Abstract: Provided are a patch and a patch preparation having an adhesive layer on at least one surface of a support, and particularly, a patch and a patch preparation superior in skin adhesive force, and causing less adhesive residue on the skin surface. A patch having a support and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains an elastomer obtained by crosslinking a polymer having a butadiene skeleton in the presence of an organic peroxide, and the ratio of the weight of a toluene-insoluble component in the adhesive layer to the total weight of the adhesive layer is 5-32 wt %.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of inhibitors of ?-catenin expression or activity or modulators downregulating ?-catenin expression or activity for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases or disorders and their use in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and disorders, such as heart failure syndrome. The use of those agents resulted in particular in cardiomyocyte differentiation of endogenous cardiac stem cells.

Abstract: Disclosed is an external preparation composition having good transdermal absorbability. An external preparation composition having excellent transdermal absorbability can be produced by dissolving a medicinal substance or a salt thereof in a fatty acid-based ionic liquid to form a composite ionic composition of the medicinal substance. The external preparation composition can be used as a liquid preparation, an ointment, a cream, a plaster or the like, and enables to provide a preparation having excellent transdermal absorbability.

Abstract: A composition for oral cavity and skin which contains an antibacterial agent and does not have adverse side effects due to steroids, is provided. The composition contains 0.01 to 4.5% by mass of at least one selected from the group consisting of an antibacterial agent, an antiviral agent, an anti-HIV agent, a non-nucleic acid-based reverse transcriptase inhibitor, an anticancer agent for external use and a disinfectant; 0.01 to 4.5% by mass of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent; 0.001 to 4.5% by mass of a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent; and 0.001 to 10% by mass of a highly water-absorbent polymer or a cellulose derivative.

Abstract: Described is a layered or segmented controlled release pharmaceutical tablet adapted for separating one segment from another by breaking through a segment.

Abstract: Provided are methods, test devices, and diagnostic kits for predicting, assessing, and diagnosing the risk of a disease using salivary analysis. The methods comprise providing a whole (unfractionated) saliva sample from a subject; contacting an aliquot of the saliva with two or more lectins under conditions that allow the two or more lectins to bind to a lectin-binding component of the saliva; detecting the amount of bound lectin; and comparing the amount of bound lectin to the amount known to bind a saliva sample from a control patient, to predict the risk of a disease in the subject. Also provided are methods for reducing the risk of a disease and a method for assessing the risk of the disease at a defined level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic drug for a myeloma tumor and osteoclastic bone loss associating therewith, the drug containing as an active ingredient an osteopontin-production regulator or inhibitor; a screening method for a preventive or therapeutic drug for a myeloma tumor, characterized by determining osteopontin production regulatory or inhibitory effect; as well as a diagnostic kit for a myeloma tumor, characterized by including a reagent for measuring blood osteopontin level, and a diagnostic method.

Abstract: Use of a composition for treating Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, McArdle disease, or a carbohydrate metabolism disorder, or for reducing aging or fatigue. The composition includes a first agent selected from the group consisting of an oxidative phosphorylation inhibitor, an ionophore, and an adenosine 5?-monophosphate-activated protein kinase activator; a second agent that possesses anti-inflammatory activity; and a third agent that possesses serotonin activity.

Abstract: Diacyl lipid-polymer conjugates are used to enhance the solubility of lipophilic drugs in aqueous solution. The conjugates comprise a backbone, two lipophilic acyl groups and a hydrophilic polymer.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the continuous treatment of an emulsion and/or a micro-emulsion assisted by an “expanded liquid” for the production of micro- and/or nano-particles or micro- and/or nano-spheres containing one or more active ingredients. In particular, a liquid solvent expanded by compressed or supercritical CO2 is contacted with an O/W emulsion, or alternatively a W/O emulsion or multiple emulsions, formed by an external phase that is itself a liquid expanded by compressed CO2. The expanded liquid forms a solution with the dispersed phase of the emulsion and extracts it inducing the formation of the desired particles of the dissolved compounds. The process is carried out in a counter-current packed column wherein the expanded emulsion is fed from the top, while the expanded liquid is fed from the bottom. Thanks to the presence of the expanded liquid, any deposition of the solid particles produced on the packing elements is avoided, thus preventing any column blockage.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the fields of pharmacology, medicine and medicinal chemistry, and provides methods and compositions for treating sexual dysfunction; more particularly, the invention relates to treatment of premature ejaculation in humans.

