Abstract: A method for producing a microneedle device having a coating on the microneedles comprises a step A of drying a precursor composition containing a biologically active substance and a first solvent to obtain -a freeze-dried composition, a step B of mixing the freeze-dried composition with a second solvent to obtain a coating composition, and a step C of applying the coating composition to the microneedles and drying the same, wherein the precursor composition further contains a thickener, or a thickener is added when the freeze-dried composition and the second solvent are mixed.

Abstract: A method for reducing skin sensitization of an asenapine-containing patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, the method comprising: using an adhesive agent for preparing the adhesive agent layer, the adhesive agent comprising free asenapine in a range of 2 to 5% by mass, isopropyl palmitate in a range of 5 to 12% by mass, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer in a range of 10 to 20% by mass, polyisobutylene in a range of 3 to 10% by mass, alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin in a range of 50 to 70% by mass, and liquid paraffin in a range of 5 to 12% by mass, relative to a total amount of the adhesive agent; and preparing the asenapine-containing patch having an amount of the adhesive agent layer after drying in a range of 100 to 400 g/m2.

Abstract: A liquid bag according to one embodiment stores liquid containing an active ingredient to be transdermally administered. This liquid bag includes a bag body configured to store the liquid and feed the liquid toward an injection needle. The bag body includes a tubular portion. At least part of the tubular portion is bent with respect to the axial direction of the tubular portion with the liquid being stored in the tubular portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patch comprising a backing, and an adhesive layer on the backing, wherein the adhesive layer contains at least one drug selected from the group consisting of oxybutynin and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pressure-sensitive adhesive base, and diflucortolone valerate, and the content of the diflucortolone valerate is 0.0007 to 0.05% by mass based on the total mass of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The patch of the present invention comprises a backing layer and an adhesive layer laminated on the backing layer, wherein a water vapor transmission rate of the backing layer is 400 g/m2·24 hours or more, and the adhesive layer comprises a drug, dimethylsulfoxide and an adhesive. Such a patch does not fall off easily even after long wear.

Abstract: A microneedle sheet is disclosed that comprises a plurality of microneedles formed on a sheet generally along a principal surface of the sheet, wherein the microneedles contain a water-soluble polysaccharide and water, the water content is 1 mass % or more and less than 19 mass % based on the total mass of the microneedles, and the microneedles are raised from the principal surface by bending the sheet.

Abstract: The microneedle sheet according to an embodiment comprises a plurality of microneedles formed on a sheet generally along a main surface of the sheet; a bending resistance of the sheet as measured in accordance with a 45° cantilever method defined by JIS L 1096:2010 is 4.2 cm to 12.5 cm; and a material of the sheet is a biodegradable polymer. The microneedles rise from the main surface when the sheet is bent, and the raised microneedles pierce the skin.

Abstract: A method for producing a gel patch comprising an adhesive mass layer on a backing fabric, comprising a step of applying a composition comprising a physiologically active substance, a water-soluble polymer, glycerin, and water to the backing fabric to form the adhesive mass layer, wherein a loss tangent of the composition in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 1 Hz at a time of application to the backing fabric is 0.75 to 1.

Abstract: A patch comprises a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and contains an adhesive base and an antioxidant containing a sulfur atom in its molecule.

Abstract: A patch comprising: a backing layer; and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains at least one drug selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a silicone-based adhesive base, and a mass per unit area of the adhesive layer is 30 to 90 g/m2.

Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide an adhesive patch, which contains an acrylic adhesive base material, is easy to handle, prevents cold flow independently of physical properties and concentrations while being kept in a packaging material or being adhered, and during storage, keeps the drug in the adhesive patch stable and maintains the suitable administration form of the drug over a long period so that the drug can provide sufficient medicinal effect for a long time. The present invention relates to an adhesive patch provided with a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, the adhesive agent layer containing a drug, an acrylic adhesive base material, and calcium silicate. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the adhesive patch.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a methylphenidate-containing transdermal patch in which cold flow beyond the edge of the patch containing methylphenidate is inhibited, and which has sufficient physical properties as a preparation, and excellent handleability. The present invention pertains to: a transdermal patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains methylphenidate, a rubber-based adhesive agent, and an acrylic adhesive agent, and the mixing ratio of the rubber-based adhesive agent to the acrylic adhesive agent is 9:1 to 1:9, and a production method for the transdermal patch.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a methylphenidate-containing patch that maintains a suitable adhesion to skin over a long period of time and has a sustained drug efficacy and an excellent handeleability. The present invention relates to a patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains methylphenidate, a rubber-based adhesive base, and a tackifying resin. The rubber-based adhesive base contains a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and the tackifying resin contains a terpene-based resin and an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin. The present invention further relates to a method for producing the patch.

Abstract: The present invention provides an emulsified gel composition comprising a physiologically active substance, water, a gelling agent, an anti-peeling agent, and a surfactant having an HLB value of 18 to 20, in which the gelling agent is a nonionic water-soluble polymer, and the anti-peeling agent is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, glycerin, a (meth)acrylic-based polymer compound, and a polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil.

Abstract: An applicator according to one embodiment is an applicator for applying a sheet member to skin, and includes: a bottom plate facing the skin; a top plate facing the bottom plate and configured to be pressed toward the bottom plate; and a bending portion configured to apply the sheet member to the skin by bending the sheet member having advanced to the bending portion in a pressed state in which the top plate has been moved toward the bottom plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer is non-aqueous, the adhesive agent layer contains nonylic acid vanillylamide and aluminum hydroxide, a content of nonylic acid vanillylamide in the adhesive agent layer is 0.01 to 0.025% by mass based on a total mass of the adhesive agent layer, a content of aluminum hydroxide in the adhesive agent layer is 0.55 to 1.5% by mass based on the total mass of the adhesive agent layer, and a mass ratio of the content of nonylic acid vanillylamide to the content of aluminum hydroxide ((content of nonylic acid vanillylamide):(content of aluminum hydroxide)) in the adhesive agent layer is 1:27 to 1:150.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer is non-aqueous, the adhesive agent layer contains nonylic acid vanillylamide, terpene-based resin, rosin-based resin, styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and liquid paraffin, a mass ratio of a content of the terpene-based resin to a content of the rosin-based resin ((content of the terpene-based resin)/(content of the rosin-based resin)) in the adhesive agent layer is 0.45 to 1.3, and a mass ratio of a content of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer to a content of the liquid paraffin ((content of the styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer)/(content of the liquid paraffin)) in the adhesive agent layer is 0.45 to 1.2.

Abstract: An applicator according to one embodiment includes a housing having a tubular shape with one closed end, and configured to house an elastic member and a piston plate for transmitting biasing force of the elastic member to the microneedles, and release means configured to release the piston plate engaged in a manner resisting against the biasing force of the elastic member in the housing, to cause the piston plate to move toward an opening of the housing along an axial direction of the housing. The release means is configured, when the release means releases the engagement of the piston plate by moving toward the housing in the axial direction, to transmit force in a direction toward the opening to the housing.

Abstract: A method for producing a patch including a support layer, and an adhesive agent layer formed on the support layer and including sodium diacetate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive base agent, and asenapine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The sodium diacetate is generated from sodium acetate in the presence of the asenapine and/or salt thereof, a content of the asenapine and/or salt thereof in terms of free asenapine in the adhesive agent layer is in range of 3.0 to 20 mg, and when a content of the asenapine and/or salt thereof in terms of free asenapine in the adhesive agent layer is 6.4 mg and the patch is in contact with skin for 24 hours, Cmax of free asenapine is in range of 0.5 to 6.0 ng/mL and tmax of free asenapine is in range of 8 to 28 hr.