Abstract: There is provided a method of reducing the appearance of facial wrinkles by repeatedly administering to a patient at defined time intervals a neurotoxin composition, such as BOTOX, said patient having been administered with an initial effective dosage of said neurotoxin composition based on said patient's diagnostic profile. The method comprises the step of, in accordance with a predefined administration schedule based on said patient's diagnostic profile and consisting of one or more time intervals, administering to said patient one or more incrementally decreasing amounts of said neurotoxin composition at each of said time intervals.

Abstract: A method for treating hypothyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a thyroid, thereby reducing an inhibitory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. A method for treating hyperthyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a sympathetic ganglion which innervates the thyroid, thereby reducing a stimulatory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. Methods for treating calcium metabolism disorders by local administration of a neurotoxin to modulate calcitonin secretion are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multicomponent low dose vaccine comprising a safe and immunogenically effective combination of a protective antigen component or components of clostridial organism, a protective antigen component of a non-clostridial organism and an adjuvant.

Abstract: A method for treating hypothyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a thyroid, thereby reducing an inhibitory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. A method for treating hyperthyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a sympathetic ganglion which innervates the thyroid, thereby reducing a stimulatory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. Methods for treating calcium metabolism disorders by local administration of a neurotoxin to modulate calcitonin secretion are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods for treating peptic ulcers and methods for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease by oral administration of a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of a botulinum toxin for oral administration to a patient with a gastrointestinal disorder.

Abstract: A method of treating mucus hypersecretion, the causative factor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and other clinical conditions involving COPD, comprises administering a compound that inhibits exocytosis in mucus secreting cells or neurones that control or direct mucus secretion. Also described is a compound, for use in the treatment of hypersecretion of mucus, which inhibits mucus secretion by inhibiting mucus secretion by mucus secreting cells, and/or inhibiting neurotransmitter release from neuronal cells controlling or directing mucus secretion.

Abstract: Use of botulin toxin to obtain a product intended to he administered intramuscular with lissive effect in treating articular pathologies, particularly coxarthrosis, or arthrosis of the hip, epicondylitis of the elbow and rotator muscle cap pathology of the shoulder.

Abstract: A method for treating hypothyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a thyroid, thereby reducing an inhibitory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. A method for treating hyperthyroidism by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a sympathetic ganglion which innervates the thyroid, thereby reducing a stimulatory effect upon thyroid hormone secretion. Methods for treating calcium metabolism disorders by local administration of a neurotoxin to modulate calcitonin secretion are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods for treating fibromyalgia by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a botulinum toxin to a patient with fibromyalgia.

Abstract: The compounds of the invention are generally described by the formula: X1X2B3X4B5X*6X7X8 B9X10B11X12B13X14 B15X16B17X*18X*19B20 X21X22X23Q24F25Z*26X27 X28B29X30B31B32X33X34 B35B36X37Z38Z39  (1) and the salts, esters, amides, and acyl forms thereof. Up to 15 amino acids may be truncated from the N-terminus and up to 6 amino acids may be truncated from the C-terminus. Each position represented by a letter indicates a single amino acid residue wherein B is a basic or polar/large amino acid or a modified form thereof; X is a small or hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof; X* is a small or polar/large amino acid or a modified form thereof; Z is a polar/large or hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof; Z* is Proline or a polar/large or hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof. These compounds may be used to inhibit the protease activity of Botulinum B and tetanus toxins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel vaccine therapies, and prophylactic treatments of atherosclerotic diseases. Accordingly there is provided, immunogens comprising specific fragments or derivatives of Apolipoprotein C-III (ApoCIII). The vaccines of the present invention, comprising said immunogens, are potent in the prevention, or reduction, of atherosclerotic plaque formation over prolonged periods of time, thereby reducing the potential of atherosclerosis leading to coronary or cerebrovascular disease. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing atherosclerosis by active vaccination, or passive vaccination through administration to a patient of an antibody that is capable of binding to the specific fragments of ApoCIII. Specific monoclonal antibodies and their use in therapy of atherosclerosis is provided. There is further provided the use of the immunogens of the present invention in medicine, and methods of their production.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition of botulinum based pharmaceuticals used for therapeutic and cosmetic treatment. This invention offers an improvement on the prior art by eliminating the potential of blood-borne contamination with botulinum based pharmaceuticals. Recombinant serum albumin is taught for use in the place of human serum albumin as a stabilizing or enhancing agent.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: A botulinum toxin system for in vivo release of therapeutic amounts of botulinum toxin in a human patient over a prolonged period of time.

