Patents Issued in December 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160375006
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of using GSK3?-selective inhibitors for treating Fragile X syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), childhood seizure, intellectual disability, diabetes, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), autism, and psychiatric disorder. The GSK3?-selective inhibitors include compounds of Formula I-A. The present disclosure also provides methods of using GSK3?-selective inhibitors for treating a mood disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychiatric disorder, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorder. The GSK3?-selective inhibitors include compounds of Formula I-B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Edward Scolnick, Jeffrey R. Cottrell, Florence Fevrier Wagner, Edward Holson, Michael C. Lewis, Mark Firman Bear, Laura Stoppel, Arnold Heynen
  • Publication number: 20160375007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nalmefene for use in the reduction of alcohol consumption in a patient with alcohol dependence who has a high drinking risk level. The present invention also relates to nalmefene for use in the reduction of alcohol consumption in a patient with alcohol dependence who maintains a high DRL after an observation period following initial assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Lars Torup, Afsaneh Abbariki, Anna Bladström, Christine Persson, Didier Meulien, Per Sørensen, Thomas Jon Jensen, Jette Buch Østergaard
  • Publication number: 20160375008
    Abstract: Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Publication number: 20160375009
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits characteristics that are different from those of the compound not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Bo-Liang Deng, Timothy A. Riley
  • Publication number: 20160375010
    Abstract: There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of e.g. opioid dependency comprising microparticles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in associative admixture with particles comprising a weak acid, or particles comprising weakly-acidic buffer forming materials. The composition may further comprise a disintegrant and/or particles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of naloxone, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. The compositions are useful in the treatment of opioid dependency/addiction and/or pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160375011
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antagonist, an agonist, a seal coat, and a sequestering polymer, wherein the antagonist, agonist, seal coat and at least one sequestering polymer are all components of a single unit, and wherein the seal coat forms a layer physically separating the antagonist from the agonist from one another. Methods for manufacturing such a pharmaceutical composition are also provided. Methods for treating pain using such compositions is also demonstrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Alfred Liang, Frank Matthews, Garth Boehm, Lijuan Tang, Frank Johnson, Joseph Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20160375012
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods administering various compounds in conjunction with dextromethorphan to a human being.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Publication number: 20160375013
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of an analgesic to treat a subject, including to reduce or eliminate an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Paul BOSSE
  • Publication number: 20160375014
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of an analgesic to treat a subject, including to reduce or eliminate an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Paul BOSSE
  • Publication number: 20160375015
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of an analgesic to treat a subject, including reducing or eliminating an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Paul BOSSE, John AMELING, Bernard SCHACHTEL, Ray TAKIGIKU
  • Publication number: 20160375016
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and uses thereof for reducing anxiety and/or impulsivity, including, for example, suicidality, in a subject undergoing treatment with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a SRI and an effective amount of a 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist/antagonist. In addition, the present invention provides dosing regimens for various SSRIs which can also reduce anxiety and/or impulsivity, including, for example, suicidality in a subject undergoing treatment with an SSRI. Kits including daily dosing regimens of various SSRIs are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Adam I. Kaplin, Craig W. Hendrix, Kristen A. Rahn
  • Publication number: 20160375017
    Abstract: The present invention features solid pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound 1 and Compound 2. In one embodiment, the solid pharmaceutical composition includes (1) a first layer which comprises 100 mg Compound 1, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion; and (2) a second layer which comprises 40 mg Compound 2, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, all of which are formulated in amorphous solid dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Katharina Asmus, Yi Gao, Colleen Garrett, Harald Hach, Adivaraha Jayasankar, Kyeremateng Samuel, Ute Lander, Thomas Mueller, Marius Naris, Constanze Obermiller, Regina Reul, Katrin Schneider, Nancy Sever, Michael Simon, Benedikt Steitz, Ping Tong, Ulrich Westedt, Donghua Zhu
  • Publication number: 20160375018
