Abstract: A multi-particulate, modified-release pharmaceutical composition for the oral administration of an active ingredient to the colon, wherein said particles comprise: (a) a core comprising an active ingredient or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and optionally one or more excipients; (b) a first coating applied to the surface of the core, wherein said first coating is insoluble in gastric juice and in intestinal juice below pH 7, but soluble in colonic intestinal juice; and (c) a second coating applied to the surface of the first coating.

Abstract: A rapidly-dissolving oral dosage pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting ovulation in a mammal, said composition comprising drospirenone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, optionally ethinyl estradiol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or ether thereof, a surfactant and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the drospirenone has a surface area of less than 10,000 cm2/g.

Abstract: system for distributing broadband wireless signals indoors includes a radio access node, connected to a telecommunication access network via an access interface, where said radio access node comprises a broadband-signal-transmitting/-receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals via a broadband radio interface; at least one client device comprising a broadband-signal-transmitting/-receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals to/from said radio access node via said broadband radio interface. It also comprises a control channel configured to exchange control signals between said radio access node and said at least one client device over a control radio interface, each of said radio access nodes and at least one client device comprising a control-signal-transmitting/receiving module configured to establish said control channel for transmitting and receiving wireless signals over said control radio interface.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition having improved solubility comprising a hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety, wherein the molar ratio of the compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to the hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is from about 0.1:1 to about 25:1. The pharmaceutical composition exhibits rapid dissolution upon contact with physiological solvents, such as water, saliva or gastrointestinal fluids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound that induces the activity of proinsulin, preferably human proinuslin, for the preparation of a medicinal product or pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions, disorders or diseases involving programmed cell death, preferably neurodegenerative pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous systems, and, more preferably, of the heredodegenerative diseases known as retinosis pigmentosa. The activator compound may consist of a chemical molecule, a peptide, a protein or a nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition having improved solubility comprising a hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety, wherein the molar ratio of the compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to the hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is from about 0.1:1 to about 25:1. The pharmaceutical composition exhibits rapid dissolution upon contact with physiological solvents, such as water, saliva or gastrointestinal fluids.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition having improved solubility comprising a hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety, wherein the molar ratio of the compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to the hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is from about 0.1:1 to about 25:1. The pharmaceutical composition exhibits rapid dissolution upon contact with physiological solvents, such as water, saliva or gastrointestinal fluids.

Abstract: A stabilized azithromycin composition comprising azithromycin monohydrate, and about 5 to about 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition, of water. The present inventors have unexpectedly determined that a certain amount of water is necessary to stabilize a pharmaceutical composition comprising azithromycin monohydrate. In addition, the stabilized azithromycin monohydrate compositions do not require an antioxidant.

Abstract: A rapidly-dissolving oral dosage pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting ovulation in a mammal, said composition comprising drospirenone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, optionally ethinyl estradiol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or ether thereof, a surfactant and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the drospirenone has a surface area of less than 10,000 cm2/g.

Abstract: A method for preparing a stable gatifloxacin composition in oral dosage form, said method comprising: (a) mixing gatifloxacin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, a disintegrant, and a filler for a time sufficient to form a mixture; (b) compacting the mixture of Step (a) at a compaction force of about 1 kN to about 30 kN for a time sufficient to form a compact; (c) milling the compact of Step (b) to form a granulation; and (d) mixing the granulation of Step (c) with an effective amount of a lubricant for a time sufficient to produce a gatifloxacin composition having a tap density of at least about 0.50 g/mL.

Abstract: A multi-particulate, modified-release pharmaceutical composition for the oral administration of an active ingredient to the colon, wherein said particles comprise: (a) a core comprising an active ingredient or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and optionally one or more excipients; (b) a first coating applied to the surface of the core, wherein said first coating is insoluble in gastric juice and in intestinal juice below pH 7, but soluble in colonic intestinal juice; and (c) a second coating applied to the surface of the first coating.

Abstract: An extended-release pharmaceutical composition comprising a core and a coating, wherein said core comprises propranolol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one excipient, and said coating comprises at least one water-soluble polymer and at least one water-insoluble polymer, wherein said coating is heated at a temperature of about 30° C. to about 70° C. after being applied to said core.

Abstract: A taste masked pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a core comprising a bitter tasting drug, such as cetirizine dihydrochloride; and (b) a coating comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable cationic co-polymer based on mono- or dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate and neutral acrylic or methacrylic esters, wherein the alkyl group independently has 1 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein said coating is applied to the surface of said core. The taste masked pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may be prepared without using an organic solvent or a cyclodextrin.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising a hydrophobic matrix comprised of paroxetine HCl and a lipid component is provided. The matrix also preferably contains hydrophilic polymers, e.g., hypromellose. This invention also relates to a method of making such a composition by melt granulating paroxetine HCl with a molten binder comprising a lipid component. This invention also relates to tablets which contain such a matrix as a core and which having an enteric coating surrounding said core.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition having improved solubility comprising a hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety, wherein the molar ratio of the compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to the hydrophobic drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is from about 0.1:1 to about 25:1. The pharmaceutical composition exhibits rapid dissolution upon contact with physiological solvents, such as water, saliva or gastrointestinal fluids.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising microtablets, wherein said microtablets comprise lansoprazole, a lubricant, optionally one or more excipients, and an enteric coating, wherein the weight ratio of lansoprazole to lubricant is from about 1:4 to about 8:1, wherein said microtablets have a tablet size of about 1 mm to about 4 mm, and a tablet weight of 1 to 50 mg, and said microtablets are free of a separating or intermediate layer between the lansoprazole and enteric coating.

Abstract: A tablet composition comprising an alendronate salt and optionally one or more excipients, wherein the cumulative total of the alendronate salt particles in the composition have a particle size distribution as follows: (a) about 19% to about 25% of the particles have a particle size of 250 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No. 60; (b) about 14% to about 17% of the particles have a particle size of 180 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No. 80; (c) about 10% to about 13% of the particles have a particle size of about 150 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No. 100; (d) about 16% to about 23% of the particles have a particle size of 90 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No. 170; (e) about 9% to about 17% of the particles have a particle size of 75 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No. 250; (f) about 13% to about 16% of the particles have a particle size of 45 microns as determined by a U.S. Sieve No.

Abstract: A stable pharmaceutical composition comprising about 1 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of an ACE inhibitor or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, about 1 wt. % to about 70 wt. % of an alkali or alkaline earth metal carbonate, and about 1 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the ACE inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of quinapril, enalapril, spirapril, ramipril, perindopril, indolapril, lisinopril, alacepril, trandolapril, benazapril, libenzapril, delapril, cilazapril and combinations thereof; wherein the formation of an internal cyclization product, and/or ester hydrolysis product, and/or oxidation product, has been reduced or eliminated, and the weight percents are based on the total weight of the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: A stabilized azithromycin composition comprising azithromycin monohydrate, and about 5 to about 15 weight percent, based on the total weight of the composition, of water. The present inventors have unexpectedly determined that a certain amount of water is necessary to stabilize a pharmaceutical composition comprising azithromycin monohydrate. In addition, the stabilized azithromycin monohydrate compositions do not require an antioxidant.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising fexofenadine or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, about 10 wt. % to about 70 wt. % of lactose, and about 1 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of a low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the pharmaceutical composition. The fexofenadine compositions of the invention exhibit improved bioavailability as expressed as Cmax, the maximum amount of active ingredient found in the plasma, or as AUC, the area under the plasma concentration time curve.