Abstract: The present disclosure relates to topical treatment of vitiligo using ruxolitinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an injectable pharmaceutical composition containing keratin for preventing hair loss or stimulating hair growth, wherein the composition is excellent in hair follicle generating and hair growth stimulating effects, and thus can be favorably used as a preventive and therapeutic agent for hair loss or a stimulating agent for hair growth.

Abstract: Methods of identifying compounds that modulate the conversion of AMP to adenosine by 5?-nucleotidase, ecto, and that possess particular pharmacokinetic characteristics are described herein. Methods of such compounds, and compositions comprising same, for the treatment and/or prevention of a diverse array of diseases, disorders and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders, are also provided.

Abstract: A method and a drug delivery system for transdermally administering parathyroid hormone (PTH) in a pulsatile fashion are provided, where the drug delivery system comprises an array of microprojections each comprising PTH.

Abstract: Provided are formulations and methods for treating one or more genitourinary conditions. The formulations may include a therapeutic agent that includes a calcium channel blocker, a rho kinase inhibitor, or a combination thereof. The methods may include locally administering a therapeutic agent into a ureter. Systems for delivering a therapeutic agent also are provided.

Abstract: A spheroidal implant system includes a plurality of spheroidal implants configured to be positioned together within a uterus of a patient. Each spheroidal implant includes a bioactive agent that is selectively releasable into the uterus to enable the spheroidal implants to cooperate together to simultaneously treat a gynecological malignancy of the patient.

Abstract: A method of treating a gynecological malignancy includes introducing an implant within a uterus of a patient and positioning the implant adjacent to an endometrium of the uterus to enable a bioactive agent supported on the implant to treat the gynecological malignancy. The implant may be one or more deployable implants including a balloon, an IUD, a stent, or combinations thereof. Such implants may be introduced by one or more surgical instruments.

Abstract: The present invention provides an eye drop formulation in the form of a solution, comprising (2R,3R,4S)-6-amino-4-[N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)amino]-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxymethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; propylene glycol as a stabilizing agent; and a pH controlling agent in an aqueous medium, wherein the eye drop formulation has a pH ranging from 4.0 to 5.0. The eye drop formulation of the present invention can contain (2R,3R,4S)-6-amino-4-[N-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)amino]-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-dimethoxymethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a high concentration; and has an excellent stability. In addition, the pharmaceutical product for preventing or treating macular degeneration according to the present invention can be stored for extended periods.

Abstract: An oral gastro-retentive delivery device is provided which unfolds rapidly upon contact with gastric juice. The device is configured in a collapsed configuration for oral intake and unfolding for gastric retention for a predetermined period of time and eventually reducing in size for passage through the rest of the GI track.

Abstract: An ophthalmic product having an antioxidative function includes an ophthalmic composition. The ophthalmic composition includes gold nanoparticles and at least one antioxidative auxiliary ingredient. The effective concentration of the gold nanoparticles is from 0.01 ppm to 3000 ppm. The content of the at least one antioxidative auxiliary ingredient is greater than 0 wt % and less than 20 wt % based on 100 wt % of the ophthalmic composition.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for wound care or the dressing or treatment of wounds in a subject in need thereof. The compositions include an oil-based carrier, a polar solvent comprising one or more polar antimicrobial agents, and collagen or a collagen-based material. In at least some instances, the polar solvent comprising the one or more polar antimicrobial agents and the collagen or collagen-based material are suspended in the oil-based carrier.

Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable of chaperoning a typically non-orally available therapeutic or diagnostic agent through the environment of the digestive tract such that the therapeutic or diagnostic agent is bioavailable. The composition may or may not be targeted to specific cellular receptors, such as hepatocytes. Therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, insulin, calcitonin, serotonin, and other proteins. Targeting is accomplished with biotin or metal based targeting agents.

Abstract: The disclosure includes non-naturally occurring or engineered CRISPR systems and proteins, associated with a delivery system comprising a virus component and a lipid component. The disclosure includes CRISPR proteins associated with capsid proteins, e.g., AAV VP!, VP2, and/or VP3, on the surface of or internal to the AAV, along with compositions, systems and complexes involving the AAV-CRISPR protein, nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding the same, deliver}-systems, and uses therefor.

