Abstract: Compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds are set forth. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and may be useful in treating those infected with HCV.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for using at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor to decrease cellular DNA repair activity, methods for monitoring the decrease of cellular DNA repair activity using at least one biomarker, methods of treating cancer by using at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor to decrease cellular DNA repair activity in combination therapy, methods of combination therapy where at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor interferes with a DNA repairing mechanism involving RAD51, methods for predicting a induction time period between a first administration of at least one histone deacetylase inhibitor and a second administration of at least one other therapeutic treatment, and pharmaceutical compositions for combination therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to substituted benzofurans, benzothiophenes, and indoles and their use as tubulin polymerization inhibitors.

Abstract: Serotonin reuptake inhibitor compounds which are designed to exert serotonin uptake inhibitory activity in the peripheral system while being devoid of CNS activity, and a process of preparing same are disclosed. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing same and uses thereof in the treatment of medical conditions associated with peripheral serotonin levels and/or activity, and/or platelet aggregation.

Abstract: Methods for modulating eye damage associated with a disease or disorder, and/or damage incident to trauma including but not limited to trauma associated with ocular surgery are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include administering an effective amount of a modulator of a migration inhibitory factor (MIF) polypeptide biological activity to a subject. Also provided are methods for modulating the severity of delaying the onset of and/or inhibiting and/or preventing the development of an ocular disease, and methods for modulating the severity of delaying the onset of and/or inhibiting and/or preventing the development of scarring and/or other consequence of wound healing incident to ocular surgery, as well as modulating the survival, function, and/or differentiation of engrafted cells that can be employed as part of tissue engineering procedures to correct structural, functional, and/or cellular defects of the eye.

Abstract: Methods of using dronedarone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the preparation of a medicament for use in the prevention of cardiovascular hospitalization or of mortality, articles of manufacture and packages related thereto.

Abstract: Provided is a simple, safe, and industrially practical method for producing a pentafluorosulfanylbenzoic acid.

Abstract: This invention relates to cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations comprising (i) a diastereomer or a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I) or (ii) a salt of a diastereomer or of a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I) or (iii) a mixture of two or more salts of a diastereomer or of a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I), a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above as a drug for topical application and/or for the treatment of lipoatrophy; the non-therapeutic use of a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above for the prevention, treatment or reduction of skin aging, especially skin wrinkles; the use of a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above for the production of an orally administered non-pharmaceutical preparation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.

Abstract: Uses of a compound of any of Formulas I-VI as a cytotoxic inhibitor of undifferentiated cells are disclosed herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of any of Formulas I-VI, and methods for identifying a lead candidate for inhibiting undifferentiated cells. Further disclosed are uses of an SCD-1 inhibitor as a cytotoxic inhibitor of undifferentiated cells.

Abstract: A method of increasing the insulin sensitivity of a mammalian cell by contacting the cell with a protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor having the structure:

Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds which modulate cannabinoid receptors are presented. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of using these compounds as modulators of cannabinoid receptors and processes for synthesizing these compounds are also described herein.

Abstract: This invention is based upon the discovery that a mixture of ethyl lactate and isoamyl lactate can be used to improve the penetration of active ingredients in skin care formulations through the outer layers of the stratum corneum and viable epidermis and into the dermis layer of the skin structure. The present invention more specifically discloses a method of rejuvenating skin comprising topically applying a topical formulation to the skin, wherein the topical formulation is comprised of ascorbic acid, an amino acid selected from the group consisting of phenylalanine and tyrosine, a non-toxic zinc salt, carnosic acid, ?-tocopherol, 0.01 weight percent to 20 weight percent of a mixture of ethyl lactate and isoamyl lactate, wherein the weight ratio of the ethyl lactate to the isoamyl lactate is within the range of 1:10 to 20:1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the synthesis of substituted phenoxymethylpropionic acid and related compounds. The compounds are useful for inhibiting the formation of AGEs (Advanced Glycation End Products).

Abstract: A method of treating a subject at risk of or suspected of having Fragile X syndrome or autism spectrum disorder associated with abnormalities of ERK includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one ERK inhibiting compound that prevents abnormalities in neuronal connectivity, a prodrug thereof that is metabolisable to form the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.

Abstract: A method for pharmacological treatment of cancers and other diseases is presented which includes the novel combination of a statin (Hmg-CoA reductase inhibitor, such as lovastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin, cerivastatin, fluvastatin, pravastatin, or newer agents), with an interferon (such as interferon alfa-2b or others) and also including concurrent administration of selenium and calcium. The method disclosed in this invention is useful because it can prove more effective than previously known therapies for certain diseases and because its use may be more tolerable, less disfiguring, and less expensive than other methods. The method here disclosed can be readily reproduced by any person skilled in the art of treating disease.

