Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and an amino acid ethyl ester like L-phenylalanine ethyl ester or L-methionine ethyl ester, wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to amino acid ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:3.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:3.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a crystalline salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-isoleucine ethyl ester wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to L-isoleucine ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:2.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a process of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-morpholine wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-morpholine is from 1:0.3 to 1:2.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to crystalline salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid comprising (i) 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid, (ii) sodium and (iii) an organic base having a pKa value from 6 to 11; wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the sodium is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the organic base is 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a processes of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a crystalline sodium salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to sodium is from 1:1.51 to 1:2.5 and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a process of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the 18F isotope is linked via a prosthetic group, more specifically via a prosthetic group having a saccharide group, such as a cyclic mono- or oligosaccharide, preferably based on a pyranoside or furanoside, which is covalently linked to the glutamate portion of a folate or derivative thereof, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein fluorine-18 is covalently linked to the glutamate portion of a folate or derivative thereof, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis and monitoring of therapy of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to stable lyophilisates comprising 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a dicarboxylic acid, or a salt thereof, as well as, a processes of obtaining the same, and the use of such products.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards isomerically pure 18F-labelled (6S)- or (6R)-5-methyltetrahydrofolate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the phenyl group within the folate structure, has been replaced by an 18F-labelled N-heterocycle, for use in diagnostic imaging of a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor in vitro or in vivo or for use in monitoring of cancer or inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to crystalline salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid comprising (i) 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid, (ii) sodium and (iii) an organic base having a pKa value from 6 to 11; wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the sodium is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to the organic base is 1:0.5 to 1:1.5 and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, as well as, a processes of obtaining the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a crystalline sodium salt of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid to sodium is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which comprises progestogens, preferably drospirenone, estrogens, preferably ethinylestradiol and 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate, can be employed as oral contraceptive and moreover prevents disorders caused by folate deficiency in the consumers, in particular cardiovascular disorders and, after conception of the embryo, congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency such as, for example, neural tube defects, ventricular valve defects, urogenital defects, and cleft lip, jaw and palate, without masking the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, and at the same time even in the case of homozygous or heterozygous polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase facilitates unimpaired utilizability of the folate component 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate by the body and thus its biological activity for preventing the abovementioned congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the 18F isotope is linked via a prosthetic group, more specifically via a prosthetic group having a saccharide group, such as a cyclic mono- or oligosaccharide, preferably based on a pyranoside or furanoside, which is covalently linked to the glutamate portion of a folate or derivative thereof, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a new method of synthesis of 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein fluorine-18 is attached to a pteroate (or folate) or derivative thereof, through direct radiolabeling with 18[F]fluoride, as well as 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals obtained by such method of synthesis and their use in diagnosis and monitoring of cancer therapy and therapy of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate/antifolate analog radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the phenyl group within folate structures has been replaced by an 18F-heterocycle, their precursors, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis of a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.