Patents by Inventor Marilena Pira

Marilena Pira 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: 20230322683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cell degeneration inhibitory action, particularly a motor neuron degeneration inhibitory action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of motor neuron diseases (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar paralysis, progressive muscular atrophy, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive pseudobulbar paralysis, spinal muscular atrophy, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple-system atrophy, Friedreich's ataxia) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Masashi TOYOFUKU, Yoshiteru ITO, Marilena PIRA, Takahiro SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230037557
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiteru ITO, Yuhei MIYANOHANA, Yuichi KAJITA, Yasutaka HOASHI, Yasushi HATTORI, Tatsuki KOIKE, Norihito TOKUNAGA, Eiji KIMURA, Alexander Martin PAWLICZEK, Marilena PIRA, Javier MIGUELEZ-RAMOS
  • Patent number: 11028048
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Hattori, Yuhei Miyanohana, Yuichi Kajita, Tatsuki Koike, Yasutaka Hoashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Alexander Martin Pawliczek, Tsuneo Oda, Tohru Miyazaki, Marilena Pira, Javier Miguelez-Ramos