Method for preventing or treating heart failure by administering a medicament containing an antagonist of corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 (CRHR2)
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- RAQUALIA PHARMA INC
- Publication Date
- 2021-12-09
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a medicament for preventing or treating heart failure. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medicament for preventing or treating heart failure wherein the medicament contains an antagonist of the corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 as an active ingredient.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] The number of heart failure patients is very large since the number of patients with heart failure in the United States is about 6 million (American College of Cardiology, 2010) and the number of patients with heart disease in Japan is 1.7 million (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 2014). Patients with heart failure are restricted in their daily lives due to symptoms of heart failure such as short of breath and palpitations, and in particular elderly patients have difficulty in going out of doors due to symptoms of heart failure and often cannot receive adequate social services including medical care. Especially in Japan which is...