Abstract: Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, such as zoledronic acid, can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions.
Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for preventing one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by an active agent or a drug in a human or animal subject comprising: an amount of a lysophosphatidylglycerol adapted for oral administration effective to reduce or prevent one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by the active agent or drug.
Abstract: Certain imidazopyridines and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are provided herein. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of Syk activity, which comprises administering to such patients an amount of at least one chemical entity effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are provided. Also provided are methods for determining the presence or absence of Syk kinase in a sample.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 21, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Peter A. Blomgren, Kevin S. Currie, Jeffrey E. Kropf, Seung H. Lee, Scott A. Mitchell, Aaron C. Schmitt, Jianjun Xu, Zhongdong Zhao
Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk oligosaccharides for regulating satiety or reducing propensity to obesity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 15, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Louise Kristine Vigsnæs, Bruce McConnell, Emma Salomonsson
Abstract: A method of treating ovarian, tubal and peritoneal cancer is revealed. It comprises administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition (including a copper chelator, a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and an anthracycline) to a subject in need thereof for reducing concentration of intracellular copper ions and promoting activation of transcription factor Sp1 and human copper transporter 1 (hCTR1).
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating infectious, inflammatory and post-traumatic disorders by administering various compounds newly discovered to have TLR4 inhibitory activity. In addition to methods of treatment, the present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, together with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier. Because TLR4 is the most upstream receptor in the pro-inflammatory LPS signaling cascade, treatments of the invention, which inhibit or antagonize TLR4 action, may avoid the pitfalls associated with other cytokine inhibitors that act further down the pathway and accordingly play a less specific (and perhaps non-critical) role.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Inventors:
Peter Wipf, Matthew D. Neal, Sodhi P. Chhinder, David J. Hackam
Abstract: A composition of purified and biologically active p-coumaroyl hexose and/or polyphenols is provided by separation from strawberry's pulp by a method of extraction and purification using a hydrophobic adsorbent using GRAS solvent. Also provided is the use of the composition.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 16, 2015
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Sebastien LEONHART, Andre GOSSELIN, Andre MARETTE, Genevieve PILON, Paul ANGERS, Yves DESJARDINS, Stephanie DUDONNE, Pascal DUBE
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition and a method of treating ischemic heart diseases by growing new blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to infarcted heart tissues throughout the entire infarct zone and for preventing cardiomyocyte apoptosis in ischemic events. The pharmaceutical composition contains an active ingredient compound with a backbone structure of formula (I).
Abstract: Provided is a method for treatment or prevention of ?-synucleinopathies in a mammalian subject, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one composition to the subject, wherein the composition comprises a molecule for pharmacological modulation of galectin activity in a mammalian brain.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 8, 2015
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicant:
GALECTO BIOTECH AB
Inventors:
Tomas DEIERBORG, Antonio SERRANO, Hakon LEFFLER, Ulf NILSSON
Abstract: Methods of anti-epileptogenesis treatment in which adenosine kinase (ADK) activity or expression is inhibited only transiently to provide a long-term benefit to a non-epileptic or epileptic subject. In an exemplary method, a therapeutically effective amount of an ADK inhibitor may be administered to a human non-epileptic subject over a finite, predetermined treatment period having a duration of less than two months. The non-epileptic subject may have sustained a precipitating event with a known risk to trigger latent development of an acquired form of epilepsy. Administration of the ADK inhibitor to the subject may be stopped at the end of the treatment period for at least the longer of (i) six months and (ii) ten times the duration of the treatment period. The step of administering may reduce the chance of the subject having seizures caused by the acquired form of epilepsy for an extended period following the end of the treatment period.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 3, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicant:
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate, a monophosphate derivative of the well-known oncology drug gemcitabine. In particular, the invention relates to formulations which comprise a polar aprotic solvent, preferably dimethyl acetamide (DMA). Formulations comprising these solvent provide therapeutically effective treatments of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate. The invention also relates to methods of using said formulations and kits comprising said formulations.
Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound I, having the formula: and an effective amount of sofosbuvir wherein the sofosbuvir is substantially crystalline. Also disclosed are methods of use for the pharmaceutical composition.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 30, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Eric Gorman, Erik Mogalian, Reza Oliyai, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Lauren Wiser, Vahid Zia
Abstract: Disclosed is use of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) or a salt thereof in the preparation of drugs or health-care products for treating phenylketonuria (PKU), wherein a single dose of the NADH or a salt thereof is 1-100 mg.
Abstract: An antimicrobial composition for the treatment of drug-resistant pathogens is provided. The composition includes antimicrobial compounds and chelating agents assemblies that are particularly effective in inhibiting drug-resistant bacteria and biofilm growth. Optionally, the composition may include an efflux pump inhibitor, further enhancing activity against resistant bacteria. Also provided are methods of treating diseases and surfaces of materials treated with the composition.
Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), including toll-like receptors (TLRs), and, in particular, to a method of inhibiting nucleic acid-induced activation of, for example, endosomal TLRs using an agent that binds to the nucleic acid (“nucleic acid binding agent”), preferably, in a manner that is independent of the nucleotide sequence, the chemistry (e.g., DNA or RNA, with or without base or sugar modifications) and/or the structure (e.g., double-stranded or single-stranded, complexed or uncomplexed with, for example protein) of the nucleic acid(s) responsible for inducing TLR activation. The invention also relates to methods of identifying nucleic acid binding agents suitable for use in such methods.
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of pathological calculus and plaque formation is provided. The composition includes conjugates of polymers and metal binding agents that are particularly effective in inhibiting crystal nucleation, growth, and aggregation in the body, such as that observed in the formation of kidney stones. The composition is effective at low dosage, thereby avoiding the side effects typically associated with current treatments for kidney stones. The composition is also effective against plaque formation, and may have intrinsic antimicrobial activity. Also provided are methods of treating diseases and surfaces of devices and materials treated with the composition.
Abstract: The invention relates to a drug combination including xenon gas and at least one antioxidant, in liquid or solid form, for use in treating, slowing, or preventing neurological damage following a neurodegenerative disease in a human being. Preferably, the xenon content is 10% to 80% by volume. Also, the antioxidant is preferably vitamin E, a vitamin E analog, or a vitamin E derivative. The neurodegenerative disease is Parkinson's disease or a disease related to Parkinson's disease.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 12, 2015
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Jérémie LAVAUR, Etienne HIRSCH, Patrick MICHEL, Marc LEMAIRE
Abstract: A method for treating noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) includes the step administering a composition to the mammal, wherein the composition consists essentially of a biologically effective amount of vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, a vasodilator comprising magnesium, and, optionally, a withanolide, and/or resveratrol.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 22, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Josef M. Miller, José M. Juiz Gómez, Juan C. Alvarado-Romero, Verónica Fuentes-Santamaría
Abstract: A dispersion preparation containing colloidal bismuth pectin is provided. 1 g is adopted as a unit for the preparation. Each unit of the preparation includes: 44.0 to 900.0 mg of colloidal bismuth pectin, 1.0-500 mg of a penetration enhancer, 2.0-312.5 mg of acid-source pore forming agent, 2.0-250.0 mg of alkali-source pore forming agent and 1.0-400.0 mg of a disintegrating agent.
Abstract: The present invention provides antimicrobial feed supplement compositions comprising clay, and methods of treating microbial infections in an animal using the antimicrobial compositions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 15, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Chad Hagen, Robert Musser, Ryan Cooney, Kim Friesen, Ran Song, Chester Wiernusz
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for designing a ferric pyrophosphate citrate complex composition containing pyrophosphate, citrate, ferric, sodium, and sulfate ions and calculating and adjusting each salt needed based on a choice of salts that contain the above ions and a desired concentration of each ion in the final product. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a pharmaceutical dosage form of ferric pyrophosphate citrate complex composition in liquid form which is ready to be administrated to patients in need and which maintains the mass balance of ion sources throughout the process.
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, combinations and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing a hemolytic disease or condition in a mammal, wherein: said hemolytic disease or condition is caused by an attack of said mammal's red blood cells by said mammal's own body, or said mammal is a pregnant mammal and said hemolytic disease or condition of a fetus of said pregnant mammal is caused by an attack of said fetus' red blood cells by an antibody of said pregnant mammal, or said mammal is a baby and said hemolytic disease or condition of said baby is caused by an attack of said baby's red blood cells by an antibody of said baby's mother. The exemplary hemolytic diseases or conditions include hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, an autoimmune disease or condition, or a hereditary hemolytic disease or disorder.
