Abstract: An artificial lung surfactant comprising (a) phosphatidyl choline and cardiolipin and/or phosphatidyl choline and cardiolipin and/or phosphatidyl glycerol in addition as phospholipids, wherein the content of the pospholipids is 80 to 95 wt % of the whole composition, (b) neutral lipids, wherein the content is 5 to 20 wt % of the whole composition, and (c) fatty acids, wherein the content is 0 to 10 wt % of the whole composition, and a remedy for respiratory distress syndrome containing the surfactant as an active principle.

Abstract: A composition for curing respiratory diseases which contains a medicine such as antibiotic, chemotherapeutic and anticancer drug for respiratory disease and lung surfactant.

Abstract: A method of the production of immunoglobulin having a high content of monr from immunoglobulin-containing materials by a fractionation method, which comprises carrying out the fractionation in the presence of a water-soluble, basic nitrogen-containing organic compound having a dissociation constant (pKb) of 7 or less or an acid addition salt thereof, and thereby inhibiting by-production of undesirable aggregated molecules. The immunoglobulin has a high content of monomer and contains no or little aggregated molecules and hence can be used as a medicine in immune prophylaxis and immunotherapy without undesirable side effects and can be administered by intraveneous route, and further, is useful for the preparation of chemically treated immunoglobulin having a high content of monomer.

Abstract: An immunoglobulin composition comprising an immunoglobulin, and as an aggregation preventing agent or an aggregate dissociating agent for the immunoglobulin, about 1 to about 600% by weight, based on the weight of the immunoglobulin, of a water-soluble acid additive salt of a basic nitrogen-containing organic compound containing one or more basic nitrogen atoms in the molecule and optionally carboxyl groups in smaller number than the basic nitrogen atoms and having a pKb at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an S-sulfonated immunoglobulin composition comprising an S-sulfonated immunoglobulin and as an aggregation preventing agent or an aggregate dissociating agent, therefor, about 1 to about 600% by weight, based on the weight of the S-sulfonated immunoglobulin, of a water-soluble acid addition salt of a basic nitrogen-containing organic compound containing one or more basic nitrogen atoms in the molecule and optionally carboxyl groups smaller in number than the basic nitrogen atoms and having a pKb at 25.degree. C. of not more than 7.

Abstract: IgM derivatives into which acyl groups expressed by the following formula (I) are introduced to make their anticomplement activity weak by acylating the free amino groups existing in IgM up to 1-90% (acylation percentage)--COR (I)where R indicates an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a carboxylated alkyl group expressed by --(CH.sub.2)mCOOH (m is 2 or 3) or --CH.dbd.CHCOOH.These IgM derivatives can be used for making immunoglobulin preparations for intravenous injection use.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of immunogammaglobulin derivatives that can be administered by intravenous injection because of their reduced anticomplement activity level in which the reaction of human immunogammaglobulin with a compound capable of forming trithionate ion and another compound capable of forming sulfite ion in water is carried out in water to cleave the interchain disulfide bonds in said immunogammaglobulin and simultaneously the sulfur atoms cleaved are S-sulfonated.