Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral, immediate release, abuse deterrent liquid filled capsule containing polyethylene glycol and at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient susceptible to abuse. The dosage form is abuse deterrent to parenteral administration. The present disclosure also relates to processes of preparing the dosage form.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 7, 2015
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Research Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Edwin R. Thompson, Eric R. Thompson, Nicholas R. Myslinski, Steven F. Kemeny, Matthew N. Hart
Abstract: A problem of the present disclosure is, in one embodiment, to create a hard capsule formulation that includes a pharmaceutical agent or the like whose components deteriorate upon contact with an acid, in which the pharmaceutical agent or the like does not deteriorate due to gastric acid penetrating into the outer shell of the hard capsule. A hard capsule formulation comprising a hard capsule with acid resistance, in which the hard capsule is not treated with enteric coating, and the hard capsule formulation comprises an agent to inhibit invasion of gastric fluid and a pharmaceutical agent in the hard capsule.
Abstract: The present invention discloses the morphology of hollow, double-shelled submicrometer particles generated through a rapid aerosol-based process. The inner shell is an essentially hydrophobic carbon layer of nanoscale dimension (5-20 nm), and the outer shell is a hydrophilic silica layer of approximately 5-40 nm, with the shell thickness being a function of the particle size. The particles are synthesized by exploiting concepts of salt bridging to lock in a surfactant (CTAB) and carbon precursors together with iron species in the interior of a droplet. This deliberate negation of surfactant templating allows a silica shell to form extremely rapidly, sealing in the organic species in the particle interior. Subsequent pyrolysis results in a buildup of internal pressure, forcing carbonaceous species against the silica wall to form an inner shell of carbon. The incorporation of magnetic iron oxide into the shells opens up applications in external stimuli-responsive nanomaterials.
Abstract: The invention relates to the film products and methods of their preparation that demonstrate a non-self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity. Desirably, the films disintegrate in water and may be formed by a controlled drying process, or other process that maintains the required uniformity of the film. The films contain a polymer component, which includes polyethylene oxide optionally blended with hydrophilic cellulosic polymers. Desirably, the films also contain a pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent with no more than a 10% variance of the active agent pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent per unit area of the film. The invention further relates to edible multi-layer films that dissolve in water. In particular, the edible multi-layer films have a first water-soluble film layer and one or more additional water-soluble film layers in at least partial face-to-face engagement with the first film layer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 22, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
Richard C. Fuisz, Joseph M. Fuisz, Garry L. Myers
Abstract: An adhesive composition for medical use of the present invention includes an acrylic copolymer, a medicament having a carboxyl group, and a base, the acrylic copolymer is prepared by copolymerization of a monomer mixture containing 0.1 to 2 mass % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer as a monomer A, 58 to 99.9 mass % of an alkyl(meth)acrylate ester having an alkyl group of 4 to 12 carbon atoms as a monomer B, 30 mass % or less of an alkyl(meth)acrylate ester having 1 to 3 carbon atoms as a monomer C, and 30 mass % or less of a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group other than those of the monomers A to C (the total of monomers A to D is taken as 100 mass %) as a monomer D, and the content of sulfuric acid in the acrylic copolymer is 700 ppm by mass or less.
Abstract: Described are transdermal drug delivery systems for the transdermal administration of estrogen, comprising a polymer matrix and estrogen. Methods of making and using such systems also are described.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a method for regenerating normal tissue from fibrotic tissue, the pharmaceutical composition and the method employing a collagen-reducing substance. In accordance with the present invention, normal tissue can be therapeutically regenerated from fibrotic tissue.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 7, 2013
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
Yoshiro Niitsu, Akihiro Yoneda, Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Joseph E Payne, John A Gaudette, Zheng Hou, Victor Knopov, Richard P Witte, Mohammad Ahmadian, Loren A Perelman, Yasunobu Tanaka, Violetta Akopian
Abstract: Implementations of a method for treating an affected area of an epidermis having a blister or rash caused by shingles, psoriasis, acne, eczema, bug bits, bee stings, and poison oak comprising applying topically to the affected area of an epidermis a composition comprises eugenol and sesame oil.
Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a composition for treating a cell population comprises an Affinity Medicant Conjugate (AMC). The medicant moiety can be a toxin including an acylfulvene or a drug moiety. The affinity moiety can be an antibody, a binding protein, a steroid, a lipid, a growth factor, a protein, a peptide or non peptidic. The affinity moiety can be covalently bound to the medicant via a linker. Novel linkers that can be directed to cysteine, arginine or lysine residues based on solution pH allow greater flexibility in preserving and/or generating specific epitopes in the AMC.