Abstract: A novel pharmaceutical composition is provided by which nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are added directly to phospholipid-containing oil such as lecithin oils or to a bio-compatible oil to which an phospholipid has been added to make a NSAID-containing formulation that possess low gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity and enhanced therapeutic activity to treat or prevent inflammation, pain, fever, platelet aggregation, tissue ulcerations and/or other tissue disorders. The composition of the invention are in the form of a non-aqueous solution, paste, suspension, dispersion, colloidal suspension or in the form of an aqueous emulsion or microemulsion for internal, oral, direct or topical administration.

Abstract: Topical alcoholic gel compositions are disclosed that are useful for delivering therapeutic levels of an NSAID to target in and below the skin. The compositions comprise a topically active drug, an alcoholic solvent, a polymeric thickener, and optionally a keratolytic agent. In one embodiment, excellent viscosity for dermal application is attained without the need of a step for neutralizing the pH of the composition. Alcoholic and alcohol-free topical compositions comprising an NSAID prodrug are also disclosed. The compositions are particularly useful for the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae.

Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) having improved anti-inflammatory properties useful in the treatment of inflammation, pain and fever. More particularly, NSAIDs are derivatized with a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) releasing moiety to produce novel anti-inflammatory compounds having reduced side effects.

Abstract: Compounds selected from: where DRUG-OH, DRUG-COOH and DRUG-NH2 are biologically active compounds; each X is independently selected from —CH2COO— (glycolic acid moiety), —CH(CH3)COO— (lactic acid moiety), —CH2CH2OCH2COO— (dioxanone moiety), —CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COO— (caprolactone moiety), —(CH2)yCOO—, where y is 2-4 or 6-24 and —(CH2CH2O)zCH2COO—, where z is 2-24; each Y is independently selected from —COCH2O— (glycolic ester moiety), —COCH(CH3)O— (lactic ester moiety), —COCH2OCH2CH2O— (dioxanone ester moiety), —COCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O— (caprolactone ester moiety), —CO(CH2)mO—, where m is 2-4 or 6-24 and —COCH2O(CH2CH2O)n— where n is between 2-24; R? is hydrogen, benzyl or an alkyl group, the alkyl group being either straight-chained or branched; and p is 1-6. Multi-functional compounds and drug dimers, oligomers and polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a synergistic combination for preventing the onset and/or progression of dementia or Alzheimer's disease in individuals at increased risk thereof for example because of family history, genetic factors, and/or environmental factors. This combination comprises synergistically effective amounts of vitamin C, vitamin E, DHA and at least one NSAID such as ibuprofen.

Abstract: Provided is a method of treating a patient having an inflammatory disease by using a compound which inhibits the ABCC4-mediated release of leukotrienes, a medicament containing such compound and methods for screening such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of estrogen-dependent hyperproliferative uterine disorders including endometriosis, uterine fibroids, endometrial hyperplasia, uterine cancer, and their related symptoms by intravaginally administering at least two active agents selected from an aromatase inhibitor, an antiinflammatory agent, and a uterine-selective estrogen receptor antagonist. This combination therapy reduces local estrogen production, blocks local estrogen action, and suppresses inflammation locally, resulting in starvation of the estrogen-dependent diseased tissues, relief of related symptoms, and retardation of disease progression. Intravaginal delivery maximizes local inhibition of estrogen production without significantly affecting systemic circulating estrogen levels. This results in enhanced clinical efficacy and reduced side effects.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein: R1 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl group, R2 represents a linear or branched (C1-C6)alkyl group, and n represents from 1 to 6.

