Abstract: A process for preparing liquid iodophores with poly-N-vinyllactams and dextrins as carrier materials, which comprises heating a mixture of the carrier materials, iodine and iodide ions or, in place of the iodide ions, a reducing agent in aqueous medium in the presence of a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol having 1 to 6 carbon atoms at from 40 to 100° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hard capsules comprising

Abstract: Slow-release matrix pellets with a spherical or lenticular shape and uniform maximum diameters in the range from 0.5 to 4 mm, composed of a) 0.1-87% by weight of at least one biologically active compound, b) 5-50% by weight of at least one water-insoluble polymer, c) 5-45% by weight of at least one lipophilic component as plasticizer for polymer b), d) 3-40% by weight of a natural or semisynthetic gel former, e) 0-50% by weight of one or more conventional formulation aids.

Abstract: A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition which comprises at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane of a) at least one polymer having two active hydrogen atoms per molecule which is selected from polytetrahydrofurans, polysiloxanes and mixtures thereof, b) at least one polyesterdiol, c) at least one compound comprising two active hydrogens per molecule and having a molecular weight of 56-300, d) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one anionogenic or anionic group per molecule, e) at least one diisocyanate, or a salt thereof, said polyurethane not comprising any unit which originates from a primary or secondary amine having an ionogenic or ionic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising water-soluble copolymer, which as characteristic structural elements comprises a) vinylcarboxamide units of the general formula I where R1 and R2 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and b) units of the general formula II where A is a chemical bond or an alkylene group, the radicals R3 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted, five- to seven-membered, heterocyclic, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, which if appropriate contains one or two further heteroatoms, selected from among O, N and S, it being possible for the heterocyclic ring to be fused to a further five- or six-membered, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, R4 is H, alkyl or aralkyl.

Abstract: A process for preparing highly concentrated aqueous solutions of low molecular mass homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone by free-radical solution polymerization in an aqueous medium with H2O2 as initiator comprises carrying out the polymerization in the presence of from 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on N-vinylpyrrolidone, of a polymerization regulator which is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6-alkanols, hydroxylamine salts and water-soluble compounds containing sulfur in bonded form.

Abstract: Complexes in powder form of iodine and a crosslinked polymer based on N-vinyl compounds are obtainable by dry heating of iodine and a polymer which is obtained by polymerization of monovinyl compounds (monomers A) whose vinyl group is bonded to a nitrogen atom of a nitrogen-containing heterocycle, in the presence of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, based on the monomers (A), of a compound (B) of the formula I; where A is —CH— or a nitrogen atom, and n is 2 or 3. The complexes are suitable for producing antidiarrheals.

Abstract: Hair setting lotion which are not subject to hydrolysis and which are made up ofA) 0.5-20% by weight of a nonionic or anionic homo- or copolymer of at least 70% by weight of N-vinylcaprolactam (polymer A), andB) 0.5-20% by weight of a further film-forming polymer (polymer B), selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyurethanes, and homo- and copolymers of monoolefinically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition which comprises at least one polymer or copolymer which is obtainable by free-radical emulsion or suspension polymerization in the presence of at least one chain-transfer reagent, has a glass transition temperature above -35.degree. C. and a content of organic volatile constituents .ltoreq.0.5% by weight, and is at least 20% by weight composed of a (meth)acrylic ester.

Abstract: The use of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes which consists ofa) 0.1-30% by weight of at least one polyol,b) 20-45% by weight of at least one polyetherpolyol,c) 10-45% by weight of at least one diamine comprising an ionic group,d) 30-50% by weight of at least one polyisocyanate with or withoute) further additives as coatings or binders for pharmaceutical presentations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing water-soluble copolymers of at least one water-soluble N-vinyllactam of the formula I ##STR1## where n=1 or 2, and at least one hydrophobic comonomer having a water-solubility of 1 to 85 g/l, by free-radical polymerization in aqueous solution.

Abstract: Adhesives for dental prostheses, comprisinga) as active adhesive ingredient partially or completely neutralized copolymers offrom 5 to 95% by weight, based on the copolymer, of one or more acrylic esters of the formula ICH.sub.2 .dbd.CR'--COOR I (monomer A),where R' is hydrogen or methyl and R is alkyl of 1 to 30 C atoms, andfrom 95 to 5% by weight of methacrylic and/or acrylic acid (monomer B), andb) a vehicle which is customary in adhesives for dental prostheses.

Abstract: The use of copolymers ofA) 60-99 mol % of N-vinylpyrrolidone, andB) 1-40 mol % of a monomer selected from the group ofb1) C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 -alkyl esters of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -carboxylic acids,b2) N-alkyl- or N,N-dialkyl-substituted amides of acrylic acid or of methacrylic acid with C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkyl radicals, orb3) vinyl esters of aliphatic C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 -carboxylic acids, or mixtures of these monomers,as surface-active substances in preparations of water-insoluble substances.

Abstract: Transparent rapid release active substance compositions obtainable by extrusion of melts, containing non-steroidal analgesics, homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, saccharides or sugar alcohols and sodium or potassium salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of polyamides in cosmetics which carry sulfonate groups and are obtainable fromA.sub.1) from 0 to 19.9 mol-% of at least one monoaminocarboxylic acid having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, its lactam, or monoaminocarboxylic acid/lactam mixtures,A.sub.2) from 40.05 to 50 mol-% of at least one diamine having 2 to 18 carbon atoms,A.sub.3) from 0.5 to 49.5 mol-% of at least one dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms which carries sulfonate groups, andA.sub.4) from 0.5 to 49.5 mol-% of at least one further dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, and cosmetic compositions containing said polyamides.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a copolymer obtainable by radically initiated polymerization of the following: A) 70-99.9 wt. % an olefinically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 monocarboxylic acid, an olefinically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 dicarboxylic acid or its anhydride, or a mixture of such carboxylic acids; with B) 0.1-30 wt. % one or more multiply olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives of formula (I)Z--Y--(CHR.sup.3 --CH.sub.2 --X).sub.n --R.sup.4 (I)in which Z is a vinyl or allyl group or structure (a), ##STR1## R.sup.1, R.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R.sup.4 is a singly or multiply olefinically unsaturated alkenyl or cycloalkenyl group or a singly or doubly olefinically unsaturated arylalkylene group, X is oxygen or NH, Y is oxygen, NH or N-alkyl, n is a number between 0 and 50; and C) 0-29.9 wt. % other copolymerizable monomers. The proposed copolymer can be used as a thickener or dispergent for aqueous systems.

Abstract: A process for stabilizing a copolymer of maleic acid or maleic anhydride and vinyl alkyl ethers against a reduction in molecular weight in aqueous solution or in the solution of an organic solvent by adding 0.001 to 10% by weight, based on the copolymer, of a reducing agent, a tert-butyl-containing phenol or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: (Meth)acrylic acid/maleic acid copolymers for improving mucosal permeability and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.

Abstract: A description is given of water-soluble or water-dispersible polyaspartic acid derivatives, their preparation and their use in cosmetology, especially in hair cosmetology.