Abstract: Hairsetting compositions comprise, in addition to customary auxiliaries and additives,(A) from 0.5 to 15% by weight of carboxyl-containing polymers which are water-dispersible or water-soluble in neutralized form and have a glass transition temperature of above 0.degree. C.,(B) from 0.5 to 30% by weight, based on the polymer (A) employed, of polysiloxanes containing primary, secondary or tertiary amino groups,(C) from 0 to 50% of a low molecular mass neutralizing agent.

Abstract: Solid drug forms obtainable by extrusion of a melt comprising, besides one or more active substances, a mixture of homo- and/or copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and degraded starches.

Abstract: Solid preparations are obtainable by melt extrusion ofA) at least one active compound,B) a mixture ofB1) from 10 to 90% by weight of a water-soluble, thermoplastic polymer, andB2) from 10 to 90% by weight of a low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, andC) from 0 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the preparation, of customary pharmaceutical auxiliaries.

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.

Abstract: Pyrrolidonyl-containing polyesters and polyamides I to III ##STR1## where R, X, A and Z are defined herein, are suitable as film formers and conditioners in hair-cosmetic formulations, for stabilizing hydrogen-peroxide in aqueous solution, for complexing iodine, as tablet binders and as a constituent of film coatings in pharmaceutical preparations, for enzyme and bleach stabilization in detergent formulations, as an auxiliary in the production and finishing of textiles, as a solubilizer and protective colloid in the preparation and stabilization of polymer dispersions, and as an adhesive raw material.

Abstract: Quaternized copolymers suitable as active ingredients in hair styling compositions are obtainable from N-vinylimidazoles, N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone and, if required, further monomers.

Abstract: The use of sulfonate-bearing polyamides which are obtainable fromA.sub.1) from 20 to 99 mol % of a monoaminocarboxylic acid having 2 to 12 C atoms or its lactam,A.sub.2) from 0.5 to 40 mol % of a diamine having 2 to 18 C atoms,A.sub.3) from 0.5 to 25 mol % of a sulfonate-bearing dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 C atoms, andA.sub.4) from 0 to 35 mol % of a further dicarboxylic acid having 2 to 16 C atoms,as film-forming agents in hairsetting compositions is described.

Abstract: A fluidized-bed process for preparing hydrogen peroxide, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -monopercarboxylic acids and C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 -dipercarboxylic acid complexes in which a solution of hydrogen peroxide, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -monopercarboxylic acid, a C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 -dipercarboxylic acid or a mixture thereof in water or carboxylic acids is applied to a pulverulent or pregranulated matrix and fluidized-bed drying takes place.

Abstract: Iodophore containinga) 20-71% by weight of PVP or poly-N-vinylcaprolactam,b) 20-71% by weight of dextrin of DE 2-40,c) 6-25% by weight of elemental iodine,d) 3-12.5% by weight of iodide ions,and process for its preparation are disclosed.

Abstract: Copolymers which contain a) from 2 to 50 mol % of vinyl alkyl ethers having 3 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule, b) from 10 to 88 mol % of monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides and c) from 10 to 88 mol % of dialkyl esters of monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids as typical monomer units in polymerized form are prepared by copolymerizing the monomers a), b) and c) at from 40.degree. to 180.degree. C. in the presence of free radical initiators and are used as film-forming resins in hair sprays and, in the form of the alkali metal, ammonium or alkaline earth metal salts, as thickeners for aqueous systems, such as cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations, textile print pastes, liquid detergents and cleaning agents.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of low-hydrazine polymers based on basic vinyl monomers by free-radical solution polymerization in aqueous medium in the presence, as compound which forms free radicals, of an azo compound which has alkoxycarbonyl groups on the carbon atoms adjacent to the azo group.

Abstract: Compositions in the form of solid solutions containinga) 1-90% by weight of a coumarin derivative A from the group of alkoxycoumarins with a heterocyclic substituent or of hydroxycoumarins esterified with a sulfonic acid as active substance andb) 10-99% by weight of at least one water-soluble polymer B as carrier substance.

