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.
Claims2
A method of inhibiting a body weight gain in a mammal comprising administering a composition consisting of an effective amount of 2-ethoxy-1-[[2′-(5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)biphenyl-4-yl]methyl]-1H-benzimidazole-7-carboxylic acid, a prodrug thereof or a salt thereof, an effective amount of a PPARγ agonist-like substance, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in combination to the mammal.
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