    Abstract: A method of preparing a very slightly soluble drug with solid composition includes the following steps: (a) adding a very slightly soluble drug into an organic solvent and polysorbate to form a first solution; (b) adding the first solution into a second solution and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the second solution comprises water or SLS, and a volume ratio of the first solution and the second solution is between 8:1 and 1:1; and (c) drying and compressing the mixture in step (b) to form a very slightly soluble drug with solid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Yu Lee, Fu-Yung Lin
  • Publication number: 20160375019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of utilizing Syk inhibiting compounds in the treatment for graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a human, including acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) and chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD), including the use of compounds selected from the group consisting of the formulas below:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Julie A. Di Paolo, Joseph Haw-Ling Lin, Shao-Lee Lin
  • Publication number: 20160375020
    Abstract: The invention discloses a use of a statin compound in the preparation of local drugs for improving lipid metabolism and treating obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver and hyperglycemia; and statin compound local compositions for improving lipid metabolism and treating obesity, hypertension, fatty liver, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, apoplexy and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and drug formulation and preparation method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Peking University Third Hospital
    Inventors: Chunli Song, Ning Yang, Yueyi Cui, Yingsheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20160375021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel “reverse amide” compounds comprising a zinc chelator group, and the use of such compounds in the inhibition of HDAC6 and in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions related to HDAC6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John H. van Duzer, Ralph Mazitschek, Walter Ogier, James E. Bradner, Guoxiang Huang, Dejian Xie, Nan Yu
  • Publication number: 20160375022
    Abstract: Compounds of Formulae I? and I are described, which are useful as stimulators of sGC, particularly NO-independent, heme-dependent stimulators. These compounds are also useful for treating, preventing or managing various disorders that are herein disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAI, Joel MOORE, Nicholas Robert PERL, Rajesh R. IYENGAR, Ara MERMERIAN, G-Yoon Jamie IM, Thomas Wai-Ho LEE, Colleen HUDSON, Glen Robert RENNIE, James JIA, Paul Allan RENHOWE, Timothy Claude BARDEN, Xiang Y. YU, James Edward SHEPPECK, Karthik IYER, Joon JUNG, George Todd MILNE, Kimberly Kafadar LONG, Mark G. CURRIE
  • Publication number: 20160375023
    Abstract: The present invention aims to elucidate a polynucleotide as a novel responsible gene for cancer and aims to thus provide a method for detecting the polynucleotide and a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide and a detection kit, a probe set, and a primer set for the detection. The present invention also aims to provide a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer. The method detects a fusion gene composed of a portion of an FGFR3 gene and a portion of a TACC3 gene or a fusion protein encoded by the fusion gene. The primer set, the probe set, or the detection kit comprises a sense primer and a probe set designed from the portion encoding FGFR3 and an antisense primer and a probe set designed from the portion encoding TACC3. Since an inhibitor of the polypeptide exhibits antitumor effect, a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer which is positive for either the fusion gene or the polypeptide is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Suzuki, Makoto Asaumi, Kazuhisa Tsunoyama, Kouichi Nishimura, Akifumi Norinaka, Tomohiro Yamauchi, Masayasu Yoshino, Hiroaki Yoshizaki
  • Publication number: 20160375024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination which comprises (a) a JAK inhibitor compound, (b) a CDK inhibitor, and (c) a PIM kinase inhibitor compound, and optionally, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for simultaneous, separate or sequential use, in particular for the treatment of a myeloid neoplasm or leukemia; a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a combination; the use of such a combination for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of myeloid neoplasm or leukemia; a commercial package or product comprising such a combination as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use; and to a method of treatment of a mammal, especially a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Zhu Alexander CAO, Maria PINZON-ORTIZ, Xianhui RONG
  • Publication number: 20160375025
    Abstract: Methods of treating a head and neck cancer are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC., UCL Business PLC
    Inventors: Chris Hendrik Boshoff, Timothy Robert Fenton, Matthias Alexander Lechner, Philip James Stephens, Matthew J. Hawryluk, Garrett Michael Frampton, Roman Yelensky
  • Publication number: 20160375026
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of using pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine Btk inhibitors, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Chen, David J. Loury, Longcheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20160375027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel family of inhibitors of protein kinase of formula 1 and process for their production and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to inhibitors of the members of the Tec, Src and Btk protein kinase families.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: PHARMASCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Alain LAURENT, Yannick ROSE
