Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound that has URAT1 inhibitory action, and a URAT1 inhibitor, a blood uric acid level-reducing agent and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound. More specifically, the present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula (I) below.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film preparation having both rapid solubility and flexibility at the same time. The film preparation is characterized by comprising: an active-ingredient-containing layer comprising an active ingredient, a water-soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and a disintegrating agent; and an active-ingredient-free layer comprising methyl cellulose and/or hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. It is further characterized in that the amount of the active ingredient is 0.1-75.0 mass % of a total mass of the film preparation and a total content of the active ingredient and the water-soluble polymer in the active-ingredient-containing layer is 15.0-95.0 mass % of a total mass of the active-ingredient-containing layer.

Abstract: The present invention herein provides a compound which promotes drug-permeation into nails. A penetrating promoter comprises, for instance, the following formulas. R1, R2 and R3 are alkyl groups having a carbon number of 1 to 15 and have OH groups at their ends.

Abstract: The present invention herein provides a 2-pyridone derivative which has a cell adhesion-inhibitory activity and which is useful for preventing and/or treating pathema or disease conditions including, for instance, inflammations which relate to leukocytic infiltration. The 2-pyridone derivative is a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the formula, R1 represents, for instance, a phenyl or pyridyl group, R2 represents, for instance, a phenyl group, R3 represents, for instance, a lower alkyl group, R4 represents, for instance, a lower alkyl group, R5 represents, for instance, a lower alkyl group, and R6 represents, for instance, a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: A sweetener containing a Stevia-derived sweet substance is provided that, while containing cyclodextrin only in small amounts, can mask the bitter taste inherent in the Stevia-derived sweet substance. Cyclodextrin with a particle size of less than or equal to 30 ?m is blended into the Stevia-derived sweet substance at 0.5 to 20 mass % with respect to the mass of the Stevia-derived sweet substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a 4-oxoquinolizine antibacterial agent having a 2-pyridone skeleton as a partial structure and also having a strong antibacterial effect on gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria or anaerobic bacteria.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group or an amino group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino-protecting group, an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a hydroxyl group, an imino group or an amino group.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: 1

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are adapted to manufacture a tablet capable of quick disintegration in the oral cavity that has a sufficiently large porosity and can be disintegrated in the oral cavity in a very short period of time, typically between 3 and 5 seconds. A tablet manufactured by means of such a method and such an apparatus also constitutes part of the present invention. The method for manufacturing a tablet capable of quickly disintegration in the oral cavity comprises steps of punching a tablet out of a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more than one medicinal agents and one or more than one water-soluble saccharides under pressure between 0.20 and 0.01 t/cm2 and shaping the tablet by moisturizing and drying it, while transferring it without causing it to drop, said tablet having a porosity between 20 and 40%.

Abstract: The invention is an aqueous suspension of sucralfate (sucrose sulfate aluminum salt), which is added with a starch and/or a derivative thereof and preferably further with a cellulose derivative, polysaccharide gum, alginic acid, alginate and/or bentonite, whereby the suspension is made stable for a long time and may be redispersed if necessary. The invention can thus provide a liquid pharmaceutical preparation useful for protecting ulcer areas on mucous membranes of the stomach and duodenum industrially for the first time, although solid pharmaceutical preparations have been available.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a highly effective agent for preventing and treating opacity of lens, containing the organic germanium compound represented by the fornula (1); ##STR1## (wherein R1 to R3 represent hydrogen atoms, lower alkyl groups each of which may be the same or different and selected from the group consisting of methyl group, ethyl group, etc., or phenyl groups substituted or unsubstituted; X represents a hydroxyl group, an O-lower alkyl group, an amino group or O.sup.- Y.sup.+ {Y represents a metal such as sodium, potassium, etc., or a compound having a basic group such as lysozyme and basic amino acid, etc.})or (2) a combination of the organic germanium compound and aminoguanidien, or (3) a combination of the organic germanium compound specifically defined above and the specific phenoxazine derivative.

Abstract: This invention relates to an external preparation composition containing Ratanhia extract and/or Ratanhiaphenol as a main active component for showing an antibacterial and antifungal action against pathogenic bacteria and fungi to be cause for infections skin diseases.