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US 9,844,556 B2Granted
Preventive/therapeutic method and preventive/therapeutic agent for complications after cataract surgery
AssigneesMegumi Honjo, Kowa Company, Ltd.
InventorsMegumi Honjo, Eiji Wato, Masayuki Ohta
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for the prevention and treatment of complications after cataract surgery such as secondary cataract and anterior capsule contraction that occur after cataract operation. The present invention relates to a preventive/therapeutic method comprising administering to a subject a medicine containing 4-fluoro-5-{[(2S)-2-methyl-1,4-diazepan-1-yl]sulfonyl}isoquinoline (Ripasudil) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient.
Claims6
A method for preventing and/or treating complications after cataract surgery, comprising:
- administering to a subject with or at a risk of complications after cataract surgery a medicine comprising therapeutically and/or preventively effective amount of 4-fluoro-5-{[(2S)-2-methyl-1,4-diazepan-1-yl]sulfonyl}isoquinoline or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient,
- wherein the complications after cataract surgery is secondary cataract or anterior capsule contraction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.