Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a novel octahydronaphthalene derivative with an activity of inhibiting ICAM-4 expression and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention encompasses, for example, agents for suppressing ICAM-1, therapeutic agents for inflammatory diseases, therapeutic agents for rheumatoid arthritis, immunosuppressive agents, and agents for suppressing cell growth, comprising N-(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-(2E,4E)-5-[(1S,2S,4aR,6R,7S,8S,8aS)-7-hydroxy-2,6,8-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-2-methylpenta-2,4-dienamide as an active ingredient.

Abstract: [Object] The main object of the present invention is to provide a fibrosis inhibitor. [Solving Means] The present invention relates to a fibrosis inhibitor containing the heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; In the formula (1), R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents an optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or alkyl; R5 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl or halogen atom; Y represents N or N?O; A represents NR6, and R6 represents hydrogen atom, alkyl, etc.; D represents alkylene or alkenylene which is optionally substituted with hydroxy; E represents phenylene or a single bond; G represents O, S, etc.; and Q represents carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, etc.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel and useful galactose derivative, which is a component of a drug carrier by which a medicine can be efficiently transferred into the liver, a drug carrier comprising the derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the drug carrier and a medicine. The present invention relates to a galactose derivative represented by the following general formula (I) a drug carrier comprising the derivative and a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine (preferably a double-stranded RNA, a double-stranded DNA, an oligo nucleic acid). wherein, R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons which may be substituted or 1-(D)-deoxylactito-1-yl; R2 represents a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid residue having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a novel coated tablet which contains a drug having a guanidino group and does not suffer an obvious color change even when packed in a one-dose pack together with a drug having a (5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxol-4-yl)methyl (DMDO) group. The present invention provides a coated tablet characterized in that an uncoated tablet containing a drug having a guanidino group has been coated with a polyvinyl alcohol for film coating which comprises polyvinyl alcohol, acrylic acid, and methyl methacrylate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an amide derivative having excellent BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, or a salt thereof. The present invention provides an amide derivative represented by the following general formula (1): [Chemical 23] (wherein R1 represents —CH2—R11, etc.; R2 represents alkyl, halogen, haloalkyl, etc.; R3 represents hydrogen, etc.; Het1 represents a group of the formula [6] as above, etc.; and Het2 represents pyrimidinyl, etc.), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention is useful as a BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Abstract: A novel useful vitamin D3 derivative which is reduced in influence on systemic calcium metabolism while retaining excellent vitamin D3 activity. The derivative is a 9,10-secopregnane derivative represented by the following general formula [1]. Also provided is a medicinal composition containing the derivative as an active ingredient. In the general formula [1], Y represents (1) a single bond, (2) alkylene (3) alkenylene, or (4) phenylene; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represents (1) hydrogen, (2) alkyl, or (3) cycloalkyl, or R1 and R2 in combination represent cycloalkyl in cooperation with the adjacent carbon atom; R3 represents hydrogen or methyl; and Z represents (1) hydrogen, (2) hydroxy, or (3) —NR11R12.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antipruritic agent having a novel action mechanism. The present invention provides an antipruritic agent comprising a compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl; the ring Q represents a cyclohexylene group or a phenylene group; A1 and A2 represent a single bond or an alkylene group; E represents —NHCO—; A3 represents a single bond or a divalent saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group; R3 represents a non-cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention includes a novel polyethylene glycol derivative; a drug carrier comprising the derivative; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the drug carrier having a pharmacologically active substance included therein. Specifically disclosed are: a polyethylene glycol derivative represented by the general formula (I); a drug carrier comprising the derivative and 2-O-(2-diethylaminoethyl)carbamoyl-1,3-O-dioleoyl-glycerol; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the drug carrier and a pharmacologically active substance (preferably double-stranded RNA, double-stranded DNA or an oligonucleic acid), wherein R represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms or a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid residue having 10 to 30 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 30 to 150.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: In formula [1], one of X and Y is CH and the other is oxygen or sulfur; R is hydrogen, etc.; Z is hydrogen, etc.; Ar is phenyl, etc.; and n is 1 or 2 and or m is 1 or 2, excluding compounds where n is 2 and m is 2 simultaneously. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition is usable as an agent for the prevention or treatment of depression, panic disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, obesity, stress urinary incontinence, and overactive bladder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel and useful galactose derivative constituting a drug carrier by which a medicine can be efficiently transferred into the liver, a drug carrier comprising the derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine. The present invention also relates to a galactose derivative made up of galactose, a suitable spacer and a certain lipid, a drug carrier comprising the derivative and a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine (preferably a double-stranded RNA, a double-stranded DNA, or an oligo nucleic acid).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinazoline derivatives with less skin irritation and an excellent action of strongly suppressing scratching behavior, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a quinazoline derivative as an active ingredient. The present invention is directed to the quinazoline derivatives represented by the general formula [1] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In the general formula [1], R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R2 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 and R4 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halogen; R5 is combined with R6 to represent alkylene or represents hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, phenyl or alkoxy; R6 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, a 5- to 10-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom, or —N(R6-1)(R6-2).

