Abstract: A method of increasing the bioavailability of balsalazide by administration of an oral dosage form with food is provided, as well as an article of manufacture comprising an oral dosage form of balsalazide in a suitable container and associated with printed labeling which describes the increased bioavailability of the medication in the container when taken with food.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (I) in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined herein and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Further provided is a method of treating various disorders, such as a disorder selected from the group consisting of a cardiovascular disorder, cancer, chronic pain, alcohol dependence, and inflammation in a patient comprising administering an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel iridium and/or rhodium containing complexes for use as a cytotoxic, such as an anti-cancer agent. There is also provided a method of preparing said compounds.

Abstract: A long-lasting persistent, uniform film-forming skin protecting germicidal composition provides a long-lasting persistent barrier film when applied to skin. The compositions have particular utility as barrier teat dips for protecting cows against mastitis. A barrier film-forming agent is selected from the modified or hydrolyzed polysaccharides, particularly a hydrolyzed or modified starch, such as dextrin and maltodextrin. The barrier film-forming agent is stably solubilized in a solvent that dries to form the long-lasting persistent uniform film over the animal skin. The compositions also contain antimicrobial agents that fight against microbes that manage to penetrate the protective barrier film. Particularly, advantageous is that all the materials used are safe food additive and cost effective over the traditional barrier film forming agents.

Abstract: The present invention is a dentinal drug delivery composition composed of cationic and/or neutral porous particles containing an effective amount of a therapeutic agent, a method for using the dentinal drug delivery to provide a dental treatment, and a method for identifying anti-inflammatory agents capable of diffusing through dentin.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for administering an effective amount of a dietary or nutritional supplement composition that effectively changes the quality of the meibum lipid composition of inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands so as to improve or increase tear break up time, reduce tear osmolarity, and elevate the omega-3 index, while reducing or eliminating the symptoms associated with dry eye or meibomianitis. The dietary or nutritional supplement composition administered to the patient suffering from inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands comprises an effective amount of omega-3 fatty acids.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating anxiety, comprising betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are provided. Methods for preventing or treating anxiety with betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are also provided. The invention further provides betulinic-acid containing preparations of plants of the family Marcgraviaceae having anxiolytic activity and methods for making such extracts and using them to prevent or treat anxiety in a subject.

Abstract: Solutions for perioperative intraocular application by continuous irrigation during ophthalmologic procedures are provided. These solutions include multiple agents that act to inhibit inflammation, inhibit pain, effect mydriasis (dilation of the pupil), and/or decrease intraocular pressure, wherein the multiple agents are selected to target multiple molecular targets to achieve multiple differing physiologic functions, and are included in dilute concentrations in a balanced salt solution carrier.

Abstract: The field involves compositions useful for pain relief, including diclofenac solution and gel formulations, in particular methods of use thereof, articles of manufacture and kits that provide novel preclinical, clinical and other information to users.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion composition that keeps smooth texture due to methyl polysiloxane, prevents the crystal precipitation of macadamia nut oil fatty acid phytosteryl to enhance formulation stability, and has a superior effect of conferring a resilient feel and emollient property. The present invention relates to an emulsion composition comprising (A) macadamia nut oil fatty acid phytosteryl, (B) methyl polysiloxane, and (C) one or more oils selected from the group consisting of glyceryl tri(2-ethylhexanoate), methylphenyl polysiloxane, cetyl ethylhexanoate, pentaerythrityl tetraethylhexanoate, and tripropylene glycol pivalate, wherein the content ratio of (A) to (C), (A):(C), is 1:3 to 1:200.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to methods for the preparation of a family of natural compounds, the syrbactins and their analogs.

Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to metal complexes having improved solubility, process for the preparation of the metal complexes, devices comprising these metal complexes, and the use of the metal complexes.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the treatment of intrapulmonary bacterial infections, including treatment of nosocomial pneumonia lung infections with pharmaceutical compositions containing the cephalosporin ceftolozane.

