Abstract: The invention relates to a method of stimulating antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity to enhance the elimination of IgE-bearing B-cells comprising administering to a mammal an anti-IgE antibody, which binds to membrane bound IgE, but does not induce histamine release and administering an ISO to the mammal. The ISO may be a CpG containing oligonucleotide, or a modified CpG-containing oligonucleotide with an electron-withdrawing group at least at position C-5 of the cytosine in the CpG sequence. In addition, the method may include the administration of an allergen to improve desensitization therapy.

Abstract: The invention relates to glyceryl nucleotides of the formula Ia in which a) one of the radicals A1, A2 and A3 is a hydrogen atom or a radical selected from hydroxyl, mercapto, alkyl, alkenyl, polyoxyalkenyl, aryl, acyl, alkyloxy, alkenyloxy, polyoxyalkenyloxy, acyloxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, alkenylthio, acylthio and arylthio, where the alkyl, alkenyl and acyl radicals are optionally substituted by from 1 to 3 aryl radicals; and b1) two of the remaining radicals A1, A2 and A3 are two nucleoside groups which are different from each other; or b2) one of the remaining radicals A1, A2 and A3 is a nucleoside group and the other of the remaining radicals is a hydroxycarbonyl group, where at least one of the nucleoside groups is not a naturally occurring nucleoside group; to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical remedies which comprise these compounds, and to the use of these compounds for treating cancer diseases and infectious diseases.

Abstract: A method and composition for treating a host infected with hepatitis D comprising administering an effective hepatitis D treatment amount of a described 2′-deoxy-&bgr;-L-erythro-pentofuranonucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a method of preventing or treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and in particular, to a method of preventing or treating HIV infection using a cobalamin. The invention further relates to compositions suitable for use in such a method.

Abstract: The compounds of formula (I) are hydrophilic aryl phosphate, thiophosphate, and aminophosphate intestinal apical membrane Na-mediated phosphate co-transportation inhibitors. The compounds can be administered orally, where they act to inhibit Na-dependent phosphate uptake in the intestines, or internally, where they interact with the phosphate control functions of the kidneys and parathyroid. They are therefore useful for inhibiting sodium-mediated phosphate uptake, reducing serum PTH, calcium, calcitriol, and phosphate, and treating renal disease in an animal, including a human.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical gel composition for application on skin, said composition comprising at least one vitamin D or vitamin D analogue and at least one corticosteroid as well as a viscosity-increasing excipient.

Abstract: A composition when used as an analgesic comprising a metabolite of a compound of Formula II wherein R1 is H or Me, R2 is OH, R3 is H; or R2 and R3, taken together, are O; R4 is H or Me, R5 and R6, taken together, are O; R7 is H or Me, R8=H, OH, OAc, SH, SAc, Cl, Br, F together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises, as a first active agent, 6&bgr;,7&bgr;;15&bgr;,16&bgr;-dimethylene-3-oxo-17&agr;-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone (drospirenone) in an amount corresponding to a daily dosage, on administration of the composition, of from about 2 mg to about 4 mg, and, as a second active agent, 17&agr;-ethinylestradiol (ethinylestradiol) in an amount corresponding to a daily dosage of from about 0.01 mg to about 0.05 mg, together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients. In a specific embodiment, the composition consists of a number of separately packaged and individually removable daily dosage units placed in a packaging unit and intended for oral administration for a period of at least 21 consecutive days, wherein said daily dosage units comprises the combination of drospirenone and ethinylestradiol. The composition may further comprise 7 or less daily dosage units containing no active agent or containing ethinylestradiol alone.

Abstract: There is provided according to the invention a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an aqueous carrier liquid having dissolved therein (a) an ester of fluticasone or a solvate thereof as medicament and (b) a solubilising agent for assisting the solubilisation of the medicament in the aqueous carrier liquid.

Abstract: R-epimer enrichment of 16,17-acetal derivatives of 21-acyloxy pregna-1,4-dien-11beta,16alpha,17alpha-triol-3,20-dione derivatives is effected by fractional crystallization.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sulfonamide- or sulfonylurea-containing heterocyclic compounds. Specifically, it provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I), a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate of them.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds which have generally 5-HT6 receptor affinity and which are represented by Formula I: wherein one of R5, R6 or R7 is a group of general Formula B, wherein W is a —CH— group or a nitrogen atom, and the other substituents are as defined herein; or individual isomers, racemic or non-racemic mixtures of isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for their use as therapeutic agents, and methods of preparation thereof.

