Medicaments comprising sialic acid derivatives as active ingredients

Abstract

A medicament for treatment of a viral infection which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula (I) or its Pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof. wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; R2 represents an optionally substituted phenyl group, a C1-20 alkyl group, a C1-20 alkenyl group, or—(CH2)k—[NH—(CH2)m—NH]n—Y or —(CH2)k—[NH—(CH2CH2O)m-1—CH2CH2NH]n—Y in which Y represents phosphatidylethanolamine residue or polyglutamic acid residue, k and m independently represent an integer of from 2 to 10, n represents 0 or 1, provided that when n represents 1, Y represents phosphatidylethyl group; R3 represents hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydroxyl group; R4 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, azide group, an optionally substituted amino group, or an optionally substituted hydroxyl group; and R5, R6, R7 and R8 independently represent an optionally substituted hydroxyl group.

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