Abstract: The present invention provides an injectable pharmaceutical composition containing the following components: (a) one or more kinds of peptides selected from a peptide represented by the formula (1): wherein the bond between Cys and Cys is a disulfide bond, Leu-OH shows that the C-terminal of Leu is a free carboxyl group, and other bond is a peptide bond, a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown by Trp-Ala-Pro-Val-Leu-Asp-Phe-Ala-Pro-Pro-Gly-Ala-Ser-Ala-Tyr-Gly-Ser-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 1) and salts thereof, (b) trehalose or trehalose hydrate, and (c) a pH adjuster.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a useful prodrug compound of a naphthofuran compound. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (IA): [wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a purification method for a 5-(thiazol-4-yl)indolin-2-one derivative that is useful as a medication. The present invention provides a purification method for a compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, each n is independently 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, R1 and R2 are identical or different and each independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 each represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group), or a geometric isomer thereof, or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The purification method includes a purification step performed using a solid-phase support adsorbent in the presence of a purification solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides an orally disintegrating tablet with improved photostability of a medicament unstable to light. The orally disintegrating tablet has an inner core and an outer layer that covers the surface of the inner core, wherein the inner core contains the medicament unstable to light and the outer layer contains a light-absorbing substance such as Red No. 2, Red No. 3, Yellow No. 4, Yellow No. 5, Blue No. 1, Red No. 3 aluminum lake, Yellow No. 4 aluminum lake, Yellow No. 5 aluminum lake, Blue No. 1 aluminum lake, Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, red ferric oxide, yellow ferric oxide, black iron oxide, carmine, or sodium copper chlorophyllin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medicament for treating a disease involving Nav 1.7 such as neuropathic pain, nociceptive pain, inflammatory pain, small-fiber neuropathy, erythromelalgia, paroxysmal extreme pain disorder, dysuria, and multiple sclerosis, which comprises a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1a, R1b, R1c and R1d are hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, or the like, provided that at least one of R1a, R1b, R1c and R1d is C6-10 aryl, C6-10 aryloxy, or the like, R2 and R3 are hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C3-10 cycloalkyl, or the like, R4 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, or the like, m is 1, 2 or 3, L is CR7R8, and R7 and R8 are hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, or the like.

Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione that is suited to industrial production. The invention provides a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by reacting 3-bromo-3-buten-2-one and 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone in the presence of a solvent, then obtaining crystals of 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by adding an alcohol-based solvent and/or water to the reaction system, and treating the crystals by using a specific adsorbent in the presence of a solvent.

Abstract: The invention provides a particle composed of a shell and a hollow, wherein the shell contains a medicament and a polymer, and a volume ratio of the hollow relative to the whole particle is 1%-50%. The invention also provides a process for preparation of the hollow particle, which includes a step of granulating a powder mixture containing a medicament and a polymer, while spraying a solvent capable of dissolving the polymer.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a useful prodrug compound of a naphthofuran compound. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (IA): [wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a purification method for a 5-(thiazol-4-yl)indolin-2-one derivative that is useful as a medication. The present invention provides a purification method for a compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, each n is independently 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, R1 and R2 are identical or different and each independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, and R13 each represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group), or a geometric isomer thereof, or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The purification method includes a purification step performed using a solid-phase support adsorbent in the presence of a purification solvent.

Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione that is suited to industrial production. The invention provides a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by reacting 3-bromo-3-buten-2-one and 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone in the presence of a solvent, then obtaining crystals of 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by adding an alcohol-based solvent and/or water to the reaction system, and treating the crystals by using a specific adsorbent in the presence of a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substituted purine derivative of formula (1) wherein R1 is alkoxy or the like, R2 is alkyl or the like, Ring Q1 is aryl or the like, W1 is alkylene or the like, Ring Q2 is aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, n is 1-4, R3 is hydrogen atom or the like, X1 is single bond or the like, W2 is alkylene or the like, and R4 is hydrogen atom or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has a potent inhibitory effect against TLR7, and thereby is useful for treating autoimmune disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bicyclic heterocyclic amide derivative of formula (1) wherein ring Q1 is optionally-substituted C6-10 aryl group, etc.; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, etc.; W1 is optionally-substituted C1-4 alkylene group; W2 is —NR3aC(O)—, etc. wherein R3a is hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group; Cy1 is the following group of formula (11), etc.; ring Q2 is optionally-substituted benzene ring, etc.; n and m are independently 0, 1 or 2, provided that n and m are not simultaneously 0; X is NR5, etc.; R5 is hydrogen atom, etc.; p is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R4 is, independently when two or more exist, hydrogen atom, etc.; and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which have a potent inhibitory effect on the sphere-forming ability of cancer cells and are useful as an orally-available anti-tumor agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a retinal cell or a retinal tissue, including the following steps (1)-(3): (1) a first step of culturing pluripotent stem cells in the absence of feeder cells in a medium containing 1) a TGF? family signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance and/or a Sonic hedgehog signal transduction pathway activating substance, and 2) a factor for maintaining undifferentiated state, (2) a second step of culturing the cells obtained in the first step in suspension in a medium containing a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance to form a cell aggregate, and (3) a third step of culturing the aggregate obtained in the second step in suspension in the presence or absence of a Wnt signal transduction pathway inhibiting substance in a medium containing a BMP signal transduction pathway activating substance to obtain an aggregate containing a retinal cell or a retinal tissue.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns at least one entity chosen from compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein the variable groups X, R1, R2, R3 m, n and p are as defined herein. The present disclosure also relates to methods for the preparation of at least one such entity, and intermediates useful in the preparation thereof, to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one such entity, to the use of at least one such entity in the preparation of medicaments, and to the use of at least one such entity in the treatment of conditions such as, for example, allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, viral diseases, and cancer.

Abstract: A cell population comprising Corin- and/or Lrtm1-positive cells was produced by the following steps (1) and (2), from which Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells are collected using a substance that binds to Corin and/or a substance that binds to Lrtm1, and dopaminergic neuron progenitor cells are produced by performing suspension culture of the Corin positive and/or Lrtm1 positive cells in a culture solution containing one or more nutritional factors: (1) a step of performing adhesion culture of pluripotent stem cells in a medium for maintaining undifferentiated state containing a Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signal stimulant, and an undifferentiated state-maintaining factor in the absence of feeder cells but in the presence of an extracellular matrix, and (2) a step of culturing the cell population obtained in the step (1) in a culture solution containing one or more differentiation-inducing factors.

Abstract: The invention provides a prophylactic agent or therapeutic agent for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, containing as an active ingredient a binding inhibitor that inhibits interaction between activin and activin A receptor type I (ACVR1), or an expression suppressor that suppresses expression of activin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a comprising (A) an active ingredient which is hardly soluble in water, but soluble in a C1-4 lower alcohol that may contain 30 vol % or less water, (B) polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification rate of 55-99%, and (C) a non-ionic surfactant, wherein the (A) active ingredient has a mean particle size of 10-300 nm, and a process thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by formula (1A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Compounds represented by formula (1A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1 and A2 are identical or different, and each independently —C(?O)B, —C(?O)CR3AR3BB, —CO2B, —C(?S)OB, —CONR3CB, —C(?S)NR3CB, a hydrogen atom, or the like, wherein A1 and A2 are not both hydrogen atoms, wherein B is an optionally substituted 3- to 12-membered monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted 3- to 12-membered cyclic amino group, or a group represented by the following formula (B), wherein the 3- to 12-membered monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic group and the 3- to 12-membered cyclic amino group have at least one or more secondary nitrogen atoms in the ring; R1 is a hydrogen atom or the like; R2A, R2B, R2C, and R2D are identical or different, and each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; and R8 is alkyl. wherein * denotes a bonding position.