Patents by Inventor Satomi Nishijima

Satomi Nishijima 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).

  • Medicinal compositions with cholesterol-lowering effect
    Patent number: 6300364
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions having a cholesterol-lowering effect which comprises as the active ingredient a compound having a PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor)&dgr; activating effect or a PPAR&dgr;- and PPAR&ggr;-activating effect or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions wherein the cholesterol-lowering effect is an LDL-cholesterol-lowering effect; and a method for identifying a compound having a cholesterol-lowering effect characterized by measuring the PPAR&dgr;-activating effect or the PPAR&dgr;- and PPAR&ggr;-activating effect thereof. Means for Solution: It is found out that a compound exerting an excellent cholesterol-lowering effect on higher animals such as humans and ape has an effect of activating PPAR&dgr; or PPAR&dgr; and PPAR&ggr;.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhiko Shimokawa, Satomi Nishijima, Koyo Matsuda, Yuichi Iizumi, Seiichi Hashimoto