Kemphys Ltd.

Nanoegg Research Laboratories, Inc.

Miwako Ishido

Koichi Shudo

Tetsuro Matsuishi

Hiroyuki Kagechika

Hiroshi Fukasawa

Naoko Katsumura

Tetsuji Asao

Mitsuko Takenaga

Method for therapeutic treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a retinoid as an active ingredient to treat the inflammatory bowel disease, the retinoid being selected from the group consisting of 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl) carbamoyl]benzoic acid, 4-[(3,5-bis-trimethylsilylphenyl)carboxamido]benzoic acid, 4-[2,3-(2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexano)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepin-11-yl]benzoic acid, and 4-(5H-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5,7,7,10,10-pentamethylbenzo[e]naphtho[2,3-b][1,4]diazepin-13-yl)benzoic acid.

Method for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Method for suppressing adhesion of the intestines or therapeutic treatment of adhesion of the intestines comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid. There is also provided a medicament for suppressing adhesion of the intestines and/or therapeutic treatment of bowel diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease, which comprises as an active ingredient a retinoid such as, for example, 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid.

Method for treatment of adhesion of the intestines

A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a physical dysfunction such as motor dysfunction caused by nerve damage resulting from an accident, cerebral crisis and the like, which comprises as an active ingredient a compound or a salt thereof represented by the following general formula (I): wherein Rto Rrepresents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkyl-substituted silyl group, X represents &#x2014;CONH&#x2014; or &#x2014;NHCO&#x2014;, and A represents a carboxylic acid-substituted aromatic group which may be substituted or a tropolonyl group which may be substituted.

Medicament for preventive and therapeutic treatment of physical dysfunction caused by nerve damage

A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a lower urinary tract symptom caused by a lower urinary tract disorder, which comprises as an active ingredient a retinoid such as, for example, 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2 -naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid.

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Tokyo, Japan

Miwako Ishido