Abstract: This invention discloses methods and compositions for the treatment of demyelinating disorders. Specifically, the invention relates to the use guanabenz or guanabenz derivative for treating demyelinating disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Inventors:
Sharon WAY, Benjamin CLAYTON, Brian POPKO
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for reducing the frequency of urination is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises (1) an analgesic agent and (2) an ?-blocker, a 5?-reductase inhibitor or both.
Abstract: An assembly comprising an absorber of near infrared (NIR) light having an optical absorption cross section not lower than 100 nm2 covalently linked to an inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase (CA), process for its preparation and its use to hyperthermally target tumours or for treating other conditions in which the CA activity is involved is disclosed.
Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is to improve the safety and efficacy of the administration of GHB or a salt thereof to a patient. It has been discovered that the concomitant administration of an MCT inhibitor, such as diclofenac, valproate, or ibuprofen, will affect GHB administration. For example, it has been discovered that diclofenac lowers the effect of GHB in the body, thereby potentially causing an unsafe condition. Furthermore, it has been discovered that valproate increases the effect of GHB on the body, thereby potentially causing an unsafe condition.
Abstract: The present invention provides methods of reducing the inter-patient variability of levodopa plasma concentrations in a population of Parkinson's disease patients. The methods of the invention comprise pulmonary administration of levodopa at therapeutically effective concentrations such that the inter-patient variability of levodopa plasma concentrations at time periods ranging from about 10 minutes post inhalation to about 60 minutes or more post inhalation have less than a 50% coefficient variation. The methods of the invention are particularly useful for treatment of motor fluctuations which arise as a side effect of L-Dopa therapy.
Abstract: The subject invention provides therapeutic compositions and uses thereof for improving pulmonary function. In one embodiment, the therapeutic composition comprises one or more free amino acids selected from lysine, glycine, threonine, valine, tyrosine, aspartic acid, isoleucine, tryptophan, asparagine, and serine; and electrolytes. In one embodiment, the subject invention can be used to prevent or treat long-term lung complications induced by radiation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 11, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or limiting development of age-related macular degeneration, as well as methods for identifying compound suitable for such use.
Abstract: This invention relates to a mixture of at least three fatty acids selected from palmitic acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), azelaic acid and myristic acid. This invention also relates to the use of the aforesaid mixture in the treatment of inflammatory pathologies.
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for promoting the neurological development of an infant by administration of fatty acids and compositions comprising same, wherein the fatty acids are enriched with respect to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content.
Abstract: There is provided a condom having a coating or deposit of a composition which includes a physiologically-active agent such as glyceryl trinitrate, wherein the condom has been treated with a neutralising or acidic material such that the condom, when immersed in water, results in the water having a pH of 7 or less. The condom may be treated with an acidic slurry of dusting powder. Also provided is a process for the manufacture of condoms, in which the process includes the steps of: 1) treating the formed condoms with a neutralising or acidic material; and 2) thereafter applying to the condoms a composition including a physiologically-active agent such as glyceryl trinitrate, wherein the condoms, when immersed in water, results in the water having a pH of 7 or less.
Abstract: The invention relates to a compound, 1,3-diolein-2-linolein, having a structure of formula (I), which is prepared by a process comprising the preparation of Coix seed oil from the Coix seed powder; the preliminary separation of 1,3-diolein-2-linolein; and the double-separation of 1,3-diolein-2-linolein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations of 1,3-diolein-2-linolein, and the use of this compound and pharmaceutical preparations thereof in the treatment of tumors.
Abstract: The invention relates to a compound, 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein, having a structure of formula (I), which is prepared by a process comprising the preparation of Coix seed oil from the Coix seed powder; the preliminary separation of 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein; and the double-separation of 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations of 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein, and the use of this compound and pharmaceutical preparations thereof in the treatment of tumors.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing 8 compounds: trilinolein, 1-olein-2,3-dilinolein, 1-palmitin-2,3-dilinolein, 1,3-diolein-2-linolein, 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein, 1,3-dipalmitin-2-linolein, triolein and 1-palmitin-2,3-diolein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations of this composition and the use thereof in the treatment of tumors and in the immuno-enhancement.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing 13 compounds: 1,3-diolein, 1-linolein-3-olein, 1,2-diolein, 1-olein-2-linolein, 1,2-dilinolein, trilinolein, 1-olein-2,3-dilinolein, 1-palmitin-2,3-dilinolein, 1,3-diolein-2-linolein, 1-palmitin-2-linolein-3-olein, 1,3-dipalmitin-2-linolein, triolein and 1-palmitin-2,3-diolein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations of this composition and the use thereof in the treatment of tumors and in the immuno-enhancement.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the diagnosis, risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (SDAT). More specifically the present invention relates to the measurement of ethanolamine phospholipids in human serum. Subsets of these molecules are significantly altered in subjects with pathologically confirmed deposits of ?-amyloid versus subjects without ?-amyloid deposits and in subjects with a clinical manifestation of dementia consistent with a diagnosis of SDAT versus non-demented controls. Further, the invention relates to the diagnosis of various stages of SDAT, the early detection and prevention of SDAT symptoms, the treatment of SDAT, the differential diagnosis of non-SDAT dementia, and the identification of molecular targets for which chemical or biological treatments can be designed for the therapeutic intervention of SDAT.
