Patents by Inventor Masakazu Imamura
Masakazu Imamura 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).
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Patent number: 8198464Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a C-glycoside derivative, which can produce the C-glycoside derivative at a high yield and at a low cost, which conforms to environmental protection, and which is applicable industrially. The C-glycoside derivative is useful for treating and preventing diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes), non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) and the like and various diabetes-related diseases including insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kousuke Komenoi, Atsushi Nakamura, Makoto Kasai, Masakazu Imamura, Ryota Shiraki, Keita Nakanishi
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Patent number: 8097592Abstract: A cocrystal of (1S)-1,5-anhydro-1-[3-(1-benzothien-2-ylmethyl)-4-fluorophenyl]-D-glucitol and L-proline. It is a cocrystal of known compound A, which has a constant quality, is superior in storage stability, has no moisture absorptivity, and is suitable as a crystal of a drug substance used for preparing pharmaceuticals.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Keita Nakanishi, Ryota Shiraki, Kenichi Onda, Daisuke Sasuga, Masamichi Yuda
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Patent number: 7977466Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7772407Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20100094025Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a C-glycoside derivative, which can produce the C-glycoside derivative at a high yield and at a low cost, which conforms to environmental protection, and which is applicable industrially. The C-glycoside derivative is useful for treating and preventing diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes), non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) and the like and various diabetes-related diseases including insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicants: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., KOTOBUKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kousuke Komenoi, Atsushi Nakamura, Makoto Kasai, Masakazu Imamura, Ryota Shiraki, Keita Nakanishi
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Patent number: 7666873Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Masakazu Imamura, Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takenori Kimura, Isao Kinoyama, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Minoru Okada, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20090182039Abstract: A choline salt crystal of (1S)-1,5-anhydro-1-[5-(azulen-2-ylmethyl)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-D-glucitol which shows an endothermic peak at 194 to 198° C. as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC analysis) and shows main peaks at about 2? (°) 5.58, 14.72, 16.80, 17.82, 21.02, and 22.46 as measured by X-ray powder diffraction. Thus, a crystal of an azulene compound can be produced which is in a single crystal form, has a constant quality, can be produced with good reproducibility, can be provided stably as a crystal of an drug substance for use in the preparation of a pharmaceutical and is excellent in storage stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2006Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takayuki Suzuki, Takeshi Murakami, Keita Nakanishi, Hiroshi Uebayashi, Haruka Nakamura, Masamichi Yuda, Naoko Amenomiya, Yuuji Awamura, Hiroshi Tomiyama
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Publication number: 20090143316Abstract: A cocrystal of (1S)-1,5-anhydro-1-[3-(1-benzothien-2-ylmethyl)-4-fluorophenyl]-D-glucitol and L-proline. It is a cocrystal of known compound A, which has a constant quality, is superior in storage stability, has no moisture absorptivity, and is suitable as a crystal of a drug substance used for preparing pharmaceuticals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicants: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC., KOTOBUKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Keita Nakanishi, Ryota Shiraki, Kenichi Onda, Daisuke Sasuga, Masamichi Yuda
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Publication number: 20090069252Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080214543Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Masakazu Imamura, Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Isao Kinoyama, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Minoru Okada, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20070293690Abstract: A process for producing an azulene derivative useful as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, which is high in yield, is simple in operation, is low in cost, is suited for environmental protection, and is advantageous industrially, the process being characterized by reducing and deprotecting at least one compound selected from penta-acyl compounds and tetra-acyl compounds or salts thereof to obtain a C-glycoside compound; and a useful intermediate for synthesis of such an azulene derivative, obtained in the course of the above process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Hiroshi Tomiyama, Masayuki Yokota, Atsushi Noda, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Junko Ogasawara, Yasumasa Hayashi, Masatoshi Inakoshi, Hirofumi Nakamura, Tokuo Koide, Kenichiro Sakamoto, Yohei Yamashita, Akio Miyafuji, Takayuki Suzuki, Noriyuki Kawano, Junji Miyata, Masakazu Imamura, Takashi Sugane
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Patent number: 7297698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Masakazu Imamura, Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takenori Kimura, Isao Kinoyama, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Minoru Okada, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20070161787Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7202350Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., LtdInventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7169761Abstract: The present invention provides an azulene derivative and a salt thereof, wherein an azulene ring is bonded to a benzene ring directly or via a lower alkylene which may be substituted with a halogen atom and the benzene ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes-related diseases such as insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Kotobuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takayuki Suzuki, Eiji Kurosaki
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Publication number: 20060122126Abstract: The present invention provides C-glycoside derivatives and salts thereof, wherein B ring is bonded to A ring via —X— and A ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes related diseases such as an insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Ryota Shiraki, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takashi Sugane, Fumiyoshi Iwasaki, Eiji Kurosaki, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20050261303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Masakazu Imamura, Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Takenori Kimura, Isao Kinoyama, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Minoru Okada, Takashi Furutani
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Publication number: 20050124555Abstract: The present invention provides an azulene derivative and a salt thereof, wherein an azulene ring is bonded to a benzene ring directly or via a lower alkylene which may be substituted with a halogen atom and the benzene ring is directly bonded to the glucose residue, and it is usable as a Na+-glucose cotransporter inhibitor, especially for a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for diabetes such as insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and insulin-independent diabetes (type 2 diabetes), as well as diabetes-related diseases such as insulin-resistant diseases and obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Hiroshi Tomiyama, Atsushi Noda, Kayoko Kitta, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Masakazu Imamura, Takeshi Murakami, Kazuhiro Ikegai, Takayuki Suzuki, Eiji Kurosaki
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Publication number: 20040010037Abstract: This application relates to a piperazino-substituted novel cyanophenyl derivative in which a substituted carbamoyl or substituted sulfamoyl group having an aryl, heterocyclic or the like group that may have a substituent group is bonded to one nitrogen atom on the piperazine ring. The compound of this application has an anti-androgen action and is useful in preventing or treating prostatic cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia and the like diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: YAMANOUCHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Isao Kinoyama, Takashi Kamikubo, Akira Toyoshima, Kiyohiro Samizu, Eiji Kawaminami, Masakazu Imamura, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Akira Matsuhisa, Masaaki Hirano, Yoji Miyazaki, Eisuke Nozawa, Minoru Okada, Hiroshi Koutoku, Mitsuaki Ohta
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Patent number: 6673799Abstract: This application relates to a piperazino-substituted novel cyanophenyl derivative in which a substituted carbamoyl or substituted sulfamoyl group having an aryl, heterocyclic or the like group that may have a substituent group is bonded to one nitrogen atom on the piperazine ring. The compound of this application has an anti-androgen action and is useful in preventing or treating prostatic cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia and the like diseases.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Taniguchi, Isao Kinoyama, Takashi Kamikubo, Akira Toyoshima, Kiyohiro Samizu, Eiji Kawaminami, Masakazu Imamura, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Akira Matsuhisa, Masaaki Hirano, Yoji Miyazaki, Eisuke Nozawa, Minoru Okada, Hiroshi Koutoku, Mitsuaki Ohta