Abstract: The present invention provides methods of promoting arteriogenesis in a subject. Embodiments include methods comprising: administering an effective dose of tocotrienol to the subject; causing an increase in Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase Metallopeptidase Inhibitor 1 (TIMP1) in vessels of cerebrovascular collateral circulation in the subject; attenuating the activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2); thereby promoting arteriogenesis.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an isolated particle comprising very high density, ultra small, lipid depleted apo B containing particles, and may also contain cytokeratin 8. The isolated particle is useful in diagnostic assays, which are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bonding product comprising at least the polysaccharides T1 and T2, characterized in that a) the monosaccharides from which the polysaccharides T1 and T2 are constructed are partially or completely bonded to each other alpha-1,4-glycosidically and b) at least one of the polysaccharides T1 and/or T2 comprises at least one amino group and c) T1 and T2 are chemically bonded to each other covalently by at least one linker Z and d) T1 and/or T2 carries m groups -(L-A), wherein A is an active pharmaceutical ingredient and/or a fluorescence label, L is a second linker, by which T1 and/or T2 is covalently bonded to A, and m is an integer, which is 0 or at least 1.

Abstract: The method is described as the removal of mediators that contribute to the pathogenesis of cancer from blood by contacting the blood with a solid, essentially non-micro-porous substrate which has been surface treated with heparin, heparan sulfate and, optionally, other molecules or chemical groups (the adsorbent media or media) having a binding affinity to the mediator, and wherein the size of the interstitial channels within said substrate are balanced with the amount of interstitial substrate surface area such that high flow rates of blood past said substrate creates a flow transport that is characterized by convection transport more than Brownian diffusion transport.

Abstract: A method for depositing a coating comprising a polymer and at least two pharmaceutical agents on a substrate, comprising the following steps: providing a stent framework; depositing on said stent framework a first layer comprising a first pharmaceutical agent; depositing a second layer comprising a second pharmaceutical agent; Wherein said first and second pharmaceutical agents are selected from two different classes of pharmaceutical agents.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of suppressing, inhibiting, preventing, or treating conjunctivitis in a subject, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound via an ester or amide bond to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof to a subject with conjunctivitis.

Abstract: Described herein is the finding that hyaluronan antagonists that inhibit hyaluronan signaling are capable of inhibiting airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). The present disclosure provides a method of preventing or reducing AHR in a subject suffering from or at risk for AHR by administering a hyaluronan antagonist. Also provided is a method of treating an airway disease or disorder in a subject by administering a hyaluronan antagonist. Hyaluronan antagonists include, for example, heparosan and hyaluronan oligosaccharides (oHAs). In some embodiments, the hyaluronan antagonist is administered locally to the airway, such as with an inhaler or nebulizer.

Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of certain sulfated glycosaminoglycans for treatment or prevention of postpartum haemorrhage. The sulfated glycosaminoglycans have a reduced anticoagulant activity and are administered in combination with at least one uterotonic agent capable of promoting myometrial contractions of the uterus and thereby compress the vessels and cease the bleeding.

Abstract: The invention provides the use in combination of a heparin containing composition that has anticoagulant activity when used alone, such as an unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin, in combination with an inhibitor of the anticoagulation activity/effect or effect of heparin, for the inhibition of metastasis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, compositions containing an inhibitor of human complement and/or an inhibitor of interferon alpha, and the use of the compositions in methods for treating or preventing Degos' disease in a subject. In some embodiments, the inhibitor is an antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that binds to a human complement component C5 protein or to a biologically-active fragment of C5 such as C5a or C5b. In some embodiments, the inhibitor is an antibody, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, that binds to interferon alpha or to an interferon alpha receptor.

Abstract: There is described inter alia a medical device having a surface which comprises a coating layer, said coating layer being a biocompatible composition comprising an entity capable of interacting with mammalian blood to prevent coagulation or thrombus formation, which entity is covalently attached to said surface through a link comprising a 1,2,3-triazole.

Abstract: Proteomic methods for identifying cancer related proteins and related products and kits are provided. The cancer specific proteins are extracellular matrix proteins that are associated with various aspects of cancer. Panels or signature sets of proteins useful in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancers as well as monitoring therapeutic progress in a cancer patient are provided herein along with methods for their detection and for their use in targeting imaging and/or therapeutic agents to the tumors via binding to the specified proteins. The proteins were identified using proteomics analyses of tissue samples taken from cancer patients. In certain aspects the proteins are particularly useful in colon cancer patients.