Abstract: The invention relates to alkylsulfide derivatives compounds of formula I as hereunder depicted or the enantiomers or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof which are useful for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, in particular arthropod pests and nematodes. The invention also relates to methods for controlling invertebrate pests by using these compounds and to plant propagation material and to agricultural and veterinary compositions comprising said compounds. wherein U, R1, R2, R3U, X, n and p are defined as in the description.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, containing, as active principle, a benzofuran derivative having antiarrhythmic activity, in particular dronedarone and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and at least one lipid carrier, said pharmaceutical composition being intended to be used in unit dosage form of the capsule type, in particular with a hard shell. This pharmaceutical composition and the dosage form comprising such a composition aim to limit the meal time effect following oral administration in humans. The lipid carrier allows: the solubilization of the active principle of the invention; and the shielding thereof from the negative effects of pH in the intestinal tract, thereby allowing same to be spared from the meal effect to a significant extent.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition of a tubulin polymerisation inhibitor and an mTOR inhibitor and a method of treating proliferative disease with a combination of a tubulin polymerisation inhibitor and an mTOR inhibitor.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and bipolar disorder. The methods entail administering to a patient diagnosed as having a neuropsychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia bipolar disorder, etc.) or as at risk for a neuropsychiatric disorder a benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, and/or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, in combination with a neuropharmacological agent (e.g., an antipsychotic, an antidepressant, medications for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive impairment, or dementia, etc.) where the benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, is in an amount sufficient to increase the efficacy of the neuropharmacological agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful for treating disorders mediated by acyl coA-diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1), e.g. metabolic disorders. The invention also provides methods of treating such disorders, and compounds and compositions etc. for their treatment.

Abstract: Cinnamic acid-based oligomers and therapeutic uses thereof are provided. The oligomers are used as anti-inflammation agents, inhibitors of elastase and anti-oxidants, and in some cases (e.g. the treatment of lung disorders such as lung cancer) all three activities are simultaneously beneficial. Subsets of the oligomers (e.g. ?-O4 and ?-5 trimers and tetramers) are used as anticoagulants.

Abstract: Methods and agents are provided for treatment of disorders associated with aberrant adrenocortical cell behavior, including (but not limited to) treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) and/or Cushing's syndrome. Such methods involve administration of an agent which exhibits an IC50 value against huACAT1 of less than 10 ?M, and one or more further characteristics including effects on adrenocortical cells, disruption of cholesterol homeostasis, reduction in steroid biosynthesis, reduction of mitochondrial function, and/or preferential binding to by low-density lipoprotein (LDL).

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods useful as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases and other diseases involving elevated levels of cytokines and proinflammatory mediators.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting cytochrome P450 enzymes are provided that can be used for improving the treatment of diseases by preventing degradation of drugs or other molecules by cytochrome P450. Pharmaceutical compositions are provided that can act as boosters to improve the pharmacokinetics, enhance the bioavailability, and enhance the therapeutic effect of drugs that undergo in vivo degradation by cytochrome P450 enzymes.

Abstract: Melatonin Agonist, MA-1, is administered at effective doses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating asthma, the composition containing styraxlignolide A or an aglycone thereof as an active ingredient. More particularly, styraxlignolide A compound is one separated from stems and barks of Styrax japonica, and styraxlignolide A or homoegonol, which is an aglycone of styraxlignolide A and which has improved safety, has the effect of attenuating weight loss and airway hyperresponsiveness, inhibiting the generation of reactive oxygen species in airway, inhibiting generation of IgE, TGF-?1, and IL-17 in the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, inhibiting endobronchial inflammatory cell infiltration, and inhibiting the formation of a mucous plug and subepithelial fibrosis in an asthma-induced mouse model. Therefore, styraxlignolide or homoegonol can be effectively used as the active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating bronchial asthma in which airway remodeling has progressed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R1, LQ and Ar are as defined in the application, which have valuable pharmacological properties, and in particular bind to the GPR119 receptor and modulate its activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aminostyrylbenzofuran compound of Formula (I), and a pharmaceutical composition comprising same. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprising the compound of Formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an isomer, a hydrate, and a solvate thereof as an active ingredient can be useful for the prevention and treatment of degenerative brain diseases caused by accumulation of beta-amyloid.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or having a neurofibromatosis or a sporadic schwannoma. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a modulator of a target related to neurofibromatosis. Also disclosed are screening assays involving the implementation of Merlin-null Schwann cells, and to compounds identified using same.

Abstract: A method for treating a disease characterized by excessive lipofuscin accumulation in the retina of a mammal afflicted therewith comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a transthyretin (TTR) ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of compounds that protect the endothelium, particularly prostacyclin and variants and derivatives thereof in the treatment or prevention of acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) and of patients resuscitating from cardiac arrest. The invention also relates to a method of identifying individuals at risk of developing ATC.

Abstract: Certain compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, described herein and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Methods of treating patients suffering from certain diseases and disorders responsive to the inhibition of KMO activity are described, which comprise administering to such patients an amount of at least one compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, described herein effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder are disclosed. These diseases include neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease.

