Abstract: Provided are compounds compound according to Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, coordination complex or prodrug thereof: wherein, R1 and R2 are independently selected from (C1-C6) alkyl. The compounds have P2X3 receptor or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist activity and are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders characterized by activation of those receptors.

Abstract: The present invention provides conjugates having a degradable linkage and polymeric reagents useful in preparing such conjugates. The conjugates as well as the polymeric reagents used to form the conjugates include at least one of each the following: an aromatic moiety comprising an ionizable hydrogen atom, a spacer moiety, and a water-soluble polymer. Methods of making polymeric reagents and conjugates, as well as methods for administering conjugates and compositions, are also provided.

Abstract: Tricylic ether carbamates that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing the compounds are describes. Methods of using the disclosed compounds for treating patients infected with HIV are also described.

Abstract: The present invention describes a Composition, comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a) compound (I) which is ethacrynic acid bezafibrate, fenofibrate, and/or griseofulvin, b) compound (II), which is ciclopirox ciclopirox olamine, octopirox, and/or cinnarizine, c) mixtures of compound (I) and compound (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof for the treatment of cancer. The present invention is further directed to the use of said compounds or a mixture of compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cancer and to the use of said compound in a method for treating cancers in animals and humans.

Abstract: The present specification provides compositions comprising a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and/or a cancer therapeutic autophagy inducing compound, pharmaceutical kits comprising these compositions, and methods of treating cancer using such compounds, compositions and kits. Additionally, the present specification provides methods of treating cancer using a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and a radiotherapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, which has a superior peripheral blood lymphocyte decreasing action, and is useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of autoimmune diseases; prophylaxis or suppression of resistance or acute rejection or chronic rejection of transplantation of organ or tissue; treatment or prophylaxis of graft-versus-host (GvH) disease due to bone marrow transplantation; or treatment or prophylaxis of allergic diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel xanthone derivative compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is useful as a chemosensitizer that reduces anticancer drug resistance.

Abstract: Compounds that may be used to inhibit Notum Pectinacetylesterase are described, as well as compositions comprising them, and methods of their use to treat diseases and disorders affecting bone.

Abstract: Tricylic ether carbamates that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing the compounds are describes. Methods of using the disclosed compounds for treating patients infected with HIV are also described.

Abstract: Described are a compound of formula (II) or (III): The compounds are effective in the treatment of disease, including a tauopathy condition or a disease of tau protein aggregation.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of cardiac diseases, containing (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of new and known dithiine derivatives for controlling unwanted microorganisms, more particularly phytopathogenic fungi, in crop protection, in the household and hygiene sector and in the protection of materials, and also to new dithiine derivatives, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to crop protection compositions comprising these new dithiine derivatives.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having photoremovable protecting groups which are removed after the compounds absorbs light of a given wavelength and undergo an electrocyclic reaction between a chromophore in the compound attached via an anilide to a benzothiophene ring.

Abstract: The present specification provides compositions comprising a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and/or a cancer therapeutic autophagy inducing compound, pharmaceutical kits comprising these compositions, and methods of treating cancer using such compounds, compositions and kits. Additionally, the present specification provides methods of treating cancer using a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and a radiotherapy.

Abstract: A process for making cross-linked polysaccharide gels, particularly cross-linked hyaluronic acid gels, under basic conditions. The resulting gels possess improved degradation characteristics, and are useful in a variety of medical and cosmetic applications.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to articles of manufacture and methods of making such articles having utility for the delivery of cannabinoids as a therapeutic. One embodiment of the present invention directed to the article of manufacture comprises a lyophilized particle or sphere having a diameter of about 100 to 500 nanometers having a shell and comprising a biodegradable polymer containing a cannabinoid. A featured cannabinoid is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC).

