Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fused bicyclic compound having an affinity to a receptor of mineral corticoid (MR), shown by the formula [I]: wherein the ring A is a benzene ring having a substituent R1, fused to an adjacent 6-membered heterocyclic ring and further optionally having a substituent(s) other than R1, R1 is an alkylsulfonylamino group etc.

Abstract: This invention relates to optically active substances of tenatoprazole, (+) and (?)-5-methoxy-2-{(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)methyl]sulfinyl}-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine. The compound and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for anti-ulcer agent.

Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein X represents hydrogen atom and Y represents hydroxyl group, or X represents fluorine atom and Y represents hydrogen atom; R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group; R2 represents a morpholin-4-yl group which may be substituted, or the like, which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by tau protein kinase 1 hyperactivity such as a neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer disease).

Abstract: A composition for regenerative treatment of cartilage disease, which comprises a PDE4 inhibitor as an active ingredient, specifically a composition comprising a PDE4 inhibitor and a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer is provided, which composition, when formulated into a form suited to administer locally to affected cartilage region, such as microsphere preparation, can provide a pharmaceutical composition showing an excellent effect in regenerative treatment of cartilage.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein Z represents nitrogen atom or C—X; X represents hydrogen atom or fluorine atom; R1 is hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; L represents single bond or a C1-C6 alkylene group which may be substituted; Y represents single bond, sulfur atom, oxygen atom, NH, or the like; R2 represents hydrogen atom or a cyclic group which may be substituted, which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by abnormal activity of tau protein kinase 1 such as a neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer disease).

Abstract: The invention provides a therapeutic drug for ischemic stroke. The therapeutic drug has the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined herein, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein Ring A and Ring B are: (1) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring, (2) Ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring or an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or (3) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, and Ring B are independently an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring; X is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Y is —(CH2)n— (n is 1 or 2); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof.

Abstract: Pyrimido isoquinoline derivatives represented by formula (I): wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R7, R8, R9, R10, and are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapeutics.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of substance abuse and dependence, which contains a compound of the formula (I) represented by (R)-2-{3-[1-(acenaphthen-1-yl)piperidin-4-yl]-2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-benzimidazol-1-yl}-N-methylacetamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: This invention relates to optically active substances of tenatoprazole, (+) and (?) -5-methoxy-2-{(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridyl)methyl]sulfinyl}-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine. The compound and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for anti-ulcer agent.

Abstract: N-oxide pyrazine derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapeutics.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein Ring A and Ring B are: (1) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring, (2) Ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring, and Ring B is an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring or an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or (3) Ring A is an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, and Ring B are independently an optionally substituted unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring, an optionally substituted unsaturated fused heterobicyclic ring, or an optionally substituted benzene ring; X is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Y is —(CH2)n— (n is 1 or 2); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing a dry yeast containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine using a yeast having production capability of S-adenosyl-L-methionine, in which a yeast cell concentrate separated from a cell culture liquid of the yeast is subjected to at least one treatment of (1) a treatment of adding a mineral acid to adjust the pH of the concentrate to 1 to 5, and (2) a treatment of heating the concentrate to 40 to 85° C., and then dried, and a composition for oral ingestion containing a dry yeast produced by the production method, having been molded. A method for producing dry yeast cells containing S-adenosyl-L-methionine, which is useful as a water soluble physiologically active substance, in a high concentration with a good yield at low cost, and a composition for oral ingestion formed by molding a dry yeast produced by the production method can be provided.

Abstract: A pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof are disclosed and claimed. Wherein m, n, o, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 R6 and R7 are as described herein. Also disclosed are the salts of compounds of formula (I). The invention relates also to a medicament comprising the said derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal activity of GSK3?, such as Alzheimer disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an amide derivative of the formula (1), having a C5a receptor antagonistic action wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The above-mentioned amide derivative, an optically active form thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are promising as an agent for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or syndromes caused by inflammation caused by C5a [e.g., autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, systemic lupus erythematosus and the like, sepsis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic diseases such as asthma and the like, atherosclerosis, cardiac infarction, brain infarction, psoriasis, Alzheimer's disease and serious organ injury (e.g., pneumonia, nephritis, hepatitis and pancreatitis and the like) due to activation of leukocytes caused by ischemia reperfusion, trauma, burn, surgical invasion and the like].

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by abnormal activity of tau protein kinase 1 such as a neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer disease).

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion composition for topical administration, containing (a) tobramycin, (b) difluprednate, (c) water, (d) oil and (e) an emulsifier. Moreover, it provides a method for stabilizing tobramycin, which includes mixing (a) tobramycin, (b) difluprednate, (c) water, (d) oil and (e) an emulsifier to form an oil-in-water emulsion. The present invention can provide an oil-in-water emulsion composition containing tobramycin, which can maintain tobramycin content stably even when a non-ionic surfactant is added.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorption test method of a spherical carbon adsorbent, particularly Kremezin, which includes evaluating a test solution containing one or more kinds of particular uremic toxins or related compounds for the adsorbability, namely, adsorption titer, adsorption speed and/or adsorption selectivity, of the spherical carbon adsorbent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compound of the formula [I]: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and an optionally substituted aryl group etc. Q is single bond, a methylene group or a group of the formula: —N(RQ)—, RQ is an alkyl group, Ring A is a substituted pyrazole ring fused to the adjacent pyrimidine ring having the following formula (A), (B) or (C), R3 and R4 are the same or different and a hydrogen atom, a cyano group etc. E is one of the following groups (i) to (v): R00 is an alkyl group, Q1 is a single bond etc., Q2 is a single bond or an alkylene group, one of R5 and R6 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and the other is an alkyl group etc., one of R50 and R60 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and the other is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group etc., R51 is an alkyl group or an optionally substituted arylsulfonyl group, R61 is an alkylamino group or an azido group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound, useful as a mineralocorticoid receptor-modulating agent, of the following formula [I]: wherein Ring A is a benzene ring optionally having a substituent(s) other than R1 etc, R1 is a group of the formula: RaSO2NH— etc, Ra is an alkyl group etc, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, an optionally substituted alkyl group etc, X is an oxygen atom etc, Y is a group of the formula: —C(?O)— etc, Ar is an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, Q is a single bond, an alkylene group etc, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.