Abstract: It is intended to easily provide a stent for placement in body which can hold an increased amount of a drug without causing cracking or peeling in the coating layer with the dilation of the stent and from which the drug can be sustainedly released as far as possible. Namely, a stent for placement in body having a coating layer mainly comprising a drug and a polymer in at least a part of the stent surface wherein the coating layer consists of an inner layer and an outer layer, the weight ratio of drug/polymer, which is defined based on the weights of the drug and the polymer contained in each layer, of the inner layer is higher than that of the outer layer, and the outer layer contains an efficacious amount of the drug.

Abstract: As a treatment for angiostenosis, angioplasty (PTA or PTCA) of expanding a small-sized balloon in a vessel has been commonly conducted. However, this treatment easily causes repeated stenosis (restenosis) after the treatment. Placement of a stent in a vessel is also effective in decreasing restenosis, but this treatment may also cause restenosis. The present invention provides a stent containing a poly (lactide-co-glycolide) or both a poly (lactide-co-glycolide) and an immunosuppressive agent in at least a portion of a surface of the stent, and further containing a material nondegradable in vivo.

Abstract: A hydroxystyrene derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O- (R.sup.5 : H, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl group or benzyl group) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group or PhSCH.sub.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CONH--CS--S--, ##STR2## (X.sup.1 : H, a halogen, methyl group, ethyl group, R.sup.7 O-- (R.sup.7 : methyl or ethyl group), nitro group, aminosulfonyl group or amino group, m.sup.1 : 1 or 2), pyridyl group, furyl group or thienyl group, n.sup.1 : an integer of 0 to 3); when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : as defined above) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group, R.sup.3 : cyano group and R.sup.4 : a carbamoyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CO--Y--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- (Y: O or --NH--) or ##STR3## and when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A hydroxystyrene derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : H, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl group or benzyl group) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group or PhSCH.sub.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CONH--CS--S--, ##STR2## (X.sup.1 : H, a halogen, methyl group, ethyl group, R.sup.7 O-- (R.sup.7 : methyl or ethyl group), nitro group, aminosulfonyl group or amino group, m.sup.1 : 1 or 2), pyridyl group, furyl group or thienyl group, n.sup.1 : an integer of 0 to 3); when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : as defined above) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group, R.sup.3 : cyano group and R.sup.4 : a carbamoyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CO--Y--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- (Y: O or --NH--) or ##STR3## and when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A hydroxystyrene derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## Wherein when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O--(R.sup.5 : H, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl group or benzyl group) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group or PhSCH.sub.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CONH--CS--S--, ##STR2## (X.sub.1 : H, a halogen, methyl group, ethyl group, R.sup.7 O--(R.sup.7 : methyl or ethyl group), nitro group, aminosulfonyl group or amino group, m.sup.1 : 1 or 2), pyridyl group, furyl group or thienyl group, n.sup.1 : an integer of 0 to 3); when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O--(R.sup.5 : as defined above) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group, R.sup.3 : cyano group and R.sup.4 : a carbamoyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CO--Y--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --(Y: O or --NH--) or ##STR3## and when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A hydroxystyrene derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : H, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl group or benzyl group) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group or PhSCH.sub.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CONH--CS--S--, ##STR2## (X.sup.1 : H, a halogen, methyl group, ethyl group, R.sup.7 O-- (R.sup.7 : methyl or ethyl group), nitro group, aminosulfonyl group or amino group, m.sup.1 : 1 or 2), pyridyl group, furyl group or thienyl group, n.sup.1 : an integer of 0 to 3); when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : as defined above) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group, R.sup.3 : cyano group and R.sup.4 : a carbamoyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CO--Y--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- (Y: O or --NH--) or ##STR3## and when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.