Abstract: The present invention describes sulodexide or at least one of its components for use in the reduction of circulating matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs), in particular MMP-9. Sulodexide and its composition are useful for the treatment of pathologies wherein the MMPs are involved, such as cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease caused by diabetes, varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), gastrointestinal ulcers, pulmonary disease, and neoplastic pathologies.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating or preventing in a subject a cancer, tumor, or neoplasm, including malignancies or metastases thereof, using a direct Factor Xa inhibitor. The methods particularly involve the treatment of human patients afflicted with a malignant cancer, tumor, or neoplasm with an effective amount of the Factor Xa inhibitor. In an embodiment, the Factor Xa inhibitor is the small molecule edoxaban p-toluenesulfonate monohydrate, also termed “DU-176b”. The invention provides methods of administering a Factor Xa inhibitor to effectively reduce or suppress, or otherwise abrogate, the growth of cancers, tumors, or neoplasms in a subject who has, or is at risk for, cancer and, optionally, who also has, or is at risk for, thrombotic disease or embolism. The methods of the invention can also reduce the incidence of migration or invasion of metastatic or malignant cancers in a human subject by administration of a Factor Xa inhibitor.

Abstract: The invention relates to assessing the Fc?RIIIa-158 polymorphism in a subject in order to determine susceptibility of the subject to drug induced thrombocytopenia, as well as therapies and therapeutic compositions based on the use of this biomarker.

Abstract: An agent for applying to mucosa capable of persistently exerting a therapeutic effect on disorders such as inflammation and lesions in the mucosa even by a lower frequency of administration because the agent can stay at a diseased site for a long period of time by exhibiting a high staying property in a mucosal epithelial layer is provided, said agent for application to mucosa containing glycosaminoglycan (GAG) into which a hydrophobic group is introduced via a binding chain, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular supramolecular bioresorbable or biomedical material comprising (i) a polymer comprising at least two 4H-units and (ii) a biologically active compound. Optionally, the supramolecular bioresorbable or biomedical material comprises a bioresorbable or biomedical polymer as third component to tune its properties (mechanical and bioresorption properties). The supramolecular bioresorbable or biomedical material is especially suitable for biomedical applications such as controlled release of drugs, materials for tissue-engineering, materials for the manufacture of a prosthesis or an implant, medical imaging technologies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and compositions useful for inhibiting and/or reducing platelet deposition, adhesion and/or aggregation. The present invention further relates to a drug-eluting stent comprising said compounds and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombotic disorders, including stroke, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, peripheral vascular disease, abrupt closure following angioplasty or stent placement and thrombosis as a result of vascular surgery.

Abstract: The present invention refers to the use of certain sulfated glycosaminoglycans for inducing labor. The sulfated glycosaminoglycans have a reduced anticoagulant activity and are used in a combination therapy together with treatment capable of promoting cervical ripening or capable of promoting myometrial contractions of the uterus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing transthyretin amyloidosis, pharmaceutical composition for use in said treatment or prevention, as well as to a diagnostic method and a kit.

Abstract: Disclosed are chemically modified hyaluronic acid (HA) derivatives containing hydrazido groups directly linked to the glucuronic acid residues of HA. Said hydrazido groups are used to obtain crosslinked and labeled HA derivatives. The invention further relates to methods of preparation of said HA derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of therapeutics and in particular, chemotherapy. Even more particularly, the present invention provides therapeutic strategies which reduce the toxicity or enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. Compositions and methods of treatment and prophylaxis are also contemplated by the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically modified glycosaminoglycan with an antifactor II activity of less than 10 IU/mg, an antifactor Xa activity of less than 10 IU/mg and an average molecular weight (Mw, weight average) from about 4.6 to 6.9 kDa. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the modified glycosaminoglycan and its medical uses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-layered structure for drug reservoir, comprising a first micelle layer for crosslinking and adhesion, comprising a drug, a multi-arm polymer, a phenol derivative, and a dopa derivative and having a one or two-layered structure; a second micelle layer for crosslinking, being stacked on the first micelle layer, comprising a drug, a multi-arm polymer, and a phenol derivative, and having a one or two-layered structure; and a physiologically active material layer, being stacked on the second micelle layer, comprising a physiologically active material, a water-soluble polymer, and a phenol derivative, and having a one or two-layered structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bioactive hydrogel as a hybrid material of heparin and star-branched polyethylene glycol with functionalized end groups, wherein the heparin is bound directly by reaction of the carboxyl groups activated with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimides/N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (EDC/s-NHS) with the terminal amino groups of the polyethylene glycol covalently by amide bonds.

