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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Norimasa Iwasaki, Hokkaido, JP;
Akio Minami, Hokkaido, JP;
Yasuhiko Kasahara, Hokkaido, JP;
Tatsuya Igarashi, Hokkaido, JP;
Daisuke Kawamura, Hokkaido, JP;
Fumiyoshi Kasahara, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Miyajima, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Ohzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mariko Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a composition for regenerating cartilage or treating a cartilage disease containing a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid for which the endotoxin level thereof has been lowered to an extent that does not substantially induce inflammation or fever. As a result, it is possible to provide a composition for regenerating cartilage that improves cartilage regenerative action and ease of application to a cartilage injury lesion, and a composition for treating a cartilage disease, which has the effects of protecting cartilage from mechanical irritation, inhibiting degenerative changes in cartilage caused by wear and inflammation, repairing a cartilage injury lesion, and inhibiting inflammation and pain of joint tissue.