  • Publication number: 20160375028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new use of phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) inhibitors for the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, mania, or bipolar disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Allen A. Fienberg, Lawrence P. Wennogle, Sharon Mates
  • Publication number: 20160375029
    Abstract: Methods of treating autophagy related diseases, e.g. cancer and malaria, using novel autophagy inhibiting agents are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jianbo Yue, Yingying Lu
  • Publication number: 20160375030
    Abstract: The present invention provides thieno[2,3-c]pyrrol-4-one compounds that inhibit activity of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and may be useful in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shripad Venkatraman Bhagwat, Sajan Joseph
  • Publication number: 20160375031
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition that is useful for the treatment of diseases that are caused by an increase in bone resorption and that does not cause serious side effects even when used in combination with another drug. The present invention relates to: an ?-oxoacyl amino-caprolactam derivative that is represented by formula (I) (in the formula, X is —O— or —N(R1)— and R1 represents an alkoxycarbonyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms); and a bone resorption inhibitor containing the ?-oxoacyl amino-caprolactam derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Tsuneo Koji, Hisatomo Kunii, Mizuho Ishikawa, Daisuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20160375032
    Abstract: A method of treating non-small cell lung cancer in a mammal by administering to a patient a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a compound being a thienotriazolodiazepine compound of the Formula (1) wherein R1 is alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, R2 is a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4 optionally substituted by a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group, R3 is a halogen atom; phenyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom, alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, alkoxy having a carbon number of 1-4 or cyano; —NR5—(CH2)m—R6 wherein R5 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, m is an integer of 0-4, and R6 is phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom; or —NR7—CO—(CH2)n—R8 wherein R7 is a hydrogen atom or alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4, n is an integer of 0-2, and R8 is phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted by a halogen atom, and R4 is —(CH2)a—CO—NH—R9 wherein a is an integer of 1-4, and R9 is alkyl having a carbon number of 1-4; hydroxy
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: ONCOETHIX GmbH
    Inventors: Maria E. Riveiro, Eric Raymond
  • Publication number: 20160375033
    Abstract: Taselisib (GDC-0032) induces the degradation of mutant-p110 alpha protein. Methods for selecting patients with mutant PI3K tumors for treatment with taselisib are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Edgar, Lori Friedman, Deepak Sampath, Kyung Song, Ingrid Wertz, Timothy Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160375034
    Abstract: Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating natural surfaces that contain bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy or enhancing effects between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide formulations including antiseptic formulations. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating certain gram-negative bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Brett Hugh James Baker, Philip Domenico
  • Publication number: 20160375035
    Abstract: This present disclosure generally relates to the discovery that chromium histidinate (CrHis) and chromium picolinate (CrPic) can exist as complexes in multiple forms. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to the surprising discovery that particular forms/isomers (or combinations of forms/isomers) of such chromium complexes have greater activity than others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: James R Komorowski
  • Publication number: 20160375036
    Abstract: Novel testosterone formulations are disclosed where testosterone is incorporated into a phospholipid/cholesterol system to produce a proliposomal powder dispersion. The proliposomal powder dispersions of the invention may be formulated with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients to form pharmaceutical compositions. Enterically coated oral dosage forms are disclosed as are methods of treatment for testosterone replacement therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, TESORX PHARMA, LLC
    Inventors: Guru V. BETAGERI, Ramachandran THIRUCOTE, Veeran Gowda KADAJJI
  • Publication number: 20160375037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: John M. McCall, Eric Hoffman, Kanneboyina Nagaraju, Jesse Damsker
  • Publication number: 20160375038
    Abstract: Permanent hearing loss or deafness affects about 15% of people worldwide, about 40 million in the US alone. There are currently no FDA-approved drugs on the market in the US, or anywhere in the world that prevent, treat or reverse permanent hearing loss or deafness. Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is one of the most common forms of permanent hearing loss and deafness. ARHL is the #1 neurodegenerative disorder, #1 communication disorder, and 1 of the top 3 chronic medical conditions (along with arthritis & cardiovascular diseases) of our aged population. The incidence of ARHL is increasing due to the “Baby Boomers” reaching old age, and cumulative effects of lifetime noise exposure, and widespread use of chemotherapeutic and antibiotic drugs, which are ototoxic, or have ototoxic side effects. A new drug is disclosed to prevent or slow the progression of ARHL, based upon natural, existing FDA-approved compounds that are on the market to treat other non-ARHL biomedical problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Robert Dana Frisina, Joseph Paul Walton, Bo Ding, Xiaoxia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20160375039
