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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Kosaku Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Tanjoh, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kiwamu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Motowo Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Kosaku Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Tanjoh, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kiwamu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Motowo Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Abe, Tokyo, JP;
SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nihon University, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sepsis therapeutic drug useful for prophylaxis and treatment of sepsis. A prophylactic agent and/or a therapeutic agent for sepsis containing 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) or a derivative thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable salt of 5-ALA or the derivative as an active ingredient is prepared. The prophylactic agent and/or the therapeutic agent preferably contains a metal-containing compound such as ferrous sodium citrate in addition to the ALAs. Preferred examples of the ALAs include ALA; various esters of ALA such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, and pentyl esters; and hydrochlorides, phosphates, sulfates of ALA and the esters.