Abstract: Given developing resistance of tumor cells to current chemotherapeutic and targeted therapeutic agents, novel cancer therapies with enhanced potency and specificity are substantially required. Applicant has provided herein extracellular nanoparticle vesicles that redirect immune effector cells towards cancer cells for killing. Relative to conventional immunotherapeutic antibodies with defined orientation and geometry for their distinct antigen-binding arms, antibodies displayed on spherical exosomes can promote formation of immunological synapses as well as enhanced efficacy to activate immune cells.

Abstract: A lipid-based coating composition for coating a medical device, wherein the coating composition includes a) lipid vesicles consisting of i. 85-95 mol % of a phospholipid (A) having a phosphatidylcholine group; ii. 5-12 mol % of a PEGylated phospholipid (B); optionally 0-3 mol % of a lipophilic compound (C) other than lipids (A) and (B); b) 0-5 wt. % of a water-soluble additive (D); and c) at least 95 wt. % of water, wherein lipid vesicles having a number average size between 50 and 140 nm (measured according to dynamic light scattering) and wherein the lipid vesicle concentration ranges between 0.025 mg/ml and 2 mg/ml, and wherein the mol % of lipids (A), (B) and (C) is calculated relative to the total molar amount of lipids (A)+(B)+(C) in the lipid-based coating composition and wherein the wt. % of water-soluble additive (D) is calculated relative to the weight of the total composition. Preferably the medical device is a contact lens, a catheter or a medical implant.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions (e.g., liposomes) for treating diseases and conditions associated with pathologic immune responses and methods for formulating and administering such compositions.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for improving the solubility and dissolution of poorly soluble drugs, which contain a therapeutic agent, a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer, and a mesoporous carrier. These pharmaceutical compositions have been prepared by thermal processes and fusion-based high energy mixing processes that do not require external heat input to obtain a composition that shows improved properties.

Abstract: The absence of regulatory T cells (Treg) may underlie disorders including but not limited to autoimmunity, dermatitis, periodontitis and even transplant rejection. Enhancing local numbers of Treg through in situ Treg expansion or induction is contemplated herein as a treatment option for these disorders. Current methods for in vivo Treg expansion are not Treg specific and are associated with many adverse side-effects. The data presented herein provides in vitro testing of a Treg-inducing microparticle providing a predictable controlled release for combinations of cytokines and drugs (e.g., IL-2, TGF-?, and/or rapamycin) resulting in targeted Treg migration. These controlled release microparticles are also capable of inducing FoxP3+ Treg in human cells in vitro suggesting that these compositions be developed into an in vivo Treg induction and expansion therapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions, methods of treatment and methods of manufacture of large scale, commercially viable ibuprofen and acetaminophen tablets. The unique characteristics and synergistic effects resulting from the disclosed compositions, methods of treatment and methods of manufacture demonstrate a product with optimal analgesia, anti-pyresis, safety profiles and large-scale manufacturability. The inventions described herein surprisingly show the unique composition and method of manufacturing for a large-scale commercial batch of a novel ibuprofen and acetaminophen tablet.

Abstract: The invention provides various novel compositions of berberine in combination with pharmacologically active EPA and DHA, and related methods of their use in treating various diseases or disorders. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are useful in treating and/or preventing various diseases or disorders, including metabolic diseases or disorders such as dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipidemia, diabetic dyslipidemia, diabetic hyperlipidemia, dyslipidemia in statin-intolerance patients, diabetes, diabetic complications, hypercholesterolemia, or obesity. Additionally, the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are useful in treating and/or preventing atherosclerosis, heart diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, cancers, as well as various liver diseases or disorders, such as fatty liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, cholestatic liver diseases or graft-versus-host disease of the liver.

Abstract: Provided is a shell composition that is formed with a water-insoluble powder such as starch and/or a water-soluble polymer such as dextrin as a base component, and with locust bean gum and/or xanthan gum as a gelling agent. This shell composition enables a novel shell composition which can favorably form a shell without using carrageenan, has favorable properties that enable the shell composition to substitute traditional shells that use a gelatin shell or carrageenan, and comprises a plant-derived base.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising apomorphine (APO) in a solid crystalline form, wherein the solid crystalline form is an APO·palmitic acid cocrystal solid particle crystalline form.