    Abstract: Weight loss agents include compounds defined by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof are described herein. In some embodiments, the compound is Withaferin A. In other embodiments, the compound is Michael addition product of Withaferin A. The compounds can be administered to induce weight loss in a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient, reduce body fat in a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient, reduce food intake in a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient, improve glucose homeostasis in a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Umut Ozcan
  • Publication number: 20160375040
    Abstract: The topical composition with Vitamin D3 includes Vitamin D3, one or more aromatic oils, and aloe vera gel. Vitamin D3 is soluble in aromatic oils, and aloe vera gel enables transport through the stratum corneum so that the composition may be used for fulfilling daily requirements, treatment of bone conditions, such as rickets and osteomalacia, and supportive therapy in osteopenia and osteoporosis. The aromatic oil may be a citric acid extract (e.g., orange oil extracted from orange peels), lavender oil, or any other aromatic oil in which Vitamin D3 is soluble. Optionally, the composition may include excipients, such as a permeability enhancer (e.g., glycerine and water), a preservative (e.g., a carbomer, methyl paraben, EDTA, or the like), or other additives that do not affect the active ingredients. The composition is preferably formulated as a cream or emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sadat A. ALI, Haifa Abdulaziz ALTURKI
  • Publication number: 20160375041
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions that can treat autoimmune disease by reducing the production of pyrophosphate intermediates produced during the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. The pyrophosphate compounds being inhibited are normally produced through the mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways of the host vertebrate organisms and their symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms. The methods involve administering to a patient an inhibitor of the mevalonate-dependent pathway, an inhibitor of the non-mevalonate pathway, or combination of such inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: David A. TABACZYNSKI
  • Publication number: 20160375042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a camptothecin derivative for preparing a medicament for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The medicament is represented by Formula I and can be pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. This medicament shows advantages in treatment of multiple myeloma and avoids drug resistance problems for existing drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wenqiang Zhou, Jing Deng
  • Publication number: 20160375043
    Abstract: The invention relates to concentrated therapeutic phospholipid compositions; methods for treating or preventing diseases associated with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, inflammation and dieases associated therewith, neurodevelopmental diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases, comprising administering an effective amount of a concentrated therapeutic phospholipid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: ACASTI PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Fotini SAMPALIS, Henri HARLAND
  • Publication number: 20160375044
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating cancer, with a combination of an arginase inhibitor and a chemotherapeutic agent. The invention further relates to methods of assessing efficacy of a cancer treatment by measuring arginine levels in a tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew I. Gross, Susanne M. Steggerda, Weiqun Li
  • Publication number: 20160375045
    Abstract: A use of isomaltulose in the preparation of a vaginal composition, wherein the amount of isomaltulose used is 0.05-20% (w/w). A vaginal composition contains 0.05-20% (w/w) of isomaltulose. The composition may be a health product, health care product, cleaning product, skin care product, deodorant, cosmetic, or disinfectant composition or a pharmaceutical composition. A non-therapeutic vaginal care method, a non-therapeutic vaginal cleaning method, a method for improving vaginal acidity, a method for promoting growth of Lactobacillus in the vagina, and a method for preventing and treating vaginal dysbacteriosis, especially bacterial vaginal diseases, these methods being implemented by administering the composition to women's vagina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Zhongming Zeng, Ruyun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20160375046
    Abstract: A process for preparing pure monosialoganglioside GM1 in the form of its sodium salt. There is provided a process for the isolation and purification of monosialoganglioside GM1 comprising (a) separation of GM1 from a lipidic mixture containing the monosialoganglioside GM1 as the main ganglioside component by ion exchange column-chromatography using an eluent comprising potassium or caesium ions, (b) recovery of the solute from the eluted solution, (c) diafiltration of an aqueous solution of the recovered solute, and (d) second diafiltration after the addition of 1 M NaCl, and recovering GM1. The purity level of GM1 obtained is higher than 99.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Stefano Carlino, René-Pierre Bunter
  • Publication number: 20160375047
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of topiramate for once-a-day oral administration are provided. The formulations comprise a sustained-release component and an optional immediate-release component, the compositions of which can be selectively adjusted, respectively, to release the active ingredient along a pre-determined release profile. Method of treating or preventing pathological disorders in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan LIANG, Hua WANG, Padmanabh P. BHATT, Michael L. VIEIRA
