Abstract: A mobile laminar flow hood specifically devised for use in podiatry and a podiatric apparatus to which such hood is associated are described. The hood is adapted to generate a laminar flow of sterile air. In particular, an apparatus comprises a system for the generation and treatment of a laminar air flow in an intervention zone is described, together with means to support the system for the generation and treatment of a laminar air flow. The system has a blowing hood adapted to generate a laminar flow of sterile air towards the intervention zone, and a suction hood adapted to suck the laminar flow of sterile air from the intervention zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, for human and veterinary use, that may be used to induce, potentiate and normalise the various phases of the tissue repair process triggered following ulceration and wounding—either involving the loss of matter or not—of neurogenic, vasogenic or traumatic origin, even in cases where the lesions are directly or indirectly associated with underlying systemic pathologies. Particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an N-acyl derivative of an amino alcohol belonging to the ALIAmides class of molecules, a polyhydroxy alcohol and trans-traumatic acid or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to topical preparations containing N-palmitoyl-vanillamide having hyperalgesic activity. In particular, the invention relates to N-palmitoyl-vanillamide for use in the treatment of pathologies selected from: post-herpetic neuralgia, neuralgia of trigeminus, occipital neuralgia, dental neuralgia, glottopharyngeal neuralgia, uremic neuralgia, diabetic neuralgia, headache of different origin, neuropathic itch, neurogenic itch, uremic itch, vulvodinia, vulvar vestibulitis, ano-rectal pain and itch, balano-preputial pain and itch, painful urogenital disorders of dogs and cats, psoriasis-associated pruritus and pain, itching skin diseases (e.g. atopic dermatitis) in the human and veterinary field, muscular pain, pain of the tendon, osteoarthritis associated pain in humans, dogs and cats; painful eye diseases in the human and veterinary field, inflammatory pathologies of the oral cavity in the human and veterinary field.

Abstract: A therapy for renal diseases, in particular renal diseases which develop in diabetic patients or patients who have been subjected to a treatment with an antitumor chemotherapy such as a platinum derivative and more generally cytotoxic drugs at renal level for treating of neoplastic diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates to palmitoylethanolamide and diethanolamide of fumaric acid for use in the treatment of renal diseases, in particular those caused by dysmetabolic diseases or by toxic or chemotherapy agents, such as platinum derivatives. Palmitoylethanolamide is used preferably in micronized or ultra-micronized form. Diethanolamide of fumaric acid is used preferably in aqueous solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition consisting of amides of mono- and di-carboxylic acids and hydroxystilbenes, and may be used for the treatment of pathologies caused, sustained and/or characterised by an abnormal general response of the immune system, in both humans and animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for pharmaceutical or veterinary use, comprising palmitoylethanolamide. In particular, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for human or veterinary use, containing a therapeutically efficient amount of palmitoylethanolamide in the ultra-micronized form, wherein more than 90% by weight of palmitoylethanolamide has particle sizes lower than 6 microns, together with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

Abstract: A mobile laminar flow hood specifically devised for use in podiatry and a podiatric apparatus to which such hood is associated are described. The hood is adapted to generate a laminar flow of sterile air. In particular, an apparatus comprising a system for the generation and treatment of a laminar air flow in a intervention zone is described, together with means to support the system for the generation and treatment of a laminar air flow. The system comprises a blowing hood adapted to generate a laminar flow of sterile air towards said intervention zone, and a suctioning hood adapted to suck the laminar flow of sterile air from the intervention zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to an equipment comprising a blower hood suitable to create a laminar flow of sterile air. The equipment further comprises support means for the blower hood. The support means are suitable to provide a stable positioning of the blower hood and a stable adjustment of the direction of the laminar flow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition consisting of amides of mono- and di-carboxylic acids and hydroxystilbenes, and may be used for the treatment of pathologies caused, sustained and/or characterised by an abnormal general response of the immune system, in both humans and animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N-acylvanillinamide derivatives capable of activating the peripheral receptor CB1 of cannabinoids. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) in which the meanings of R, R1, R3 and Y are as defined in the description, for the preparation of a medicinal product which is capable of activating the peripheral receptor CB1 of cannabinoids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, for human and veterinary use, that may be used to induce, potentiate and normalise the various phases of the tissue repair process triggered following ulceration and wounding—either involving the loss of matter or not—of neurogenic, vasogenic or traumatic origin, even in cases where the lesions are directly or indirectly associated with underlying systemic pathologies. Particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an N-acyl derivative of an amino alcohol belonging to the ALIAmides class of molecules, a polyhydroxy alcohol and trans-traumatic acid or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N-acylvanillinamide derivatives capable of activating the peripheral receptor CB1 of cannabinoids. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) in which the meanings of R, R1, R3 and Y are as defined in the description, for the preparation of a medicinal product which is capable of activating the peripheral receptor CB1 of cannabinoids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel covalent derivatives of alkanolamides of monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids with aminoalcohols of general formula (I) which can usefully be used as agonists of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor and hence as drugs active in pathological conditions which can be controlled by stimulation and/or costimulation of this receptor

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating eosinophilic granuloma in a Feline comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition, the composition comprising N-palmitoylethanolamide. The present invention also relates to said pharmaceutical composition and the process for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: Novel N-acyl-lysogangliosides obtained from gangliosides by deacyation of the ceramide group, wherein the acyl group is derived from an aliphatic acid having from 2 to 24 carbon atoms, substituted by one or more polar groups. The N-acyl-lysogangliosides of the invention exhibit an inhibiting action on protein-kinase C activation and, thus, can be utilized in therapies for various pathologies of the nervous system.

Abstract: The following description concerns a therapeutic method for the treatment of diseases connected with the modulation of the cannabinoid peripheral receptor, comprising administering amidic derivatives of mono and bicarboxylic acids with aminoalcohols or arninoethers selectively active on said receptor.

Abstract: The use of N-acyl derivatives of aminoalcohols with mono- and di-carboxylic acids for the prevention and treatment of diseases connected with hyper and prolonged excitation by excitatory amino acids is described.

Abstract: Two pharmaceutically useful fractions of hyaluronic acid are obtained comprising a first fraction with a molecular weight between 50,000 and 100,000 which is useful for wound healing, and a second fraction having a molecular weight between 500,000 and 730,000 which is useful for intraocular and intraarticular injections.

Abstract: Compositions having high bioadhesion, mucoadhesion and visoelasticity, containing mixtures of synthetic polymers, such as polyvinyl alcohol and Polycarbophil, and of biopolymers, such as alginic acid, hyaluronic acid and dermatan sulfate, useful in the treatment of skin and mucosal tissues dryness and dehydration, and suitables as vehicles for active ingredients in percutaneous absorption.

Abstract: Described herein are biotin amides which are able to control glucidic metabolism under dysmetabolic conditions and relative therapeutical compositions for the treatment of insulin-independent diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes and relative complicating diseases, such as peripheral neuropathies and other associated chronic invalidating disorders.