Abstract: A method for treating skin cancer including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by skin cancer, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
Abstract: A method for treating skin cancer including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by skin cancer, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
Abstract: A method for treating eczema including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by eczema, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
Abstract: A method for treating eczema including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by eczema, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a psychiatric disorder comprising a phenyl carbamate compound and a method for preventing or treating a psychiatric disorder therewith. The present invention provides anti-anxiety activity and protections against seizure and bipolar disorder, such that it may be effectively used for preventing or treating various psychiatric disorders related to mood disorder or resulting convulsion.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating a nerve gas-induced disease comprising a phenyl carbamate compound and a method for preventing or treating a nerve gas-induced disease therewith. The present invention ensures the enhancement of neuroprotection, such that it is promising for preventing or treating various diseases caused by exposure to nerve gas.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for neuroprotection comprising a phenyl carbamate compound and a method for providing neuroprotection therewith. The present invention ensures the enhancement of neuroprotection, such that it is promising for preventing or treating various diseases associated with neurological injury.
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by administering a) a composition comprising nanoparticles that comprise paclitaxel and an albumin and b) a platinum-based agent (e.g., carboplatin), wherein the individual has diabetes, has four or more metastatic sites, and/or is at least about 70 years old.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) for use in the protection of pancreatic islet cells. Preferably the pancreatic islet cells to be protected are beta cells. More preferably the protection of the pancreatic islet cells maintains insulin production at levels which are able to substantially control or improve control of blood glucose levels in a patient.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2012
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
GW Pharma Limited
Inventors:
Michael Cawthorne, Colin Stott, Stephen Wright
Abstract: The present invention relates to solid dosage forms of cannabinoid pharmaceutical formulations comprising a solvated cannabinoid for buccal or sublingual administration, and methods of making and using the same.
Abstract: Described are compositions that may be orally administered that comprise a bioreversible derivative of hydroxy N-substituted-2-aminotetralin or an enantiomer or salt or prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier suitable for oral administration in the amount present, wherein the composition is orally bioavailable when administered to a subject. The bioreversible derivative has an intrinsic lipophilicity C log P value of about 7 to about 11.5. A method comprises oral administering such composition to a human subject in need of hydroxy N-substituted-2-aminotetralin therapy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
William I. Higuchi, Firoozeh Aminian Patel
Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, complex or pro-drug thereof, wherein: one of R3 and R4 is H, and the other is selected from C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-haloalkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, and C6-12-aralkyl; or R3 and R4 are each independently selected from C1-6-alkyl and halo; R9 is a substituted 5 or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl group or a 6,5- or 6,6-fused biaryl or heterobiaryl group. Compounds of formula (I) exhibit surprisingly high efficacies for human cathepsin S, excellent selectivity verses other mammalian cathepsins and are useful for treatment of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, transplant rejection, diabetes, Sjogrens syndrome, Grave's disease, systemic lupus erythematosis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, allergic rhinitis, asthma, atherosclerosis, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic pain.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 30, 2015
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
Martin Quibell, John Paul Watts, Nicholas Sean Flinn
Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a method of inhibiting an efflux pump in a bacteria, the method comprising contacting the bacteria with 3,4-dibromopyrrole-2,5-dione, thereby inhibiting the efflux pump. Another aspect provides a method of inhibiting proliferation of a bacteria, the method comprising contacting the bacteria with 3,4-dibromopyrrole-2,5-dione and an antibiotic, thereby inhibiting the proliferation of the bacteria. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of increasing the efficacy of an antibiotic, the method comprising contacting a bacteria with 3,4-dibromopyrrole-2,5-dione and an antibiotic, thereby increasing the efficacy of the antibiotic. Another aspect provides a method of inhibiting development of antibiotic resistance in a bacteria, the method comprising contacting the bacteria with 3,4-dibromopyrrole-2,5-dione and an antibiotic, thereby inhibiting development of resistance to the antibiotic.
