Abstract: A sustained-release preparation which comprises a physiologically active peptide of general formula 1

Abstract: A novel crystal of (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2, 2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]methyl]sulfinyl]-1H-benzimidazole or a salt thereof of the present invention is useful for an excellent antiulcer agent.

Abstract: A method of decomposing wastes containing target compounds having one or more of hydrolyzable bonds of ether bond, ester bond, amide bond and isocyanate bond wherein the method comprises continuously supplying the wastes in a molten state or liquid state to a reactor, continuously supplying super-critical water or high pressure/high temperature water to the reactor, bringing the water into contact with the wastes, thereby decomposing the target compounds and then recovering them as raw material compounds or derivatives thereof for the target compounds. Target compounds contained in wastes in chemical plants which could not be utilized but merely incinerated or discarded so far are continuously decomposed into raw material compounds or derivatives thereof for the aimed compound and can be reutilized effectively.

Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition of the invention, which comprises a benzimidazole compound of the formula 1

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a multiple-agents-binding compound comprising a compound having anti-HIV activity and having no affinity for cell surface protein bound together with a same or different kind of at least one compound having anti-HIV activity and having no affinity for cell surface protein, or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases of HIV or AIDS comprising said multiple-agents-binding compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides an intermediate for producing a thienopyridine derivative useful as a GnRH antagonist as well as an efficient and safe method for producing the same in an industrial scale at a high yield.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for antagonizing adenosine at adenosine A3 receptors which comprises a 1,3-azole compound substituted on the 4- or 5-position, or both, by a pyridyl which may be substituted is provided and can be used as a prophylactic and therapeutic agent for asthma, allergosis, inflammation, and so on.

Abstract: To provide a pharmaceutical composition which performs a remarkable effect with a relatively decreased dosage, and, with less side effects, a pharmaceutical composition formulated by combination of an angiotensin II-mediated compound or a salt thereof with at least one species of a compound having the activity of increasing insulin-sensitivity, a compound having the activity of improving postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus, an indane derivative having the activity of inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme, a pyridine derivative having the activity of inhibiting HMG-Co A reductase or salts thereof are advantageously employed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a complex of human growth hormone and zinc containing human growth hormone and zinc at a molar ratio of about 1:1.6 to about 1:2.4, and a sustained-release preparation which comprises the complex of human growth hormone and zinc and a biodegradable polymer and which has a high entrapment ratio of human growth hormone and exhibits a stable sustained-release suppressing the initial burst.

Abstract: In order to provide a composition having a long gastroduodenal residence time and exhibiting an improved efficacy, is provided a gastrointestinal mucosa-adherent composition comprising an active ingredient and a material which swells a viscogenic agent capable of being viscous with water a (e.g. curdlan and/or a low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose etc.).

Abstract: A compound of the formula: 1

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1 represents an amino group which may be substituted; R2 represents a carboxy group which may be esterified or amidated; R3, R4, R5 and R6 each represent a hydroxy group which may be protected; Q represents an aryl group which may be substituted; or a salt thereof is disclosed. The compound (I) possesses ant-Helicobacter pylori activity, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of various diseases associated with Helicobacter bacteria, such as duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis and cancer of the stomach.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for angiotensin II-mediated diseases, which comprises a compound having angiotensin II antagonistic activity of the formula wherein R1 is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R2 is an optionally esterified carboxyl group; R3 is a group capable of forming an anion or a group convertible thereinto; X is a covalent bond between the 2 phenyl rings or a spacer having a chain length of 1 to 2 atoms as the linear moiety between the adjoining phenylene group and phenyl group; n is 1 or 2; the ring A is a benzene ring having 1 or 2 optional substituents in addition to R2; and Y is a bond, —O—, —S(O)m- (wherein m is 0, 1 or 2) or —N(R4)— (wherein R4 is H or an optionally substituted alkyl group), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a compound having diuretic activity or a compound having calcium antagonistic activity.

