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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Takehiko Sasahara, Numazu, JP;
Mitsunobu Mohri, Mishima, JP;
Takehiko Sasahara, Numazu, JP;
Mitsunobu Mohri, Mishima, JP;
Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Drugs useful for the treatment and prevention of hyperlipidemia, moreover drugs useful for the treatment and prevention of cholestasis-caused hepatopathy, particularly primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, and drugs for the treatment and prevention of obesity, fatty liver and steatohepatitis, containing as active ingredients benzothiazepine compounds having a thioamide bond and a quaternary ammonium substituent, represented by formula (1) below are provided. Also, drugs containing ileal bile acid transporter inhibiting compounds as active ingredients for the treatment and prevention of cholestasis-caused hepatopathy are provided.