Patents by Inventor Yoshimi Shirai

Yoshimi Shirai 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: 20060269599
    Abstract: A fast-dissolving pharmaceutical composition comprising micronized (R)-2-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3?-pyrrolidine-1,2?,3,5?-tetrone (hereinafter, referred to as AS-3201). The present pharmaceutical composition has improved dissolution characteristics as well as a good bioavailability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Mamoru Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Yoshimi Shirai, Hiroshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 7141249
    Abstract: A fast-dissolving pharmaceutical composition comprising micronized (R)-2-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3?-pyrrolidine-1,2?,3,5?-tetrone (hereinafter, referred to as AS-3201). The present pharmaceutical composition has improved dissolution characteristics as well as a good bioavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Yoshimi Shirai, Hiroshi Fujioka
  • Publication number: 20020197308
    Abstract: A fast-dissolving pharmaceutical composition comprising micronized (R)-2-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3′-pyrrolidine-1,2′,3,5′-tetrone (hereinafter, referred to as AS-3201). The present pharmaceutical composition has improved dissolution characteristics as well as a good bioavailability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: MAMORU OHASHI, KAZUYOSHI OGASAWARA, YOSHIMI SHIRAI, HIROSHI FUJIOKA
  • Patent number: 6413541
    Abstract: Method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets, which comprises the following Steps (a), (b) and (c), wherein a medicament is mixed before granulation or tabletting: (a) a step of dissolving at least one saccharide having a high solubility in water and at least one water-soluble binder in water alone or in water and an alcohol; (b) a step of mixing the solution obtained in above Step (a) with at least one excipient, granulating, drying, and tabletting the mixture under a low compression pressure; (c) a step of aging the tablets obtained in Step (b), and intrabuccally disintegrating tablets produced by the above method are provided. The method of the present invention is a simple method for producing intrabuccally disintegrating tablets in large scale without using specific facility, and by which intrabuccally disintegrating tablets showing good disintegrating property in oral cavity as well as having sufficient strength can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Shirai, Kiyomi Sogo, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Yutaka Higashi, Yasuhiko Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6297244
    Abstract: A stabilized pharmaceutical composition comprising (R)-2-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine-4-spiro-3′-pyrrolidine-1,2′,3,5′-tetrone (hereinafter, referred to as “AS-3201”) and as a stabilizer at least one acidic substance having an acidity more potent than that of AS-3201, such as ascorbic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, maleic acid, malic acid or phosphoric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ohashi, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Yoshimi Shirai, Hiroshi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 5082669
    Abstract: A rapid-releasing oral particle pharmaceutical preparation with its unpleasant taste masked comprising a core and a film layer coating the core, the core at least containing a drug having an unpleasant taste and a water-swelling agent, and the film layer at least containing ethylcellulose and a water-soluble substance, the amount of the drug in the core being at most 40% (based on the final particle preparation and so on), the amount of the water-swelling agent being about 35% to about 70%, the amount of ethylcellulose in the film layer being about 3 to about 11%, and the amount of the water-soluble substance being about 0.1 to about 0.8 times the weight of the ethylcellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Shirai, Kiyomi Sogo, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hirokazu Makita