Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic drug for a myeloma tumor and osteoclastic bone loss associating therewith, the drug containing as an active ingredient an osteopontin-production regulator or inhibitor; a screening method for a preventive or therapeutic drug for a myeloma tumor, characterized by determining osteopontin production regulatory or inhibitory effect; as well as a diagnostic kit for a myeloma tumor, characterized by including a reagent for measuring blood osteopontin level, and a diagnostic method.

Abstract: A composition containing a very low water-soluble drug, which composition is produced by treating, with a supercritical or subcritical carbon dioxide fluid, a mixture containing a very low water-soluble drug and a porous material (exclusive of a porous silica material characterized in that the material has an average pore diameter of 1 to 20 nm, the total pore volume of the material that have a diameter falling within a range of ±40% of the average pore diameter account for 60% or more the volume of all the pores of the material, and, when subjected to X-ray diffractometry, the material exhibits one or more peaks at a diffraction angle (2?) corresponding to d of 1 nm or more); and a method for producing the composition. The very-low-water-soluble-drug-containing composition of the present invention ensures improved dissolution of the very low water-soluble drug.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 2,4-bis(trifluoroethoxy)pyridine compound represented by formula (1): (wherein X1 represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom) or a salt thereof, and to a drug containing the compound or the salt as an active ingredient. The compound has metabolic resistance in human liver microsome, good absorbability upon oral administration, and excellent ACAT inhibitory activity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing 1-[2-(benzimidazol-2-ylthio)ethyl]piperazine (5) or its salt by the following reaction scheme: This invention enables efficient production of 1-[2-(benzimidazol-2-ylthio) ethyl]piperazine or its salt which is an intermediate in the production of a cyclic diamine compound which is useful as a ACAT inhibitor.

Abstract: A phenylpyridazine derivative represented by the formula (1): Wherein, R1, R2, R3, X, Y, Z and n have the same meaning as defined in the specification; or a salt thereof, or a medicine containing the compound. The present invention provides water-soluble phenylpyridazine derivatives and medicines containing them, which have excellent inhibitory activity against interleukin-? production, high water solubility and high oral absorbability.

Abstract: This invention relates to cellulose II phosphate which may be partly carbamidated, and also to a metal-adsorbing material making use of the same. This cellulose II phosphate efficiently adsorbs metal ions in a solution, and can be used as a metal-adsorbing material and in a metal-adsorbing system.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a compound (5) from the compound (1). By use of the compound (1), a variety of cyclic diamine derivatives (5) or salts thereof, useful as drugs, can be produced in an industrially advantageous manner with a constant yield.

Abstract: A bis(5-aryl-2-pyridyl) compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and X is a group selected from the group consisting of moieties having formulas (2) to (5): wherein, in formula (2), m is an integer of 1 or 2; in formula (3), n is an integer of 1 to 6; and in formula (4), R is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group and p is an integer of 1 to 6.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for treating autoimmune diseases comprising administering RBAp48 production suppressor or inhibitor; a screening method for a preventive or therapeutic agent for autoimmune diseases comprising determining RBAp48 production suppressing effect or inhibitory effect of a sample; a diagnosis agent or a diagnosing kit for autoimmune diseases containing a reagent for measuring RBAp48 level in gland tissue; and a diagnosis method for autoimmune diseases comprising measuring RBAp48 level in gland tissue.

Abstract: This invention relates to pyridazine derivatives represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 represents a (substituted) aryl group, R2 represents a phenyl group substituted at 4-position by a lower alkoxyl group or a lower alkylthio group, R3 represents a lower alkoxyl group, a halogenated lower alkyl group, a lower cycloalkyl group, a (subsituted) aryl group, a (substituted) aryloxy group, a (substituted) nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring residue, a (substituted) aminocarbonyl group or a lower alkylcarbonyl group, A represents a single bond, a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group, X represents O or S, and the dashed line indicates that the carbon-carbon bond between the 4-position and the 5-position is a single bond or a double bond, or salts thereof; and also to medicines containing them as effective ingredients.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1): (wherein each of R1 and R2, which may be identical to or different from each other, represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; each of R3a, R3b, R4a, and R4b, which may be identical to or different from each other, represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, a C1-4 alkyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a C1-4 alkoxy group, a C1-4 alkylcarbonyloxy group, a di-C1-4 alkylamino group, a C1-4 alkylsulfonyloxy group, a C1-4 alkylsulfonyl group, a C1-4 alkylsulfinyl group, or a C1-4 alkylthio group, or R3a and R3b, or R4a and R4b may be linked together to form an alkylenedioxy group; X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or N—R5 (R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, a C1-4 alkylsulfonyl group, or a C1-4 alkyloxycarbonyl group); Y represents an oxygen atom, S(O)l (l is a number of 0 to 2), a carbonyl group, a carbonylamino group, an aminocarbonyl group, a sulfonylamino group, or an aminosu