Abstract: Disclosed is a composition including: an isolated in vitro pre-conditioned population of adult bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), wherein the BMSCs express neuronal markers, and wherein the neuronal markers are PGP9.5, NSE, Tuj1, HuC/D and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). Methods of preparing the BMSCs are also provided. In addition, the present disclosure is directed to a method of treating an enteric nervous system-related disorder including: administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition including the in vitro pre-conditioned BMSC population and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Abstract: A method of generating a population of corneal epithelial cells is disclosed. The method comprises culturing human pluripotent stem cells in corneal fibroblast-conditioned medium on a solid surface comprising an extracellular matrix component thereby generating the population of corneal epithelial cells. Isolated cell populations and corneal tissues are also disclosed, as well as uses thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicants:
TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD., INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
Inventors:
Joseph ITSKOVITZ-ELDOR, Daniel ABERDAM, Ruby SHALOM-FEUERSTEIN
Abstract: Biocompatible hydrogel capsules encapsulating mammalian cells having a diameter of greater than 1 mm, and optionally a cell free core, are disclosed which have reduced fibrotic overgrowth after implantation in a subject. Methods of treating a disease in a subject are also disclosed that involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of the disclosed encapsulated cells to the subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Minglin Ma, Daniel G. Anderson, Robert S. Langer, Omid Veiseh, Arturo Jose Vegas, Joshua Charles Doloff, Delai Chen, Christian J. Kastrup
Abstract: A frozen therapeutic dose includes an amniotic material and is configured into a pack for easy administering of the dose to a treatment location. A frozen therapeutic dose may contain a concentration of live amniotic stem cells. A frozen therapeutic dose may be provided in a form, such as a multi-pack form, to enable a person to administer a dose to a treatment location without the need of traveling to a doctor's office or clinic. A frozen therapeutic dose package may be kept in a conventional freezer at ?20° C. for example, for extended periods of time and a person may remove the package as needed for treatment. A frozen dose package or pack may contain a secondary material configured to mix with the frozen therapeutic dose. A secondary material may be configured within a single dose compartment with the frozen dose or within a separate compartment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Christian Beaudry, Terrell Suddarth, Bruce Werber
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a strain of Lactobacillus probiotic bacteria and a poultry vaccine for use in the in ovo vaccination of poultry, wherein said strain and said vaccine are administered to an embryonated poultry egg. Compositions suitable for use in an in ovo vaccination protocol for poultry comprising a strain of Lactobacillus probiotic bacteria and a vaccine diluent which is suitable for the poultry vaccine to be used in said vaccination protocol are also provided, as are suitable kits for use in the invention.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medicine and in particular to celiac disease (CD). Specifically the present invention relates to methods and means for detection of CD using novel microbiomarker, celiac gut index (CGI). The invention relates also to methods and means for treatment or prophylaxis of CD. The present invention provides a novel product comprising a gut microbiome altering agent that, when administered to an individual, improves the state of health of individuals suffering or susceptible to suffer from celiac disease and possibly reduces the likelihood of acquiring celiac disease. The product of the invention provides a natural and safe manner for the treatment of celiac disease. The present invention provides also a novel method for aiding diagnosis of CD by the specific gut health biomarker, Celiac Gut Index (GCI).
Abstract: The present technology relates to liquid compositions for use in a personal vaporizer. More particularly, the present technology relates to liquid compositions comprising winterized Cannabis extract, and to methods of administering vaporized, winterized Cannabis extract to a subject by inhalation.
Abstract: The document provides compositions such as dietary supplements. Such compositions can be used to reduce pain, inflammation, stiffness, and/or discomfort associated with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. The document also provides methods for reducing pain, inflammation, stiffness, and/or discomfort associated with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 25, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Alexander B. Rabovsky, Jeremy Ivie, Stephanie Nielson
Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating voiding dysfunction and a health functional food for preventing or improving of voiding dysfunction, comprising extract of Piper Longum L. as an active ingredient. The extract of Piper Longum L. according to the present invention is not only harmless, but also has outstanding effects of preventing, treating and improving voiding dysfunction by being involved in various mechanisms related to voiding dysfunction simultaneously so that it may increase a micturition interval, decrease a micturition pressure, increase a bladder capacity, inhibit detrusor contraction and induce relaxation of detrusor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 20, 2015
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicant:
DONG WHA PHARM. CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Da-Ae PARK, Yoon-Young CHANG, Kwang-Hyun KIM, Sang-Ho LEE, Chan-Seok JEON, Hyun-Yong LEE
Abstract: The present invention describes extracts of Polygonum cuspidatum and related compositions that are capable of photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, and capable of killing or inactivating cancer cells. The present invention further describes methods of using said Polygonum cuspidatum extracts and photodynamic inactivation (PDI) as a therapy for the treatment of microbial infection and as well as the use of Polygonum cuspidatum extract and related compositions as photodynamic therapy agents for the treatment of cancer.
Abstract: Disclosed are compositions containing an extract of Curcuma spp, optionally as curcumin in the form of a complex with phospholipids, and a lipophilic extract of Zingiber officinale, for use in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
Abstract: A method of alleviating a symptom of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in a human patient suffering from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis or a patient who has experienced a first clinical episode and is determined to be at high risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis comprising administering to the human patient three subcutaneous injections of a therapeutically effective dose of glatiramer acetate over a period of seven days with at least one day between every subcutaneous injection so as to thereby alleviate the symptom of the patient.