Abstract: The invention encompasses novel compounds which are inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase, ADAM or ADAM-TS enzymes, and which are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by those enzymes, including degenerative diseases and certain cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new 2-Phenyl-1-[4-(2-Aminoethoxy)-Benzyl]-Indole compounds having the general structures below: which are useful in providing hormone replacement therapy.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, phenyl, —S-lower alkyl, —S(O)2-lower alkyl, —N(R)—(CH2)n—N(R)2, —O—(CH2)n—N(R)2, —N(R)2, or a cyclic tertiary amine of the group which may contain one additional heteroatom, selected from N, O or S, and wherein this group may be connected with the pyrimidine ring via the linker —O(CH2)n—; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen or trifluoromethyl; R3/R3′ is, independently from each other, hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is independently from each other halogen, trifluoromethyl or lower alkoxy; R5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R is, independently from each other, hydrogen or lower alkyl; X is —C(O)N(R)— or —N(R)C(O)—; Y is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, - or —N(R)—; n is 1,2,3 or 4; and m is 0,1 or 2; or a pharmaceutic

Abstract: Disclosed are novel cathepsin S, K, F, L and B reversible inhibitory compounds of the formula (Ia) and (Ib) where R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Het and X are defined herein. The compounds are useful for treating autoimmune and other diseases. Also disclosed are processes for making such novel compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein X is S. Compounds can be used for treating a disorder in which the blocking of purine receptors is beneficial.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclyl-containing diaryl sulfide compounds that are useful for treating inflammatory and immune diseases, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a mammal.

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): in which Z, R1, R2, R8, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are each as defined in the description, or a salt thereof. The object compound of the present invention has pharmacological activities such as Tachykinin antagonism, and is useful for manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing Tachykinin-mediated diseases.

Abstract: Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic carboxamide derivatives represented by the following general formula: wherein ring A is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine or triazine ring; R1 is O or OH; R2 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoylalkyl or carboxyalkyl group; and the broken line represents a single bond or a double bond; or salts thereof are useful for preventing and treating virus infections and especially influenza virus infections.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having sPLA2 inhibiting activity. The compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is C1 to C20 alkyl, C2 to C20 alkenyl, C2 to C20 alkynyl, carbocyclic groups, heterocyclic groups or the like; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a group containing 1 to 4 non-hydrogen atoms; RA is —COCONH2 or the like; R3 is -(L2)-(acidic group) wherein L2 is a group connecting with an acid group; R4 is a hydrogen atom or the like, its prodrug, their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an excellent compound as a drug. The invention relates to a heterocyclic compound shown by the following formula: A—B—D—E  [1] wherein A is heteroaryl or its oxide; B is ethenylene; D is optionally substituted phenylene; and E is a group of the formula:  wherein G is optionally substituted phenyl; and R is heteroaryl or heteroarylmethyl, or a group of the formula: wherein n is an integer of 1 to 5; R5 and R6 are same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1—C6 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl; or R5 and R6 taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom may form 5- to 7-membered cyclic amino group for —NR5R6 or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A compound, 7-chloro-4-hydroxy-2-(2-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-1,2,5,10-tetrahydropyridazino[4,5-b]quinoline-1,10-dione, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, a method for treating pain comprising administration of a pain-ameliorating effective amount of the compound and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound.

Abstract: Thienopyrimidines of the formula I and their physiologically acceptable salts, in which R1, R2 and X have the meanings indicated in claim 1, exhibit phosphodiesterase V inhibition and can be employed for the treatment of disorders of the cardiovascular system and for the treatment and/or therapy of potency disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the citrate salt of 5,8,14-triazatetracyclo[10.3.1.02,11.04,9]-hexadeca-2(11),3,5,7,9-pentaene: and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention is also directed to the various forms of the citrate salt, particularly its hydrate and its anhydrous/nearly anhydrous polymorph. The invention is also directed to processes for preparation of these citrate salt forms.

