Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hiratochi

Masahiro Hiratochi 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: 9023882
    Abstract: 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof. In the formula (I), T represents nitro, cyano and the like; ring J represents aryl or heteroaryl; Q represents carboxy, 5-tetazolyl and the like; Y represents H, OH, NH2, halogen, haloalkyl and the like; X1 and X2 independently represent CR2 or N; R2 represents H, alkyl and the like; R1 represents halogen, cyano, haloalkyl, A-D-E-G-L-M, —N(-D-L-M)2 and the like, A represents a single bond, O, S and the like; D, G and M independently represent optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene and the like; E and L independently represent a single bond, O, S, COO, SO2 and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8993616
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8829040
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20140179932
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20130252955
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8466152
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20120289506
    Abstract: 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof. In the formula (I), T represents nitro, cyano and the like; ring J represents aryl or heteroaryl; Q represents carboxy, 5-tetazolyl and the like; Y represents H, OH, NH2, halogen, haloalkyl and the like; X1 and X2 independently represent CR2 or N; R2 represents H, alkyl and the like; R1 represents halogen, cyano, haloalkyl, A-D-E-G-L-M, —N(-D-L-M)2 and the like, A represents a single bond, O, S and the like; D, G and M independently represent optionally substituted alkylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, arylene, heteroarylene and the like; E and L independently represent a single bond, O, S, COO, SO2 and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8263622
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal plasma uric acid level and the like. The present invention relates to fused ring derivatives represented by the following formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of plasma uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, salts thereof or the like. In the formula (I), X1 and X2 represent CH or N; ring U represents aryl or heteroaryl; m represents integral number from 0 to 2; n represents integral number from 0 to 3; R1 represents a hydroxy group, amino or C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy C1-6 alkyl or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Masato Iizuka, Hideki Fujikura, Yasushi Takigawa, Masahiro Hiratochi
  • Patent number: 8227500
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110230454
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110207935
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal plasma uric acid level and the like. The present invention relates to fused ring derivatives represented by the following formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of plasma uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, salts thereof or the like. In the formula (I), X1 and X2 represent CH or N; ring U represents aryl or heteroaryl; m represents integral number from 0 to 2; n represents integral number from 0 to 3; R1 represents a hydroxy group, amino or C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy C1-6 alkyl or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Masato Iizuka, Hideki Fujikura, Yasushi Takigawa, Masahiro Hiratochi
  • Patent number: 8003647
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20110201815
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal plasma uric acid level and the like. The present invention relates to fused heterocyclic derivatives represented by the following formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of plasma uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, salts thereof or the like. In the formula (I), T represents trifluoromethyl, nitro or cyano; ring Q represents heteroaryl; X1 and X2 independently represent CH or N; ring U represents aryl or heteroaryl; m represents integral number from 0 to 2; n represents integral number from 0 to 3; R1 represents a hydroxy group, amino or C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy C1-6 alkyl or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Masato Iizuka, Hideki Fujikura, Yasushi Takigawa, Masahiro Hiratochi
  • Publication number: 20100227864
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to 5-membered heterocyclic derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20100056521
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormal serum uric acid level which has a uricosuric activity or the like. The present invention relates to (aza)indole derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) having xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities and useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with abnormality of serum uric acid level, prodrugs thereof, or salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Shimizu, Yasushi Takigawa, Hideki Fujikura, Masato Iizuka, Masahiro Hiratochi, Norihiko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7547680
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzimidazole derivatives represented by the following formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrugs thereof, which exert an inhibitory activity on sodium-dependent nucleoside transporter 2 and are useful for a disease associated with an abnormality of plasma uric acid level. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention or treatment of gout, hyperuricemia, urinary lithiasis, hyperuricemic nephropathy or the like. In the formula, n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are H, a halogen atom, cyano group, optionally substituted alkyl group, optionally substituted aryl group or the like; R3 is H, a halogen atom, optionally substituted alkyl group or the like; R4 and R5 are H, a halogen atom, OH or the like; and R6 and RX are H or OH: RY is F or OH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceuticals, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Kikuchi, Yoshinori Nonaka, Kazuya Tatani, Masahiro Hiratochi, Yu Kuramochi, Masayuki Isaji, Kazuo Shimizu, Takashi Miyagi
  • Publication number: 20080038242
    Abstract: The present invention provides benzimidazole derivatives represented by the following formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrugs thereof, which exert an inhibitory activity on sodium-dependent nucleoside transporter 2 and are useful for a disease associated with an abnormality of plasma uric acid level. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention or treatment of gout, hyperuricemia, urinary lithiasis, hyperuricemic nephropathy or the like. In the formula, n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are H, a halogen atom, cyano group, optionally substituted alkyl group, optionally substituted aryl group or the like; R3 is H, a halogen atom, optionally substituted alkyl group or the like; R4 and R5 are H, a halogen atom, OH or the like; and R6 and RX are H or OH: RY is F or OH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Norhiko Kikuchi, Yoshinori Nonaka, Kazuya Tatani, Masahiro Hiratochi, Yu Kuramochi, Masayuki Isaji, Kazuo Shimizu, Takashi Miyagi
  • Patent number: 7115575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucopyranosyloxypyrazole derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; one of Q1 and T1 represents a group represented by the general formula: while the other represents a lower alkyl group or a halo(lower alkyl) group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a halo(lower alkyl) group or a halogen atom, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have an inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, diabetic complications or obesity, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Fujikura, Toshihiro Nishimura, Kenji Katsuno, Masahiro Hiratochi, Akira Iyobe, Minoru Fujioka, Masayuki Isaji
  • Patent number: 7056892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucopyranosyloxypyrazole derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; one of Q1 and T1 represents a group represented by the general formula: while the other represents a lower alkyl group or a halo(lower alkyl) group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a halo(lower alkyl) group or a halogen atom, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have an inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of diabetes, diabetic complications or obesity, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Fujikura, Toshihiro Nishimura, Kenji Katsuno, Masahiro Hiratochi, Akira Iyobe, Minoru Fujioka, Masayuki Isaji
  • Patent number: 7045665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to benzylphenol derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R11 represents a hydrogen atom or a protected hydroxy(lower alkyl) group; and R12 represents a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a protected hydroxy(lower alkyl) group, a protected hydroxy(lower alkoxy) group, a protected hydroxy(lower alkylthio) group, a lower alkoxy-substituted (lower alkyl) group, a lower alkoxy-substituted (lower alkoxy) group or a lower alkoxy-substituted (lower alkylthio) group; with the proviso that R12 is not a methyl group, an ethyl group, an isopropyl group, a tert-butyl group or a methoxy group when R11 is a hydrogen atom, or a salt thereof, which are used as intermediates for making glucopyranosyloxybenzylbenzene compounds having inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and are useful in treating diseases associated with hyperglycemia, such as diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Fujikura, Nobuhiko Fushimi, Toshihiro Nishimura, Kazuya Tatani, Kenji Katsuno, Masahiro Hiratochi, Yoshiki Tokutake, Masayuki Isaji