Abstract: A heart failure marker that is simple, and preferably usable by non-invasive test. A method for measuring heart failure risk, comprising: (A) measuring an angiotensinogen amount value of urine collected from a subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral activity, especially having arenavirus proliferation inhibitory activity, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. More preferably, the present invention provides a compound having proliferation inhibitory activity on the Old World arenaviruses such as Luna virus, Lassa virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and/or the New World arenaviruses such as Junin virus, and/or a medicament comprising the compound.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I): or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein a group represented by formula: is a group represented by formula: R1 is each independently halogen, hydroxy, cyano or the like; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R2 is a hydrogen atom, halogen, cyano, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R3a, R3b, R3c and R3d are each independently hydrogen atom, halogen or the like, with the proviso that R3a, R3b, R3c and R3d are not simultaneously hydrogen atom; ring C is represented as follows: X is CH or N; Y is CH or N; R4 is each independently halogen, hydroxy, cyano or the like; p is 0 or 1; q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R5 is CR5C or N; R6 is CR6C or N; R7 is CR7C or N; R8 is CR8C or N; R9 is CR9C or N; with the proviso that R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are not simultaneously N; R5C, R6C, R7C, R8C and R9C are each independently hydrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein, ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted non-aromatic heterocycle; ring C is a benzene ring or the like; Q is a 5-membered aromatic heterocycle or the like; each R1 is independently halogen or the like; L is substituted or unsubstituted alkylene; R3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like; R4 is hydrogen or the like; and n is an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: Novel compounds having a D3 receptor antagonistic activity are provided. The compound represented by Formula (I): wherein Ring A is a non-aromatic heterocycle or the like substituted with substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl or the like; R2a to R2d are each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; n is an integer of 0 to 3; Ring B is a non-aromatic carbocycle or the like; R3 is each independently halogen or the like; r is an integer of 0 to 4; -L- is —N(R10)—C(?O), or the like; R10 is a hydrogen atom or the like; R4 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the following compound having antiviral action: P is hydrogen or a group to form a prodrug; A1 is CR1AR1B, S or O; A2 is CR2AR2B, S or O; A3 is CR3AR3B, S or O; A4 is each independently CR4AR4B, S or O; the number of hetero atoms among atoms constituting the ring which consists of A1, A2, A3, A4, nitrogen atom adjacent to A1 and carbon atom adjacent to A4, is 1 or 2; R1A and R1B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R2A and R2B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R3A and R3B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R4A and R4B are each independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, or the like; R3A and R3B may be taken together with an adjacent carbon atom to form non-aromatic carbocycle or non-aromatic heterocycle; R1 is fluorine; m is any integer of 1 to 2; and n is any integer of 1 to 2.

Abstract: Provided are production methods capable of controlling quality of a bifurcated lipid-linked oligonucleotide, and intermediates which is useful for the production method, has good stability, and is easy to manage and analyze. Specifically, it is a method for producing a bifurcated lipid-linked oligonucleotide including a step of reacting a compound of formula (II): wherein Pro1 to Pro4 are each independently a protecting group; Pro1 and Pro2 or Pro3 and Pro4 may be taken together to form a protecting group; m, n and p are each independently an integer of 0 to 5; and Y is a group of a formula: —P(OC2H4CN)(N(i-Pr)2), or the like, with an oligonucleotide.

Abstract: It was found that nucleic acids for the specific targeting sequences or nucleic acids having the specific sequences have superior suppression activities of MURF1 expression. Pharmaceutical compositions including the nucleic acids as active ingredient are useful for treating or preventing disease accompanied by one or more symptoms selected from the group consisting of decrease in muscle mass, decrease in muscle strength and muscle dysfunction.