Abstract: The invention provides derivatives and analogues of triazatetracyclo[7.7.0.01,13,02,7]-hexadeca-2,4,6,10,12-pentaenes, 5,7,11-triazatetracyclo[8.7.0.01,6,012,17]-heptadeca-6,8,12,14,16-pentaenes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods for treatment of hepatitis C viral infections using these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein R1 to R5 are defined in the description and claims, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention relates also to the manufacture of said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a series of substituted phenyl cycloalkyl pyrrolidine (piperidine) spirolactams and amides of formula (Ia) and formula (Ib). wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, m, l, n, p and s are as described herein. More specifically, the compounds of this invention are modulators of H3 receptors and are, therefore, useful as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases modulated by H3 receptors including diseases associated with the central nervous system. Additionally, this disclosure relates to methods of preparation of substituted phenyl cycloalkyl pyrrolidine (piperidine) spirolactams and amides of formula (Ia) and (Ib), and intermediates therefor.

Abstract: Provided herein are cell-free systems for generating carbapenems, e.g., a compound of the Formula (I): or salts thereof; wherein , R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound generated by the inventive cell-free system, and use of these compounds and compositions for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula I. The compounds of the present invention are potent tyrosine kinase modulators, and are suitable for the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions related to abnormal activities of tyrosine kinase receptors.

Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description (and which compounds are optionally substituted as indicated in the description), and pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, amides, solvates or salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of a protein or lipid kinase (e.g. a PIM family kinase, such as PIM-1, PIM-2 and/or PIM-3) is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of cancer or a proliferative disease. There is also provided combinations comprising the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: This invention relates to a VLA-4 inhibitory drug, having good oral absorbability and exhibiting sufficient anti-inflammatory effects when administered orally, wherein an active ingredient is represented by formula (I), or a salt thereof: Q represents an optionally-substituted monocyclic or bicyclic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group having a nitrogen atom as the bonding site; Y represents an oxygen atom or CH2; W represents an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an optionally-substituted bicyclic aromatic heterocyclic group; A1 represents a nitrogen atom or C—R3d wherein R3d represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-8 alkoxy group or a C1-8 alkyl group; R1 represents H or a C1-8 alkyl group; R2 represents H, a halogen, a C1-8 alkoxy

Abstract: There is provided compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 have meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, amides, solvates or salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of a protein or lipid kinase (e.g. a PIM family kinase, such as PIM-1, PIM-2 and/or PIM-3, and/or Flt3) is desired and/or required, and particularly in the treatment of cancer or a proliferative disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular Tuberculosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to therapeutic formulations. More particularly, this present invention provides an oral delivery system for a therapeutic compound that is a base, a salt of a base or an amphoteric compound or a salt of a amphoteric compound with pharmacological, physiological or biochemical activity or a proactive form thereof. The present invention even more particularly provides a swallow formulation comprising a therapeutic compound that is a base, a salt of a base, an amphoteric compound or a salt of an amphoteric compound which facilitates the rapid delivery of the therapeutic compound to the circulatory system.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more benzodiazepine drugs for nasal administration, methods for producing and for using such compositions.

Abstract: Described are methods of treating a cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a dopamine receptor (DR) antagonist. The DR antagonist may be a phenothiazine derivative, such as thioridazine or chlorpromazine. Optionally, the cancer is acute myeloid leukemia. Also described are methods for identifying subjects with cancer, methods for providing a prognosis for a subjects with cancer and methods for identifying subjects likely to be responsive to therapy with DR receptor antagonists. Methods for identifying cancer stem cells and chemotherapeutic compounds that are DR receptor antagonists as also provided. Also described are methods for the identification and validation of agents that target cancer stem cells.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing ophthalmic formulations and to formulations containing a suspension of an ophthalmic drug in an aqueous vehicle. The invention further relates to the production of stable ophthalmic formulations that have a minimal propensity to form drug aggregates.

Abstract: Provided herein are 2,5-disubstituted arylsulfonamide CCR3 antagonists, e.g., compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof: Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a CCR3-mediated disorder, disease, or condition.

Abstract: A compound of the following formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, T, U, V, X, Y, Z, G, and Z are defined herein. It also discloses a method of treating an angiogenesis-related disorder, e.g., cancer or age-related macular degeneration, with such a compound.

Abstract: A plant disease control composition comprising a carboxamide compound represented by following formula (I), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a methyl group, a difluoromethyl group or a trifluoromethyl group, and one or more QoI compounds selected from group (A) consisting of dimoxystrobin, azoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, pyraclostrobin, kresoxim-methyl, picoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin and N-methyl-alpha-methoxyimino-2-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)methyl]phenylacetamide is provided by the present invention, and this composition has excellent effect for controlling a plant disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7 and p are defined herein. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined as indicated below. The compounds of the formula I are kinase inhibitors, and are useful for the treatment of diseases associated with diabetes and diabetic complications, such as, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy and diabetic retinopathy, for example. The invention furthermore relates to the use of compounds of the formula I, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.

