Patents by Inventor Tadashi Shimamura

Tadashi Shimamura 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: 20180009817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel RET inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound or a salt thereof that have not been known for their RET inhibitory activity, and also provides an agent for preventing or treating diseases (e.g., malignant tumors) that can be prevented or treated by RET inhibitory activity. The RET inhibitor comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by Formula (I) below or a salts thereof: wherein A, R1 to R3, X, and n are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao MIYAZAKI, Tadashi SHIMAMURA, Masanori KATO, Hidenori FUJITA
  • Patent number: 9845329
    Abstract: A method for producing a pyrrolopyrimidine ring-containing tricyclic compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof. The method comprising the steps of: (I) reacting an organoborane reagent with a compound represented by Formula (2) or a salt thereof, and (II) performing an intramolecular cyclization reaction of the reaction product of step (I) in the presence of a zerovalent palladium catalyst and an alkali metal hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Uno, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9758526
    Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Uno, Katsumasa Nonoshita, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9650386
    Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Uno, Katsumasa Nonoshita, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20170101414
    Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao UNO, Katsumasa NONOSHITA, Tadashi SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160194332
    Abstract: An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao UNO, Katsumasa NONOSHITA, Tadashi SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160115172
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for reproducibly producing a pyrrolopyrimidine ring-containing tricyclic compound in high yield with reduced formation of by-products, and to provide a novel tricyclic compound capable of being obtained by this production method. The present invention provides a method for producing a compound represented by Formula (1) or a salt thereof, the method comprising the steps of: (I) causing an organic borane reagent to act on a compound represented by Formula (2) or a salt thereof, and (II) performing an intramolecular cyclization reaction of the reaction product of step (I) above using a zerovalent palladium catalyst in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao UNO, Tadashi SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 8362052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): (wherein R, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen or halogen atom; R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl or together represent oxo; X represents C(O) or the like; Y represents an oxygen atom or the like; Z represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R represents 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1-3 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms, contained within a ring, or the like) or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Arakawa, Teruyuki Nishimura, Yuichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 8138197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents a group formed from an aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of benzene, pyrazole, isoxazole, pyridine, indole, 1H-indazole, 1H-furo[2,3-c]pyrazole, 1H-thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole, benzimidazole, 1,2-benzisoxazole, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine and 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-a]pyridine, having Ar2, and optionally having one or two or more substituents selected from R3; R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a carboxy-C2-C6 alkenyl group, or a group of -Q1-N(Ra)-Q2-Rb; or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent; or an aryl or heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent; or a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C2-C6 alkenyl group having the aryl or heterocyclic group; T and U each independently represent a n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignees: MSD K.K., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Iino, Hideki Jona, Hideki Kurihara, Masayuki Nakamura, Kenji Niiyama, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Hitomi Watanabe, Takeru Yamakawa, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20120015938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by a formula (I): wherein R1 represents a halogen atom or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 and R4 each independently represents lower alkyl; R5 represents phenyl or the like; R6 represents a halogen atom or the like; m is an integer of from 0 to 2; p is an integer of from 1 to 4; and q is an integer of from 1 to 5 as an inhibitor of DGAT1 and its use for the treatment of hyperlipidemia etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Asai, Tasuku Haketa, Seiichi Inamura, Hideki Kurihara, Teruyuki Nishimura, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 8093389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents a group formed from an aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of indole, 1H-indazole, 2H-indazole, 1H-thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole, 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, benzo[b]furan, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, 1,2-benzisoxazole and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a halo-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxy group, a C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a carboxy-C2-C6 alkenyl group, or a group of -Q1-N(Ra)-Q2-Rb; an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; or a C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl group having the aryl or heterocyclic group; R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyclo-C3-C
