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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Junji Matsui, Tsukuba, JP;
Junji Matsui, Tsukuba, JP;
Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods for treating diseases such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIA, multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIB, familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma, Hirschsprung disease, pheochromocytoma, parathyroid hyperplasia and mucosal neuromas of the gastrointestinal tract. The therapeutic methods and pharmaceutical compositions use a RET kinase inhibiting substance, such as 4-(3-chloro-4-(cyclopropylaminocarbonyl)aminophenoxy)-7-methoxy-6-quinolinecarboxamide and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and involve a step of administering the RET kinase inhibiting substance to a patient.