Body weight gain inhibitor
AssigneeTakeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
InventorsZen-ichi Terashita, Keiji Kusumoto, Fuminari Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Imura
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Abstract
The invention provides a pharmaceutical agent containing a compound having an angiotensin II antagonistic activity, a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof, which shows superior effect for the suppression of body weight gain. In addition, the present invention provides such a pharmaceutical agent as does not increase body weights of patients even if a therapeutically effective PPARγ agonistic substance is administered in the treatment of diabetes and other diseases.
Claims15
A body weight gain inhibitor comprising a compound having an angiotensin II antagonistic activity, a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof.
A method of inhibiting a body weight gain in a mammal, which comprises administering an effective amount of a compound having an angiotensin II antagonistic activity, a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof to the mammal.
Use of a compound having an angiotensin II antagonistic activity, a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof for the production of a body weight gain inhibitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.