Abstract: A combination comprising (a) at least one 6-dimethylaminomethyl-1-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-cyclohexane-1,3-diol component, and (b) at least one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) component; a pharmaceutical composition and a dosage form comprising such as combination, and a method of treating pain and/or ostheoarthritis in a mammal characterized in that components (a) and (b) are administered simultaneously or sequentially to said mammal, in which component (a) may be administered before or after component (b), and in which components (a) or (b) are administered to the mammal either via the same or a different pathway of administration.

Abstract: A process for producing a solubilized non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) the process comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising solid NSAID and a first base which is selected from the group of bases which have a pH of at least 11 as 0.1 molar aqueous solution or dispersion, and reacting the NSAID and the first base in essentially dry state, solubilized NSAID obtainable by this process and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.

Abstract: The invention provides a salt, particularly an ionic liquid, of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) comprising a carboxylic acid and an organic amine compound, as well as a method of producing such a salt.

Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition for external application, an adhesive skin patch and others which are improved in a drug release property, transdermal absorbability and stability of a pharmacologically active ingredient contained therein and can reduce the aggravation of irritation to the skin. Specifically disclosed is an adhesive skin patch comprising a support and an adhesive layer laminated on the support, wherein the adhesive layer contains a pharmaceutical composition for external application. The pharmaceutical composition for external application comprises a pharmacologically active ingredient, an auxiliary component and a pyrrolidone compound, wherein one of the pharmacologically active ingredient and the auxiliary component has a carboxylate group in the molecule and the other has a hydroxy group in the molecule. Preferably, the adhesive layer further comprises a hydrogenated oil.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and for induction of diuretic effect.

Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and methods for modulating hematopoietic stem cell populations by using HCS modulators, which are agents that either increase HSC numbers or decrease HSC numbers as desired by a particular indication. For example, HSC modulators found to increase HSC numbers include prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and agents that stimulate the PGE2 pathway. Conversely, HSC modulators that prevent PGE2 synthesis decrease HSC numbers. HCS modulators may be used in vitro, in vivo, or ex vivo.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide means to treat breast cancer and/or mastitis by topically administering a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent and allowing them efficiently to arrive into the mammary gland. The present invention provides an iontophoretic preparation for treating breast cancer and/or mastitis which contains a non-steroidal antiinflammatory analgetic agent and/or an anticancer agent as an active ingredient and has a donor to be applied on a nipple part for topical administration of the active ingredient from the nipple part to the mammary gland by application of electric potential.

Abstract: A formulation for the delivery of an anti-inflammatory agent to a subject is described. In one particular application of the invention, the formulation comprises oil-based or aqueous droplets comprising indomethacin (1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1-H-indole-3-acetic acid) or celecoxib (4-[5-(4-methylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl) pyrazol-1-yl] benzenesulfonamide) stabilised by nanoparticles, particularly silica nanoparticles.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive patch composed of an adhesive base agent and a supporting body wherein the adhesive base agent contains 3-30% by mass of a low-molecular-weight polyisobutylene and aluminum hydroxide and/or titanium oxide but not substantially containing water. Also disclosed is a skin irritation reducing agent used therefore. Further disclosed is an adhesive patch composed of a supporting body and an adhesive base agent which contains a thermoplastic rubber and a low-molecule-weight polyisobutylene but not substantially containing water. This adhesive patch is characterized in that the adhesive base agent further contains aluminum hydroxide and/or titanium oxide. Also disclosed is a skin irritation reducing agent used for such an adhesive patch.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to co-administration of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) and acid blocking agent for the treatment of pain and inflammation with reduced gastrointestinal irritation. A pharmaceutical composition suitable for the co-administration contains a therapeutically effective amount of at least one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, and a therapeutically effective amount of at least one acid blocking agent. A ratio of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent to acid blocking agent in the composition is within a range that provides greater pain relief and reduction of inflammation with less gastrointestinal irritation than that obtainable by the administration of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent or acid blocking agent alone. Examples of pharmaceutical compositions for co-administration of the agents are those containing ibuprofen and ranitidine (“ibudine”), as well as naproxen and ranitidine (“naprodine”).

