ramosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof under a temperature/humidity condition, especially at a low content and relates to a stable oral solid drug composition of ramosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is characterized by containing one or two or more members selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic carboxylic acid or an ester thereof, a hydroxycarboxylic acid or an ester thereof, an acidic amino acid, an enolic acid, an aromatic carboxyl compound or an ester thereof, and a carboxyl group-containing high-molecular substance, and to a stabilization method of the same. Also, this invention relates to a therapeutic agent of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome containing from 0.002 to 0.02 mg of ramosetron hydrochloride as a daily dose or an equivalent molar amount of ramosetron or its pharmaceutically acceptable other salt as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Sugihara, Katsuhiro Masaki, Takehiko Yasuji
  • Publication number: 20080039516
    Abstract: A solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof, the preparation being stable and inhibited from decomposing with time when supplied to clinical fields. In a pharmaceutical preparation containing solifenacin or a salt thereof, the compound in an amorphous form was revealed to be causative of cardinal-drug decomposition with time. The composition for a solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof contains solifenacin or its salt each in a crystalline from, and the content provided are: a process for producing the composition; and a medicinal composition for solid pharmaceutical preparations which contains solifenacin and an amorphization inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Akio Sugihara, Takehiko Yasuji, Katsuhiro Masaki, Daisuke Murayama
  • Publication number: 20050026981
    Abstract: This invention is aimed to provide a stabilized formulation of ramosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof under a temperature/humidity condition, especially at a low content and relates to a stable oral solid drug composition of ramosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is characterized by containing one or two or more members selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic carboxylic acid or an ester thereof, a hydroxycarboxylic acid or an ester thereof, an acidic amino acid, an enolic acid, an aromatic carboxyl compound or an ester thereof, and a carboxyl group-containing high-molecular substance, and to a stabilization method of the same. Also, this invention relates to a therapeutic agent of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome containing from 0.002 to 0.02 mg of ramosetron hydrochloride as a daily dose or an equivalent molar amount of ramosetron or its pharmaceutically acceptable other salt as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Sugihara, Katsuhiro Masaki, Takehiko Yasuji
  • Patent number: 5466464
    Abstract: A solid preparation soluble in the buccal cavity, which is composed of a sugar comprising lactose and/or mannitol and 0.1-1.2 w/w%, based on the sugar, of agar and an active ingredient and has a density of 400 to 1,000 mg/ml and such a strength as to withstand the handling in the manufacture thereof. It has such a sufficient practical solubility in the buccal cavity that even the aged or children having difficulty in swallowing a solid preparation, such as a tablet, can take it. It has an exceedingly high strength as compared with conventional open matrix structures and hence can withstand satisfactorily carrying and PTP packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Masaki, Kazutoshi Ban