Abstract: Pyrazolopyridine, pyrazolopyrazine, pyrazolopyrimidine, pyrazolothiophene and pyrazolothiazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound which shows an antagonistic effect against T-type calcium channels, and is useful as a pharmaceutical product. A compound represented by general formula (I), and a pharmaceutical agent containing the same, are disclosed: wherein n represents the number of nitrogen atoms contained in the 6-membered fused aromatic ring, and is 0, 1 or 2; p represents the number of nitrogen atoms contained in the 6-membered aromatic ring, and is 0 or 1; X represents an oxygen atom, —SO2— or —N(R9)—; and R1 to R5 each represents a hydrogen atom or other substituents.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of the Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for using such compounds as agents or drugs for inhibiting perforin activity and for treating a subject at risk of or susceptible to a disease or disorder, or having a disease or disorder associated with undesirable perforin activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of substituted dihydroimidazolones, particularly [1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-4-(4-morpholinyl)-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-one] (AWD 131-138) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of epilepsy in dogs.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (1): or a salt, N-oxide or tautomer thereof; wherein R1 is cyano or C1-4 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, saturated C1-4 hydrocarbyl and saturated C1-4 hydrocarbyloxy; R6 and R7 are the same or different and each is selected from hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-4 alkyl and C1-4 alkoxy wherein the C1-4 alkyl and C1-4 alkoxy are each optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-2 alkoxy or by one or more flourine atoms; R8 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; Q is an alkylene chain of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in length between the moiety Ar and the nitrogen atom N, wherein one or more of the 1 to 4 carbon atoms of the alkylene chain may optionally be substituted with one or two C1-4 alkyl groups, or wherein one carbon atom of the 1 to 4 carbon atoms of the alkylene chain may optionally be substituted with a group —CH2CH2— which together with the said one carbon atom forms a cyclop

Abstract: Provided are compounds that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-(heteroaryl-amino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H-carbazole derivatives of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the description and their use as prostaglandin receptor modulators, most particularly as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators, in the treatment of various prostaglandin-mediated diseases and disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to processes for their preparation.

Abstract: A method of treating, preventing, reversing, or ameliorating diastolic dysfunction includes reducing S-glutathionylated myosin binding protein-C (MyBP-C) level by administering to a host in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4).

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing two or more active agents that when taken together can be used to treat, e.g., menopause, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or cognitive disorders. The first component of the pharmaceutical composition is a sedative eszopiclone. The second component of the pharmaceutical composition is trans 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-N-methyl-1-napthalenamine or trans 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-napthalenamine. The present invention also relates to a method of treating menopause, perimenopause, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and cognitive disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory effect on the production of kynurenine, represented by formula (I): (wherein R6 and R7 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R8, R9, R19, and R11 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R1 represents lower alkyl which may be substituted with cycloalkyl, or the like, and R3 represents optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group).

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, LP, LQ, Ar, m and n are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R4 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, including resolved enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising the Formula: Also provided are methods of using the compounds of this invention as AKT protein kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to Fatty Acid Fumarate Derivatives; compositions comprising an effective amount of a Fatty Acid Fumarate Derivative; and methods for treating or preventing cancer, a metabolic disorder or neurodegenerative disorder comprising the administration of an effective amount of a Fatty Acid Fumarate Derivative.

Abstract: An oral meclizine aqueous formulation is disclosed. The oral meclizine aqueous formulation comprises a solubizier for enhancing aqueous solubility of meclizine, and a taster flavoring agent selected from the group consisting of sugar, sucrose, sorbitol, sucralose, saccharin sodium, sodium cyclamate, aspartame, neotame, acesulfame potassium, stevioside, and their mixtures. Preferably the solubilizer is hydroxypropyl-?-cyclodextrin or polyethylene glycol 660 13-hydroxystearate. The oral meclizine aqueous formulation can provide a rapid onset of therapeutic effects of meclizine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R3 are defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which can be treated with HDL-cholesterol raising agents, such as particularly dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.