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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Yoshiko Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Yukuo Yoshida, Kobe, JP;
Masayoshi Uehata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/551 (2006.01); A61K 31/4725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a visual function disorder improving agent containing a compound having Rho kinase inhibitory activity, particularly (R)-(+)-N-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-4-yl)-4-(1-aminoethyl)benzamide, as an effective component. This agent has axon of the retinal ganglion cellal extension promoting action and optic nerve cell regeneration promoting action, and is useful for the treatment of a visual function disorder associated with various eye diseases caused by damage, defects, degeneration and the like in the retinal or optic nerve.