Abstract: The present invention relates to stable liquid oral compositions of cyclophosphamide having extended stability, methods for their administration, processes for their production, and use of these compositions for treatment of diseases treatable by cyclophosphamide. The invention also relates to a kit comprising stable liquid oral compositions of cyclophosphamide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lyophilized cyclophosphamide composition, wherein 99% or more of the finally prepared lyophilized cyclophosphamide composition is reconstituted within 15 seconds when water for pharmaceutical use is injected thereinto at a ratio of 50 mL per 1 g of anhydrous cyclophosphamide, comprising a step of dissolving D-mannitol or lactose, as a lyoprotectant, and cyclophosphamide in a water solvent in a selected reaction vessel; and a lyophilized cyclophosphamide composition for injection prepared thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is based in part on the identification of DPH1 and other members of the diphthamide synthesis pathway as biomarkers of resistance to an ADP-ribosylating toxin in a cell, and methods for identification, assessment, and treatment of a condition that is resistant to an ADP-ribosylating toxin.

Abstract: Provided relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of conjugates including a chemotherapeutic drug and an amino acid or a derivative thereof, which are readily taken up by a target cell and reduce side effects induced by the chemotherapeutic drug. Further, the subject matter relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of conjugates comprising cytidine analog drugs and aspartic or glutamic acid and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions including these conjugates and use thereof for the treatment of cancer or a pre-cancer condition or disorder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to stable ready to use liquid formulations of Cyclophosphamide for parenteral use. The ready to use composition comprises Cyclophosphamide dissolved in a solvent system comprising a solvent, cosolvent(s) and antioxidant(s).

Abstract: The present invention provides a specific binding molecule that binds to Annexin-1 (Anx-A1) for use in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or a disease related to OCD. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a specific binding molecule of the invention for use in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or a disease related to OCD.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors that can stabilize hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1?), as well as hypoxia inducible factor-2 (HIF-2). Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the disclosed compounds. Yet further disclosed are methods for stimulating the cellular immune response in a mammal such as increasing phagocytosis, for example, prolonging the life of phagocytes, inter alia, kerotyiocytes, neutrophils. As such the disclosed compounds provide methods for treating diseases that relate to the body's immune response.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for monitoring hematopoietic reconstitution or suppression in a subject. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for reconstituting the hematopoietic compartment of a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring the effect of ionizing radiation on the lung in a subject. Also disclosed is the ability to use detection of the one or more microRNA indicative of radiation-induced lung injury to guide therapy of the subject. Also disclosed is the ability to use detection of the one or more microRNA indicative of radiation-induced lung injury to evaluate the efficacy of a lung treatment following radiation exposure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for monitoring hematopoietic reconstitution or suppression in a subject. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for reconstituting the hematopoietic compartment of a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring the effect of ionizing radiation on the lung in a subject. Also disclosed is the ability to use detection of the one or more microRNA indicative of radiation-induced lung injury to guide therapy of the subject. Also disclosed is the ability to use detection of the one or more microRNA indicative of radiation-induced lung injury to evaluate the efficacy of a lung treatment following radiation exposure.

Abstract: Methods of treating skin neoplasms using a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, e.g., a propynylaminoindan (such as rasagiline) are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising monoamine oxidase inhibitors are also provided.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting the growth of tumors comprising administering chimeric fusion molecules comprising endostatin mutants and all or a portion of anti-Her2 or anti-EGFR antibodies.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors that can stabilize hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1?), as well as hypoxia inducible factor-2 (HIF-2). Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the disclosed compounds. Yet further disclosed are methods for stimulating the cellular immune response in a mammal such as increasing phagocytosis, for example, prolonging the life of phagocytes, inter alia, kerotyiocytes, neutrophils. As such the disclosed compounds provide methods for treating diseases that relate to the body's immune response.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are crystalline compounds of formula (I) wherein A+ represents a hydroxylated aliphatic ammonium species; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups.

Abstract: The present invention provides sorafenib analogs for use in a method of treating a disease mediated by p21, said method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I. The present invention also provides methods of inhibiting p21 in a cell comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I.

Abstract: An Accelerated Progression Relapse Test (APRT) and method is provided for use in the prognosis of a patient having an ER+ breast cancer. The APRT provides a determination of when a patient in a particular diseased state is likely to benefit from further disease treatment, or does not have a high probability of benefit with additional treatment. Four genetic probes are disclosed that target the MK167, CDC6 and SPAG5 gene and gene products. The ER+ breast cancer patient population is stratified into two groups, with the low gene expression group identifying the patient/patient group that is less likely to benefit from additional treatment measures, and a high gene expression group identifying the patient group that is more likely to benefit from additional treatment measures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain amido-benzyl sulfoxide and sulfone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treatment using such compounds.