Abstract: An apparatus and system for delivering a lipophilic agent associated with a medical device including: a medical device, a first lipophilic agent capable of penetrating a body lumen, wherein the transfer coefficients of the first lipophilic agent is by an amount that is statistically significant of at least approximately 5,000, wherein the first lipophilic agent is associated with the medical device, wherein the first lipophilic agent/medical device is placed adjacent to said body lumen, and wherein a therapeutically effective amount of the first lipophilic agent is delivered to a desired area within a subject. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for improving patency in a subject involving placement of a medical device in a body lumen for treating and/or preventing adjacent diseases or maintaining patency of the body lumen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oligodeoxynucleotides that suppress an immune response. Methods are disclosed for preventing or treating an immune-mediated disorder, such as, but not limited to, an autoimmune disease, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide. Also disclosed are methods of suppressing an immune response in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a suppressive oligodeoxynucleotide.

Abstract: This invention provides compounds which specifically inhibit TRPA1 but not other members of the thermoTRP ion channel family. Also provided in the invention are methods of using TRPA1-specific inhibitors to treat or alleviate pains mediated by noxious mechanosensation.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an indomethacin external preparation that has an excellent use feeling and excellent absorbability and causes no phase separation into an oil layer and an aqueous layer, thus exhibiting satisfactory stability of preparation with time. Provided is an indomethacin external preparation containing: 0.1 to 3 wt % of indomethacin; 25 to 50 wt % of alcohol; 0.01 to 5 wt % of gelling agent; 5 to 30 wt % of oil component; 20 to 50 wt % of water; and 0.01 to 10 wt % of one or more components selected from the group consisting of glyceryl monostearate, sorbitan monostearate, stearyl alcohol, and polyethylene glycol monostearate.

Abstract: Pharmaceutically active salts and esters of 1-dimethylamino-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpentan-3-ol and 3-(3-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-1-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-phenol, and methods of using the same for treating or inhibiting increased urinary urgency or urinary incontinence and/or pain.

Abstract: The present invention provides an indomethacin-containing external liquid preparation which provides good feeling of use, which exhibits high percutaneous absorption of indomethacin, and which, particularly in a low-temperature environment, does not cause precipitation of crystals with time. The present invention is drawn to an external liquid preparation containing indomethacin, a lower alcohol, water, a sulfite, and polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 3,000 to 15,000.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intermolecular association complex of formula (I) of an amphiphilic carrier and of an active principle Z-Y, in which; S, X n, R1, R2, R3, Y, Z are as defined in the description.

Abstract: The invention relates to spherical particles formed by polymer chains containing approximately from 30 to 10000 monomer units derived from monocyclic polycyclic alkene polymerization, wherein at least one monomer unit is substituted by an R chain including ethylene polyoxide which is optionally covalently linked to the polymer units through a hydrolyzable bridge and substituted by a reactive function, optionally engaged in a link with an active principle or a biological molecule such as protein, wherein the chain R is covalently linked to the monomer units. The use of the inventive spherical particles for preparing pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions or surface coatings is also disclosed.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides derivatives of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are characterized by substantially reduced cyclooxygenase inhibiting activity, yet retain the ability to interact with and modulate the activities of other polypeptides such as the class of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPARs) and ?-secretase. Also provided are methods of using the derivatives to treat pathological disorders.

