Abstract: 2-Hydroxy-isocaproic acid (HICA), or an ester or amide derivative, an enantiomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in prevention and/or treatment of a disease or condition involving degradation of cartilage and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis and/or integrity is disclosed.

Abstract: 2-Hydroxy-isocaproic acid (HICA), or an ester or amide derivative, an enantiomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in prevention and/or treatment of a disease or condition involving degradation of cartilage and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis and/or integrity is disclosed.

Abstract: 2-Hydroxy-isocaproic acid (HICA), or an ester or amide derivative, an enantiomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in prevention and/or treatment of a disease or condition involving degradation of cartilage and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis and/or integrity is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for providing customized marketing associated to multimedia broadcasting, comprising: receiving multimedia broadcast data at a multimedia broadcast receiver apparatus; determining user information of the multimedia broadcast receiver apparatus; transmitting the user information to a service server; defining customized marketing information associated to the received multimedia broadcast data based on the user information; transmitting the customized marketing information to a user apparatus; determining, by the user apparatus, marketing information presentation settings defined by a user; and providing the customized marketing information via a user interface of the user apparatus based on the marketing information presentation settings.

Abstract: A multimedia processing apparatus includes a communication interface for communicating with a multimedia router apparatus, a multimedia controlling apparatus, and an A/V output apparatus; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the multimedia processing apparatus to: connect the multimedia processing apparatus via a first local connection to the A/V output apparatus and via a second local connection to the multimedia router apparatus; receive multimedia data from a plurality of multimedia data sources; receive a source signal from the multimedia controlling apparatus in response to a user selection; process the multimedia data from at least one of the plurality of multimedia data sources based on the source signal; and provide the processed multimedia data for the A/V apparatus.

Abstract: A method for providing customized marketing associated to multimedia broadcasting, comprising: receiving multimedia broadcast data at a multimedia broadcast receiver apparatus; determining user information of the multimedia broadcast receiver apparatus; transmitting the user information to a service server; defining customized marketing information associated to the received multimedia broadcast data based on the user information; transmitting the customized marketing information to a user apparatus; determining, by the user apparatus, marketing information presentation settings defined by a user; and providing the customized marketing information via a user interface of the user apparatus based on the marketing information presentation settings.