Patents by Inventor Kei Ohnuki

Kei Ohnuki 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: 20250084062
    Abstract: The present inventors have studied and found that the substituted quinoline derivatives have acetylcholine receptor clustering-inducing action and can be useful as an active ingredient in the pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating neuromuscular diseases. The substituted quinoline derivative of the present invention may be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating neuromuscular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Ryuichi SEKIOKA, Eriko HONJO, Kei OHNUKI, Yohei KOGANEMARU, Takuya WASHIO, Ayaka MORIKAWA, Kenji NEGORO, Shota SATO, Sadanori MIYOSHI, Takao SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250025567
    Abstract: An antibody-drug conjugate of formula (I) or salt thereof of formula I: may have Ab as an anti-CLDN6 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Michinori AKAIWA, Yohei SEKI, Yinghua WANG, Javier Ramos MIGUELEZ, Kei OHNUKI, Takashi KAMIKUBO, Toru ASANO, Akio KAMIKAWA, Takashi CHAEN, Rika HOSHI, Shinji SOGA, Chulwon KWON
  • Patent number: 9428501
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof: wherein the variables are defined herein, are useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Ohnuki, Hidenori Azami, Yuki Sawada, Takashi Shin, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Shigetoshi Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Saito, Hisao Hamaguchi, Takeyuki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20150266869
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as an agent for treating breast cancer is provided. [Means for Solution] As a result of intensive studies on a compound having a Complex I inhibitory effect and an AMPK activation effect, the present inventors found that a bicyclic nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic amide compounds of the present invention has an excellent Complex I inhibitory effect and the AMPK activation effect, furthermore, has a cell proliferation inhibitory effect with respect to not only human PIK3CA mutation-positive breast cancer cell lines in which MCT4 is not expressed but also human breast cancer cell lines which do not have mutation of PIK3CA in which MCT4 is not expressed, and exhibits an anti-tumor effect in a human PIK3CA mutation-positive breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-453 cell in a cancer-bearing mouse in which the MCT4 is not expressed, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Kei Ohnuki, Hidenori Azami, Yuki Sawada, Takashi Shin, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Shigetoshi Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Saito, Hisao Hamaguchi, Takeyuki Nagashima
  • Publication number: 20120035196
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention has an object to provide a compound having a GPR40 agonistic activity, which is useful as a pharmaceutical composition, an insulin secretion promoter, or an agent for preventing/treating diabetes. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have extensively studied a compound having a GPR40 agonistic activity, and as a result, they have found that the compound (I) of the present invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which a carboxylic acid is bonded to a bicyclic or tricyclic moiety through methylene, and further, a benzene ring substituted with a monocyclic 6-membered aromatic ring is bonded to a bicyclic or tricyclic moiety through —O-methylene or —NH-methylene, has an excellent GPR40 agonistic activity. They have also found that the compound has an excellent insulin secretion promoting action and strongly inhibits increase in the blood glucose after glucose loading, thereby completing the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Kei Ohnuki, Yasuhiro Yonetoku, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Yasuharu Urano, Hideyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8076367
    Abstract: Compounds useful as GnRH receptor antagonists are provided. The present inventors have further examined propane-1,3-dione derivatives and confirmed as a result that a propane-1,3-dione having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene), or a compound which has benzene or thiophene ring substituted with a group derived from 1-hydroxymethyl, shows excellent availability, in addition to its excellent GnRH receptor antagonism, thereby accomplishing the invention. Since the compound of the invention shows excellent availability, in addition to its strong GnRH receptor antagonism, it can be expected that it exerts superior drug effect in the living body, and it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone dependent diseases such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine leiomyoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Eiji Kawaminami, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Kei Ohnuki, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Patent number: 7968552
    Abstract: A compound which can be used as a pharmaceutical, particularly a insulin secretion promoter or a agent for preventing/treating disease in which GPR40 is concerned such as diabetes or the like, is provided. It was found that an oxadiazolidinedione compound which is characterized by the possession of a benzyl or the like substituent binding to the cyclic group via a linker at the 2-position of the oxadiazolidinedione ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has excellent GPR40 agonist action. In addition, since the oxadiazolidinedione compound of the present invention showed excellent insulin secretion promoting action and blood glucose level-lowering action, it is useful as an insulin secretion promoter or an agent for preventing/treating diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Kei Ohnuki, Toshio Kurosaki, Yasuhiro Yonetoku, Norio Asai, Shigeru Yoshida, Takatoshi Soga
  • Patent number: 7960562
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a compound useful as a GnRH receptor antagonist. The inventors further investigated propane-1,3-dione derivatives. As a result, they confirmed that a compound having a benzene ring or a thiophene ring substituted with a group represented by —SO2—R3 in a propane-1,3-dione derivative having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene) has an excellent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect and accomplished the present invention. Because the compound of the present invention has a potent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect, it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone-dependent diseases, particularly GnRH-related diseases. Further, because the compound of the present invention has an excellent metabolic stability in human and few drug interactions, therefore it has preferable characteristics as a pharmaceutical used for the above-mentioned diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Eiji Kawaminami, Kei Ohnuki, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Osoda, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takashi Shin, Takanori Koike, Itsuro Shimada, Hiroyuki Hisamichi, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Publication number: 20100267775