Abstract: A method of treating and/or preventing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is provided, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a botulinum toxin to a patient in need thereof or a patient at risk for development of CTS. More specifically, the method includes one or more injections of a botulinum toxin over a period of time into one or more muscles of the hand and/or wrist, or directly into the carpal tunnel along the median nerve. Pharmaceutical compositions are provided as are combination therapies with other agents such as anti-inflammatory drugs, growth factors, and agents useful in the treatment of neuropathic pain. The use of the methods of the present invention are also contemplated with other treatment regimens used to treat patients having carpal tunnel syndrome.

Abstract: An active or passive vaccine utilizing purified non-toxic mutant TcdB toxins from Clostridium difficile for humans and animals against infections caused by C. difficile and/or C. sordellii. Persons most potentially affected by C. difficile infections include hospitalized patients, infants, and elderly persons. The TcdB toxin mutant of the vaccine preferably lacks the toxicity of a native C. difficile TcdB toxin. A serum comprising antibodies raised to the TcdB toxin mutant is also available for treating humans or animals against C. difficile infections. The serum may be used in a method for conferring passive immunity against C. difficile. Antibodies to the TcdB toxin mutant may be used in diagnostic tests or in treatments to clear TcdB toxin from bodily fluids. The mutant TcdB toxin may be produced by recombinant methods using cDNA encoding the toxin, the cDNA contained for example in a plasmid or host cell.

Abstract: This invention relates to the targeted delivery of cytotoxic drugs A) to lymphocytes responsible for the rejection of transplanted tissues, such as kidneys or hearts or bone marrow cells; B) the use of a non-toxic naturally existing delivery system to transport high concentrations of radiosensitizers to cancer cells; and C) to the targeted delivery of drugs in medical diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protein complex comprising one or more complex proteins or derivatives extracted from Clostridium botulinum of type A, B, C1, C2, D, E, F or G, and a selected polypeptide or low-molecular pharmacon.

Abstract: Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the site-specific PEGylation of immunoconjugates. In particular, the present invention provides immunoconjugates wherein a connector molecule attaching a targeting molecule to an effector molecule is conjugated to one or more polyethylene glycol molecules. The present invention further provides methods for increasing the antitumor activity of an immunotoxin, comprising attaching in a site-specific manner one or more polyethylene glycol molecules to a linker connecting a toxic moiety to a targeting moiety of an immunotoxin.

Abstract: Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: Hard copy appears to have lots of missing letters (mostly lower case e within words) and also what appears to be species by themselves (believe these to be illness/disease so no italics) Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: A method of controlling obesity by injecting bio-compatible bulking material into the pyloric sphincter area of the stomach. The injection of this material bulks the pyloric sphincter, retarding stomach emptying and producing a feeling of satiation in the patient. The method may be supplemental and augmented by inducing flacid paralysis of the stomach by injecting botulinum toxin into the muscle tissue of the antrum or fundus of the stomach.

Abstract: A method of enhancing an immune response is disclosed. Th method involves an initial priming of the animal with an inducing agent, subsequently followed by administration of an inducing agent-antigen mixture. The antigen may be a tumour associated antigen, pathogenic organism antigen, autoimmune antigen, immunogenic fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid coding therefor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for the delivery of therapeutic agents, including nucleic acids. The compositions can be prepared with components useful for targeting the delivery of the compositions as well as imaging components.

Abstract: Methods of treating nerve entrapment syndromes and/or the pain associated with nerve entrapment syndromes using botulinum type B toxin are disclosed. These methods involve, for example, injections of botulinum type B toxin to the tissue impinging on the nerve and/or the interstitial area around the nerve and/or the connective tissue surrounding the nerve.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation of botulinum neurotoxins free of human blood products (such as human albumin), the preparation comprising a botulinum neurotoxin incorporated in phosphatidylcholine liposomes.

Abstract: Natural and modified neurotoxins and isolated neurotoxin compositions are described. The neurotoxins may include one or more structural modifications, wherein the structural modification(s) alters the biological persistence, such as the biological half-life and/or a biological activity of the modified neurotoxin relative to an identical neurotoxin without the structural modification(s). In one embodiment, methods of making the modified neurotoxin include using recombinant techniques. In another embodiment, methods of using the modified neurotoxin to treat conditions include treating various disorders, neuromuscular aliments and pain.

Abstract: The present invention includes recombinant proteins derived from Clostridium botulinum toxins. In particular, soluble recombinant Clostridium botulinum type A, type B and type E toxin proteins are provided. Methods which allow for the isolation of recombinant proteins free of significant endotoxin contamination are provided. The soluble, endotoxin-free recombinant proteins are used as immunogens for the production of vaccines and antitoxins. These vaccines and antitoxins are useful in the treatment of humans and other animals at risk of intoxication with clostridial toxin.