Abstract: A main object of the invention is to provide a novel useful vitamin D3 derivative, which has an excellent vitamin D3 activity and, as compared with conventional vitamin D3 derivatives, has a relatively small amount of influence on the systemic calcium metabolism. The invention includes a 9,10-secopregnane derivative of the following general formula [1] and a pharmaceutical composition containing it as active ingredient. In the general formula [1], the following partial structure between the 16-position and the 17-position means a single bond or a double bond: Y is a single bond, an alkylene, an alkenylene or phenylene; R1 and R2 are the same or different, each represents hydrogen, an alkyl or a cycloalkyl; or R1 and R2, taken together with the adjacent carbon atom, form a cycloalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or methyl; Z is hydrogen, hydroxy or —NR11R12.

Abstract: A method is provided for efficiently removing the silicon substituent which protects the 3?-hydroxyl group and the 5?-hydroxyl group of a ribose of a ribonucleic acid derivative in which the 2?-hydroxyl group of the ribose is protected with the following substituent (I) where WG1 represents an electron withdrawing group, and the 3?-hydroxyl group and the 5?-hydroxyl group of the ribose are protected with a silyl protecting group.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel and useful galactose derivative, which is a component of a drug carrier by which a medicine can be efficiently transferred into the liver, a drug carrier comprising the derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the drug carrier and a medicine. The present invention relates to a galactose derivative represented by the following general formula (I) a drug carrier comprising the derivative and a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine (preferably a double-stranded RNA, a double-stranded DNA, an oligo nucleic acid). wherein, R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons which may be substituted or 1-(D)-deoxylactito-1-yl; R2 represents a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid residue having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple, economical method for introducing substituent (I) at the 2?-hydroxyl group of the ribose of a ribonucleic acid derivative whose 3?-hydroxyl group and 5?-hydroxyl group are protected with a silicon protecting group, wherein WG1 represents an electron-withdrawing group: The invention also relates to a method for producing a ribonucleic acid derivative of formula (3), comprising the reaction of a ribonucleic acid derivative of formula (1) with a monothioacetal compound of formula (2) to produce the ribonucleic acid derivative of formula (3), using iodine as the reagent for halogenating the sulfur atom of the monothioacetal compound of formula (2) in the presence of an acid: In formulae (1), (2), and (3), Bz represents a nucleobase which may or may not have a protecting group; WG1 represents an electron-withdrawing group; R3 represents alkyl or aryl; and A represents a silicon substituent.

Abstract: A main object is to provide a crystal of 6-fluoro-1-methyl-7-[4-(5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-yl)-methyl-1-piperazinyl]-4-oxo-4H-[1,3]thiazeto[3,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylic acid acetonitrile solvate (Compound B) which is an intermediate for producing preferentially the type III crystal of 6-fluoro-1-methyl-7-[4-(5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolen-4-yl)methyl-1-piperazinyl]-4-oxo-4H-[1,3]-thiazeto[3,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylic acid (Compound A). A crystal of Compound B can be preferentially precipitated by controlling the supersaturation concentration in crystalization using acetonitrile as a solvent. Subsequently, the type III crystal of Compound A can be produced by performing desolvation of the crystal.

Abstract: A method is provided for removing a 2-cyanoethoxymethyl (CEM) group and substituting the 2?-hydroxyl group of each ribose of an oligonucleic acid derivative with good reproducibility and high efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an oligonucleic acid derivative characterized by using a phenoxyacetic acid derivative anhydride as an acylating agent and a pyridine derivative as the acylation reaction activator, in a capping step for protecting the 5?-hydroxyl group of a ribose of an oligonucleic acid derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a complex, which comprises a cationic liposome comprising 2-O-(2-diethylaminoethyl)carbamoyl-1,3-O-dioleoylglycerol and a phospholipid as main ingredients, and an oligo nucleic acid which is carried on the liposome. Also, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the complex to be used for treating or preventing diseases caused by a target molecule of the oligo nucleic acid (target DNA, target RNA, target protein) since it is possible to administer the complex in vivo and to put the complex into practical use as a medicament because the complex can exhibit pharmacological efficacy in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a nucleic-acid-containing complex formulation which can be sterilized by filtration and administered intravenously to a human, and can retain stability of polynucleotides included in the nucleic-acid-containing complex formulation. The invention also relates to a method of preparing a nucleic-acid-containing complex formulation, comprising the following steps: mixing a solution comprising two separate single-stranded polynucleotides (for example, poly I and poly C) capable of forming a double strand and a solution comprising a cationic carrier or the ingredients thereof to form the cationic carrier, and performing a dispersion treatment on the mixture.