Abstract: Sulphonamide derivatives of benzylamine of formula (I), wherein A represents phenyl unsubstituted or substituted; or 9- or 10-membered bicyclic group, linked to —(O)x—(CH2)y— through one of its aromatic carbon atoms, consisting of benzene ring fused with -membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N and O, wherein such bicyclic group is unsubstituted or substituted or with 5- or 6-membered non-aromatic heterocyclic ring having 1 or 2 O atoms, wherein heterocyclic ring is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more C1-C3-alkyls; D represents a group selected from: phenyl unsubstituted or substituted; naphthyl unsubstituted or substituted; thiophene unsubstituted or substituted; bicyclic group consisting of imidazolering fused with 5-membered non-aromatic carbocyclic ring; bicyclic group consisting of benzene ring fused with 5-membered heteroaromatic ring, having 1 or 2 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and

Abstract: A compound of formula I, and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts and physiologically hydrolysable derivatives in free form or salt form: wherein either Q1, CR6a and optionally R6b together form a cyclic moiety wherein: Q1 is selected from C1-2 alkylene, C1-2 alkenylene, OC1 alkylene and OC1 alkenylene moieties optionally substituted by oxo; R6a is a single bond and R6b is H; or R6a and R6b together form a double bond; and Q2 and Q3 are independently selected from H, R1 and R2; or Q2 and Q3 together form a cyclic moiety in which one of Q2 and Q3 is a cyclic moiety selected from OC1 alkylene and OC1 alkenylene moieties optionally substituted by oxo or a group R5 as here in below defined for R2 and the other of Q2 and Q3 is a cyclic moiety selected from C1-2 alkylene, C1-2 alkenylene and OC1 alkylene optionally substituted by oxo; R6a and R6b are each H or a cyclic moiety as defined above; and Q1 is selected from H, R1 and R2 and a cyclic moiety as defined above; and R1-4 are H or substituen

Abstract: This invention provides compounds having the structure which may be used for the treatment of tumors.

Abstract: Described herein are combinations of ACK inhibitors and HDAC inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and disorders characterized by the presence or development of solid tumors.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a compound of formula I, as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula I, a method of treatment of a disorder or condition that may be treated by administration of the compound, the method comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above, and a method of treatment of a disorder or condition selected from the group consisting of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis and malaria, the method comprising administering to a mammal, including a human, in need of such treatment a compound of formula I as described above.

Abstract: A first aspect of the invention is an agricultural composition comprising nanoparticles, an agrochemical active ingredient in the nanoparticles, and optionally (but in some embodiments preferably) a carrier for the nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles are viral particles or capsids, particularly plant viral particles or capsids. In some embodiments, the carrier comprises an inert or biodegradable carrier (e.g., a solid carrier) to which the nanoparticles are bound or in which the nanoparticles are suspended. In some embodiments, the carrier comprises inert or biodegradable polymer fibers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.

Abstract: N-hydroxy-4-{2-[3-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)benzofuran-2-ylcarbonylamino]ethoxy}-benzamide of formula (I): or an addition salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base, alone or in association with surgery, chemotherapy or hormone therapy treatment or radiotherapy, for use in the treatment of cancer, characterised in that it is administered for 4 consecutive days, that period being followed by 3 consecutive days without any administration of compound of formula (I), with the proviso that the chemotherapy is not FOLFOX.

Abstract: The present invention relates to multi component composition of dronedarone or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, metabolites, prodrugs or enantiomers thereof and controlled release polymers. The use of multi component composition of Dronedarone would improve the bioavailability and the patient compliance with reduction in number of dosages to be taken per day.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and allelic variants thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds for use in medical therapy, for example in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers or other proliferative conditions, as well as methods for treating cancers or other conditions in human or non-human animal patients. The invention also provides methods for identifying novel compounds for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express CYP1 B1 and allelic variants thereof. The invention also provides a method for determining the efficacy of a compound of the invention in treating cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds from the soft coral and the generation thereof. The invention also relates to the uses of the compounds from the soft coral in inhibiting inducible nitric oxide synthase and/or cyclooxygenase-2 and in treating the diseases associated with inducible nitric oxide synthase and/or cyclooxygenase-2.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are polycyclic derivatives as represented by general formula (I), the preparation method thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives and uses thereof as therapeutic agents, especially the GPR40 agonist and in preparation of drugs for treating diseases such as diabetes and metabolic disorders, etc., wherein each substituent in the general formula (I) has the same definition as in the description.

Abstract: A dronedarone solid dispersion and preparation method thereof are disclosed. The solid dispersion is composed of active ingredient dronedarone or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and a carrier material, wherein the carrier material is povidone, copovidone, hydroxypropyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula 1, and an SIRT 1 activator including, as an active ingredient, derivatives thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also relates to a composition including the SIRT 1 activator for detoxification, for the improvement of metabolic disorders, for the prevention or improvement of eye diseases, or the prevention or improvement of immune diseases.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.