Abstract: Novel compounds having D3 receptor antagonistic activity are provided. A compound represented by formula (I): wherein ring A is a heterocycle, X1 is each independently CR4aR4b, X2 is each independently CR4cR4d, Y1 and Y2 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, L is —N(R6)—C(?O)— or the like, W is cyclyl or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R1a, R1b, R4a to R4d, and R6 are each independently hydrogen atoms or the like, p is 1 or 2, q is an integer of 1 to 3, n is an integer of 1 to 4, s is an integer of 0 to 4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a compound of the formula (II): wherein R2 is unsubstituted alkyl, characterized by reacting a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen or a protecting group other than unsubstituted alkyl, with a compound of the formula: R2—OH, wherein R2 is as defined above, in the presence of a sodium salt and/or a magnesium salt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel combinations. The invention also relates to such combinations for use as pharmaceuticals, for instance in the treatment of bacterial diseases, including diseased caused by pathogenic mycobacteria such as non-tuberculosis mycobacteria. In particular, the present invention relates to a medicament, characterized in that a compound having a cytochrome bc1 inhibitory activity, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, is combined with clarithromycin or azithromycin, and clofazimine, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing transmission of influenza, wherein said method comprises administering an effective amount of a compound to a patient having an influenza virus infection, herein referred to as “index patient”, wherein the compound has one of the formulae (I) and (II), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The compound to be used in the present invention reduces infectivity of the influenza virus of the index patient, and therefore, reduces the risk of the index patient to trigger an influenza epidemic or an influenza pandemic as compared to a control patient.

Abstract: Substituted 1,2,3,3a,4,5,7,9,13,13a-decahydropyrido[1?,2?:4,5]pyrazino[1,2-a]pyrrolo[1,2-c]pyrimidines having the anti-virus activity, particularly the HIV integrase inhibitory activity, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, particularly an anti-HIV pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: When the mesh is placed under the bottom of a blade and over the bottom of a vessel in the dissolution test assembly equipped with either a vessel specified in the dissolution test method of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, the United States Pharmacopoeia or the European Pharmacopoeia or a vessel used for the dissolution test, and a paddle formed from a blade and a shaft, and the suspensions and the solid dosage forms are added to or placed at the said mesh, a drug dissolves from the said dosage forms and the dissolution ratio variation between the said multiple same dosage forms can be small.

Abstract: Novel compounds having D3 receptor antagonistic activity are provided. A compound represented by formula (I): wherein ring A is a heterocycle, X1 is each independently CR4aR4b, X2 is each independently CR4cR4d, Y1 and Y2 are each independently a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, L is —N(R6)—C(?O)— or the like, W is cyclyl or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R1a, R1b, R4a to R4d, and R6 are each independently hydrogen atoms or the like, p is 1 or 2, q is an integer of 1 to 3, n is an integer of 1 to 4, s is an integer of 0 to 4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A method for the production of the present disclosure comprises: a) a step of agitating a mixture containing a material to be ground, beads and a dispersion medium in a bead mill; and b) a step of adjusting the pH of the mixture. This method reduces a contamination caused by grinding process using a bead mill.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by a following formula. A compound represented by, wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydroxy, or the like; R2a and R2b may be taken together with an adjacent carbon atom to form ring B, ring B is a substituted or unsubstituted non-aromatic carbocycle or a substituted or unsubstituted non-aromatic heterocycle; R3a is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, or the like; R3b is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, or the like; R4a is a group represented by formula: L3 is a single bond or substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, R7 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, or the like, and R4b is halogen, cyano, carboxy, or the like, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

Abstract: The present invention provides a particle comprising pirfenidone and a lipid, particularly magnesium stearate, and having a mean particle diameter of 5 ?m or less, and a powder formulation comprising the particle and a carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the following compound having antiviral action: wherein each of the symbols is defined in the specification.

Abstract: The present invention provides industrially suitable processes for preparing intermediates in the production of substituted polycyclic pyridone derivatives having a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity. In the process as shown below, wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, an optically active substituted tricyclic pyridone derivative of the formula (VII) is obtained in high yield and high enantioselectivity by subjecting a compound of the formula (III) or (VI) to intramolecular cyclization with controlling stereochemistry to obtain a compound of the formula (IV) having a removable functional group on an asymmetric carbon, and then removing the functional group thereof.