Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Takiron Co., Ltd.

Seiei Sasatani

Soonih Kim

Kazuhisa Takeda

Yasuo Shikinami

Kohji Inaba

Tatsushi Koide

Kunihiro Hata

Masashi Shiota

Masao Sudoh

Yoshinori Ii

Tamio Nanya

Granules containing pranlukast, process for producing the granules, and

The present invention provides a transdermal absorption preparation whereby a drug, which takes effect with a small amount, and is liable to be decomposed, solid at ordinary temperatures, water-soluble and less absorbable into the skin, can be stored stably for a long period of time and, can be transdermally administered at a high releasing ratio and yet releasing slowly, when applied to the skin. The constitution of the present invention is as follows: a transdermal absorption preparation which comprises a drug-storing layer containing a drug and having a drug-releasing face coated with a drug-releasing controlling membrane, wherein said drug-storing layer comprises as a base a heat-sensitive segmented polyurethane represented by the general formula:

Transdermal absorption preparation

The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions characterizing that esters or amides are suspended or dissolved in a middle chain glyceride or a mixture thereof. These pharmaceutical compositions inhibit the degradation of the active ingredient (i.e. ester or amides) by the action of various digestive enzymes in digestive system.

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising esters or amides as active

The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions characterizing that esters or amides are suspended or dissolved in a middle chain glyceride or a mixture thereof. These pharmaceutical compositions inhibit the degradation of the active ingredient (i.e. esters or amides) by the action of various digestive enzymes in digestive system.

An adhesive for percutaneous administration having a drug-containing layer composed of a base component mainly comprising a heat-sensitive and water-sensitive amphiphilic polymer and a drug incorporated in the base component. The amphiphilic compound has a characteristic hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity tapered structure, and a variety of liquid or solid or lipophilic (hydrophobic) or hydrophilic drugs of a broad range can stably be dissolved or dispersed therein. The drug in the drug-containing layer remains stable without being released or diffused while the adhesives are stored, and upon application to the skin, the drug is gradually released and diffused into the skin with high availability in a specifically controlled pattern. The present adhesive is especially advantageous for endermic presentation of a slight amount of a substance of high physiological activity which is unstable and is easily decomposed by heat or water.

Adhesive for percutaneous administration

The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions characterizing that esters or amides are suspended or dissolved in a middle chain glyceride or a mixure thereof. These pharmaceutical compositions inhibit the degradation of the active ingredient (i.e. esters or amides) by the action of various digestive enzymes in digestive system.

The present invention provides multi-layered film preparations which comprise one or more water soluble polymer bases, one or more water insoluble polymer bases, one or more plasticizers and one or more prostaglandins, and optionally contain one or more organic acids, and they are composed of at least two drug release controlling layers and one or more drug storing layers. The multi-layered film preparations of the present invention are characterized by that the prostaglandin(s) containing therein exhibit the desired long-lasting release patterns at the concentration required for therapeutic purpose.

Long-lasting multi-layered film preparation

The present invention provides new three-layered pharmaceutical film preparations which comprise one drug-storing middle layer composed of one or more (a) polyvinylpyrrolidone, (b) hydroxypropyl cellulose, (c) plasticizers and (d) organic acids, containing prostaglandin analogues, and two release-controlling layers on both sides of the said middle layer, composed of one or more (a) hydroxypropyl cellulose and (b) plasticizers, containing or not containing prostaglandin analogues, and which may release the drug at the desired concentration lastingly for an extended period of time, with great high biological availability, and can make this release 'zero-order release', and further have improved the stability of the drug contained therein, and in which the form of the preparation is not retained at the administered site after administration.

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