Abstract: Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms or sequelae of disease. Chronic and acute conditions may be due to viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, neoplastic diseases stroke, kidney disease, urinary incontinence, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson's disease, prostate hypertrophy, aging, or the treatment of such diseases. Additional compositions and methods are provided which employ a phorbol ester or derivative compound in combination with at least one additional agent to yield more effective treatment tools against acute and chronic conditions in mammalian subjects.

Abstract: Fused aromatic phosphonates of structural formula I are precursors to inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP-1B). The compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for the treatment in a mammal of a disorder, condition, or disease responsive to inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B, including Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, a lipid disorder, obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and cancer.

Abstract: The present invention features methods for treating, stabilizing, preventing, and/or delaying cancer by administering nanoparticles that comprise rapamycin or a derivative thereof. The invention also provides compositions (e.g., unit dosage forms) comprising nanoparticles that comprise a carrier protein and rapamycin or a derivative thereof. The invention further provides combination therapy methods of treating cancer comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of nanoparticles that comprise rapamycin or a derivative thereof and a second therapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted pyrazolone compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein tyrosine kinase activity, and in modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and compositions employing 9-(4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)butyl)guanine (“H2G”) or derivatives or analogs thereof for the treatment of viral diseases, as well as for the treatment of other conditions, including, but not limited to, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and Graves' disease. The H2G or derivative or analog thereof can be administered in a pharmaceutical composition and can be administered with an additional antiviral therapeutic agent or another agent for the treatment of other conditions.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for treating HER2-amplified cancer. The methods include administering to an individual in need thereof ibrutinib.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel substituted pyrazolone compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein tyrosine kinase activity, and in modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to HIF inhibitors and methods of preventing cell proliferation, reducing inflammation, and treating an angiogenic disease or disorders.

Abstract: A delivery device for a active agent comprises nanoparticles based on a biopolymer such as starch. The delivery device may also be in the form of an aptamer-biopolymer-active agent conjugate wherein the aptamer targets the device for the treatment of specific disorders, such as cancer. The delivery device survives for a period of time in the body sufficient to allow for transport and uptake of the delivery device into targeted cells. The degree of crosslinking can provide a desired release profile of the active agent at, near or inside the target cells. The nanoparticles may be made by applying a high shear force in the presence of a cross linker. The particles may be predominantly in the range of 50-150 nm and form a colloidal dispersion of crosslinked hydrogel particles in water.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the preparation of glycerol esters (triglycerides) of medium-chain length monocarboxylic fatty acids which consists of the reaction of the precursor free fatty acid and glycerol in the presence of a catalyst under partial vacuum. The process preferably uses a metal catalyst such as an oxide or a chloride of tungsten, molybdenum, calcium, zinc, chromium or magnesium. The method of the invention allows the preparation in high yield and high purity (>99.5%) of the final triglyceride. The present method allows the formation of triglycerides without solvent. Are also contemplated, the triglyceride obtained by the method, and the pharmaceutical composition containing the triglyceride as an excipient or as an active ingredient.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating B cell malignancies, which involves administering to a subject a compound having a structure of formula (I) to cause cell death of a B cell malignancy, thereby treating the B cell malignancy in the subject. Also disclosed are a method of causing cell death of malignant B cells, pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic systems comprising a compound having a structure of formula (I), and a compound having a structure of formula (I).

Abstract: Methods are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are ?-galactosylceramide (?-GalCer) analogs and compositions thereof, methods of activating invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells using said analogs, methods of treating diseases by activating iNKT cells using said analogs, and combination therapy of said analogs.

Abstract: Targeting uncontrolled cell proliferation and resistance to DNA damaging chemotherapeutics with at least one reagent has significant potential in cancer treatment. Replication Protein A, the eukaryotic single-strand (ss) DNA binding protein, is essential for genomic maintenance and stability via roles in both DNA replication and repair. Reported herein are small molecules that inhibits the in vitro, in vivo, and cellular ssDNA binding activity of RPA, thereby disrupting the eukaryotic cell cycle, inducing cytotoxicity and increasing the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents damage DNA, and/or disrupt its replication and/or function. These results provide new insights into the mechanism of RPA-ssDNA interactions in chromosome maintenance and stability. This represents a molecularly targeted eukaryotic DNA binding inhibitor and demonstrates the utility of targeting a protein-DNA interaction as a means of studying the cell cycle and providing a therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for the inhibition or reduction of the primary tumor and metastasis by inhibition of fatty acid binding proteins.

Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which inhibit the activity of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8). Also described herein are methods of using such HDAC8 inhibitors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of HDAC8 activity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of determining the prognosis of a breast cancer patient by evaluating the activity of the glucocorticoid receptor in tumor cells. Other embodiment include methods of treating breast cancer cells, particularly, chemo-resistant cells, with a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist and an anticancer agent or compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inducing differential stress resistance in a subject with cancer by starving the subject for a short term, administering a cell growth inhibitor to the subject, or reducing the caloric or glucose intake by the subject. The induced differential stress resistance results in improved resistance to cytotoxicity in normal cells, which, in turn, reduces cytotoxic side-effects due to chemotherapy, as well as improved effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to monomeric and multimeric peptidic compounds which have antipathogenic, in particular antiviral or/and antibacterial activity. In a preferred aspect, the peptide compounds of the invention have an activity in respect of a broad spectrum of viruses, both DNA and RNA viruses, irrespective of whether they possess virus envelope or not. Further, the present invention refers to compositions comprising said peptidic compounds for medical use, i.e. for the treatment or prevention of pathogenic, in particular viral or/and bacterial infections.

Abstract: The invention includes novel methods of treating or preventing fibrosis in a subject afflicted with scleroderma, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that inhibits formation of at least one inflammasome signaling product in the subject.

Abstract: The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide methods and compositions relating to a multi-gene signature, and subsets thereof, for predicting whether an individual with breast cancer will respond to chemotherapy based on expression of the genes in the multi-gene signature, as well as for prognosing risk of breast cancer metastasis.

Abstract: This invention provides a therapeutic agent for arthrosis exerting inhibitory effects on articular cartilage destruction and high therapeutic effects on arthrosis. The invention provides a therapeutic agent for arthrosis which comprises, as an active ingredient, cyclic phosphatidic acid or carbacyclic phosphatidic acid.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical combination comprising a platinum-containing anticancer agent, and an Hsp90 inhibitor according to the following formulae (I) & (Ia), a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables structural formulae are defined herein. Also provided is a method of treating a proliferative disorder such as cancer in a subject in need thereof, using the pharmaceutical combination described herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to spiroketal compounds that are useful in methods of treating or preventing protozoal infections, parasitic infections, bacterial infections, cell proliferative disorders and anti inflammatory disorders. The spiroketal compounds are also useful as immunosuppressive agents, and also in methods of controlling pests.

Abstract: Polymorphic forms of onapristone and methods of making and using such polymorphic forms are provided. Crystalline polymorphic forms can be characterized by their X-ray powder diffraction patterns and other properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined in the present application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridine compounds of general formula (I) in which R3, R5 and A are as defined in the claims, to methods of preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of a hyper-proliferative and/or angiogenesis disorder, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.

Abstract: This method provides a method for reducing HIV-1 viral load in an HIV-1-infected human subject which comprises administering to the subject at a predefined interval effective HIV-1 viral load-reducing doses of (a) a humanized antibody designated PRO 140, or of (b) an anti-CCR5 receptor monoclonal antibody. This invention also provides a method for inhibiting in a human subject the onset or progression of an HIV-1-associated disorder, the inhibition of which is effected by inhibiting fusion of HIV-1 to CCR5+CD4+ target cells in the subject. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject infected with HIV-1 comprising administering to the subject (a) a monoclonal antibody which (i) binds to a CCR5 receptor on the surface of the subject's CD4+ cells and (ii) inhibits fusion of HIV-1 to the subject's CCR5+CD4+ cells, and (b) a non-antibody CCR5 receptor antagonist, in amounts effective to treat the subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides method of treating or lessening the severity of a disease selected from spondyloarthropathy, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, or any combination thereof comprising the administration of a compound of Formula I and an optional co-therapy (e.g., chemotherapy agent, DMARD, or any combination thereof). The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I, a method of manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I, and a method of administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid form of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of hydroxylating or oxidizing a compound of interest in a subject (e.g., a cytotoxic oxazaphosphorine prodrug), by administering the compound of interest to the subject; and concurrently administering the subject a metalloporphyrin in an amount effective to hydroxylate or oxidize the compound of interest in the subject.

Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one isoflavonoid. Also provided herein are methods of treating cancer, sensitizing cancer cells, and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells by administering such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides heteroaromatic derivatives and pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in modulating the protein kinase activity, especially phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3 kinases) and mTOR, and in modulating inter- and/or intra-cellular signaling activities such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, migration and invasion. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders in mammals, especially humans.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new aminopyrimidine inhibitors of tyrosine kinase activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.