Patents by Inventor Tohru UGAWA

Tohru UGAWA 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: 10106523
    Abstract: A compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Okuda, Eisuke Nozawa, Tohru Ugawa, Ryo Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20180030030
    Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted extensive studies on a compound having an EP4 receptor antagonistic action, and have found that an amide compound or a salt thereof exhibits an EP4 receptor antagonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. The amide compound or a salt thereof has an EP4 receptor antagonistic action, and can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating various EP4-related diseases, for example, chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Takao OKUDA, Eisuke NOZAWA, Tohru UGAWA, Ryo MIZOGUCHI