Harvard College

Astellas Pharma Gmbh

Noriyuki Kinoshita

Marc W Kirschner

Kazuhiro Sako

Hiroyuki Yoshino

Akio Sugihara

Takehiko Yasuji

Shuuya Kawahama

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising a modified release portion containing tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an immediate release portion containing solifenacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a hydrophilic substance. In the pharmaceutical composition, the dissolution rate of each drug (in particular, solifenacin contained in the immediate release portion) is similar to those of the current single drug formulations, and the maximum percentage of drag dissolution of each drug (in particular, solifenacin contained in the immediate release portion) is 90% or more. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition is a single formulation (i.e., a combined formulation) with a bioavailability equivalent to those of the current single drug formulations.

Pharmaceutical composition for oral administration

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods which are useful in the identification and isolation of components involved in transmembrane receptor-mediated signaling. Such components include the receptors themselves (e.g., tyrosine kinase receptors, cytokine receptors and tyrosine phosphatase receptors), as well as ligands which bind the receptors and modulators of the downstream intracellular catalytic event which characterizes receptor-mediated signalling. Two novel ligands for the FGF receptor and the nucleotide sequences encoding them are also described.

Isolated FGF receptor

Method of isolating receptor and ligand DNA

The invention provides a method for isolating nucleic acids encoding proteins comprising a signal peptide, e.g., a secreted protein. The method of the invention comprises isolating an RNA molecule associated with an endoplasmic reticulumn membrane preparation under conditions wherein the RNA is at least partially translated. The invention also provides a library of nucleic acids encoding proteins comprising a signal peptide, individual nucleic acids isolated according to the method of the invention, peptides encoded thereby, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such and kits for performing the method of the invention.

Method for cloning secreted proteins

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods which are useful in the identification and isolation of components involved in transmembrane receptor-mediated signaling. Such components include the receptors themselves (e.g., tyrosine kinase receptors, cytokine receptors and tyrosine phosphatase receptors), as well as ligands which bind the receptors and modulators of the downstream intracellular catalytic event which characterizes receptor-mediated signalling.

Receptor-tyrosine kinase assay in yeast

Isolated nucleic acid encoding ligands for FGFR

Yeast cell expressing heterologous receptor kinase

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Noriyuki Kinoshita