Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a microneedle array which is formed of a sheet portion and needles and is capable of achieving high drug efficacy. According to the present invention, provided is a microneedle array including: a sheet portion; and a plurality of needles present on an upper surface of the sheet portion, in which the needle contains a water-soluble polymer and a medicament, the water-soluble polymer occupies 50% by mass or greater of the total solid content of the needle, the water-soluble polymer and the medicament are present at a mass ratio of Formula 1, in a needle tip region which includes a needle tip of each needle and has a height corresponding to 20% of the total height of each needle, and the sheet portion contains a water-soluble polymer. water-soluble polymer:medicament=0.05 to 0.9:1 Formula 1;
Abstract:
The present invention provides an immunochromatographic device, which contains the following (a) and (b): (a) a first device part holding a first insoluble carrier used for developing a complex formed with an analyte and a labeling substance comprising a metal labeled with a first binding substance that can bind to the analyte and capturing the analyte and the labeling substance at a reaction portion containing a second binding substance that can bind to the analyte, and (b) a second device part holding a second insoluble carrier used for developing a liquid and a third insoluble carrier used for absorbing a liquid, in such a way that the first insoluble carrier does not come into contact with the second insoluble carrier and the third insoluble carrier.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a Japanese encephalitis preventive agent and a Japanese encephalitis vaccine agent, which are capable of imparting sufficient immunity to humans, even if these agents are used at a lower dose than the dose of a Japanese encephalitis vaccine for subcutaneous injection, or at a smaller number of administrations than the number of administrations of a Japanese encephalitis vaccine for subcutaneous injection. According to the present invention, provided is a Japanese encephalitis preventive agent, comprising a microneedle array having a sheet portion and a plurality of needle portions present on the upper surface of the sheet portion, wherein the aforementioned needle portions contain or carry an inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus.
Abstract:
Provided is a microneedle. The microneedle array includes a needle portion, which contains an inactivated whole virion influenza vaccine, and a sheet portion. Also provided is an administration method in which the microneedle array is administered and then administered secondly after an interval of equal to or greater than 24 hours and less than 2 months.
Abstract:
A transdermal absorption sheet and a manufacturing method for the transdermal absorption sheet includes a laminating step of forming a multilayer film with a viscosity difference by forming, on a support, a lower layer containing a first transdermal absorption material and an upper layer containing a drug and a second transdermal absorption material and having a lower viscosity than the lower layer, a filling step of filling needle-like recessed portions corresponding to inverted needle-like protruding portions with a solution of the transdermal absorption material by pressing a mold in which the needle-like recessed portions are arranged in a two-dimensional array, against a surface of the multilayer film supported by the support to allow the multilayer film to flow, a solidifying step of solidifying the multilayer film with the mold pressed against the surface of the multilayer film, and a peeling-off step of peeling the solidified multilayer film from the mold.
Abstract:
A molding compact for forming a transdermal absorption sheet on which a needle-shaped protruding part is arranged is a molding compact that is a laminate of: a first member having a needle-shaped recessed part formed on a front surface thereof, the needle-shaped recessed part being an inverse of the needle-shaped protruding part; a second member provided on a back surface of the first member, the second member being composed of a waterproof and moisture-permeable material; and a third member provided on a back surface of the second member, the third member being composed of a rigid body. Provided are a molding compact that makes it possible to prevent leakage of a drug-containing solution filled into the needle-shaped recessed part, and a manufacturing method for a transdermal absorption sheet using the molding compact.
Abstract:
A transdermal absorption sheet and a manufacturing method for the transdermal absorption sheet includes a laminating step of forming a multilayer film with a viscosity difference by forming, on a support, a lower layer containing a first transdermal absorption material and an upper layer containing a drug and a second transdermal absorption material and having a lower viscosity than the lower layer, a filling step of filling needle-like recessed portions corresponding to inverted needle-like protruding portions with a solution of the transdermal absorption material by pressing a mold in which the needle-like recessed portions are arranged in a two-dimensional array, against a surface of the multilayer film supported by the support to allow the multilayer film to flow, a solidifying step of solidifying the multilayer film with the mold pressed against the surface of the multilayer film, and a peeling-off step of peeling the solidified multilayer film from the mold.