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating pluripotency of stem cells and proliferation of cancer cells. The modulation is achieved by promoting dephosphorylation of mRNA-binding protein 3 (RBM3) and down-regulating expression or cellular level of pluripotency factor LIN28. Related methods are provided in the invention for promoting differentiation of stem cells and for inhibiting growth of tumors in subjects. The therapeutic methods of the invention typically entail contacting with a target cell (e.g., a tumor cell) or administering to a subject harboring the target cell a calpain inhibitor and/or an IGF1R inhibitor. Some methods of the invention employ both a calpain inhibitor and an IGF 1R inhibitor.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of cancer and inflammatory diseases. More particularly, it aims to provide, for these purposes, novel conjugated forms of active ingredients belonging to the dolastatin family and having the formula as follows: It is also directed towards prodrug forms of these conjugates.
Abstract: A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
Abstract: The present application includes a method for improving human and animal health comprising administering an effective amount of a linus cyclopeptide (LCP) extract from flaxseed to a subject in need thereof. Also included are feeds, foodstuffs, functional food compositions, natural product compositions nutraceuticals and food additive compositions comprising an LCP extract from flaxseed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Applicant:
University of Saskatchewan
Inventors:
Bernard Laarveld, Andrew A. Olkowski, Martin Reaney
Abstract: Disclosed is a complex of pea protein and proanthocyanidins for use in the treatment of disorders caused by alterations of the intestinal epithelial tissue.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Miguel Angel Alonso, Marco Di Fulvio, Michele Di Schiena
Abstract: Activation of brown adipose tissue, treatment of obesity and/or treatment of obesity-related disorders in human or non-human animal subjects by administering to the subject a potassium channel inhibiting agent. The potassium channel inhibiting agent may comprise ShK toxin or a modified ShK toxin. Examples of modified ShK toxins include ShK-186.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 22, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
K. George Chandy, Sanjeev Kumar Upadhayay, Ping H. Wang, Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Kristin Lynn Eckel-Mahan, Shawn Iadonato, Jogesh Mukherjee, M. Reza Mirbolooki
Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, compositions and methods, including chimeric proteins that find use in the treatment of disease, such as immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmunity. In part, the invention provides, in various embodiments, fusions of extracellular domains of transmembrane proteins that can have stimulatory or inhibitory effects.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 30, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Taylor SCHREIBER, George FROMM, Suresh DE SILVA, Neal SCHILLING
Abstract: Mutant fibroblast growth factor (FGF) proteins having a polypeptide sequence with a high sequence identity to proteins encoded by members of the Fgf-1 subfamily of genes from a mammalian species, such as human, and with a specific amino acid substitution of an alanine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 66 of human FGF-1 with a cysteine and/or a specific amino acid substitution of a phenylalanine at a position corresponding to amino acid position 132 of human FGF-1 with a tryptophan (based on the 140 amino acid numbering scheme of human FGF-1) are provided. Other amino acid mutations or substitutions may be combined. Polynucleotide sequences encoding the mutant FGF proteins and host cells containing such polynucleotide sequences are provided. Methods of administering a mutant FGF protein to an individual to treat an ischemic condition or disease or a wound or tissue injury are also provided.
Abstract: A method of treating an individual (i) having abnormal bone; or (ii) afflicted with a disease or disorder related to normal or abnormal FGF receptors or a skeletal disorder; or (iii) having dysplasic bone. The method includes administering to the individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF-9) variant comprising at least one amino acid substitution in the beta 8-beta 9 loop, wherein said FGF-9 variant incorporates one of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
Abstract: Compositions comprising one or more cytokines and methods for their use in inhibiting and/or alleviating effects of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy and/or acute radiation syndrome in a subject in need thereof are provided.
Abstract: Leptin, leptin analogs, and leptin derivatives are used to treat patients with lipoatrophy. Leptin is effective against conditions of lipoatrophy for both genetic and acquired forms of the disease. A therapeutically effective amount of leptin can be administered in a variety of ways, including subcutaneously and using gene therapy methods. Methods of the present invention contemplate administration of leptin, leptin analogs, and leptin derivatives to patients having a leptin level of approximately 4 ng/ml or less before treatment.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 13, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Alexander M. Depaoli, Elif A. Oral, Simeon I. Taylor, Abhimanyu Garg
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, compositions and kits for controlling, managing or manipulating the non-human mammalian female reproductive cycle. The methods include oestrus induction and/or synchronisation, induction of ovulation and/or superovulation and optionally further includes a method of providing an immunopermissive uterine environment prior to insemination or implantation of embryos.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 4, 2016
Publication date:
April 6, 2017
Inventors:
Nicolas Michel Orsi, Nadia Gopichandran, David Andrew Brooke
Abstract: A method for blocking, inhibiting and/or decreasing cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14) function, CD14-mediated cellular response and/or treating CD14-mediated pathological conditions is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a recombinant protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the recombinant protein does not comprises a lectin-like domain 1 of a human thrombomodulin; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, carrier, diluent, excipients, and/or salt.