Abstract: The invention describes novel formulations of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) based on complex aggregates with at least three amphipatic components suspended in a suitable, e.g. pharmaceutically acceptable, polar liquid medium. A suitably ionised NSAID is one of the two, amongst said three, components that tends to destabilise lipid membranes, the other system component with such activity being typically a surfactant. In contrast, the remaining amongst said at least three amphipatic components typically forms a stable lipid membrane on it's own. An essential characteristics of the resulting, relatively large, aggregates is an improved ability to penetrate pores, in a semi-permeable barrier, at least 30%, and often much smaller than the average diameter of the complex aggregate. This enables said aggregates to mediate NSAID transport through semi-permeable barriers including mammalian skin.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a composition, comprising, in amounts effective to treat sulfur mustard or half sulfur mustard induced toxicity or skin damage: an agent that inhibits alkylation of —SH and >NH protein groups; an agent that reduces —SS— to SH; a scavenger of reactive oxygen species; a substrate that maintains tissue reduction-oxidation status; an agent that protects against invading inflammatory cells and associated oxidative stress; an antagonist of prostaglandin synthesis; and an agent that induces tissue regeneration. Methods of using the composition are also provided.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides derivatives of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are characterized by substantially reduced cyclooxygenase inhibiting activity, yet retain the ability to interact with and modulate the activities of other polypeptides such as the class of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors (PPARs) and ?-secretase. Also provided are methods of using the derivatives to treat pathological disorders.

Abstract: A container suitable for the preparation, storage and dispensing of compounded suppositories is provided. Methods of preparing, storing and dispensing compounded suppositories utilizing such a container and related kits are also provided.

Abstract: Oil-in-water emulsion comprising a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a quaternary ammonium halide useful for the prevention and treatment of inflammation in the eye, and process for manufacturing thereof.

Abstract: The invention in question is a novel pharmaceutical formulation that comprises a one percent weight by volume Paracetamol in a phosphate buffer adjusted to pH 7.4 by addition of few drops of 1.0 N NaOH. The concentrations of the ingredients were chosen such that the resulting solution is isotonic with body fluids. Said concentrations were theoretically calculated based on their sodium chloride equivalents. The formulation is meant to be used as a nasal spray.

Abstract: Provided are nanoparticles prepared by the aggregation of cucurbituril derivatives and having a particle size of 1 to 1,000 nm, a pharmaceutical composition in which a pharmaceutically active substance is loaded into the nanoparticles, and preparation methods thereof.

Abstract: This patent describes a method and materials to treat cancer diagnosed at an early stage, particularly breast cancer. It considers that metastatic breast cancer growth includes periods of dormancy, that surgery to remove a primary tumor can induce metastatic growth, and that women with Down Syndrome rarely get breast cancer. It elevates the level of an antiangiogenic drug produced by chromosome 21 preferably Endostatin in plasma preferably at least one day prior to surgery and kept at that high level preferably indefinitely. The therapy specifically excludes drugs that significantly inhibit the VEGF pathway since that is important for wound healing. This method will prevent results of surgery from stimulating tumor growth and angiogenesis of micrometastatic disease that is much easier to prevent than control after the fact. This can be done indefinitely since there is no acquired resistance that develops, as happens in most cancer therapies.

Abstract: The present invention provides surface-stabilized amorphous pharmaceuticals comprising an amorphous pharmaceutical substrate coated with a biocompatible immobilizing material. Amorphous pharmaceutical substrates that are prone to surface enhanced crystallization benefit from the present coatings. The coated amorphous pharmaceuticals of the present invention maintain their amorphous state and, therefore, their solubility over extended periods of time, relative to uncoated pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for treating a wide range of inflammatory disorders by administering a tetracycline compound together with an effective inhibitor of tetracycline absorption, such as polyvalent metals. Pharmaceutical compositions used in that method are also taught.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutically active composition or pharmaceutical form of administering that contains at least one of the active ingredients indomethacin or acemetacin and optionally other adjuvants, the composition containing the active ingredient, or a mixture of the active ingredients, in micronized form, preferably mixed with at least one flavonoid derivative or a polypeptide or with a mixture of such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.