Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous patch which can stably contain only one of an S-enantiomer and an R-enantiomer of a drug capable of being present in such enantiomers at a relatively high concentration over a long period of time, has the excellent adhesive property and the excellent shape retaining property, and achieves high skin permeability of the drug. Specifically, the present invention provides an aqueous patch containing only one of enantiomers of a drug as an active ingredient in a pasty preparation.

Abstract: The present invention verifies a method of reducing skin irritation (particularly, cumulative skin irritation) caused by transdermal administration of a local anesthetic using iontophoresis, and provides an electrode pad for relief from a puncture pain which is safe not only at single administration but also at repeated administrations. The electrode pad comprises a base sheet; an electrode placed on the base sheet; an adhesive sheet placed on the base sheet and having an opening, within which the electrode being exposed; and a medicament reservoir containing a local anesthetic and placed in the opening of the adhesive sheet while being in contact with the electrode. An inner peripheral surface of the opening of the adhesive sheet and an outer peripheral surface of the medicament reservoir are prevented from coming into contact with human skin while contacting with each other, and thereby skin irritation is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patch containing beraprost or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which achieves high transdermal absorption of beraprost or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and has excellent formulation properties.

Abstract: To provide to a transdermal absorption-type patch preparation containing zonisamide, that is a transdermal absorption-type patch preparation containing zonisamide or an alkali metal salt thereof, being capable of maintaining a high concentration of a drug in a dissolved state in the preparation and exhibiting sufficient and sustained drug efficacy. A transdermal absorption-type patch preparation containing an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer containing zonisamide or an alkali metal salt thereof, an adhesive agent containing a (meth)acrylic copolymer having a pyrrolidone group, and a transdermal absorption promoter containing N-alkylpyrrolidone.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tolterodine-containing patch in which an adhesive layer is laminated on a backing, characterized in that the adhesive layer is obtainable by adding tolterodine to an adhesive base comprising a rubber adhesive, a tackifier resin, and a softener, wherein the tolterodine is present in the form of a free base in the adhesive base.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive patch containing ropinirole serving as a therapeutic drug for Parkinson's disease, with the ropinirole used being free ropinirole (ropinirole in free form) added to an adhesive base, wherein the patch exhibits favorable drug permeability and excellent drug stability. Also provided is a transdermal absorption patch using, as an adhesive base, an acrylic-based adhesive having no specific carboxyl group and having a hydroxyl group or a pyrrolidone group, with the patch including free ropinirole added to the adhesive base. Further provided is a ropinirole-containing transdermal absorption patch including a transdermal absorption promoting agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fentanyl-containing adhesive preparation for external use, wherein an adhesive layer is laminated on a supporting body. The adhesive layer contains SIS, a tackifier resin that is composed of a rosin resin and terpene resin, and a softener that is composed of a plybutene and a liquid paraffin. The adhesive layer also contains fentanyl as an active ingredient. The fentanyl-containing adhesive preparation for external use has excellent skin permeation of fentanyl and high preparation stability, without suffering from crystallization of fentanyl during storage.

Abstract: Provided is a novel transdermal absorption preparation containing silodosin or tamsulosin, or salt thereof as an active ingredient, wherein the transdermal absorption preparation is capable of keeping a dissolved state for a long time, as well as has a high permeability to a skin, and can effectively and sustainably exert the transdermal absorbability. A transdermal absorption preparation containing the transdermal absorption preparation comprises an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive that comprises a copolymer of at least one (meth)acrylic acid monomer and at least one vinyl monomer and that contains a carboxyl group, and at least one transdermal absorption promoting agent selected from the group consisting of oleyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, and lauromacrogol.

Abstract: An aqueous loxoprofen-containing patch is provided, which has good stability and excellent transdermal absorption of loxoprofen. The aqueous patch includes loxoprofen or a salt thereof and triacetin. Specifically, the aqueous patch includes, based on the weight of the adhesive gel base, 0.1 to 5% by weight of loxoprofen or a salt thereof, 0.5 to 5% by weight of triacetin, 1 to 30% by weight of a water-soluble polymer, 0.01 to 5% by weight of a cross-linking agent, 10 to 90% by weight of purified water, and 0 to 20% by weight of an inorganic powder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a star-shaped acrylic block polymer having a star-shaped structure in which at least three chain polymer portions radiate from a mercapto group situated at the center, wherein (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester structural units having 7-17 carbon atoms account for 30-99.9% by mass of whole structural units of the star-shaped acrylic block polymer, and at least one of the chain polymer portions has a copolymer structure of polymerizable monomers containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester having 7-17 carbon atoms and a weakly basic monomer; and a medical patch containing an adhesive composition containing a salt of a basic drug and the star-shaped acrylic block polymer as an adhesive that exhibits high drug efficacy, that does not cause a decrease in adhesive property of an adhesive base due to an additive, and that causes less skin irritation.

Abstract: A patch containing free ropinirole (ropinirole in free form) in an adhesive base is provided, in which the patch exhibits favorable and continuous transdermal absorbability, high drug stability, and excellent adhesiveness. A transdermal absorption patch includes free ropinirole added to an adhesive base that contains a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), one or two or more tackifier resins containing a rosin-based resin, and a softener. The transdermal absorption patch is characterized in that the compounding ratio of the rosin-based resin to the free ropinirole represented as the ratio of the weight of the combined rosin-based resin to the free ropinirole is 3.5 to 8.0. In particular, a ropinirole-containing patch wherein the rosin-based resin is a hydrogenated rosin glycerol ester and the softener is liquid paraffin is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a backing for a water-based patch consisting of the following constituents, wherein the backing is excellent in pasty preparation retention and moisture retention, improves the persistence of drug efficacy by inhibiting the sublimation of the drug, gives neither restrained feeling nor rough feeling due to a thin thickness and an excellent elasticity, controls the moisture permeability, gives almost no sticky feeling and thereby gives an excellent feeling in application. A patch backing for a water-based pasty preparation consisting of a laminate, wherein the laminate consists of three layers, a film layer having through-holes is laminated between a nonwoven fabric layer A and a nonwoven fabric layer B, said film layer consists of a resin containing an olefin elastomer, the through-hole area per a hole is 0.02-0.18 mm2, and the opening ratio of the through-hole is 1-10%.

Abstract: Wound bed preparation in a skin wound area can be carried out by using a hydrogel sheet, wherein the hydrogel sheet is prepared by spreading a hydrogel containing a water-soluble polymer, glycerin, and water on a two-layered laminated film consisting of a polyurethane film and a hydrophobic fiber and the moisture permeability of the hydrogel sheet is 200-2000 (g/m2/24 h).

Abstract: A ketoprofen-containing aqueous patch is provided in which not only operational efficiency in producing is improved, but also the aqueous patch has excellent storage stability and transdermal absorption of ketoprofen. The ketoprofen lysine salt-containing aqueous patch includes a backing layer and an adhesive (paste) layer laminated thereon. The aqueous patch includes as a main active ingredient a ketoprofen lysine salt completely dissolved in a paste including not glycerin but a polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 1000 or less. In the ketoprofen lysine salt-containing aqueous patch, the polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 1000 or less is one or more polyethylene glycols selected from the group consisting of Polyethylene glycol 200, Polyethylene glycol 400, Polyethylene glycol 600, and Polyethylene glycol 1000.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive patch containing ropinirole serving as a therapeutic drug for Parkinson's disease, with the ropinirole used being free ropinirole (ropinirole in free form) added to an adhesive base, wherein the patch exhibits favorable drug permeability and excellent drug stability. Also provided is a transdermal absorption patch using, as an adhesive base, an acrylic-based adhesive having no specific carboxyl group and having a hydroxyl group or a pyrrolidone group, with the patch including free ropinirole added to the adhesive base. Further provided is a ropinirole-containing transdermal absorption patch including a transdermal absorption promoting agent.

Abstract: Provided is a felbinac-containing external patch which can exhibit high drug release properties, low skin irritation, and high drug stability, wherein felbinac having an average particle diameter of 5 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m is dispersed and mixed in an adhesive base including a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, a softener, and diethyl sebacate, and does not contain L-menthol. Specifically, in the felbinac-containing external patch, 0.1 to 10% by weight of felbinac having an average particle diameter of 5 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m is dispersed and mixed in an adhesive base including 10 to 30% by weight of a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, 10 to 50% by weight of an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin, 10 to 75% by weight of a softener, and 0.1 to 10% by weight of diethyl sebacate.

Abstract: Since treatment effects of conventional external preparations were not satisfactory, it is aimed to provide a novel external preparation that is excellent in drug permeability to nail, capable of fully exhibiting effects of an antifungal drug, and effective for treatments of diseases such as nail mycosis and nail candidiasis, particularly, treatments for nail tinea. The external preparation of this invention is a pharmaceutical composition for nail characterized by containing an antifungal drug, alkylpyrrolidone or a derivative thereof, and a crosslinking hydrogel.

Abstract: Provided is a novel transdermal absorption preparation containing silodosin or tamsulosin, or salt thereof as an active ingredient, wherein the transdermal absorption preparation is capable of keeping a dissolved state for a long time, as well as has a high permeability to a skin, and can effectively and sustainably exert the transdermal absorbability. A transdermal absorption preparation containing the transdermal absorption preparation comprises an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive that comprises a copolymer of at least one (meth)acrylic acid monomer and at least one vinyl monomer and that contains a carboxyl group, and at least one transdermal absorption promoting agent selected from the group consisting of oleyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, and lauromacrogol.

Abstract: A patch for external use which has a laminate structure comprising a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which contains a styrene/isoprene/styrene block copolymer as the base and further contains a tackifier resin consisting of a rosin resin and at least one other tackifier resin, a softening agent consisting of polybutene and liquid paraffin, a fatty acid ester, and fentanyl, characterized in that the weight ratio of the rosin resin to fentanyl is 1 to 5, the weight ratio of the rosin resin to the whole tackifier resin is 0.1 to 0.6, and the tackifier resin accounts for 30 to 60 wt % of the whole pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The patch is excellent in the permeation of fentanyl through the skin and in storage stability, and is weak in irritation to skin.