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The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment and/or prevention for urinary diseases comprising a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor regulator.

As LPA receptor regulators act on urethra and prostate, compounds acting on this receptor are useful in treating urinary diseases (urinary incontinence, dysuria, etc.). For example, an LPA receptor agonist useful for treatment of urinary incontinence, while an LPA receptor antagonist is useful for treatment of dysuria, ischuria, pollakiuria, nocturia, urodynia and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

An agent for use in medicine, which agent comprises a plurality of ligands covalently co-linked so as to form a complex with a plurality of C-reactive protein (CRP) molecules in the presence thereof, wherein (i) at least two of the ligands are the same or different and are capable of being bound by ligand binding sites present on the CRP molecules; or (ii) at least one of the ligands is capable of being bound by a ligand binding site present on a CRP molecule, and at least one other of the ligands is capable of being bound by a ligand binding site present on a serum amyloid P component (SAP) molecule.

Compositions which comprise a combination of a salt of 3-[[[(3-fluorophenyl)[(3,4,5-trifluoro phenyl)methyl]amino]carbonyl]oxy]-1-[2-oxo-2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]-1-azoniabicyclo [2.2.2]octane, and a long-acting phenylalkylamino beta₂-agonist are effective for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory or obstructive airways diseases.

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a novel class of sulfonamide compounds. Compounds of the invention contain a core sulfonamide group. Variable moieties connected to the sulfur atom and nitrogen atom of the sulfonamide group include substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle moieties, polycyclic moieties, halogen, alkoxy, ether, ester, amide, sulfonyl, sulfonamidyl, sulfide, carbamate, and the like. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses. For example sulfonamide compounds can act to modulate production of amyloid β protein and are useful in the prevention or treatment of a variety of diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing invention compounds are also provided. Such compositions have wide utility for the prevention or treatment of a variety of diseases.

The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds which are useful for inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3), methods of making the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment using the compounds.

Disclosed are a novel compound and a pharmaceutical product, each having a remarkable uricosuric effect. Specifically disclosed are: a novel phenol derivative represented by general formula (1) that is shown in FIG. 1; a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a hydrate of the derivative or the salt; and a solvate of the derivative or the salt. (In the formula, R¹ and R² may be the same or different and each represents a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a haloalkyl group, a haloalkoxy group, an alkylsulfanyl group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a lower alkyl-substituted carbamoyl group, a saturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic N-carbonyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a hydrogen atom; R³ represents a lower alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group or a hydrogen atom; and X represents a sulfur atom, an —S(═O)— group or an —S(═O)₂— group.)

Methods and compositions comprising combinations and uses of a first anti-connexin agent and a second anti-connexin agent, for example, one or more anti-connexin polynucleotides and one or more anti-connexin peptides or peptidomimetics, are provided for the treatmen or prevention of abnormal or excessive scarring.

A compound represented by formula (I):

(wherein Ar₁ represents a phenyl group which may have 1 to 3 substituents, or a non-substituted 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group; Ar₂ represents (i) a non-substituted phenyl group, (ii) a phenyl group which has been substituted by a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 groups or atoms selected from among a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, and a halogen atom, or (iii) a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic group which has been substituted by 1 to 3 groups or atoms selected from among a lower alkyl group, a lower alkynyl group, a lower alkanoyl group, a carbamoyl group, a cyano group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, and a halogen atom; and X represents a group represented by formula (II):

(wherein the ring structure represents a 4- to 7-membered heterocyclic group which may have, in addition to the nitrogen atom shown in formula (II), one heteroatom selected from among nitrogen, oxygen, a sulfur, and which may be substituted by 1 to 4 groups or atoms selected from among a lower alkyl group, a carbamoyl group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, an oxo group a lower alkanoyl group, a lower alkylsulfonyl group, and a halogen atom)), a salt thereof, a solvate of the compound or the salt, and a drug.

A nerve regeneration which comprises a compound is represented by formula (I):

(wherein all symbols are shown in the description), a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof. The compound of the present invention is suppresses nerve cell death as a substance for accelerating growth and/or differentiation of stem cells (nerve stem cells, embryonic stem cells, bone marrow cells, etc.), a substance for accelerating growth and/or differentiation of nerve precursor cells, a potentiator for neurotrophic factor activity, a neurotrophic factor-like substance or a neurodegenerative suppressor, and accelerates repair and regeneration of nerve tissues by neogenesis, regeneration and/or axon evolution. In addition, the compound of the present invention is useful for preparation from brain tissues, bone marrow and/or embryonic stem cells of cells for transplant (nerve stem cells, nerve precursor cells, nerve cells, etc.) and also accelerates grafting, growth, differentiation and/or function expression of cells for transplant whereupon it is useful for prevention and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising:

• • (a) formoterol, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formoterol, a solvate of formoterol, or a solvate of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formeterol; and
  • (b) beclometasone dipropionate;

for the prevention and/or treatment of an exacerbation of asthma, intermittent asthma and/or episodes in chronic asthma during the maintenance therapy of asthma with the same composition for symptomatic relief, when needed.

The present inventors have found that HMGB1 fragment peptides having a particular amino acid sequence exhibit the effects of improvement of cardiac function, inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, inhibition of myocardial fibrosis, and promotion of angiogenesis in an animal model of dilated cardiomyopathy, that the particular HMGB1 fragment peptides also exhibit the effects of improvement of cardiac function, inhibition of cardiomegaly, inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, inhibition of myocardial fibrosis, and promotion of angiogenesis in an animal model of ischemic cardiomyopathy caused by old myocardial infarction, and that the particular HMGB1 fragment peptides exhibit the effects of inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and inhibition of myocardial fibrosis in an animal model of hypertensive cardiomyopathy. Based on these findings, pharmaceutical compositions are provided for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiomyopathy and old myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure resulting therefrom, which comprise an HMGB1 fragment peptide having a particular amino acid sequence.

Provided are an anti-CLDN18.2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the same, an immunoconjugate, bispecific molecule, chimeric antigen receptor and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is used for preventing and/or treating a tumor.

A novel compound of the formula (I):

wherein R¹ is alkoxycarbonyl or the like, R² is alkyl or the like; R³ is hydrogen or the like; R⁴ is alkylene or the like; R⁵ is optionally substituted heterocyclic group; R⁶, R⁷, R⁸ and R⁹ are independently hydrogen; alkyl, alkoxy, or the like; R¹⁰ is optionally substituted aromatic ring, or the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which has an inhibitory activity against cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP).

Embodiments of a method and supplement for preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress, including ulcer conditions, in animals such as humans are disclosed. The supplement is in a gel or other form and comprises mastic gum and an emulsifying agent such as lecithin. The supplement may also comprise B vitamins, one or more prebiotics or probiotics, and one or more minerals as well as, pH buffers and flavoring. A disclosed method of preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal distress comprises orally dosing an animal such as a human with the supplement at least once daily.

The present invention provides a peptide exhibiting melanogenesis promoting activity. A peptide according to the present invention increases the activity and expression of tyrosinase and the expression of factors involved in melanogenesis, thereby exhibiting an outstanding effect on melanogenesis. The peptide of the present invention can be used for the prevention, alleviation, and treatment of hypomelanosis. The outstanding activity and stability stated above allow the peptide of the present invention to be very favorably applied to medicines, quasi-medicines, and cosmetics.