Abstract: A method of production of sustained-release microcapsules that comprises obtaining microcapsules comprising a bioactive substance that are encapsulated with a biodegradable polymer, and thermally drying the obtained microcapsules at a temperature not lower than the glass transition temperature of the biodegradable polymer for about 24 to about 120 hours to produce the sustained-release microcapsules comprising, relative to the weight of the sustaind-release microcapsule, not less than 60% (w/w) of the biodegradable polymer, possessing pharmaceutical characteristics clinically excellent in that a bioactive substance is released at constant rate over a very long period of time from just after administration with dramatically suppressed initial release of the bioactive substance in excess just after administration and with minimum remaining organic solvent.

Abstract: Compounds represented by general formula (1) or salts thereof which have a matrix metalloprotease inhibitory activity and are useful as drugs, wherein the rings A and B represent each an optionally substituted homocycle or heterocycle, etc.; R1s are the same or different and each represents hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, acyl, etc.; X1 represents a bond, optionally substituted divalent aliphatic hydrocarbyl, etc.; X2 represents a bond, optionally substituted divalent aliphatic hydrocarbyl, —O—, etc.; Ys are the same or different represents hydrogen, optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, oxo, etc.; m is 0 or 1; n is an integer of 1 to 3; q1 is an integer of 1 to 2n+4; and q2 is an integer of 0 to 2n+3, provided that q1+q2 is 2n+4.

Abstract: To provide a novel compound of the formula: [wherein A1 ix a 5 or 6-membered ring which may be substituted by a group not containing a cyclic group, A2 is an aromatic ring which may be substituted, X is a divalent group, Y is a nitrogen atom or a methine group, Z is an ethenylene which may be substituted or ethynylene, R is a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, provided that 3,4-dihydro-6-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-propenyl]-2(1H)-quinolone and 2-[3-[5-ethyl-6-methyl-2-(benzyloxy)-3-pyridyl]-1-propenyl]benzoxazole are excluded.], or a salt thereof which has steroid C17,20-lyase inhibitory activity, and is useful for preventing and treating mammals suffering from, for example, primary cancer of malignant tumor, its metastasis and recurrence thereof.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein R1 is H or a substituent; m is 1-3; Ar is an aromatic group which may be substituted; X is a bond or a divalent straight-chain group having 1-6 atoms which may be substituted; Y is —S—, —O—, or —N(R2)— (R2 is H or a substituent group), Z is —N═ or —C(R3)═ (R3 is H or a hydrocarbon group), ring A is a benzene ring; ring B is a 5- to 7-membered ring which may be substituted, or a salt thereof is useful for eliciting a prostaglandin I2 receptor agonistic effect.

Abstract: A novel cephem compound of the formula: wherein R1 is a phosphono group or a group convertible to a phosphono group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a group having a linkage through a carbon atom; each of Q and X is a nitrogen atom or CH; Y is S, O or CH2; n is 0 or 1; one of R3 and R4 is a pyridinium group which may be substituted and the other is a hydrogen atom or hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or R3 and R4 taken together may form a quaternalized nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, or its ester or its salt, which has a superior anti-bacterial activity, stability, absorbability, etc., a production thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing it, is provided.

Abstract: An anti-Helicobacter pylori agent comprising a compound represented by the formula: wherein A represents an aromatic ring group which may be substituted; R1 and R2, whether identical or not, each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted; R3 and R4, whether identical or not, each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, an acyl group, a carbamoyl group which may be substituted, or a carboxyl group which may be esterified; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein one of A and D is N and the other is C, or both are N; B is N or C; m is 0-3; R1, R2 and R3 each is (i) H or (ii) a group bound via C, N, O or S; R4 is a group bound via C; R5 is H or a group bound via C or O; R6 is H or a group bound via C; R7 is a homo- or hetero-cyclic group which may be substituted; or a salt thereof possesses excellent gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonizing activity, and is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for sex hormone-dependent diseases, and so forth.