Patents by Inventor Wataru Hamaguchi
Wataru Hamaguchi 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: 11912679Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
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Publication number: 20240018113Abstract: [Problem] A compound which is useful as a STING inhibitor is provided. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have found aryl alkynamide derivatives having an inhibitory action on STING. The aryl alkynamide derivatives of the present invention have an inhibitory action on STING and can be used as an agent for treating an autoimmune disease, a neurodegenerative disease, a type I interferonopathy and/or other STING-mediated disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: Astellas Pharma, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc.Inventors: Junko Maeda, Ikumi Kuriwaki, Kai Kitamura, Yumi Yamashita, Kenichi Kakefuda, Akio Kamikawa, Kenji Negoro, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryushi Seo, Jeffrey Ciavarri
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Patent number: 9642852Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound of the present invention has a PAM action of GABAB. A composition containing the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound. And, a method for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by administering the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
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Patent number: 9266840Abstract: To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Moritomo
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Publication number: 20150231138Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound of the present invention has a PAM action of GABAB. A composition containing the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound. And, a method for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by administering the sulfur-containing bicyclic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki SHIRAISHI, Hiroaki HOSHII, Wataru HAMAGUCHI, Eriko HONJO, Tomofumi TAKUWA, Yuji KONDO, Takayuki GOTO
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Patent number: 9051339Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound having a PAM action of GABAB, and it use for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or the like, which has a positive allosteric modulator (PAM action) of GABAB.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
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Publication number: 20150111876Abstract: A sulfur-containing bicyclic compound having a PAM action of GABAB, and it use for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, CIAS, cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), cognitive impairment, fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, spasticity, anxiety disorder, substance addiction, pain, fibromyalgia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or the like, which has a positive allosteric modulator (PAM action) of GABAB.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hoshii, Wataru Hamaguchi, Eriko Honjo, Tomofumi Takuwa, Yuji Kondo, Takayuki Goto
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Patent number: 8962612Abstract: To provide an excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia and schizophrenia based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor regulating action, it was found that a tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative characterized by a structure in which an acylguanidino group binds to a N atom of a tetrahydroisoquinoline ring or the like, and a cyclic group binds to an unsaturated ring has a potent 5-HT5A receptor regulating action and an excellent pharmacological action based on the regulating action and also discovered that the tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative is useful as an agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, whereby the present invention has been completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Wataru Hamaguchi, Isao Kinoyama, Yohei Koganemaru, Takehiro Miyazaki, Osamu Kaneko, Ryuichi Sekioka, Takuya Washio
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Patent number: 8853242Abstract: [Object] An excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, is provided. [Means for Solution] It was confirmed that acylguanidine derivatives (the following formula I; any one of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 is nitrogen atom, and the others are carbon atoms) which have the characteristic structure in which the guanidine is bonded to one ring of the quinoline or isoquinoline via a carbonyl group, and a cyclic group is bonded to the other ring, exhibit potent 5-HT5A receptor modulating actions and excellent pharmacological actions based on the 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, and thus can be excellent agents for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Thus, the present invention has been completed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Isao Kinoyama, Takehiro Miyazaki, Yohei Koganemaru, Takuya Washio, Wataru Hamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140249151Abstract: [Problem] To provide a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1-related diseases such as dementia, schizophrenia, depression, pain (particularly, neuropathic pain or fibromyalgia), diabetes (particularly, type II diabetes mellitus), insulin resistance and the like. [Means for Solution] A bicyclic heterocyclic compound (the bicyclic heterocycle is formed when a cyclohexane ring is fused with a 5- to 6-membered monocyclic heterocycle that has only a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom) substituted with an acylamino group such as a (hetero)aroylamino group or the like or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was found to have an excellent selective inhibitory action against 11?-HSD1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.Inventors: Shimpei Kawakami, Minoru Sakurai, Noriyuki Kawano, Takayuki Suzuki, Nobuyuki Shiraishi, Wataru Hamaguchi, Ryuichi Sekioka, Hiroyuki Moritomo, Ayako Motitomo
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Publication number: 20130317010Abstract: To provide an excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia and schizophrenia based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor regulating action, it was found that a tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative characterized by a structure in which an acylguanidino group binds to a N atom of a tetrahydroisoquinoline ring or the like, and a cyclic group binds to an unsaturated ring has a potent 5-HT5A receptor regulating action and an excellent pharmacological action based on the regulating action and also discovered that the tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative is useful as an agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, whereby the present invention has been completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: Astellas Pharma IncInventors: Wataru HAMAGUCHI, Isao KINOYAMA, Yohei KOGANEMARU, Takehiro MIYAZAKI, Osamu KANEKO, Ryuichi SEKIOKA, Takuya WASHIO
