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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Aono, Osaka, JP;
Miwa Takai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to find further new pharmacological actions of useful mercaptoacylcysteine derivatives. The present invention relates to therapeutic agents for osteoarthritis comprising compounds represented by the following general formula [I] or salts thereof as active ingredients. In the formula, “A” is lower alkylene. The lower alkylene is exemplified by straight-chain or branched alkylene having one to six carbon atoms such as methylene, ethylene, (dimethyl)methylene or (diethyl)methylene.