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Iino, Hideki Jona, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Takeru Yamakawa, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20110319396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 represents lower alkyl or the like; R3 and R4 represent lower alkyl or the like; R5 represents phenyl or the like; R6 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; m is an integer of from 0 to 2; p is an integer of from 1 to 4; and q is an integer of from 1 to 5, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, and a DGAT 1 inhibitor comprising the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Asai, Tasuku Haketa, Seiichi Inamura, Makoto Ishikawa, Hideki Jona, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Hideki Kurihara, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Takuya Suga, Hitomi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110312976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): (wherein R, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen or halogen atom; R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl or together represent oxo; X represents C(O) or the like; Y represents an oxygen atom or the like; Z represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R represents 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl having 1-3 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms, contained within a ring, or the like) or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Arakawa, Teruyuki Nishimura, Yuichi Sugimoto, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20110275647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 represents lower alkyl or the like; R2 represents phenyl or the like; R represents a halogen atom or the like; X represents an oxygen atom or the like; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 represent CH or the like; l represents an integer of from 0 to 3; m and n each represent an integer of 1 or 2; p represents an integer of from 0 to 2; and q represents an integer of from 1 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Keisuke Arakawa, Yoshiki Ito, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Junichi Sakaki, Tadashi Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20110065739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an agonistic activity on GPR120 and is therefore useful for the treatment of diabetes, obesity or hyperlipemia. [In formula (I), the A represents a phenyl group which may be substituted by a lower alkoxy group or the like; the 13 represents a bivalent group produced by removing two hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring which may be substituted by a halogen atom or the like; X represents a lower alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in its main chain or the like, wherein a carbon atom constituting the main chain may be substituted by an oxygen atom or the like; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Ishikawa, Tasuku Haketa, Chisato Nakama, Teruyuki Nishimura, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Takeru Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 7709475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula [I]: wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2; Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; however, at least one of Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is N; Z1 and Z2, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; n is an integer from 1 to 3; R1 is a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aliphatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a bicyclic aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group; R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or the like; and R4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and a selective inhibitor against Cdk4 and/or Cdk6 or an anticancer agent containing the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Hideki Kurihara, Takashi Mita, Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Takashi Hashihayata, Mikako Kawamura, Takeshi Sagara, Sachie Arai, Hiroshi Hirai
  • Publication number: 20090270436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents a group formed from an aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of benzene, pyrazole, isoxazole, pyridine, indole, 1H-indazole, 1H-furo[2,3-c]pyrazole, 1H-thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole, benzimidazole, 1,2-benzisoxazole, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine and 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, having Ar2, and optionally having one or two or more substituents selected from R3: R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a carboxy-C2-C6 alkenyl group, or a group of -Q1-N(Ra)-Q2-Rb; or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent; or an aryl or heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent; or a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C2-C6 alkenyl group having the aryl or heterocyclic group; T and U each independently represent a n
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Tomoharu Iino, Hideki Jona, Hideki Kurihara, Masayuki Nakamura, Kenji Niiyama, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Hitomi Watanabe, Takeru Yamakawa, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20080171761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of a general formula (I): wherein Ar1 represents a group formed from an aromatic ring selected from a group consisting of indole, 1H-indazole, 2H-indazole, 1H-thieno[2,3-c]pyrazole, 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine, benzo[b]furan, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, 1,2-benzisoxazole and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a halo-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxy group, a C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkanoyl group, a C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a halo-C2-C7 alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyclo-C3-C6 alkyloxycarbonyl group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl-C1-C6 alkoxy group, a carboxy-C2-C6 alkenyl group, or a group of -Q1-N(Ra)-Q2-Rb; an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group; or a C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl group having the aryl or heterocyclic group; R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyclo-C3-C
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tomoharu Iino, Hideki Jona, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Takeru Yamakawa, Lihu Yang
  • Publication number: 20080081811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula [I]: wherein X is O, S, NH or CH2; Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; however, at least one of Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is N; Z1 and Z2, which may be identical or different, are each CH or N; n is an integer from 1 to 3; R1 is a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aliphatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or a bicyclic aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon group; R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, a C6-C10 aryl group, an aromatic heterocyclic ring, or the like; and R4 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and a selective inhibitor against Cdk4 and/or Cdk6 or an anticancer agent containing the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Iwasawa, Jun Shibata, Tadashi Shimamura, Hideki Kurihara, Takashi Mita, Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Takashi Hashihayata, Mikako Kawamura, Takeshi Sagara, Sachie Arai, Hiroshi Hirai