Abstract: Disclosed is a patch containing a plaster having fentanyl, an adhesive, a volatile hydrocarbon solvent (A), and a heteroatom-containing volatile organic solvent (B).

Abstract: A device for inserting needles of a microneedle patch into a skin includes a housing. The housing includes a support portion for supporting a microneedle patch, a pressure-receiving portion to which the user applies a force to press the microneedle patch against the skin, and a plurality of leg portions each having at its one end a connecting portion connected to the pressure-receiving portion and having at its other end a tip portion coming into contact with the skin. The housing is designed to deform when a force is applied to the pressure-receiving portion, to cause a tension in a portion of the skin facing the support portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patch preparation comprising lidocaine or a salt thereof, lactic acid, and a hydroxy acid having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein the amount of lactic acid is 0.6 to 1.2 moles per mole of lidocaine or a salt thereof with high safety which can continuously produce the therapeutic effect of lidocaine for a long time by adjusting the skin penetration rate of lidocaine to a proper range when applied to the skin and also show the similar bioequivalence to the existing preparations comprising lidocaine even when high concentration of lidocaine is used.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aqueous preparation for external use, said aqueous preparation comprising an acidic drug such as an arylacetic acid nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic, having an excellent percutaneous absorbability and giving a good feeling in use. The aqueous preparation for external use comprises the acidic drug or a salt thereof, isostearic acid and an alkanol amine. It is preferred that the aqueous preparation according to the present invention for external use further comprises a C2-6 aliphatic hydroxy acid and has a pH value of 4.5-7.8. The C2-6 aliphatic hydroxy acid is one member or a combination of the same selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, glycolic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for a non-aqueous patch preparation having an excellent adhesibility which can sustainedly release a drug. The patch preparation of the present invention can improve the adhesibility thereof as well as the release property of a drug by the addition of powder ingredient (e.g. a filler). As a result, the long-time sustention of the adhesibility of patch preparations can achieve the improvement of the transdermal absorbability and the sustained release of a drug. By the use of a composition for a patch preparation comprising this powder ingredient, a drug, regardless of the type of a drug is dissolved in an organic solvent or an ionic liquid to prepare a drug solution comprising the organic solvent, the drug solution is incorporated into the non-aqueous patch preparation of the present invention, and thereby a preparation with the improved transdermal-absorbability and sustained release can prepared.

Abstract: The purpose of the present application is to provide a microneedle patch applicator and a microneedle patch applicator housing, whereby perpendicular penetration properties of the needle into skin are enhanced. A microneedle patch applicator housing has a flat peripheral base part configured from a single sheet or film, and a protruding part which is surrounded by the peripheral base part and bulges perpendicularly upward toward a top surface from a bottom surface with respect to the peripheral base part. A bottom-surface portion of the protruding part constitutes part of a microneedle patch support surface. The protruding part is provided with a plurality of recessed fold parts, and the recessed fold parts have recess bottoms oriented in the direction away from a center part of the protruding part.

Abstract: An external preparation containing memantine which has less skin irritation and excellent skin permeability, and also, which is suitable for continuous administration for a long period of time. The external preparation contains memantine or a salt thereof, and further contains 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of phosphatidylcholine, 35 to 55% by weight of propylene glycol, 18 to 30% by weight of glycerine, and 22 to 32% by weight of water. The content of water less than 22% by weight may increase skin irritation, and the content of water more than 32% by weight may decrease skin permeability. The content of glycerin less than 18% by weight may increase skin irritation, and the content of glycerin more than 30% by weight may decrease skin permeability.

Abstract: A device for inserting needles of a microneedle patch into a skin includes a housing. The housing includes a support portion for supporting a microneedle patch, a pressure-receiving portion to which the user applies a force to press the microneedle patch against the skin, and a plurality of leg portions each having at its one end a connecting portion connected to the pressure-receiving portion and having at its other end a tip portion coming into contact with the skin. The housing is designed to deform when a force is applied to the pressure-receiving portion, to cause a tension in a portion of the skin facing the support portion.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aqueous preparation for external use, said aqueous preparation comprising an acidic drug such as an arylacetic acid nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic, having an excellent percutaneous absorbability and giving a good feeling in use. The aqueous preparation for external use comprises the acidic drug or a salt thereof, isostearic acid and an alkanol amine. It is preferred that the aqueous preparation according to the present invention for external use further comprises a C2-6 aliphatic hydroxy acid and has a pH value of 4.5-7.8. The C2-6 aliphatic hydroxy acid is one member or a combination of the same selected from the group consisting of lactic acid, glycolic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid and citric acid.