Abstract: Pyrandione, thiopyrandione and cyclohexanetrione derivatives of formula (I), which are suitable for use as herbicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcarbonyl and heteroarylcarbonyl anthranilate compounds that may be useful as anti-fibrotic agents. The present invention also relates to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment disorders.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of kidney diseases, containing (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formulae 1 or 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Tricylic ether carbamates that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing the compounds are described. Methods of using the disclosed compounds for treating patients infected with HIV are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of one or more compounds selected from the following classes of biologically active agents: an a-adrenergic antagonist, an anthelmintic agent, an antifungal agent, an antimalarial agent, an antineoplastic agent, an antipsychotic agent, an antioxidant, a vasodilator and/or a vitamin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, for use in the treatment of a microbial infection and in particular for killing multiplying, non-multiplying and/or clinically latent microorganisms associated with such an infection.

Abstract: The present specification provides compositions comprising a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and/or a cancer therapeutic autophagy inducing compound, pharmaceutical kits comprising these compositions, and methods of treating cancer using such compounds, compositions and kits. Additionally, the present specification provides methods of treating cancer using a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and a radiotherapy.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for preventing and/or treating diseases involving aberrant angiogenesis employing one or more benzo[c]chromen-6-one derivatives.

Abstract: Tricylic ether carbamates that inhibit HIV proteolytic enzymes and processes for preparing the compounds are describes. Methods of using the disclosed compounds for treating patients infected with HIV are also described.

Abstract: A thioxanthone ring system derivative compound is provided. The thioxanthone ring system derivative compound is represented by a formula (I): wherein X is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of halogens, wherein R1 is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of sulfur and sulfur dioxide, wherein R2 is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of C1˜C10 alkyl group, C3˜C10 branched alkyl group, C3˜C10 cyclic alkyl group, phenyl group, phenyl alkyl group, and wherein hydrogen of phenyl group can be partially substituted by halogens, alkoxyl group, C1˜C10 alkyl group, nitro group or amine group.

Abstract: Spirocyclic cyclohexane compounds corresponding to formula I In which R1, R2, R3 and R5 through R10 and X have defined meanings, a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and the use of such spirocyclic cyclohexane compounds in the treatment and/or inhibition of pain and other conditions mediated by the ORL-1 or the ?-opioid receptor.

Abstract: A method of treatment for the prevention or therapy of a protein aggregation disease includes the administration in combination of a first active medicament and a second active medicament, wherein the first active medicament is active to impede aggregation of amyloid protein and the second active medicament is active to disaggregate previously formed aggregates of amyloid protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-cancer therapeutics. In certain aspects, cancers are treated with a combination of an anti-EGFR agent and an agent that increases the activity of the KLF6 tumor suppressor gene and/or an agent that increases activity of the FOXO1 tumor suppressor gene. In a preferred aspect, the anti-EGFR agent erlotinib a tricyclic agent compound, are used in combination to treat non-small cell lung cancer in a patient with primary or acquired drug resistance to erlotinib, and wherein the tricyclic agent is administered in an amount that does not lead to a substantial central nervous system effect. In additional aspects, the invention relates to compositions and kits useful for treating cancers, methods for screening for compounds that enhance the activity of anti-EGFR agent, and methods for determining whether a patient will respond to anti-EGFR therapy.

Abstract: Compounds that may be used to inhibit Notum Pectinacetylesterase are described, as well as compositions comprising them, and methods of their use to treat diseases and disorders affecting bone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating or preventing hearing loss comprising naphthoquinone-based compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcarbonyl and heteroarylcarbonyl anthranilate compounds that may be useful as anti-fibrotic agents. The present invention also relates to methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and uses of these compounds in the treatment disorders.

Abstract: Provided are methods of determining whether a compound is an inhibitor of an S100 protein. The methods utilize a biosensor that comprises the S100 protein that has a covalently bound fluorescent dye at an amino acid residue of the S100 protein that becomes less exposed to the aqueous solution upon activation of the S100 protein, where the fluorescent dye has decreased fluorescence when exposed to the aqueous solution than when protected from exposure to the aqueous solution. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having metastatic cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel xanthone derivative compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is useful as a chemosensitizer that reduces anticancer drug resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain tricyclic derivatives which are capable of inhibiting histone deacetylases. The compounds of this invention are therefore useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal histone deacetylase activities. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of preparing these compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of erectile dysfunction, comprising (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a diluent or an excipient, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Provided are chalcogenoxanthylium compounds which can effectively be used as sensitizers in photodynamic therapy, virucides in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy and reversal agents of Pgp function in cancer cells. Further provided is a general method for the preparation of chalcogenoxanthylium compounds.