Abstract: A method for treating hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcemia by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a parathyroid gland, thereby reducing an inhibitory effect upon parathyroid hormone secretion. A method for treating hyperparathyroidism and/or hypercalcemia by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a sympathetic ganglion which innervates a parathyroid hormone secreting parathyroid cell, thereby reducing a stimulatory effect upon parathyroid hormone secretion.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: Methods for treating a bone tumor, in particular pain associated with bone tumor, by administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of an agent are disclosed. The agent may include a clostridial neurotoxin component attached to a targeting moiety, wherein the targeting moiety is selected from the group consisting of transmission compounds which can be released from neurons upon the transmission of pain signals by the neurons, and compounds substantially similar to the transmission compounds.

Abstract: Methods for treating and/or curing epilepsy by intracranial administration of a botulinum toxin.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for preventing and treating Clostridium difficile-associated disease in a subject, wherein the subject is either a human or non-human animal. The method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a non-toxigenic strain of C. difficile or a combination of strains. A suitable non-toxigenic strain is selected from the M, T, C, P, S and AP group as defined by restriction endonuclease analysis. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and unit dosage forms comprising a single strain or a combination of strains selected from a non-toxigenic C. difficile group and a method for selecting non-toxigenic C. difficile strains.

Abstract: A method for treating hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcemia by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a parathyroid gland, thereby reducing an inhibitory effect upon parathyroid hormone secretion. A method for treating hyperparathyroidism and/or hypercalcemia by local administration of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin, to a sympathetic ganglion which innervates a parathyroid hormone secreting parathyroid cell, thereby reducing a stimulatory effect upon parathyroid hormone secretion.

Abstract: A system of treating myopathic and neuropathic diseases comprises the delivery of neurotoxins to the muscles and nerves in the peripheral nervous and central nervous systems. The delivery of the neurotoxins is into or through the skin in human or animal. The system utilizes the uptake system, anterograde and retrograde axonal transports of neurons in the aforementioned nervous systems. The delivery system comprises of emulsifier, skin patch and jet injection. The chemicals are the amino acids, polypeptides, neurotoxins such as the botulinum toxins and venoms.

Abstract: A method of treating mucus hypersecretion, the causative factor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and other clinical conditions involving COPD, comprises administering a compound that inhibits exocytosis in mucus secreting cells or neurones that control or direct mucus secretion. Also described is a compound, for use in the treatment of hypersecretion of mucus, which inhibits mucus secretion by inhibiting mucus secreting cells, and/or inhibiting neurotransmitter release from neuronal cells controlling or directing mucus secretion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-idiotypic antibody or antigen-binding fragment against FimH adhesin of uropathogenic Type I-fimbriated Escherichia coli and an immunizing composition containing such an anti-idiotypic antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof as an active immunizing component. The present invention also relates to a method for stimulating and enhancing the production of antibodies which recognize and bind to FimH of uropathogenic Type-I-fimbriated Escherichia coli, but not to FimH of non-uropathogenic Type I-fimbriated Escherichia coli.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin selected from a group consisting of Botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Abstract: Vaccines to protect from neurotoxins of C. botulinum have been developed. Trucated BoNT/A proteins of about 15-30 kDa in size produced immune responses that provided protection from neuronal damage by botulinum neurotoxins.

Abstract: Methods for treating a movement disorder by intracranial administration to a human patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin type A.

Abstract: The present invention relates to detoxified immunogenic derivatives of Clostridium perfringens &bgr;-toxin or an immunogenic fragment thereof that have as a characteristic that they carry a mutation in the &bgr;-toxin amino acid sequence, not found in the wild-type &bgr;-toxin amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to genes encoding such &bgr;-toxins, as well as to expression systems expressing such &bgr;-toxins. Moreover, the invention relates to bacterial expression systems expressing a native &bgr;-toxin. Finally, the invention relates to vaccines based upon detoxified immunogenic derivatives of Clostridium perfringens &bgr;-toxin, and methods for the preparation of such vaccines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to combination vaccines comprising a conjugated polysaccharide antigen linked to a carrier protein, and wherein the carrier protein is also present as a free antigen in the vaccine composition, characterised in that the ratio of polysaccharide to protein is from 1:0:3 to 1:2. In particular, the vaccine composition of the present invention relates to a multivalent vaccine, that is a vaccine for the amelioration or treatment of more than one disease state. The present invention also relates to the production and use of such a vaccine in medicine.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide micro- or mili-capsules and film preparations having not only sustained-release function but also targeting and adhesive functions with approximately 100% loading efficiency of the objective substance. The present invention provides a parenteral preparation having three layers structure of; basement layer composed of polymer; carrying layer that contains objective substances selected from drugs, aroma chemicals, mosquito propellant, dyes, cells or antigens; and surface layer, and in which the carrying layer is sandwiched between the basement layer and the surface layer.