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prophylactic or therapeutic agent against a disease or pathological condition caused by angiogenesis, comprising, as an active ingredient, a cyclic amine compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an alkanoyl group; W1 and W2 each independently represent N or CH; X represents O, NR4, CONR4, or NR4CO; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaralkyl group; and l, m, and n each represent a number of 0 or 1, or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound represented by the following formula (1) and to a process for producing a compound (5) from the compound (1). By use of the compound (1) of the present invention, a variety of cyclic diamine derivatives (5) or salts thereof, useful as drugs, can be produced in an industrially advantageous manner with a constant yield.

Abstract: Provided is a method for treating hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia, which comprises administering effective doses of ezetimibe and pitavastatin or a salt or lactone derivative thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of inhibiting OPN production, which comprises administering an effective amount of a pyridazine derivative represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein: R1 means a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or pyridyl group; R2 means a substituted phenyl group; R3 means a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or pyridyl group; A means a single bond, a C1-6 linear or branched alkylene group, or a C2-9 linear or branched alkenylene group; and X means an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-[4-[2-(7-trifluoromethylbenzoxazol-2-ylthio)ethyl]piperazin-1-yl]-N-[4-hydroxy-2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]acetamide or salt thereof, and an intermediate for the preparation thereof. The above-described compound has both an inhibitory action on ACAT in the artery wall and remarkably high metabolic resistance in human liver microsomes, and exhibits excellent effects for suppressing lipids depression in aorta in vivo so that it is useful as a highly effective preventive or remedy for hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis with less side effects.

Abstract: A method of stabilizing lipid-rich plaques and method of preventing the rupture thereof, characterized in that an effective amount of 2-[4-[2-(benzimidazol-2-ylthio)ethyl]piperazin-1-yl]-N-[2,4 -bis(methylthio)-6-methyl-3-pyridyl]acetamide, its acid adduct salt or a hydrate thereof is administered to patients with lipid-rich plaques. Prevention of plaque rupture and stabilization of plaques can be attained by reducing the occupancy of macrophages in lipid-rich plaques being unstable and tending to rupture among plaques being a lesion from a seat of atherosclerosis and simultaneously increasing the occupancy of collagen therein.

Abstract: A composition containing an extremely poorly water-soluble drug and obtained by treating, with a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid of carbon dioxide, a mixture comprising a porous silica material and the extremely poorly water-soluble drug; and its production process. The porous silica material has an average pore diameter in a range of from 1 to 20 nm, pores having diameters within ±40% of the average pore size account for at least 60% of a total pore volume of the porous silica material, and in X-ray diffractometry, the porous silica material has at least one peak at a position of diffraction angle (2?) corresponding to a d value of at least 1 nm. The composition according to the present invention, which contains the extremely poorly water-soluble drug, is excellent in the dissolution of the extremely poorly water-soluble drug.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for producing a cyclic diamine compound (3) or a salt thereof through the following scheme: (wherein Ar represents a phenyl group, a pyridyl group, or a pyrimidinyl group, any of which may have a substituent; X represents NH, S, or O; ring A represents a benzene ring or a pyridine ring, which may have a substituent; 1 represents an integer of 1 or 2; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; and n represents an integer of 1 to 6). The method enables synthesis of a cyclic diamine compound (3) or a salt thereof, which serves as an ACAT inhibitor, in an industrially useful manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preventive or therapeutic agent for a glomerular disease which comprises an anti-thrombocytic agent and an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor as active ingredients. The above agent is useful for prevention and therapy of various glomerular diseases including chronic glomerular nephritis.