Abstract: [Problem]A compound useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound as an active ingredient are provided. [Means for Solution]The present inventors have made extensive studies on the pharmacological actions of naturally fermented materials, and as a result, they have found that a cyclic depsipeptide compound derived from a soil bacterium belonging to the genus Chromobacterium which is collected in Okutama-machi, Tokyo has both an inhibitory action on airway contraction and an inhibitory action on airway inflammation, and thus, is useful as an agent for preventing or treating COPD or asthma, thereby completing the present invention.

Abstract: [Object] To provide an excellent pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating vascular diseases. [Means for Solution] Useful to provide a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating vascular diseases, which comprises 1) a COX-1 selective inhibitor and 2) clopidogrel or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention is useful as an excellent pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating vascular diseases is provided and is particularly useful as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating arterial thrombosis, ischemic heart disease, ischemic brain disease, pulmonary embolism, peripheral circulation disorder, restenosis and reocclusion, essential thrombocytosis and so on is provided.

Abstract: A method for the prevention and/or treatment of peripheral arterial disease by compound (I) or its pharmaceutically salts are provided. The compound (I) or its pharmaceutically salts have inhibitory activity against heterotrimeric G protein Gq/11.

Abstract: Hexahydro-1,4-diazepine derivatives represented by general formula (I); pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and drugs containing the same as the active ingredient, such as activated blood coagulation factor X inhibitor, wherein A: phenylene, pyridylene, or the like; B: a 5- or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl ring; X: —CO—, —CONH—, —CSNH—, —SO2—, —SO2NH—, or the like; Y: a bond or alkylene; R1: hydrogen, alkyl, —Y—(hetero) aryl, or the like; R2: hydrogen, alkoxy, —COOH, or the like; R3: amidino or a group capable of being converted into amidino; and R4, R5: each independently hydrogen or lower alkyl.

Abstract: A substituted-amidinobenzene derivative of the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said derivative or a salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. ##STR1## (the symbols in the above formula have the following meanings: R.sup.1 : a group which can be converted into an amidino group in vivo;R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 : the same or different and each represents a carboxyl group or a group which can be converted into a carboxyl group in vivo;X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 : the same or different and each represents a lower alkylene group;m: 0, 1 or 2;n: 0 or 1, provided that n=1 when m=0.They have GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonizing activity and are useful as medicines for ameliorating ischemic cardiac disorders, adminicula in cardiosurgery operations or in vascular surgery operations, medicines for ameliorating cerebrovascular disorders, And medicines for ameliorating peripheral artery disorders.

Abstract: An amidinonaphthyl derivative represented by the following general formula (I) which has coagulation factor X inhibiting action and is useful as an anti-thrombus agent and the like, a salt thereof, an intermediate thereof and a pharmaceutical composition which comprises the amidinonaphthyl derivative. An amidinonaphthyl derivative represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. ##STR1## (symbols in the formula have the following meanings; R.sup.1 : a hydrogen atom or a group represented by the formula --A--W--R.sup.4,A: a group represented by the formula ##STR2## a group represented by the formula ##STR3## or a group represented by the formula --SO.sub.2 --, X: an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, W: a single bond or a group represented by the formula --NR.sup.5 --, R.sup.4 : a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, etc., R.sup.5 : a hydrogen atom, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, etc., R.sup.2 : a lower alkyl group, R.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed are benzamidine derivatives of the following general formula (I), salts thereof, hydrates thereof or solvates thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the derivatives, salts thereof, hydrates thereof or solvates thereof along with pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers. ##STR1## The derivatives and their compositions have GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonistic activity and are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of vascular system disorders as medicines for ameliorating ischemic cardiac disorders, adminicula in cardiosurgery operations or in vascular surgery operations, medicines for ameliorating cerebrovascular disorders, and medicines for ameliorating peripheral artery disorders.