Abstract: Compositions of the present disclosure include a first dCas9-FokI-sgRNA complex and a second dCas9-FokI-sgRNA complex. The first sgRNA is configured to target a first side of a genomic fusion site and the second sgRNA is configured to target a second side of the genomic fusion site. The first and second complexes only cut DNA upon dimerization. Thus, upon binding of both first dCas9-FokI-sgRNA complex and second dCas9-FokI-sgRNA complex, the dimer is produced and DNA cleavage proceeds at the genomic fusion site. The dCas9-FokI-sgRNA complexes are loaded on a folded-DNA shell for transport across the cellular membrane. The shell has a viral-mimic structure that maximizes cell entry, is non-cytotoxic, has low-to-nonimmunogenicity, and provides excellent capacity to enclose and protect the complexes. These systems exhibit both cellular (via the shell) and molecular (via the complexes) specificity, significantly reducing off-target activity and the associated harmful side-effects.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of producing star-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles (SMSNPs) and protocells SMSNPs and their use for targeted drug delivery formulations and systems and for biomedical applications. Also provided are methods of producing monosized protocells from monodisperse SMSNPs and their use for targeted drug delivery formulations and systems and for biomedical applications.

Abstract: A porous particle, wherein the porous particle has a mass median aerodynamic diameter and a volume average particle diameter that satisfy expression: y?2x, where x denotes the mass median aerodynamic diameter and y denotes the volume average particle diameter, and the porous particle has a relative span factor (R.S.F) that satisfies expression: 0<(R.S.F)?1.5.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a methylphenidate-containing patch that maintains a suitable adhesion to skin over a long period of time and has a sustained drug efficacy and an excellent handeleability. The present invention relates to a patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains methylphenidate, a rubber-based adhesive base, and a tackifying resin. The rubber-based adhesive base contains a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, and the tackifying resin contains a terpene-based resin and an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin. The present invention further relates to a method for producing the patch.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a methylphenidate-containing transdermal patch in which cold flow beyond the edge of the patch containing methylphenidate is inhibited, and which has sufficient physical properties as a preparation, and excellent handleability. The present invention pertains to: a transdermal patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains methylphenidate, a rubber-based adhesive agent, and an acrylic adhesive agent, and the mixing ratio of the rubber-based adhesive agent to the acrylic adhesive agent is 9:1 to 1:9, and a production method for the transdermal patch.

Abstract: A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide an adhesive patch, which contains an acrylic adhesive base material, is easy to handle, prevents cold flow independently of physical properties and concentrations while being kept in a packaging material or being adhered, and during storage, keeps the drug in the adhesive patch stable and maintains the suitable administration form of the drug over a long period so that the drug can provide sufficient medicinal effect for a long time. The present invention relates to an adhesive patch provided with a backing layer and an adhesive agent layer, the adhesive agent layer containing a drug, an acrylic adhesive base material, and calcium silicate. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the adhesive patch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and composition for accelerating wound healing comprising applying a dressing directly on a subject's wound immediately or no later than 72 hours following injury. The dressing reduces or minimizes scarring, prevents or reduces infection, inhibits or reduces internal bleeding, inhibits or reduces external discharge, provides protection from sun and/or UV rays or a combination thereof, thereby accelerating wound healing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer composite material for the treatment of wounds and lesions and to a dressing comprising said multilayer material.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating pain using pharmaceutical compositions that comprise an allosteric modulator of TRPV1, optionally in admixture with a TRPV1 ligand. The pharmaceutical composition is substantially free of THC and THCA. Also provided are methods of identifying an allosteric modulator of TRPV1 by analyzing binding to a specific binding pocket in TRPV1 and designing a complex mixture comprising the allosteric modulator for treating pain.

Abstract: A two-part topical composition includes a first composition including a S-nitrosothiol nitric oxide donor and a carrier, and a second composition including zinc oxide. The second composition is to be mixed with the first composition. The zinc oxide reacts with the S-nitrosothiol nitric oxide donor at a temperature ranging from about 20° C. to about 40° C. to enhance a rate of release of nitric oxide from a mixture of the first composition and the second composition.

Abstract: A method for treating an inflammatory disease, a skin disease or a skin wrinkle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes administering or applying a composition including 1,2-butandediol to a subject in need thereof. The composition including-butanediol may be used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative or anti-wrinkle active ingredient. 2,3-butanediol can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition.

Abstract: Described herein are transdermal formulations of phytocannabinoids and methods of using the same in the treatment of pain and/or inflammation.

