Professor Takaaki Abe and his team discovered that a medicine called lubiprostone, which is normally used to treat ...

Sucampo Pharma, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SPI) has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan for Amitiza (lubiprostone), a ...

A Japanese study suggests that lubiprostone, a common constipation drug, may help slow kidney decline in people with chronic ...

When a phase two clinical trial from Japan suggested that a common constipation medicine might slow the progression of ...