Abstract: The present invention provides to a patch and a patch preparation having low stretchability, which can be continuously adhered to the skin for a long time without undesirable detachment and marked falling off from the skin due to various factors during adhesion, and specifically provides a low stretchable patch and a patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support, wherein a ratio P of the total length W (mm) of curved sections of a planar outer shape of the patch to the total length S (mm) of straight-line sections of the planar outer shape of the patch (W/S) is not more than 1.22, and, when the curved sections are approximated by a circular arc, the radius R (mm) of the circular arc is not less than 0.5 mm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Fentanyl-containing percutaneously absorbable adhesive preparation, which is obtained from economic starting materials, has a constitution simpler than that of conventional ones, has sufficient skin permeability, and which permits control of skin permeability by changing the mixing ratio of two kinds of polyisobutylene having different molecular weights, a tackifier and an organic liquid. Specifically, the present invention provides a percutaneously absorbable adhesive preparation comprising a support and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface thereof, wherein the adhesive layer comprises Fentanyl, two kinds of polyisobutylene having different molecular weights, a tackifier and an organic liquid compatible with the aforementioned two kinds of polyisobutylene and the aforementioned tackifier.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive material to be adhered to the skin etc., which maintains, for a certain time period after adhesion thereof to the skin surface, suitable adhesiveness that does not allow easy peeling or cause irritation to the skin, and which permits, when it is to be peeled off from the skin surface after the lapse of a desired certain time period, easy peeling without causing pain or physical irritation, and an adhesive preparation containing the adhesive material and a percutaneously absorbable drug in the adhesive layer. Specifically, the present invention provides an adhesive material containing a support and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer has an apparent viscosity at 30° C. of 0.2×104 to 10×104 Pa·s and comprises two kinds of synthetic rubbers having different flowability.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a transdermal absorption preparation includes an adhesive sheet supplying part to feed out a band-like first adhesive sheet into a runway, wherein the adhesive sheet has at least an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive and a liquid component compatible with the adhesive, a drug liquid application part to apply a given amount of a drug liquid to an adhesive face, and a traveling section for impregnation which is set in the runway after the drug liquid application part, during which the adhesive sheet is run for a period necessary for the applied drug liquid to soak into the adhesive layer without contact of the drug liquid coated face of the adhesive layer with other members.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive patch including a backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the backing, in which (a) a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a logarithmic decrement, as determined by the rigid-pendulum free-damped oscillation method, in the range of 0.03 to 0.35, and (b) the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a maximum shear displacement in the range of 18 ?m to 1,000 ?m. The present invention further provides a patch preparation containing a drug. The adhesive patch and the patch preparation according to the present invention are reduced in skin irritation during wear.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in a patch during preservation of the patch. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. To be specific, the present invention is a patch package structure including a patch 1 and a packaging member 51 holding the patch, wherein the patch 1 includes a support 2 and an adhesive layer 3 formed on at least one surface of the support 2, the packaging member 51 includes a first package 11, the first package 11 including an acrylonitrile resin layer 12, a moisture-absorbing layer 13 formed on the acrylonitrile resin layer 12, and a moisture impermeable layer 14 formed on the moisture-absorbing layer 13, and the acrylonitrile resin layer 12 is provided on the proximal side of the patch 1.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure including a patch containing a physiologically active ingredient and a package housing the patch, which is capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in the patch during preservation. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. To be specific, the present invention is a patch package structure including a patch 1 having an adhesive layer containing an organic liquid component, and a packaging member 51 housing the patch, wherein the packaging member 51 includes a first package 11, the first package 11 including an acrylonitrile resin layer 12, a moisture-absorbing layer 13 formed on the acrylonitrile resin layer 12, and a moisture impermeable layer 14 formed on the moisture-absorbing layer 13, and the acrylonitrile resin layer 12 is provided on the proximal side of the patch 1.

Abstract: The invention provides a patch preparation containing (a) a support and (b) an adhesive layer containing a drug on the surface of the support, wherein a crystal of the drug is formed in the adhesive layer immediately after application of a physical stimulation to the adhesive layer, while a crystal of the drug is formed during preservation after the physical stimulation. The patch preparation which does not require an increase in the area and thickness of an adhesive layer, achieves a sufficiently high skin permeation amount of the drug, shows good adhesiveness to skin, and permits a long-term adhesion to skin. The invention also provides a method of producing the patch preparation.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition applicable to nail, which shows superior adhesive performance (adhesive force, cohesion etc.), and superior drug releasability and drug stability, and an adhesive agent for nail, which uses this composition. The composition of the present invention contains a condensation polymer of a silicone resin and a silicone rubber. The composition of the present invention preferably contains not less than two kinds of condensation polymers having different resin/rubber ratios. The adhesive agent of the present invention has a support and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support, which contains the above-mentioned composition.