Abstract: Novel benzamide compounds including their pharmaceutically acceptable isomers, salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrug derivatives having activity against mammalian factor Xa are described. Compositions containing such compounds are also described. The compounds and compositions are useful in vitro or in vivo for preventing or treating coagulation disorders.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous lock composition comprising a compound selected from the polysaccharide anti-coagulants and ethanol, and a method for locking an intravascular device implanted in a patient comprising the introduction of said composition into the device.

Abstract: The invention provides the use in combination of a heparin containing composition that has anticoagulant activity when used alone, such as an unfractionated heparin or low molecular weight heparin, in combination with an inhibitor of the anticoagulation activity/effect or effect of heparin, for the inhibition of metastasis.

Abstract: A composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate, for use in the treatment of mucositis in a mammalian subject, to a method of preventing or treating mucositis in a mammalian subject, by applying topically a composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate. The composition further relates to a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration of an ionic complex of chitosan and heparin.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating, suppressing, inhibiting, or preventing allergic rhinitis in a subject comprising the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bond to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for generating activated protein C and methods of use thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a dermatologic condition, including, inter alia, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and seboreic dermatitis, the method includes the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from a dermatologic condition.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the production of N-deacetylate N-sulfate derivatives of non-sulfated N-acetyl heparosan (HS) polysaccharides, compounds thus obtained and compositions comprising same. This invention also provides applications of N-deacetylate N-sulfate derivatives of non-sulfated N-acetyl heparosan (HS) polysaccharides, and compositions comprising same, for use in controlling coagulation and treating thrombosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solution for treating blood vessels where the solution comprises a heparin conjugate. The invention further relates to the use of the conjugate as a medicament and a method of coating tissue using the conjugate.

Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, LYXUMIA (lixisenatide), LEMTRADA (alemtuzumab), REGN727/SAR236553 (alirocumab), SAR2405550/BSI-201 (iniparib), OTAMIXABAN (otamixaban), SARILUMAB (sarilumab), LANTUS and LYXUMIA (insulin glargine and lixisenatide) or VISAMERIN/MULSEVO (semuloparin sodium).

Abstract: A process for treating fibroses including administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition which includes at least one biocompatible polymer of the following general formula (I): AaXxYy wherein: A represents a monomer selected from the group consisting of a sugar or —(O—CH2—CH2—CO)—, X represents a carboxyl group bonded to monomer A, Y represents a sulfate or sulfonate group bonded to monomer A a represents the number of monomers A such that the mass of the polymers of formula (I) is greater than approximately 5,000 da, x represents a substitution rate of the monomers A by the groups X, which is between approximately 20 and 150%, and y represents a substitution rate of the monomers A by the groups Y, which is between approximately 30 and 150%.

Abstract: This invention provides for the use of compounds represented by the structure of the general formula (I): wherein R1 is a linear, saturated, mono-unsaturated, or poly-unsaturated, alkyl chain ranging in length from 2 to 30 carbon atoms; R2 is a linear, saturated, mono-unsaturated, or poly-unsaturated, alkyl chain ranging in length from 2 to 30 carbon atoms; Y is either nothing or a spacer group ranging in length from 2 to 30 atoms; X is either a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer or a physiologically acceptable polymer, wherein X is a glycosaminoglycan; and n is a number from 2 to 1,000; wherein if Y is nothing the phosphatidylethanolamine is directly linked to X via an amide bond and if Y is a spacer, said spacer is directly linked to X via an amide or an esteric bond and to said phosphatidylethanolamine via an amide bond, thereby inhibiting the development of a psoriatic plaque or reducing plaque size in a subject.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating, suppressing, inhibiting, or preventing chronic rhinosinusitis in a subject comprising the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bond to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof. This invention also provides a method of treating, suppressing, inhibiting, or preventing nasal polyps in a subject comprising the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bond to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating ischemia or a disease or disorder that causes ischemia comprising contacting a subject with cysteamine, a cysteamine derivative, cystamine or a cystamine derivative. The disclosure also provides methods of modulating adiponectin levels in a subject comprising contact a subject with cysteamine, a cysteamine derivative, cystamine or a cystamine derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing a thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.

