Abstract: The present invention relates to the pharmaceutical dosage forms which enable a controlled and/or a targeted delivery of an active substance to the selected regions of gastrointestinal tract of humans or animals. The pharmaceutical dosage forms preferably comprises the active substance N-(2(2-phthalimidoethoxy)-acetyl)-L-alanyl-D-glutamic acid (designated as LK 423). Methods of treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of gastrointestinal tract of humans and/or animals by using the pharmaceutical dosage forms of the invention are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to therapeutic agents for diabetes comprising a 2-(N-cyanoimino)thiazolidine-4-one derivatives represented by formula I or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein ring A represents a benzene ring, a condensed ring, or a heterocyclic ring, each of which may be substituted by one or more substituents selected from a straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a halogen atom or —OR5, R1 represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a methyne group, a straight or branched C1-C4 alkylene or alkenylene group optionally substituted by a phenyl group, R6—X, X—R6, X—R6—X, R6—X—R6, —C(═O)—NR7— or —NR7—C(═O)—, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, —OR8 or a halogen atom, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R5 represents a hydrogen atom o

Abstract: This invention relates to therapeutic agents for diabetes comprising a 2-(N-cyanoimino)thiazolidine-4-one derivatives represented by formula I or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: 1