APPLICATION OF IMATINIB OR ITS PHARMACEUTALLY ADMINISTRATIVE SALT FOR TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF DISEASES RELATED TO VACCEPTANCE OF VESSELS

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing diseases caused by vascular permeability, containing imatinib, which has been conventionally used as an agent for treating chronic myeloid leukemia, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method for treating diseases caused by vascular permeability using the composition. The pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing diseases caused by vascular permeability of the present invention contains imatinib, which has been conventionally used as an agent for treating chronic myeloid leukemia, as an active ingredient, so as to provide a novel use of imatinib and to be able to effectively treat or prevent diseases caused by vascular permeability, and thus may be widely applied to develop a novel agent for treating diseases caused by vascular permeability.