  • Publication number: 20160375048
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of topiramate for once-a-day oral administration are provided. The formulations comprise a sustained-release component and an optional immediate-release component, the compositions of which can be selectively adjusted, respectively, to release the active ingredient along a pre-determined release profile. Method of treating or preventing pathological disorders in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan LIANG, Hua WANG, Padmanabh P. BHATT, Michael L. VIEIRA
  • Publication number: 20160375049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administration of a dinucleoside polyphosphate analogue or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, topically in a formulation comprising a suitable excipient or using a device for transdermal delivery, and/or combined with a nanoparticle carrier. The present invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such compositions or devices, in particular in the treatment of pain or epilepsy. The analogue may be combined with an anaesthetic (such as a salt form) or delivered in a nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew David Miller
  • Publication number: 20160375050
    Abstract: Disclosed are nanoparticles for the delivery of a therapeutic agent or a diagnostic agent to a subject that include a chitosan and a polyphosphate, wherein the weight ratio of the chitosan to the polyphosphate is about 1.0 or greater and the weight ratio of the polyphosphate to the therapeutic agent or diagnostic agent is about 15.0 or less. Also disclosed are nanoparticles that include a chitosan and an inhibitor of enhancer of Zeste homologue 2 (EZH2). Methods of delivering a therapeutic agent or a diagnostic agent to a subject for the treatment or prevention of a disease and methods of predicting prognosis of ovarian cancer in a subject that involve determining the expression and/or function of EZH2 in the subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Gabriel LOPEZ-BERESTEIN, Eylem GÜVEN, Angela SANGUINO, Anil K. SOOD, Emir Baki DENKBAS
  • Publication number: 20160375051
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treatment and compositions containing at least one non-volatile silicone oil in combination with at least one spreading agent for use in the treatment of skin conditions in mammals typified by scales, plaques and scabs and associated with punctiform bleeding during the removal of scales, plaque or scabs. Preferred conditions are selected from the group consisting of seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, and cradle cap wherein the incidence of punctiform bleeding and formation of bloody tear points on the skin during removal of the scales is diminished or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: G. POHL-BOSKAMP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Marianne BOSKAMP
  • Publication number: 20160375052
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods of treating short telomere disorders using known compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. More specifically, the disclosed methods comprise, in one aspect, the step of administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one lithium compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereby treating the subject for the short telomere disorder. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Pavel Idelevich, Yanming Wang
  • Publication number: 20160375053
    Abstract: The use of the mixture of a salt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal. Various tests, vaginal smooth muscle contractility test using New Zealand White Rabbit; (Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractility in volunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and the effect on the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example 3), showed improving effect on the contractility of vagina tissue and colpoxerosis disease. Accordingly, the combination can be useful in treating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Won Seog CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160375054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel microporous zirconium silicate compositions that are formulated to remove toxins, e.g. potassium ions, from the gastrointestinal tract at an elevated rate without causing undesirable side effects. The preferred formulations are designed avoid increase in pH of urine in patients and/or avoid potential entry of particles into the bloodstream of the patient. Also disclosed is a method for preparing high purity crystals of ZS-9 exhibiting an enhanced level of potassium exchange capacity. These compositions are particularly useful in the therapeutic treatment of hyperkalemia. These compositions are also useful in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, coronary vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and transplant rejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Jeffrey KEYSER, Alvaro F. Guillem
  • Publication number: 20160375055
    Abstract: The invention relates to stable oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising lanthanum carbonate compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The compositions of the present invention are formulated without the use of flow aids or lubricants. The compositions of the present invention have physical properties & flowability indicators comparable to that of the powders containing flow aids or lubricants and these compositions can be filled in sachets without any difficulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Makarand Krishnakumar AVACHAT, Nikhil P. MALEWAR, Anirudha B. KUTE, Girish Purushottam BANG