Teijin Limited

Other

Sony Corporation

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Independent Administrative Institution National Institute for Materials Science

Galenisearch, Laboratories

Takao Fujii

Yoko Miyamoto

Masahiko Dohi

Yuji Makino

Yasuhide Uejima

Toshio Tanaka

Yasuaki Ogawa

Yoshiki Suzuki

Yuichi Sabi

Junzo Tanaka

Yoshihisa Nishibe

Masahiro Koga

Toshiyuki Ikoma

Seiji Mochizuki

Michisuke Ohe

Minoru Furuya

Noriaki Okamura

Hiroyuki Kawabe

Hideo Matsugi

Naoki Matsushita

Tsukio Masegi

Makoto Iwata

Kazuya Takanashi

Katsumi Sakurai

Wataru Akasofu

Tatuo Yarino

Jun Niimi

A battery includes a plurality of unit batteries arranged in a stacking direction, each unit battery including a battery element portion and at least one connection portion extending from a side of the battery element portion. A plurality of the connection portions extend from a first side of the unit batteries, and a distance in the stacking direction between at least two of said connection portions decreases as said connection portions extend away from the sides of the respective battery element portions.

Battery and electronic apparatus

A powdery composition for nasal administration, where (1) the composition contains (i) a drug, (ii) a water-absorbing and gel-forming base material such as hydroxypropyl cellulose or hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and (iii) a water-absorbing and water-insoluble base material such as crystalline cellulose or &#x3b1;-cellulose, (2) wherein the amount of the water-absorbing and gel-forming base material is about 5-40 wt % based on the total of the water-absorbing and gel-forming base material and the water-absorbing and water-insoluble base material, and (3) wherein the drug is unevenly dispersed more on/in the water-absorbing and water-insoluble base material than on/in the water-absorbing and gel-forming base material.

Powdery composition for nasal administration

A shock-absorbing elastic sheet comprises a single sheet of elastic material having a flat sheet-like base portion and a large number of semispherical protrusions integral with and projecting from one surface of the flat base portion. The semispherical protrusions are arranged in direct contact with one another such that every adjacent three or more of the semispherical protrusions jointly define a valley therebetween. The sheet-like base portion has a large number of breathing holes formed therein, each of the breathing holes being located at a position corresponding to the position of one of the respective valleys. A cushion pad produced from the elastic sheet, a sole insert and a shoe in which the cushion pad is incorporated are also disclosed.

Shock-absorbing elastic sheet for shoes, cushion pad formed from the elastic sheet, and shoe having such cushion pad

Provided is a sustained-release microparticle preparation of a human growth hormone which combines biodegradability with sustained-release performance while avoiding the use of an organic solvent as much as possible, allows the sustained-release of a human growth hormone over 3 days or more and reduction in the initial burst release, can contain a human growth hormone at 10% or more, can quantitatively adsorb and encapsulate a human growth hormone at up to 20%, and has excellent dispersion and needle penetration properties. A process for producing the sustained-release microparticle preparation of a human growth hormone is also provided. The sustained-release microparticle preparation comprises a porous apatite derivative, a human growth hormone, and a water-soluble divalent metal compound.

Sustained-release microparticle preparation of human growth hormone and process for producing thereof

There is provided a powder composition for nasal administration comprising a drug having a particle size of less than 10 &mgr;m or a lyophilized drug, a water-absorbing and water-slightly soluble base material, and a water-absorbing and gel-forming base materials. The composition has excellent drug absorbability.

Powder Composition for nasal administration

A powdery nasal composition comprising a drug and colloidal cellulose is provided. The composition is a nasal composition providing a superior absorption activity for the drug.

Powdery nasal compositions

The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for local administration in the form of an emulsion that contains active vitamin D,and is suitable for application to areas with (the) hair, while also having satisfactory pharmacological activity, primary drug stability and physical stability. This lotion contains (a) a therapeutically effective amount of active vitamin D,, (b) an oil phase component containing a solid oil component comprising white Petrolatum and a higher alcohol and a liquid oil component comprising squalane, (c) an aqueous phase component containing ionic polysaccharide, and (d) nonionic surfactant; wherein, (1) the content of said ionic polysaccharide is 0.3-1.0 parts by weight of the entire preparation, (2) the content of said higher alcohol is 0.2-1.0 parts by weight of the entire preparation, and (3) the HLB of said nonionic surfactant is 10 or more.

Activated vitamin D3 emulsion-type lotions

Device for administering powdery medicine

Isosorbide dinitrate-containing patch using a mixed adhesive

.alpha.-chain-modified isocarbacyclins and process for the production

A process for producing a 1.alpha.,3.beta.,24-trihydroxy-.DELTA..sup.5 -steroid represented by the formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently, represent a hyrogen atom, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together form a single bond, R.sub.3 represents an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted lower alkyl, and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxy or a protected hydroxy, comprising reducing a 1.alpha.,2.alpha.-epoxy-.DELTA..sup.4,6 -3,24-dioxosteroid represented by the formula (I) ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 have the same meanings as defined in formula (II), using an alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal and a proton donor in a solvent comprising ammonia or amine characterized in that at an early stage of the reaction, the 1.alpha.,2.alpha.-epoxy-.DELTA..sup.4,6 -3,24-dioxosteroid is reacted with the alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal in the presence of a proton acceptor, and then at a later stage of the reaction, a resulting intermediate product is reacted with the proton donor.

Process for production of 1-.alpha., 3-.beta., 24-trihydroxy .DELTA.-.sup.5

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Tokyo, Japan

Takao Fujii