Abstract: A percutaneous absorption agent delivery device with: a solvent-impermeable cover film that has a first layer and a second layer, which are integrally continuous via a first fold and are superimposed, a non-seal region and a seal region are formed between the first layer and the second layer, the non-seal region disposed along the first fold, the seal region to surround the outer peripheral section of the non-seal region except for the section along the first fold, and an endless cut portion forming the non-seal region formed in the cover film; a percutaneous absorption agent carrying member is disposed in the non-seal region between the first layer and the second layer, and fixed to the cover film on the inner side of the cut portion; and an adhesive sheet that is detachably affixed to the outer surface of the cover film.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for the treatment of a patient suffering from spasticity comprising administering to said patient a modified release dosage form comprising tizanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention relates to a method of administering a transdermal patch preparation comprising tizanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof, wherein the transdermal patch preparation releases about 4 mg to about 36 mg of tizanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for at least about 24 hours.

Abstract: The present invention chiefly aims at providing a new patch which is excellent in the fixability to the skin, regarding the patch carrying a microneedle array. The present invention, for example, can include a patch in which a microneedle array is carried on a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-side of an adhesive member which is characterized in setting up a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one surface of a support and in having a rigidity of 1.3 MPa·mm4 or more, the adhesive member thereof, and the like. The patch or the like of the present invention is useful for pharmaceuticals and the like because the puncturability of microneedle is improved, and a microneedle array can be firmly fixed to the skin, and drugs can be quantitatively administered without waste.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a patch preparation having an excellent skin permeability of medicament using an acid additional salt of basic medicament. Provided is a patch preparation comprising a support and an adhesive layer on one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a basic medicament, a fatty acid-based ionic liquid, and potassium salts and/or potassium ions. Said potassium salts and/or potassium ions are generated as a result of reaction of an acid addition salt of the basic medicament with a compound capable of generating potassium ion in the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an external preparation comprising lactic acid salt of lidocaine and diclofenac or a salt thereof, wherein lactic acid salt of lidocaine is contained in an amount of 2-5 moles per mole of diclofenac or a salt thereof, which exhibits the improved transdermal absorbability of lidocaine and diclofenac which are active ingredients as well as the skin permeability suitable for clinical use.

Abstract: The embodiments provide a percutaneous absorption composition for a basic medicament having improved transdermal absorbability. The percutaneous absorption composition comprises a sorbic acid and/or a metal sorbate as a percutaneous absorption promotor. The molar ration of the sorbic acid and/or the metal sorbate to the basic medicament is 0.5-2.5. The composition of the present disclosure may further comprise a basic component.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microneedle array having a pin frog shape which is coated with a drug composition comprising a drug and an additive and having Vickers hardness of about 3 or more is applied to a microneedle array. The microneedle array coated with the drug composition according to the present invention can be used in the field in which the drug is required to be administered with high quantitative performance even when the drug is contained at low content.

Abstract: Provided is a novel delivery system for a percutaneous absorption drug preparation. The delivery system for a percutaneous absorption drug preparation is provided with: a solvent-impermeable first sheet; a solvent-impermeable second sheet that is bonded to the top surface of the first sheet and comprises a non-sealed area and a sealed area surrounding the non-sealed area, said non-sealed area and sealed area being formed between the first sheet and the second sheet, and a cutting part circularly extending along the outer peripheral edge of the non-sealed area; a percutaneous absorption drug preparation-holding member that is disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet in the non-sealed area and fixed to the second sheet inside the cutting part; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive third sheet that is removably bonded to the top surface of the second sheet.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for a non-aqueous patch preparation with excellent adhesibility which can sustainedly release a drug. The patch preparation can improve the adhesibility of the patch preparation and the release property of a drug by the addition of a powder ingredient the long-time sustention of the adhesibility of tape preparations enables an improvement of the transdermal absorbability and the sustained release of a drug.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for a non-aqueous patch preparation having an excellent adhesibility which can sustainedly release a drug. The patch preparation of the present invention can improve the adhesibility thereof as well as the release property of a drug by the addition of powder ingredient (e.g. a filler). As a result, the long-time sustention of the adhesibility of patch preparations can achieve the improvement of the transdermal absorbability and the sustained release of a drug. By the use of a composition for a patch preparation comprising this powder ingredient, a drug, regardless of the type of a drug is dissolved in an organic solvent or an ionic liquid to prepare a drug solution comprising the organic solvent, the drug solution is incorporated into the non-aqueous patch preparation of the present invention, and thereby a preparation with the improved transdermal-absorbability and sustained release can prepared.