Abstract: The present invention relates to an immediate release solid oral dosage form containing 1-aminocyclohexanes, preferably memantine or neramexane, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable coating, wherein the active ingredient exhibits dose proportionality and is released at a dissolution rate of more than about 80% within about the first 60 minutes following entry of said form into a use environment. The dosage form is direct compressed and has a hardness within the range of between about 3 and about 40 Kp, exhibits an average Tmax within the range of about 2 to about 8 hours with an active ingredient load within the range of about 2.5 to about 150 mg. The formulation allows for dose-proportional compositions for once daily or b.i.d. dosing, while maintaining a steady average range of Tmax.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating a central nervous system disorder, such as a mood disorder (e.g., major depressive disorder) or an anxiety disorder (e.g., general anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder) with a low dose combination of escitalopram and bupropion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modified and pulsatile release pharmaceutical formulations of escitalopram and their use for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, including mood disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder) and anxiety disorders (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder, including panic attacks).

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of ibuprofen, oxycodone and 14-hydroxycodeinone and their use for the treatment of acute, moderate to severe pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable pharmaceutical formulations of escitalopram and bupropion and their use for the treatment a central nervous system disorder, such as a mood disorder (e.g., major depressive disorder) or an anxiety disorder (e.g., general anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, or panic disorder).

Abstract: The present invention provides immediate release and modified release oral dosage forms. Specifically, the invention provides modified and immediate release pharmaceutical dosage forms containing memantine that exhibit an enhanced release profile and provide reliable absorption. The dosage forms may be used to treat mild, moderate or severe Alzheimer's disease or neuropathic pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reducing carbohydrate derivatives of adamantane amines of Formula A or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or derivatives thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are together or separately H, F, methyl or lower alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups, and Z is derived from a mono-, di-, oligo-, or poly-saccharide that originally had an aldehyde carbonyl group. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such adamantane amine derivatives, and uses of such derivatives. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of infections caused by Gram positive or Gram negative bacteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of individuals diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, emotional lability or pseudobulbar affect comprising administering to said individual an effective amount of a 1-aminocyclohexane derivative, namely memantine or neramexane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immediate release solid oral dosage form containing 1-aminocyclohexanes, preferably memantine or neramexane, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable coating, wherein the active ingredient exhibits dose proportionality and is released at a dissolution rate of more than about 80% within about the first 60 minutes following entry of said form into a use environment. The dosage form is direct compressed and has a hardness within the range of between about 3 and about 40 Kp, exhibits an average Tmax within the range of about 2 to about 8 hours with an active ingredient load within the range of about 2.5 to about 150 mg. The formulation allows for dose-proportional compositions for once daily or b.i.d. dosing, while maintaining a steady average range of Tmax.

Abstract: Pursuant to the present invention, it has been found that a modified release composition containing the low permeability and poor solubility drug, lercanidipine, may be prepared which provides for therapeutically effective plasma concentrations of lercanidipine for a period of about 20 to about 25 hours. The modified release composition of the present invention provides modified release of lercanidipine independent of pH and therefore provides release of lercanidipine even upon exposure to the low pH use environments, such as gastric fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an immediate release composition for the low solubility drug, lercanidipine. The immediate release composition of the present invention comprises a core; a first layer, comprising lercanidipine, a surfactant and a binder, and optionally, a second layer comprising a film coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions given once daily containing at least one therapeutically active ingredient selected from the group consisting of memantine and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of memantine, and a pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric matrix carrier. The dosage forms of the invention sustain the release of the therapeutically active agent from about 4 to about 24 hours when said dosage form is exposed to aqueous solutions. following entry of said form into a use environment, wherein said dosage form has a dissolution rate of more than about 80% after passage of about 6 hours to about 12 hours following said entry into said use environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating schizophrenia in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of memantine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a therapeutically effective amount an atypical antipsychotic. The method of the present invention embodies both the co-administration of memantine with an atypical antipsychotic, and the use of memantine as an adjunctive treatment to treatment with an atypical antipsychotic.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the treatment, prevention, or delay of progression of mild, or mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, by administering an effective dose of memantine. The present invention also provides a method for preventing the decrease in glucose metabolism in the cortical and sub-cortical regions of the brain in subjectes with mild, or mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immediate release solid oral dosage form containing 1-aminocyclohexanes, preferably memantine or neramexane, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable coating, wherein the active ingredient exhibits dose proportionality and is released at a dissolution rate of more than about 80% within about the first 60 minutes following entry of said form into a use environment. The dosage form is direct compressed and has a hardness within the range of between about 3 and about 40 Kp, exhibits an average Tmax within the range of about 2 to about 8 hours with an active ingredient load within the range of about 2.5 to about 150 mg. The formulation allows for dose-proportional compositions for once daily or b.i.d. dosing, while maintaining a steady average range of Tmax.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of behavioral disorders, especially agitation, associated with a central nervous system (CNS) disorder, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD), cerebrovascular disease (VaD), or Down's Syndrome, in a mammal, comprising administering to said mammal an 1-aminocyclohexane, alone or in combination with a acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. In one embodiment, the 1-aminocyclohexane is memantine.

Abstract: A laboratory activity electronic documentation and management system is provided. The system includes a first processor executing a set of instructions and a second processor connected to the first processor. The second processor is enabled by the set of instructions executed by the first processor to generate an electronic data record sheet for a study for a product family, the study comprising at least one test, the test comprising at least one template, the template comprising at least one task to be executed in a laboratory and status information for the task, such that the content and order of the study, the test, the template and the task can be defined by a user who operates the second processor. An inventory identification, such as a batch or lot number or an identification of an instrument part used to generated the laboratory data may also be stored.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of NMDA receptor antagonists such as 1-aminocyclohexane derivatives to modify deposition of potentially toxic and fibrillogenic A? peptides in amyloidopathies. Specifically, the invention relates to the ability of memantine to intervene in the processing of APP and decrease the levels of fibrillogenic A? peptides.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of achieving fast onset of pain relief for acute pain in a patient in need thereof comprising orally administering a unitary formulation (or oral dosage form) containing an effective analgesic amount of (a) oxycodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) ibuprofen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Preferably, the unitary formulation contains (a) oxycodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) ibuprofen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a weight ratio of from about 1:20 to about 1:100 and more preferably about 1:40 to about 1:80, based on the weights of molar equivalents of oxycodone hydrochloride and ibuprofen, respectively. Preferably, an amount of oxycodone and ibuprofen effective to provide partial or complete pain relief within 30 minutes is administered. More preferably, the amount is sufficient to provide partial or complete pain relief within 25 minutes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the treatment of depression, including treatment-resistant depression, and other mood disorders using a combination of an NMDA receptor antagonist and a SSRI that is citalopram or escitalopram. It has unexpectedly been shown that the combination has a synergistic and potentiated effect of either compound as monotherapy, resulting in an enhanced therapeutic effect at lower doses.