Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition in a solid dosage form suitable or oral administration, the composition comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable saccharide selected from the group consisting of one or more of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a cyclic oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide and a saccharide alcohol, wherein the ratio by weight of the active ingredient to the saccharide excipient(s) is in the range of 1:1-5.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration which comprises bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and which shows a dissolution of the bendamustine of at least 60% in 20 minutes, 70% in 40 minutes and 80% in 60 minutes, as measured with a paddle apparatus at 50 rpm according to the European Pharmacopoeia in 500 ml of a dissolution medium at a pH of 1.5. The invention further relates to the above pharmaceutical composition for use for the oral treatment of a medical condition which is selected from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia, acute myelocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided an oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant, selected from the group consisting of polyethoxylated castor oil or derivative thereof and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration which comprises bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and which shows a dissolution of the bendamustine of at least 60% in 20 minutes, 70% in 40 minutes and 80% in 60 minutes, as measured with a paddle apparatus at 50 rpm according to the European Pharmacopoeia in 500 ml of a dissolution medium at a pH of 1.5. The invention further relates to the above pharmaceutical composition for use for the oral treatment of a medical condition which is selected from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia, acute myelocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition in a solid dosage form suitable or oral administration, the composition comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable saccharide selected from the group consisting of one or more of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a cyclic oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide and a saccharide alcohol, wherein the ratio by weight of the active ingredient to the saccharide excipient(s) is in the range of 1:1-5.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition in a solid dosage form suitable or oral administration, the composition comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable saccharide selected from the group consisting of one or more of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a cyclic oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide and a saccharide alcohol, wherein the ratio by weight of the active ingredient to the saccharide excipient(s) is in the range of 1:1-5.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration which comprises bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and which shows a dissolution of the bendamustine of at least 60% in 20 minutes, 70% in 40 minutes and 80% in 60 minutes, as measured with a paddle apparatus at 50 rpm according to the European Pharmacopoeia in 500 ml of a dissolution medium at a pH of 1.5. The invention further relates to the above pharmaceutical composition for use for the oral treatment of a medical condition which is selected from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic myelocytic leukaemia, acute myelocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided an oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant, selected from the group consisting of polyethoxylated castor oil or derivative thereof and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition in a solid dosage form suitable or oral administration, the composition comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable saccharide selected from the group consisting of one or more of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a cyclic oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide and a saccharide alcohol, wherein the ratio by weight of the active ingredient to the saccharide excipient(s) is in the range of 1:1-5.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration which comprises bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and which shows a dissolution of the bendamustine of at least 60% in 20 minutes, 70% in 40 minutes and 80% in 60 minutes, as measured with a paddle apparatus at 50 rpm according to the European Pharmacopoeia in 500 ml of a dissolution medium at a pH of 1.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided an oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided a pharmaceutical composition in a solid dosage form suitable for oral administration, the composition comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable saccharide selected from the group consisting of one or more of a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a cyclic oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide and a saccharide alcohol, wherein the ratio by weight of the active ingredient to the saccharide excipient(s) is in the range of 1:1-5.

Abstract: In the present invention there is provided an oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable, ester, salt or solvate thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant, selected from the group consisting of polyethoxylated castor oil or derivative thereof and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.

Abstract: Vitamin PP compounds and compounds with anti-pellagra activity such as nicotinic acid and nicotinamide are useful for the reduction, elimination, and prevention of side-effects of immunosuppressive and anti-cancer chemotherapy and diagnosis, especially those induced by the use of substituted pyridine carboxamides of formula I. Combinations containing compounds of formula I and the vitamin PP compounds and compounds with anti-pellagra activity are provided for these chemotherapies and diagnoses.

Abstract: The invention relates to new pyridylalkane, alkene, and alkine acid amides substituted with an aryl and/or heteroaryl residue according to the general formula (I), with a saturated or one or several-fold unsaturated hydrocarbon residue in the carboxylic acid group, methods for the synthesis of these compounds, medicaments containing these and their production as well as their therapeutic use, especially as cytostatic agents and immunosuppressive agents, for example in the treatment or prevention of various types of tumors and control of immune reactions such as autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The invention relates to new pyridyl alkane acid amides according to general formula (I) as well as methods for their production, medicaments containing these compounds as well as their medical use, especially in the treatment of tumors or for immunosuppression