US Patent Issued to ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL on Nov. 4 for "Urination disorder-improving agent" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,650, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ASKA PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Urination disorder-improving agent" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Shinbo (Kanagawa, Japan), Youichi Nakano (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuta Ito (Kanagawa, Japan) and Junichi Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a urination disorder-improving agent useful for treating or improving (or alleviating) a urination disorder regardless of the degree or presence of prostatomegaly. The urination disorder-improving agent contains a 2-oxapregnane compound represented by the following formula (1) as an active ingredient...