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Publication number: 20120142727Abstract: [Object] An excellent agent for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on serotonin 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, is provided. [Means for Solution] It was confirmed that acylguanidine derivatives (the following formula I; any one of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 is nitrogen atom, and the others are carbon atoms) which have the characteristic structure in which the guanidine is bonded to one ring of the quinoline or isoquinoline via a carbonyl group, and a cyclic group is bonded to the other ring, exhibit potent 5-HT5A receptor modulating actions and excellent pharmacological actions based on the 5-HT5A receptor modulating action, and thus can be excellent agents for preventing or treating dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Thus, the present invention has been completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Isao Kinoyama, Takehiro Miyazaki, Yohei Koganemaru, Takuya Washio, Wataru Hamaguchi
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Patent number: 7465748Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for prophylaxis or a therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the herpesvirus family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. An N-{2-[(4-substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative, of which phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, and a salt thereof have an effective anti-virus activity, and the oral administration thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the above diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., Rational Drug Design LaboratoriesInventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo
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Publication number: 20060229295Abstract: There is provided a pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for prophylaxis or a therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the herpesvirus family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. An N-{2-[(4-substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative, of which phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group, and a salt thereof have an effective anti-virus activity, and the oral administration thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the above diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2004Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.and Rational Drug DesignInventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo
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Patent number: 7084164Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
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Patent number: 7034047Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Astellas Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
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Publication number: 20060025461Abstract: The invention relates to a triazole derivative with an activity inhibiting glycine transporter and for use as a pharmaceutical drug, and a novel triazole derivative. The inventive triazole derivative has an excellent activity inhibiting glycine transporter and is useful as a therapeutic agent of dementia, schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, or cognitive disorders involved in various diseases such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington disease or the like, or spasm involved in diseases such as nerve degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular disorders, or the like. Particularly, the pharmaceutical drug is useful for the amelioration of learning disability of dementia and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventors: Takahiko Tobe, Takashi Sugane, Wataru Hamaguchi, Itsuro Shimada, Kyoichi Maeno, Junji Miyata, Tetsuya Kimizuka, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsuyuki Kohara, Takuma Morita, Michael Arlt, Hartmut Greiner
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Patent number: 6949543Abstract: The invention relates to a novel amide derivative which is an N-({[4-(substituted thiazol-4-yl)phenyl]carbamoyl}methyl)amide derivative having a characteristic in that an aryl or heteroaryl group as an aromatic ring group is directly substituted on the N atom of amido group. Since said amide derivative has excellent anti-herpesvirus action, it is useful as medicaments and antiviral agents, particularly as preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases accompanied by Herpesviridae virus infections, illustratively, varicella (chickenpox) accompanied by varicella zoster virus infection, shingles accompanied by the recurrent infection of latent varicella zoster virus, labial herpes and herpes encephalitis accompanied by HSV-1 infection, genital herpes accompanied by HSV-2 and the like various herpesvirus infections.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rational Drug Design LaboratoriesInventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Yoji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Eiichi Nakai, Shunji Kageyama
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Patent number: 6903125Abstract: A pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for the prophylaxis or therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the Herpesviridae family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. N-{2-[(4-Substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative where the phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific five-membered or 6-membered heteroaryl group, has such great anti-virus activity that the oral dosing thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the diseases.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignees: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rational Drug Design LaboratoriesInventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo
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Publication number: 20050032855Abstract: A pharmaceutical drug, particularly a novel compound useful for the prophylaxis or therapeutic treatment of various diseases involving infections with viruses of the Herpesviridae family, specifically various herpesvirus infections such as varicella (chicken pox) via varicella zoster virus, varicella zoster via recurrent infection with latent varicella zoster virus, herpes labialis and herpes encephalitis via HSV-1 and genital herpes via HSV-2 infection. N-{2-[(4-Substituted phenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-carboxamide derivative where the phenyl group is substituted at position 4 with a specific five-membered or 6-membered heteroaryl group, has such great anti-virus activity that the oral dosing thereof at a low dose enabled the therapeutic treatment of the diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Toru Kontani, Junji Miyata, Wataru Hamaguchi, Tomoaki Kawano, Akio Kamikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kenji Sudo