Abstract: Upon attempting to design a pharmaceutical preparation by mixing minoxidil with a general thickening agent during a process for considering a minoxidil-containing composition for an agent for external use in which dripping is inhibited, it was discovered that the pharmaceutical preparation would have sediments or would cloud and that a sufficient viscosity of the pharmaceutical preparation could not be obtained. The minoxidil-containing composition for an agent for external use of the present invention is characterized by containing minoxidil (a), a hydroxypropyl cellulose and hypromellose (b), ethanol (c), and water (d). Said composition is clear and has a good feel upon use, and dripping of the composition is inhibited.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound which is useful as a pharmaceutical composition by inhibiting an LpxC activity, thereby exhibiting potent antimicrobial activity against gram-negative bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its drug resistant bacteria.

Abstract: A heteroaromatic methyl cyclic amine derivative represented by formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases such as sleep disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, drug dependence, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorder, cephalalgia, hemicrania, pain, digestive diseases, epilepsy, inflammation, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases and hypertension, on the basis of an orexin (OX) receptor antagonist activity.

Abstract: There are provided compounds having a superior PHD2 inhibitory effect that are represented by general formula (I?): (in the above-mentioned general formula (I?), W, Y, R2, R3, R4, and Y4 are as described hereinabove), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A branched chain alkyl heteroaromatic ring derivative represented by formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases such as sleep disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, drug dependence, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, eating disorder, cephalalgia, hemicrania, pain, digestive diseases, epilepsy, inflammation, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases and hypertension, on the basis of the orexin (OX) receptor antagonist activity.

Abstract: An amidine compound represented by formula (I) (wherein A1 represents a nitrogen atom or a group represented by formula CR6; A2 and A3 are the same as or different from each other and independently represent a nitrogen atom or a group represented by formula CH; R1 represents an aryl group which may be substituted by 1 to 5 substituents independently selected from a substituent group (2) or the like; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from each other and independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, a C1-6 haloalkyl group or a C1-6 alkoxy group; and R4 and R5 are the same as or different from each other and independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 haloalkyl group, a C1-6 alkyl group or the like) or a salt thereof. The compound is useful as an anti-fungal agent.

Abstract: Provided are a fluorine-containing amino acid prodrug represented by general formula (I) that makes a fluorine-containing amino acid which is a group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist into a prodrug, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: There are provided compounds represented by the following general formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of thereof, which have a superior monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 inhibitory action: wherein Ring A represents a partially saturated heteroaryl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, RB represents a C4-18 alkyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, a partially saturated aryl group, an aryl group, or the following formula (II): wherein V represents the formula —CR11R12—, —CO—, —CO—O—, or —CO—NH—, W represents a single bond or a C1-3 alkylene group, and Ring B represents a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkenyl group, a partially saturated heteroaryl group, a saturated heterocyclyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group, Y represents a nitrogen atom or the formula N+(RF), RF represents a C1-4 alkyl group, and m and n, which may be the same or different, each represent an integer of 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia.

Abstract: Provided are novel compounds that are useful in the prevention or treatment of such diseases as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy, central convulsion, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, parasomnia, sleep related movement disorder, insomnia, depression, or allergic rhinitis, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sustained release preparation which releases a poorly soluble medicinal agent in a pH-independent manner. Also disclosed is a sustained release preparation which is capable of controlling the Cmax of a medicinal agent to an adequate amount and is thus capable of maintaining the level of the medicinal agent in the blood to a level at which medicinal effects can be expected for a long period of time. Specifically disclosed is a sustained release preparation which is characterized by containing a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of 4-bromo-6-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)propoxy]-5-(3-pyridylmethylamino)-3(2H)-pyridazinone, and hypromellose. An organic acid is blended in the sustained release preparation in an amount of less than 1% by mass.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigment composition containing a pigment and chondroitin sulfate or its salt, in which a content of chondroitin sulfate or its salt is equal to or larger than 0.1 part by weight (pbw) over 1 pbw of the pigment, and such pigment composition is available in the use for drug medicines and the like, and exhibits better dispersibility.

Abstract: Provided are novel compounds that are useful in the prevention or treatment of such diseases as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy, central convulsion, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome, sleep apnea syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, parasomnia, sleep related movement disorder, insomnia, and depression, or allergic rhinitis, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents for treating or preventing diseases such as mood disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, hypertension, gastrointestinal disease, drug addiction, epilepsy, cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral edema, head injury, inflammation, immune-related disease, alopecia, and so forth.

Abstract: A 2-pyridone compound represented by the formula [1]: {wherein in the formula [1], the ring represented by A represents a benzene ring or a pyridine ring, X represents any of the structures represented by the formulas [3] shown below: V represents a single bond or a lower alkylene group, and W represents a single bond, an ether bond or a lower alkylene group (wherein the lower alkylene group may contain an ether bond)}, a tautomer or stereoisomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof is a compound that has an excellent GK activating effect and is useful as a pharmaceutical.

Abstract: A highly stable crystal of (1S)-1,5-anhydro-1-[5-(4-{(1E)-4-[(1-{[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]amino}-2-methyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl)amino]-3,3-dimethyl-4-oxobut-1-en-1-yl}benzyl)-2-methoxy-4-(propan-2-yl)phenyl]-D-glucitol, and a process for producing the crystal are provided. Specifically, an ethanolate having the following physical properties, and a plurality of other crystal forms transformed from the ethanolate are provided: (a) Having peaks at 2?=5.9 degrees, 17.1 degrees, 17.6 degrees and 21.5 degrees in X-ray powder diffraction (Cu—K?); (b) Showing characteristic absorption bands at 3538 cm?1, 3357 cm?1, 2964 cm?1, 1673 cm?1, 1634 cm?1 and 1505 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum; and (c) Having a melting point in a vicinity of 111° C.

Abstract: To provide An external skin agent that prevents onset of atopic skin inflammations and is low irritant to skin, which is characterized by including: 1) clay modified by a compound having a quaternary amino group; and 2) a polymer or copolymer that has a side chain including a structure similar to a biological component.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (IA) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which acts relying on an orexin (OX) receptor antagonistic activity and is useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases such as sleep disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, drug dependence, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, eating disorder, head ache, migraine, pain, gastrointestinal diseases, epilepsy, inflammations, immune-related diseases, endocrine-related diseases and hypertension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula [I] or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The compounds of the present invention are useful in the prevention or treatment of diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, anxiety disorders (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, specific phobias, acute stress disorder), depression, drug dependence, spasm, tremor, pain, Parkinson's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, or sleep disorders, which is based on the glycine uptake-inhibiting action.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel compound which has an anti-fungal activity on pathogenic fungi including fungi belonging to the genus Candida, the genus Aspergillus and the genus Trichophyton and is useful as a medicinal agent.