Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a steroid in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) or fetal growth retardation, said treatment comprising administering to a female mammal a steroid selected from the group consisting of: substances represented by the following formula (formula I) in which formula R1, R2, R3, R4 independently are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group with 1-5 carbon atoms; each of R5, R6, R7 is a hydroxyl group; no more than 3 of R1, R2, R3, R4 are hydrogen atoms; precursors of such substances; and mixtures of one or more of the aforementioned substances and/or precursors.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to the use of an estrogen in the treatment of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) in a newborn infant, said treatment comprising administering an effective amount of estrogen to said newborn infant within 7 days after birth. The present treatment offers the advantage that estrogens can be administered using non-invasive modes of administration, e.g. oral or rectal administration. Other aspects of the present invention relate to a suppository for use in newborn infants comprising at least 1 ?g of estrogen and to an oral applicator comprising a container holding an aqueous liquid containing micronised estetrol and a metering dispenser for metering the liquid into the oral cavity of a newborn infant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical kit comprising a plurality of oral dosage units which comprise a progestogen. The progestogen is levonorgestrel, norgestimate, norethisterone, drospirenone, dydrogesterone, trimegestone, dienogest, precursors thereof and mixtures thereof. The kit comprises an amount of progestogen equivalent to 30-500 mg of levonorgestrel, 1-40 mg of ethinyl estradiol and 02-100 mg dehydroepiandrosterone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing or treating benign estrogen sensitive gynecological disorders in a female mammal, wherein the method comprises the administration to said female mammal of a combination of progestogen and androgen in an amount that is therapeutically effective to prevent or reduce the symptoms of these disorders. The present method is particularly suitable for preventing or treating disorders selected from the group consisting of endrometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia and metrorrhagia. Another aspect of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical kit comprising a plurality of oral dosage units which comprise a progestogen in an amount equivalent to 3-500 ?g levonorgestrel and either 5 to 250 mg dehydroepiandrosterone or 1 to 50 mg testosterone undecanoate.

Abstract: The invention relates to therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of ovarian cancer and metastases thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to immunogenic polypeptides comprising at least a portion of an ovarian tissue cell-associated protein or immunologically active variants thereof and to nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides and to the use thereof in immunotherapeutic methods of treatment. Said immunogenic polypeptides are provided by the zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins. ZP glycoproteins and fragments thereof that can induce a CD8+ and/or CD4+ T cell response as well as nucleic acid sequences encoding them can suitably be used in the present immunotherapeutic strategies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a steroid in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for use in the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) or fetal growth retardation, said treatment comprising administering to a female mammal a steroid selected from the group consisting of: substances represented by the following formula (formula I) in which formula R1, R2, R3, R4 independently are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group with 1-5 carbon atoms; each of R5, R6, R7 is a hydroxyl group; no more than 3 of R1, R2, R3, R4 are hydrogen atoms; precursors of such substances; and mixtures of one or more of the aforementioned substances and/or precursors.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to the use of an estrogen in the treatment of Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) in a newborn infant, said treatment comprising administering an effective amount of estrogen to said newborn infant within 7 days after birth. The present treatment offers the advantage that estrogens can be administered using non-invasive modes of administration, e.g. oral or rectal administration. Other aspects of the present invention relate to a suppository for use in newborn infants comprising at least 1 ?g of estrogen and to an oral applicator comprising a container holding an aqueous liquid containing micronised estetrol and a metering dispenser for metering the liquid into the oral cavity of a newborn infant.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a method of contraception in a female mammal of childbearing capability. The method has two alternating phases—a preservation phase and a shedding phase—and has at least two sequences of (a) a preservation phase of 3-12 months involving continuous oral administration to the female of dosage units containing: (i) an estrogen selected from 17?-estradiol, esters of 17?-estradiol and combinations thereof, in an amount equivalent to a daily oral dosage of 2.2-5 mg 17?-estradiol, and (ii) a progestogen in an amount equivalent to a daily oral dosage of 30-750 ?g levonorgestrel; and (b) a shedding phase of 4-12 days during which no progestogen is administered. The invention also relates to a contraceptive kit having one or more packaging units that are separately packaged, individually removable oral dosage units for use in the aforementioned contraceptive method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing or treating benign estrogen sensitive gynaecological disorders in a female mammal, wherein the method comprises the administration to said female mammal of a combination of progestogen and androgen in an amount that is therapeutically effective to prevent or reduce the symptoms of these disorders. The present method is particularly suitable for preventing or treating disorders selected from the group consisting of endrometriosis, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia and metrorrhagia. Another aspect of the invention relates to a pharmaceutical kit comprising a plurality of oral dosage units which comprise a progestogen in an amount equivalent to 3-500 ?g levonorgestrel and either 5 to 250 mg dehydroepiandrosterone or 1 to 50 mg testosterone undecanoate.