Abstract: [Object] An adhesive preparation containing donepezil is provided in which adhesive layer discoloration over time is inhibited. [Solution] The adhesive preparation containing donepezil has an adhesive layer containing donepezil and an acrylic adhesive on at least one side of a support, and a water content of the adhesive layer is 1000 ppm or more. The water content of the adhesive layer is preferably 8000 ppm or less and more preferably 7000 ppm or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides to a patch and a patch preparation having low stretchability, which can be continuously adhered to the skin for a long time without undesirable detachment and marked falling off from the skin due to various factors during adhesion, and specifically provides a low stretchable patch and a patch preparation containing a support and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support, wherein a ratio P of the total length W (mm) of curved sections of a planar outer shape of the patch to the total length S (mm) of straight-line sections of the planar outer shape of the patch (W/S) is not more than 1.22, and, when the curved sections are approximated by a circular arc, the radius R (mm) of the circular arc is not less than 0.5 mm.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition applicable to nail, which shows superior adhesive performance (adhesive force, cohesion etc.), and superior drug releasability and drug stability, and an adhesive agent for nail, which uses this composition. The composition of the present invention contains a condensation polymer of a silicone resin and a silicone rubber. The composition of the present invention preferably contains not less than two kinds of condensation polymers having different resin/rubber ratios. The adhesive agent of the present invention has a support and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support, which contains the above-mentioned composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive capable of affording an adhesive layer showing reduced stickiness, reduced cohesive failure and the like. An adhesive containing a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomers containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester as a main component, and a vinyl monomer having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxyl group and which has an average molecular radius of not less than 70 nm as measured by a multi angle laser light scattering method.

Abstract: An adhering member comprises an adhesive layer 2 of a thickness R formed on one surface of a backing 1, and a liner 3 of a thickness T laminated on the adhesive layer, and has a half-cut formed in the liner for making handleability satisfactory while preventing seepage of contents. The adhering member excellent in handleability and stability is obtained by providing, for example, the half-cut 4 having a rectangular or inverted triangular sectional shape, a groove width of 200 ?m or less, and a groove depth of more than 14T/15 but less than (T+R).

Abstract: [Object] By suppressing coloring of an adhesive preparation containing donepezil, a naturally colored appearance is realized. [Solution] In a method for suppressing coloring of an adhesive preparation having a support and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, which comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive and donepezil in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, ascorbic acid, a metal salt or an ester thereof and metal metabisulfite salt are contained in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. This method preferably has: a step of preparing a mixture comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive, the donepezil, the ascorbic acid, a metal salt or an ester thereof, and the metal metabisulfite salt; and a step of film-forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer by applying the mixture to the surface of the support.

Abstract: [Object] Discoloration, over time, of a donepezil-containing adhesive preparation is suppressed. [Solution] At least one species of stabilizer selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, a metal salt or an ester thereof, isoascorbic acid or a metal salt thereof, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid or a metal salt thereof, 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, 3(2)-t-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-methylphenol, tetrakis[3-(3?,5?-di-t-butyl-4?-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid]pentaerythritol, (±)-?-tocopherol, (±)-?-tocopherol acetate, rutin, hypophosphorous acid, a metal metabisulfite salt and a metal salt of hydroxymethanesulfinic acid, is blended in a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive and donepezil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a percutaneously absorbable preparation comprising 2-[(1-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)methyl]-5,6-dimethoxyindan-1-one and/or a hydrochloride thereof wherein the percuneously absorbable preoaration is able to administer to a patient such that Cmax per unit surface area of the percutaneously absorbable preparation is 0.025 to 0.5 ng/ml·cm2 in a plasma concentration profile.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure including a patch containing a physiologically active ingredient and a package housing the patch, which is capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in the patch during preservation. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. To be specific, the present invention is a patch package structure including a patch 1 having an adhesive layer containing an organic liquid component, and a packaging member 51 housing the patch, wherein the packaging member 51 includes a first package 11, the first package 11 including an acrylonitrile resin layer 12, a moisture-absorbing layer 13 formed on the acrylonitrile resin layer 12, and a moisture impermeable layer 14 formed on the moisture-absorbing layer 13, and the acrylonitrile resin layer 12 is provided on the proximal side of the patch 1.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a patch package structure capable of stably retaining the physiologically active ingredient in a patch during preservation of the patch. This object can be achieved by employing the following constitution. To be specific, the present invention is a patch package structure including a patch 1 and a packaging member 51 holding the patch, wherein the patch 1 includes a support 2 and an adhesive layer 3 formed on at least one surface of the support 2, the packaging member 51 includes a first package 11, the first package 11 including an acrylonitrile resin layer 12, a moisture-absorbing layer 13 formed on the acrylonitrile resin layer 12, and a moisture impermeable layer 14 formed on the moisture-absorbing layer 13, and the acrylonitrile resin layer 12 is provided on the proximal side of the patch 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive preparation superior in adhesion property, which does not peel off or fall off easily and which can be adhered for a long time. An adhesive preparation 10 has a support 1 made of a cloth, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 formed on one surface of the support 1, which contains a pressure sensitive adhesive and a drug. The ratio (CW/AW) of a mass (CW) per unit area of the support 1 and a mass (AW) per unit area of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer 3 is 1.0-5.0, an adhesive layer-free surface of the support 1 has a static friction coefficient of 0.25-0.75, and a 20% modulus (AM) in one direction of the adhesive preparation 10 and a 20% modulus (EM) in the direction perpendicular to that direction are each 0.5-1.5 N/cm, and the ratio thereof (AM/EM) is 0.5-2.0.