Abstract: A compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, wherein; R1 and R2 each independently represents C1-6alkoxy or halo; R3 and R4 each independently represents hydrogen, C1-6alkoxy, arylC1-6alkoxy, hydroxy, carboxyC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, dihydroxyC1-6alkoxy, mono- and di-(C1-6alkyl)aminoC1-6alkoxy or aminoC1-6alkoxy, and; R5 represents —NRsRt wherein Rs and Rt each independently represent hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted C1-6alkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl, a process for the preparation of such a compound, a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound and the use of the compound or composition in medicine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thiazolidinedione derivative, represented in formula (1) below, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof. Further, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound represented in formula (1) below, wherein: X represents a carbon or nitrogen atom, Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen, or an aryl group, Z represents an oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur atom, and R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom; or R1 and R2 together form a bond.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) or salts thereof and activators of PPAR&dgr; (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor &dgr;) containing the compounds or the salts as the active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 each are hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, an aryl or heterocyclic group which may be substituted, or the like; A is oxygen, sulfur, or the like; X1 and X2 are each a free valency, oxygen, S(O)p (wherein p is an integer of 0 to 2), C(═O), C(═O)NH, NHC(═O), CH═CH, or the like; Y is optionally substituted C1-8 alkylene; Z is oxygen or sulfur; R3 and R4 are each optionally substituted C1-8 alkyl; and R8 is hydrogen or C1-8 alkyl, with the proviso that when X1 is a free valency, X2 is not O or S(O)p, while when X1 is C(═O)NH, X2 is not a free valency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of administration of an agent which acts to remodel neuronal or vascular pathways for the long term management of sexual dysfunction in both males and females. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a method of ameliorating or reversing pathogenic vascular degradative modeling in the ilio-hypogastric-pudendal arterial bed and genitalia comprising administering to a human patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-pressor agent. The anti-pressor agent comprises one or more compounds selected from the therapeutic classes of direct vasodilators such as hydralazine and NO donors, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin-II receptor antagonists, &agr;1-adrenergic receptor antagonists, &bgr;-adrenergic receptor antagonists, calcium channel blockers, and phosphodiesterase inhibitors.

Abstract: The invention relates to triazolo[4,3-a]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-one derivatives, their regioisomers, their salts and their solvates if they exist, their preparation, compositions containing them and their use. These derivatives possess properties inhibiting PDE4 and/or the release of TNF&agr;, and may therefore be used for the treatment or prevention of numerous conditions by virtue of the inhibition of the PDE4 enzyme and the resulting increase in the cAMP level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-aryl triazoles having the formula: wherein R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of: lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower heteroalkyl, lower heteroalkenyl, lower heteroalkynyl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, halo, CN, OR4, SR4, S(O)R4, S(O)2R4, and NR4R5; and Q is has the general formula: said compounds are useful in treating diseases associated with unwanted cytokine activity, inter alia, interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) from cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain benzoic acid derivatives of formula (I), as disclosed in the specification, which act as peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists, in particular states of insulin resistance including type 2 gamma receptors (PPAR), and so are useful therapeutically in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Novel pharmaceutical compositions and novel compounds are also defined, together with methods of their production.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (1) or an acid addition salt thereof which has excellent rice blast control effect: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, —COR1, —COOR1, in which R1 represents alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, —COCH2OCH3, or —COCH2OCOCH3.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, A1 and A2 have the significance given in claim 1, can be used in the form of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment or prevention of arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, renal failure, eating disorders and obesity.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain sulfonamide derivatives that are inhibitors of procollagen C-proteinase, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use and methods for preparing these compounds.

Abstract: A serotonin reuptake inhibitor containing a cyclic amine represented by the following formula, a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said cyclic amine or prodrug as an active ingredient: wherein R0 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or the like, R3 is a hydrogen atom or the like, Y is an alkylene group or the like, Z is a hydrogen atom, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or the like, n is 1, 2 or 3, and m is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Abstract: A benzimidazole compound or a salt thereof which has an inhibitory action of forming of macrophages and is useful as an active ingredient of an orally available medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of arteriosclerosis, which is represented by the formula (I): wherein, R1 represents one or more functional groups on the benzene ring selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group and a lower alkoxy group; R2 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group; L represents a C4-C8 alkylene group or an ethyleneoxy linking group represented as (CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2 wherein n represents 1 or 2; X represents O or NH; Y represents S or a single bond; and Q represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group which may have a functional group on the ring.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I; useful for the treatment of pain wherein A, Z, B, R1, X and D are as defined in the specification, methods of making such compounds, methods of using such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted N-(cyclopropylmethyl)azacycloalkanes of the following formula (I): in which, independently, R1 is hydrogen or halogen, R2 is hydrogen or halogen and X is methylene or ethylene, their salts, the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as antidiarrhoeal medicaments and methods for their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to some new optically active clausenamide derivatives, process of the preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same and their medical use, particularly their use in the respects of hypoxia protective, nootropic and neurodegenerative disease such as cerebral ischemia, Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.