Abstract: Methods and formulations are provided for treating or preventing arthritis, in particular osteoarthritis, where the formulation to be administered to a subject for treating or preventing arthritis comprises carvacrol, curcumin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate and oligomeric procyanidins.

Abstract: Salts of hexylamine, for example, hexylamine succinate and tri-hexylamine citrate and their method of production are described. The disclosure also relates to compositions comprising hexyalmine, for example, for reducing appetite in a human subject, treating obesity in a human subject, preventing obesity in a human subject, preventing weight gain in a human subject, increasing fat loss in a human subject, treating an overweight human subject, increasing athletic performance in a human subject, increasing endurance in a human subject, increasing muscle strength in a human subject, improving cognitive function in a human subject, treating ADHD in a human subject, increasing sweating in a human subject, reducing reaction time of a human subject, increasing psychomotor vigilance of a human subject, enhancing memory in a human subject, increasing central nervous system activity in a human subject, and enhancing alertness, attention, concentration, and/or memory in a human subject.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a preventive or therapeutic agent for a neurodegenerative disease or a cognitive dysfunction, containing a compound represented by a following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for topical use (including also dermatological compositions), for treating skin conditions and afflictions, such as rosacea and symptoms and conditions associated there from.

Abstract: Nasal formulations of metoclopramide are administered for the treatment of symptoms associated with female gastroparesis. Also provided are methods of treating symptoms of female gastroparesis with nasal metoclopramide.

Abstract: A positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer for imaging lactate uptake, wherein the tracer is a [18F]-labelled lactate derivative. Also, a process for the radiosynthesis of the [18F]-labelled lactate derivative. Further, the use of the [18F]-labelled lactate derivative for imaging lactate uptake in living cells, especially in humans.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising HMB. Methods of administering HMB to an animal are also described. HMB is administered to enhance or promote lipolysis, increase adipocyte fat oxidation, induce adipocyte and muscle mitochondrial biogenesis, increase energy expenditure, decrease total body weight and increase body fat loss.

Abstract: Methods of treating a subject having or at risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease or condition associated with demyelination, insufficient myelination, or underdevelopment of myelin sheath are described. The methods include administration of a therapeutically effective amount of sobetirome, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a highly palatable colon cleansing formulation that utilizes a low chloride electrolyte-replenishing base solution. When formulated with polyethylene glycol and a selected sugar alcohol, the formulation offers the advantages of superior palatability without undesirable concomitant side effects or a decrease in cleansing efficacy.

Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and/or a complication associated with a PKD (e.g., a cardiovascular complication). For example, one or more betaines (e.g., trimethylglycine) can be administered to a mammal having, or at risk of developing, a PKD to treat the mammal.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating a psychiatric disease or disorder and/or symptoms thereof in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an antagonist of the Na+-K+-2Cl— cation-chloride cotransporter isoform 1 (NKCC1) for treating the psychiatric disorder and/or the symptoms thereof in the subject. The methods further may include administering to the subject a dopamine D1 agonist and/or a GABAA agonist, optionally at a subeffective dose, where co-administering the antagonist of NKCC1 improves the efficacy of the dopamine D1 agonist and/or the GABAA agonist, optionally at the subeffective dose, for treating the psychiatric disease or disorder and/or symptoms thereof.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for preparation of an orally administered liquid solution containing a therapeutically sufficient dose of dissolved balsalazide. The composition further comprises three artificial sweeteners comprising sucralose, acesulfame potassium and ammonium glycyrrhizinate that unexpectedly mitigate the bitter attributes of the orally administered liquid balsalazide solution that would otherwise render the solution unpalatable. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a composition of the three artificial sweeteners and a therapeutically sufficient dose of balsalazide for the treatment of bowel disorders such as ulcerative colitis. Unit dose sachets of balsalazide disodium 750 mg and 2,250 mg of powder to oral solution are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of serine or threonine together with at least one further amino acid or amino acid derivative and with at least one calcium salt or its hydrate to increase cellular availability of calcium in living cells of the epidermis and to a specific mixture of such components and a formulation consisting of said mixture and a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid and to methods of using the same to treat or prevent cardiovascular-related diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound, in particular a meroterpenoid compound, or salt thereof, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a neurological disorder in an individual. The compound of the invention can promote lactate secretion. A composition comprising the compound of the invention, and a food or food extract enriched with said compound or composition is also provided.