Abstract: Hydrogen peroxide complexes in powder form are prepared by spray drying aqueous or alcoholic solutions.

Abstract: Compositions which contain active substances and are in the form of solid particles can be obtained by intimately mixing the active substance with a water-soluble melt composed ofa) 10-90% by weight of a water-soluble polymer A with a viscosity V.sub.a of 1,000-120,000 cps andb) 10-90% by weight of a water-soluble polymer B with a viscosity V.sub.b of 1-500 cpsas carrier substance, where the viscosities V.sub.a and V.sub.b are those of a 2% by weight aqueous solution at 20.degree. C., measured by the ASTM D 2363-72 capillary method (European Pharmacopoeia, Vol. III, p. 37), and processing the melt with shaping to give the particles.

Abstract: Copolymers which have K values of from 30 to 50 are obtainable by free radical solution polymerization ofA) from 15 to 84.99% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylcaprolactam and N-vinylimidazole,B) from 15 to 84.99% by weight of further monoolefinically unsaturated monomers capable of free radical copolymerization andC) from 0.01 to 2% by weight of at least one monomer capable of free radical copolymerization and having at least two non-conjugated olefinic double bondsin alcoholic solution.

Abstract: A solid depot drug form produced by melt extrusion at from 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. and continuous shaping of a mixture of from 0.1 to 70% by weight, based on the finished depot form, of a pharmaceutical active ingredient with a polymer melt of the following composition:a) at least 6% by weight, based on the complete depot form, of at least one water-insoluble poly(meth) acrylate with a glass transition temperature Tg in the range from -60.degree. to 180.degree. C.,b) a water-soluble hydroxyalkylcellulose or hydroxy-alkylmethylcellulose with 2 or 3 carbons in the hydroxyalkyl, or an N-vinylpyrrolidone polymer with from 0 to 50% by weight of vinyl acetate or a mixture of the two in the ratio a):b) =5:95 to 95:5, andc) 0-30% by weight, based on the finished depot form, of one or more conventional pharmaceutical auxiliaries.

Abstract: Copolymers are prepared from monoethylenically unsaturated monomers containing acid groups and N-vinyllactams and, if required, other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers by copolymerization of monomers in the presence of free radical polymerization initiators by a solution polymerization method in water at a pH of at least 6, by a process in which an alkali metal base or an alkaline earth metal base or a mixture thereof is used for establishing the pH of the aqueous reaction solution.

Abstract: Carboxyl-containing polycondensation products having glass transition temperatures T.sub.G .gtoreq.20.degree. C. obtained from anhydrides of tricarboxylic or tetracarboxylic acids and diols, diamines or amino alcohols are used for cosmetic purposes, in particular as hair treatment compositions.

Abstract: A process for the production of solid pharmaceutical depot forms by application of a reconstituted aqueous dispersion of a pharmaceutically acceptable binder to a core which contains active substance or by wet granulation of the pharmaceutical active substance with such a binder dispersion or by direct tableting of an active substance with the redispersible binder powder, wherein the binder has been obtained by emulsion polymerization and subsequent spray drying of the resulting aqueous dispersion with a water-soluble pharmaceutically acceptable spraying aid with a glass transition temperature of at least 60.degree. C. and with or without a pharmaceutically acceptable antiblocking agent.

Abstract: A process for preparing a free-flowing redispersible powder composed of a vinyl-pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer containing 15-40% by weight of vinylpyrrolidone units wherein the mixture of the monomers is copolymerized in organic solution, the resulting solution is, after addition of a surfactant, subjected to replacement of the solvent by water, and the resulting dispersion is spray- or freeze-dried, and the use of the redispersible powder for producing paints and coating compositions, glues and adhesives and, in particular, the matrix and/or coating of solid slow-release pharma-ceutical forms and of hair-spray formulations are described.