The object of the invention is to provide a novel and useful galactose derivative constituting a drug carrier by which a medicine can be efficiently transferred into the liver, a drug carrier comprising the derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine.The present invention relates to a galactose derivative made up of galactose, a suitable spacer and a certain lipid, a drug carrier comprising the derivative and a cationic lipid, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the carrier and a medicine (preferably a double strand RNA, a double strand DNA, an oligo nucleic acid) .
