Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a novel pharmaceutical agent having an excellent preventive effect on post-stroke RSD. The present invention provides an agent for preventing the onset of post-stroke RSD, comprising natural calcitonin or a calcitonin derivative as an active ingredient. The present invention is also intended to provide a method for preventing the onset of post-stroke RSD, comprising administering natural calcitonin or a calcitonin derivative and use of natural calcitonin or a calcitonin derivative for producing an agent for preventing the onset of post-stroke RSD.

Abstract: A composition for oral delivery of a poorly absorbed drug is disclosed. The composition includes the drug, an enhancer for increasing absorption of the drug through the intestinal mucosa, a promoter, which further increases the absorption of the drug in the presence of the enhancer, and optionally a protector for protecting the drug from physical or chemical decomposition or inactivation in the gastrointestinal tract. Illustrative enhancers include sucrose fatty acid esters, and illustrative promoters include aminosugars and amino acid derivatives, such as poly(amino acids). Illustrative protectors include methylcellulose, poly(vinyl alcohol), and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone).

Abstract: Methods for treating conditions or disorders which can be alleviated by reducing food intake are disclosed which comprise administration of an effective amount of an exendin or an exendin agonist, alone or in conjunction with other compounds or compositions that affect satiety. The methods are useful for treating conditions or disorders, including obesity, Type II diabetes, eating disorders, and insulin-resistance syndrome. The methods are also useful for lowering the plasma glucose level, lowering the plasma lipid level, reducing the cardiac risk, reducing the appetite, and reducing the weight of subjects. Pharmaceutical compositions for use in the methods of the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a supramolecular protein assembly useful as a protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic disorders particularly diabetes. The supramolecular protein assembly disclosed in the present invention consists of insoluble and aggregated oligomers the protein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising supramolecular protein assembly. The composition disclosed in the present invention particularly comprises supramolecular insulin assembly.

Abstract: The invention provides for methods and compositions for treatment of pain via craniofacial mucosal administration of an analgesic compound (e.g. a non-opioid analgesic peptide, an NOP agonist or N/OFQ). Intranasal administration of certain analgesic peptides such as N/OFQ results in global analgesic effects.

Abstract: An aqueous solution of calcitonin suitable for intranasal administration comprised of calcitonin, chlorobutanol at a concentration of less than 0.4% weight/weight, and water and having a pH of less than 4 with the proviso that benzalkonium chloride is not present in the solution. The aqueous solution of calcitonin can be used to treat osteoporosis, Paget's bone disease and hypercalcemia.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic hydrocarbon compounds and derivatives thereof, processes for the preparation thereof, to said compounds for use as a medicament, to said compounds for use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to methods of treating diseases with said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in the manufacture of medicaments.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are fumaryl diketopiperazine (FDKP) compositions and microparticles having a specific trans isomer content of about 45% to about 65%. The FDKP microparticles can comprise a drug such as an endocrine hormone, including, peptide, including, insulin, glucagon, parathyroid hormones and the like and can be used to make a powder formulation for pulmonary delivery of the drug.

Abstract: Enteric coated capsules or tablets for oral delivery of a protein, polypeptide or peptide drug, in particular for oral delivery of insulin, are provided, comprising microparticles of the protein, polypeptide or peptide drug, microparticles of a protease inhibitor and, optionally, microparticles of an absorption enhancer. The protease inhibitor and the absorption enhancer may be together in the same microparticles. The microparticles of each component are embedded in an enteric polymer matrix.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition formulated for oral delivery, comprising a particulate non-covalently associated mixture of pharmacologically inert silica nanoparticles having a hydrophobic surface, a polysaccharide, and a biologically active protein or peptide suspended in an oil. The present invention further provides methods of manufacturing same and therapeutic methods utilizing same for oral delivery of a therapeutic protein or peptide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for transdermal drug delivery comprising formulating a phosphatidylcholine carrier composition containing the drug and applying the composition to the skin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating menorrhagia in a premenopausal woman, which includes administering to the woman in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of an aromatase inhibitor. Also within the scope of this invention is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel use of calcitonin in osteoarthritis, and to methods of treating and/or preventing osteoarthritis in mammals, particularly humans.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds according to formula Ia and Ib; (Formula Ia and Ib) wherein A represents substituted or unsubstituted C1-10heteroaryl, C6-14aryl or C6-10heterocycloalkylaryl; R1 is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C1-6hydroxyalkyl, C1-6haloalkyl, C1-6amino, C3-6 cycloalkyl, or C1-6heterocycloalkyl, each of which are optionally substituted; X represents —CR3R4—(CR5R6)n—(CR7?CR8)m—(C6-14aryl)r-(C1-10heteroaryl)s-(CR9R10)p—(CR11?CR12)q, R2 represents C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, C1-6hydroxyalkyl, C1-6haloalkyl, C1-6amino, C1-12alkylsilyl, C6-30alkylarylsilyl, C1-10heteroaryl, C6-14aryl, C1-10heterocycloalkyl, C1-10heterocycloalkenyl, C1-8cycloalkyl, C1-18cycloalkenyl, each of which is optionally substituted, or R2 represents hydrogen, carboxy, or hydroxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or ester thereof; to processes for the preparation thereof, to said compounds for use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, wherein said compoun

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted N-(4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)butanamid derivatives which modulate androgen receptors to treat conditions such as: osteoporosis, peridontal disease, bone fracture, frailty, and sarcopenia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to graft copolymers of polyvinyl sulfonic-co-vinyl alcohol)-g-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (P(VS-VA)-g-PLGA) with negatively charged electrolyte properties, their method of preparation and their use. These negatively charged graft copolymers are suitable for effective loading and sustained-release of especially positively charged drugs, proteins and peptides, and drug-loaded particles from these grafted co-polymers are especially useful as parenteral or mucosal drug delivery systems for pharmaceutical applications.

Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable inducing weight loss in a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising biologically active proteins linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of using such compositions in treatment of glucose-related diseases, metabolic diseases, coagulation disorders, and growth hormone-related disorders and conditions.