PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, FOR TREATING OSTEOARTHRITIS, COMPRISING CROSS-LINKED HYALURONIC ACID AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND OSTEOARTHRITIS TREATMENT METHOD USING SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting cartilage damage and/or for preventing and treating arthritis, the composition comprising cross-linked hyaluronic acid and, more specifically, to cross-linked hyaluronic acid which has excellent cartilage protective effect in an animal model of chronic osteoarthritis or an animal model of acute osteoarthritis and thereby can be utilized for inhibiting cartilage damage and/or preventing and treating arthritis.