Abstract: Methods and assays for oversulfated glycosaminoglycans are provided. In an embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for detecting oversulfated glycosaminoglycan (OS-GAG) in a heparin sample. The method comprises placing the heparin sample onto a support comprising immobilized heparin and contacting the heparin sample on the support with a binding compound that attaches to the heparin and forms a heparin-binding compound complex. The binding compound also has a greater affinity for attaching to the OS-GAG than to the heparin in the heparin sample and forms an OS-GAG-binding compound complex. The method can further comprise detecting an amount of the heparin-binding compound complex on the support, and determining an amount of OS-GAG in the heparin sample based on the amount of the heparin-binding compound complex on the support.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treating, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity or pathogenesis of an eye disease or disorder in a subject, including, inter alia, retinal detachment, macular degeneration, glaucoma or retinopathy, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound optionally via a spacer to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer via an ester or amide bond, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof. This invention also provides a contact lens solution comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound optionally via a spacer to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer via an ester or amide bond, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of phosphorylated Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) in platelets from a subject as a biomarker for blood coagulation, preferably blood coagulation in the subject, preferably encompassing activation of the coagulation cascade as well as platelet activation, preferably thrombin-induced platelet activation. The invention encompasses uses and methods for the diagnosis or the monitoring of blood coagulation in the subject. The invention further relates to uses and methods for screening for anti-coagulants or pro-coagulants.

Abstract: Hyper-inflammatory responses can lead to a variety of diseases including sepsis. It is now shown that extracellular histones released in response to inflammatory challenge are mediators contributing to endothelial dysfunction, organ failure and death during sepsis. As such, they can be targeted pharmacologically by inhibitors, as well as used as biomarkers for prognosis of sepsis and other diseases.

Abstract: According to the present invention, treatment of prion protein related diseases, and in particular cancer tumours, is effected by providing to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of modulating binding of a prion protein and/or a prion-like protein to a disease related GAG and/or HSPG.

Abstract: Described herein are crosslinked compounds useful in numerous treatments. Described herein are methods of making crosslinked compounds via (1) the oxidative coupling of two or more thiol compounds or (2) by the reaction between at least one thiol compound with at least one thiol-reactive compound.

Abstract: Methods for treating bleeding disorders using non-anticoagulant sulfated polysaccharides (NASPs) as procoagulants are disclosed. NASPs can be administered as single agents, or in combination with one another, or with other medications (such as factors VII, VIII and IX) to promote hemostasis. In particular, the use of NASPs in treatment of bleeding disorders, including congenital coagulation disorders, acquired coagulation disorders, and trauma induced hemorrhagic conditions is described.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a method and new use for anticoagulant compounds for the treatment of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and other conditions. CRVO and BRVO represent debilitating conditions for which there is currently no effective therapy. The present invention teaches a new therapy, including new uses for existing pharmacological agents, comprising enoxaparin sodium, warfarin, clopidrogel, and others, in the treatment of these and other conditions.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition that comprises inositol phosphates and/or bisphosphonates, and to the use thereof to prevent the loss of substances of biological interest in the body of patients subjected to dialysis and to maintain sufficient physiological levels of said substances to regulate physiological and/or pathological processes, these substances being inhibitors of pathological crystallisation.

Abstract: The invention concerns a product consisting of distilled water or of an aqueous solution hypotonic or substantially isotonic with respect to blood plasma or, less preferably, hypertonic with respect to blood plasma, to be administered on the nasal mucosa according to a specific operation mode in order to cause an inflammation of an irritative kind, for use in a treatment of stimulation of the endogenous production of inflammatory mediators, in the therapy and prevention of neurological disorders, in particular of degenerative disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system. The inflammatory mediators the endogenous production of which is stimulated comprise NGF, neurotrophin-3, neurotrophin-4, serotonin, substance P, heparin, ECF-A.