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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kazutaka Kido, Ikoma, JP;
Takashi Nagano, Ikoma, JP;
Assignee:
SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/7048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 31/7048 (2013.01);
Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to provide a new medicinal use of clarithromycin. The present invention is a therapeutic agent or a preventive agent for meibomian gland dysfunction or meibomian gland blockage and comprises clarithromycin as an active ingredient. The dosage form is preferably an eye drop or eye ointment.