Abstract: A thioxanthone ring system derivative compound is provided. The thioxanthone ring system derivative compound is represented by a formula (I): wherein X is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of halogens, wherein R1 is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of sulfur and sulfur dioxide, wherein R2 is a substituent being one selected from a group consisting of C1˜C10 alkyl group, C3˜C10 branched alkyl group, C3˜C10 cyclic alkyl group, phenyl group, phenyl alkyl group, and wherein hydrogen of phenyl group can be partially substituted by halogens, alkoxyl group, C1˜C10 alkyl group, nitro group or amine group.

Abstract: This invention pertains generally to processes, uses, methods and materials utilising particular xanthylium compounds, including compounds of formula (I) and (II), as further defined herein. These compounds are useful as drugs, for example, in the treatment of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds that inhibit protein kinases, prodrugs of the compounds, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and/or prodrugs, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and/or prodrugs and methods of using the compounds and/or prodrugs in a variety of contexts, including, for example, in the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases that are responsive to protein kinase inhibition and/or that are mediated, at least in part, by inappropriate kinase activity.

Abstract: The present specification provides compositions comprising a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and/or a cancer therapeutic autophagy inducing compound, pharmaceutical kits comprising these compositions, and methods of treating cancer using such compounds, compositions and kits. Additionally, the present specification provides methods of treating cancer using a thioxanthone-based autophagy inhibitor and a radiotherapy.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods of using such compositions for inhibiting matrix metalloproteinase activity in dental tissue. The compositions, methods and uses may prevent degradation of the bonding between restorative materials and dental tissues, thereby increasing durability and longevity of the restorative material-dental tissue bonds. For example, the compositions, methods, and uses of the present invention may be used for treating carious dental tissue such as by the creation of dental fillings, crowns, bridges, among other techniques, as well as the creation of esthetic laminate restorations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzochromene derivatives of the formula I where the various parameters have the meaning indicated in the text, and to liquid-crystal media which comprise these compounds, and to the use of the media in electro-optical displays, in particular in TN, OCB, LCOS and/or IPS-LCDs, and to the use of the compounds and physiologically acceptable derivatives thereof as therapeutic active ingredients.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, this invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer or any condition caused by dysfunctional cells, side effects from treatments for cancer or any condition caused by dysfunctional cells, e.g., mucositis therapies (e.g., for oral mucositis; digestive mucositis; esophageal mucositis; intestinal mucositis). In alternative embodiments, the invention provides cytoprotection products that may be used either alone or in combination with other medical therapies such as cancer chemotherapies and radiation therapies.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of cardiac diseases, containing (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and prevention of kidney diseases, containing (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formulae 1 or 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis and/or treatment of infections and/or infectious diseases occurring in cystic fibrosis includes at least one antidepressant; at least one dispersant; and at least one pharmaceutically tolerable carrier material.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of restenosis including (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a particular compound represented by Formula 1 and 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, solvate or isomer thereof, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a diluent or an excipient, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a naphthoquinone-based compound represented by Formula 1 or 2 having therapeutic effect on the treatment and/or prevention of prostate and/or testicle (seminal glands)-related diseases, and to a pharmaceutical composition of intestinal delivery system containing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of erectile dysfunction, comprising (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by Formula 1 or 2, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a diluent or an excipient, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a quickly decomposing oral drug preparation, for the application of active ingredient combinations for smoking withdrawal, which contains nicotine, a nicotine salt, a nicotine derivative, or a substance that reacts to nicotine, in combination with another active ingredient, and the use of such a drug preparation for the treatment of smoking withdrawal, and the use of nicotine, and/or nicotine salts or derivatives, for the production of medications for the treatment of smoking withdrawal. The active ingredient that is to be administered, in combination, for this purpose is a centrally active ingredient, preferably an antidepressant for the fighting of psychic dependency in terms of a smoking withdrawal therapy. The administration of the active ingredient combination to the patient should be handled in a simple and reliable way and should exclude side effects to a large extent.