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical agent having GPR40 receptor agonistic action, particularly a compound which is useful as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetes mellitus. The present inventors have examined a compound having GPR40 receptor agonistic action, confirmed that an oxadiazolidinedione compound which has a substituent such as a benzyl group, etc. linked with a substituent such as a phenyl group, etc. through a linker at the 2-position of an oxadiazolidinedione ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent GPR40 agonistic activity, and thus completed the invention. The oxadiazolidinedione compound has excellent insulin secretagogue action and anti-hyperglycemic action, and therefore can be used as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for preventing and/or treating diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Kei Ohnuki, Toshio Kurosaki, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Shigeru Yoshida, Takatoshi Soga
  • Publication number: 20100173946
    Abstract: Compounds useful as GnRH receptor antagonists are provided. The present inventors have further examined propane-1,3-dione derivatives and confirmed as a result that a propane-1,3-dione having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene), or a compound which has benzene or thiophene ring substituted with a group derived from 1-hydroxymethyl, shows excellent availability, in addition to its excellent GnRH receptor antagonism, thereby accomplishing the invention. Since the compound of the invention shows excellent availability, in addition to its strong GnRH receptor antagonism, it can be expected that it exerts superior drug effect in the living body, and it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone dependent diseases such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine leiomyoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Eiji Kawaminami, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Kei Ohnuki, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Publication number: 20100152165
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a pharmaceutical, particularly a compound which can be used as an insulin secretion promoter or a preventive or therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus and the like diseases in which GPR40 is concerned. [Means for resolution] It was found that novel carboxylic acid derivatives or salts thereof, characterized in that carboxylic acid is linked to a 6-membered monocyclic aromatic ring via two atoms and said aromatic ring is linked to a nitrogen-containing bicyclic ring via a linker, have excellent GPR40 receptor agonist action. In addition, since the carboxylic acid derivatives of the invention showed excellent insulin secretion promoting action and blood glucose reducing action, they are useful as an insulin secretion promoter and a preventive or therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Kei Ohnuki, Toshio Kurosaki, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Yasuhiro Yonetoku, Kazuyuki Tsuchiya, Norio Asai, Shigeru Yoshida, Takatoshi Soga, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7709519
    Abstract: Compounds useful as GnRH receptor antagonists are provided. The present inventors have further examined propane-1,3-dione derivatives and confirmed as a result that a propane-1,3-dione having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene), or a compound which has benzene or thiophene ring substituted with a group derived from 1-hydroxymethyl, shows excellent availability, in addition to its excellent GnRH receptor antagonism, thereby accomplishing the invention. Since the compound of the invention shows excellent availability, in addition to its strong GnRH receptor antagonism, it can be expected that it exerts superior drug effect in the living body, and it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone dependent diseases such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine leiomyoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Eiji Kawaminami, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Kei Ohnuki, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Publication number: 20090186909
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which can be used as a pharmaceutical, particularly a insulin secretion promoter or a agent for preventing/treating disease in which GPR40 is concerned such as diabetes or the like, is provided. [Means for resolution] It was found that an oxadiazolidinedione compound which is characterized by the possession of a benzyl or the like substituent binding to the cyclic group via a linker at the 2-position of the oxadiazolidinedione ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has excellent GPR40 agonist action. In addition, since the oxadiazolidinedione compound of the present invention showed excellent insulin secretion promoting action and blood glucose level-lowering action, it is useful as an insulin secretion promoter or an agent for preventing/treating diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Kenji Negoro, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Kei Ohnuki, Toshio Kurosaki, Yasuhiro Yonetoku, Norio Asai, Shigeru Yoshida, Takatoshi Soga
  • Publication number: 20090181964
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a compound useful as a GnRH receptor antagonist. The inventors further investigated propane-1,3-dione derivatives. As a result, they confirmed that a compound having a benzene ring or a thiophene ring substituted with a group represented by —SO2—R3 in a propane-1,3-dione derivative having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene) has an excellent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect and accomplished the present invention. Because the compound of the present invention has a potent GnRH receptor antagonistic effect, it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone-dependent diseases, particularly GnRH-related diseases. Further, because the compound of the present invention has an excellent metabolic stability in human and few drug interactions, therefore it has preferable characteristics as a pharmaceutical used for the above-mentioned diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Eiji Kawaminami, Kei Ohnuki, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Osoda, Tatsuhisa Takahisa, Takashi Shin, Takanori Koike, Itsuro Shimada, Hiroyuki Hisamichi, Toshiyuki Kusayama
  • Publication number: 20090018177
    Abstract: Compounds useful as GnRH receptor antagonists are provided. The present inventors have further examined propane-1,3-dione derivatives and confirmed as a result that a propane-1,3-dione having 2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-ylidene), or a compound which has benzene or thiophene ring substituted with a group derived from 1-hydroxymethyl, shows excellent availability, in addition to its excellent GnRH receptor antagonism, thereby accomplishing the invention. Since the compound of the invention shows excellent availability, in addition to its strong GnRH receptor antagonism, it can be expected that it exerts superior drug effect in the living body, and it is useful for the treatment of sex hormone dependent diseases such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine leiomyoma, benign prostatic hypertrophy and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Masaaki Hirano, Eiji Kawaminami, Isao Kinoyama, Shunichiro Matsumoto, Kei Ohnuki, Kazuyoshi Obitsu, Toshiyuki Kusayama