Abstract: A sulfonamide compound of the formula (I): R1—SO2NHCO—A—X—R2  (I) wherein R1 is alky, alkenyl, alkynyl and the like; A is an optionally substitutedheteropolycyclic group except benzimidazolyl, indolyl, 4,7-dihydrobenzimidazolyland 2,3-dihydrobenzoxazinyl; X is alkylene, oxa, oxa(lower)alkylene and the like; and R2 is optionally substituted aryl, substituted biphenylyl and the like, a salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The sulfonamide compound is effective for the diseases treatable based on their blood sugar level-depressing activity, cGMP-PDE (especially PDE-V)-inhibiting activity, smooth muscle relaxing activity, bronchodilating activity, vasodilating activity, smooth muscle cell suppressing activity, and antiallergic activity.

Abstract: Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of debilitating diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in the normal aging process. Seven compounds are here reported to be active in breaking AGE-protein cross-links. These compounds are 1,4-benzene-bis[4-methyleneaminophenoxyisobutyric acid] (LR102); 4-[(3,5-dichlorophenylureidophenoxyisobutyryl]-4-aminobenzoic acid (LR99); L-bis-[4-(4-chlorobenzamidophenoxyisobutyryl)cystine] (LR20); 4-(3,5-dichlorophenylureido)phenoxyisobutyryl-1-amidocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid (LR23); methylene bis [4,4′-(2-chlorophenylureidophenoxyisobutyric acid)] (LR90); 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA); and metformin. These compounds may be used to reverse the debilitating effects of those diseases in which AGEs are formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel fungicidally active compound combinations of (a) methoximinoacetamide derivatives of the general formula (I), in which R1 represents unsubstituted or fluorine-, chlorine-, bromine-, methyl-, ethyl-, n- or i-propyl-, n-, i- or t-butyl-, methoxy-, ethoxy-, or phenoxy-substituted phenyl, 2-naphthyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthyl, indanyl, 2-benzofuranyl, 2-benzothienyl, 2-thienyl, or 2-furanyl, and (b) the active compound groups (I) to (58) listed in the disclosure.

Abstract: A formulation that includes a mixture of at least one antibiotic, at least one analgesic, and at least one solvent is provided. The antibiotic and the analgesic are dissolved in the solvent to form a formulation that is suitable for veterinary applications. This formulation can be administered to animals as a pour-on or an injectable formulation.

Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically useful substituted guanidines, and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such guanidines.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-Alkyl/Alkenyl/Cycloalkyl/Heterocycyl N-Aryl/Heteroaryl tertiary-Heteroalkylamine compounds useful as inhibitors of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; plasma lipid transfer protein-I) and compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerosis and other coronary artery disease. Preferred tertiary-heteroalkylamine compounds are substituted N-cycloalkyl N-benzyl aminoalcohols.

Abstract: Methods for treating, preventing, or inhibiting diseases and disorders associated with inflammation, cell-proliferation, and pain comprising the administration of a compound having the structural formula wherein R1 is a hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, carboxylic acid, alkylamino or amide group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen or an acyl residue having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R5 is hydrogen, CH3, or CH2OH, and R6 is an organo group such as a hydrocarbon having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms are disclosed. Other seco-pseudopterosins and compounds related to pseudopterosins are disclosed.

Abstract: In the treatment of ophthalmologic pathologies in general and in particular in the treatment and prevention of side-effects on eye following photorefractive therapy (PRK), laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and exposure to solar light and ultraviolet radiation, ubiquinone Q10 is utilized in a collyrium pharmaceutical preparation for ocular topical administration thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of antiviral agents, and more specifically to antiviral therapy. The invention provides use of at least one compound or mixture of compounds of the general formula or a functional equivalent or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof for the production of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a viral infection.

Abstract: Alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) size emulsions are prepared using a grafted cationic acrylamide starch co-polymer as an emulsification agent. The ASA size emulsions of the present invention exhibit significantly greater stability compared to presently available ASA size emulsions. The grafted starch co-polymer also is a more efficient emulsification agent for ASA size, permitting the use of less emulsification agent, thereby saving cost.