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetrazole compounds; to processes for their preparation; to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds; and to the use of the compounds in therapy to treat diseases for which blocking the Cav2.2 calcium channels is beneficial.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 17, 2015
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
CONVERGENCE PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
Inventors:
Paul BESWICK, Robert James GLEAVE, Shuji HACHISU, Sadie VILE, Nicolas BERTHELEME, Simon E. WARD
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer comprising BRAF inhibitors, (e.g. vemurafenib) and/or MEK inhibitor, (e.g. trametinib, RO5068760), in combination with anti-tubulin compounds of the invention or other known tubulin inhibitors, and using such compositions for treating cancer such as melanoma, drug-resistant cancer, and cancer metastasis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Jin WANG, Jianjun CHEN, Duane D. MILLER, Wei LI
Abstract: This invention provides topical localized formulations comprising an isoxazoline compound and a pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable liquid carrier vehicle comprising N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide as a solvent and an improved method for controlling, and preventing parasite infestation in animals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 28, 2015
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
INTERVET INC.
Inventors:
Stefan Fuchs, Anja Regina Heckeroth, Ramona Müller, Heike Williams, Hartmut Zoller
Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein including compounds of formula I?: and salts thereof are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, intermediates useful for preparing compounds disclosed herein and therapeutic methods for treating an HIV infection using compounds disclosed herein are also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2015
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
Kerim Babaoglu, Gediminas Brizgys, Jake Cha, Xiaowu Chen, Hongyan Guo, Randall L. Halcomb, Xiaochun Han, Richard Huang, Hongtao Liu, Ryan McFadden, Michael L. Mitchell, Yingmei Qi, Paul A. Roethle, Lianhong Xu, Hong Yang
Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions for the prevention or inhibition of the growth of endocrine-related adenomas, neoplasia, or dysplasia in a patient who has been identified as being at risk for developing an endocrine tumor or endocrine cancer. The disclosed methods and compositions include rapamycin, a rapamycin analog, or another such inhibitor of the target of rapamycin (TOR).
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 14, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Inventors:
Zelton Dave SHARP, Carolina LIVI, Paul HASTY, Randy STRONG
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of suppressing organ rejection in a patient receiving an organ transplant by initiating oral treatment with a once-daily extended release tacrolimus dosage form, for example, at an initial dose of from about 0.15 to about 0.20 mg/kg/day within 24 or 48 hours following transplantation. The once-daily extended release tacrolimus dosage form (i) provides low fluctuation and/or swing of tacrolimus, (ii) provides a significantly lower Cmax than an immediate release formulation of tacrolimus while providing the same or greater area under the curve (AUC), (iii) releases the tacrolimus substantially in the colon and/or the lower ileum, (iv) releases at most 63.5% of the tacrolimus in the dosage form at the 12 hour time point, or (v) any combination of any of the foregoing.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preventing, inhibiting, arresting or reversing tumourigenesis in a cell as well as a method of inducing apoptosis in a tumour cell. The method includes increasing the amount and/or the activity of a DACT protein, or a functional fragment thereof, in the cell. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a compound of general formula (I) wherein A is CH or N, R1, R4 and R5 are independent from each other H, an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group, and an arylalicyclic group comprising 0-3 heteroatoms. The heteroatoms may be N, O, S, or Si. R4 and R5 may optionally be linked so as to define an aliphatic hydrocarbyl bridge. R2 is H or a halogen such as F, Cl, Br or I. R3 is H, F, Cl or an aliphatic or arylaliphatic group that includes 1-8 main chain carbon atoms and 0-3 heteroatoms. The pharmaceutical composition also comprises a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
Abstract: Methods for manufacturing and using a pharmaceutical composition for reducing the frequency of urination is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an analgesic agent and zolpedim.
Abstract: The present invention provides tricyclic fused thiophene derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAK) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
Abstract: The present invention provides microbicidal compositions comprising an octoxynol and a quinolizidine alkaloid compound or a source thereof, and methods of using the compositions. The quinolizidine alkaloid compound has a structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or stereoisomer thereof.
Abstract: This invention relates to methods of using aryl ureas to treat diseases mediated by the VEGF induced signal transduction pathway characterized by abnormal angiogenesis or hyperpermeability processes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 18, 2014
Publication date:
January 21, 2016
Applicant:
Bayer Healthcare LLC
Inventors:
Jacques Dumas, William Scott, James Elting, Holia Hatoum-Makdad
Abstract: A timed release pharmaceutical composition comprising donepezil is provided wherein the single dose AUC(14-22) of the said composition administered in the morning is about % to about 30% less than the single dose AUC(2-10) of an immediate release composition of donepezil administered in the night, wherein both the compositions have equivalent dose of donepezil.
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided that are useful in treating diabetes. The compositions comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and an effective therapeutic or prophylactic amount of a nitroxide antioxidant that alters the expression of genes related to diabetes. Methods are also provided for the use of the pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment or prevention of diabetes. In a preferred embodiment, the nitroxide antioxidant is Tempol (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl).