Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical combination comprising a calcium receptor modulator and a bone resorption inhibitor, wherein the calcium receptor modulator comprises a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein the ring A represents a 5- to 7-membered ring which may be substituted; the ring B represents a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; X1 represents CR1 (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like) or the like; X2 represents N or the like; Y represents C or the like; Ar represents a cyclic group which may be substituted; R represents a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like; and represents a single bond or a double bond; or a salt thereof or a prodrug of the compound or the salt.

Abstract: The cell death inhibitor comprising a substance capable of binding to macrophage migration inhibitory factor is useful as a preventive/therapeutic agent for, e.g., heart diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, central nervous infections, traumatic diseases, demyelinating diseases, bone/joint diseases, kidney diseases, liver diseases, myelodysplastic diseases, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, pulmonary hypertension, sepsis, inflammatory bowel diseases, autoimmune diseases, failure accompanying rejection in organ transplantation, AIDS, cancer, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel thiol derivative [I] which has an excellent matrix metalloprotease inhibiting activity and is useful as a pharmaceutical composition, particularly a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and a salt thereof, the thiol derivative being a compound represented by the formula [I]: wherein ring A represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring; ring B represents an optionally substituted homocyclic or heterocyclic ring; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an acyl group, an optionally substituted heterocyclic group or SR2 (wherein R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an acyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group); X represents an optionally substituted divalent C1-3 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; Y represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, a halogen atom, a carboxy group, an acyl group, an optionally su

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is an amino group which may be substituted; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group which may be substituted; X is a methyne group which may be substituted or N(O)m (m is 0 or 1); a ring A is a homo- or hetero-cycle which is substituted by a halogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkylenedioxy; and a ring B is a homo- or hetero-cycle which may be substituted; or a salt thereof, which exhibits excellent cell differentiation-inducing action and cell differentiation-inducing factor action-enhancing action, and is useful in the treatment and prevention of various nerve diseases or bone/joint diseases.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: whereinQ is an optionally substituted carbon atom or N(O)p wherein p is 0 or 1;Y is an optionally substituted methylene group, S(O)q wherein q is an integer of 0 to 2, or an optionally substituted imino group;Z.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-3 alkylene group which may have an oxo group or a thioxo group and may contain etherified oxygen or sulfur within the carbon chain;Z.sup.2 is an optionally substituted C.sub.1-3 alkylene group;Ar is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group;one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, or an optionally substituted lower alkoxy group;the other is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, or an optionally substituted lower alkoxy group; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together with adjacent --c.dbd.c-- form a ring; andring A is a benzene ring which may be substituted in addition to R.sup.1 and R.

Abstract: A process for preparing an osteogenesis promoting substance, which comprises extracting a demineralized bone powder with a solution of chaotorpic reagent, subjecting the extracted solution to ultrafiltration to collect a fraction containing substances ranging from 1,000 to 100,000 daltons as molecular weight, dialyzing the collected fraction and collecting the water-insoluble fraction from the dialyzing liquid. The osteogenesis promoting substance prepared by the present invention is useful as a bone repairing agent and a bone grafting agent.