Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pharmaceutical formulation of pirfenidone having an advantageous therapeutic effect, particularly, a pharmaceutical formulation of pirfenidone that can induce and sustain a desired pharmacokinetic response, and to provide a method for treating fibrotic conditions and other cytokine-mediated disorders by using the formulation.SOLUTION: A capsule including a pharmaceutical formulation of 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone (pirfenidone) is provided, which comprises 5 to 30 wt.% of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and 70 to 95 wt.% of pirfenidone.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide safe and effective drugs to treat various inflammatory conditions and/or fibrotic conditions such as inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis and/or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.SOLUTION: Disclosed are methods of modulating a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system with an active compound, wherein the active compound exhibits low potency for inhibition of at least one p38 MAPK; and wherein the contacting is conducted at a SAPK-modulating concentration that is at a low percentage inhibitory concentration for inhibition of the at least one p38 MAPK by the compound. Also disclosed are derivatives of pirfenidone. These derivatives can modulate a stress activated protein kinase (SAPK) system.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for reducing adverse events associated with pirfenidone therapy.SOLUTION: The invention relates to methods of decreasing adverse events in a patient receiving pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone) therapy. For example, a method of reducing adverse events in a patient receiving pirfenidone therapy comprises administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition with food, wherein the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of pirfenidone, and wherein the administering comprises providing greater than 1,800 mg/day of pirfenidone to the patient.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, its synthesizing method, its composition and a treating method using it. SOLUTION: There are provided compounds of general formulas I-IX as well as compositions including pharmaceutical compositions containing a subject compound. There are further provided treatment methods including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of the subject compound or composition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pharmaceutical formulation of pirfenidone with advantageous therapeutic effect, particularly, a pharmaceutical formulation of pirfenidone which can induce and sustain a desirable pharmacokinetic response; and to also provide a method for treating a fibrotic condition and other cytokine-mediated disorder using the above formulation.SOLUTION: The invention provides a capsule having a pharmaceutical formulation of 5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone (pirfenidone), wherein the pharmaceutical formulation comprises 5 to 30 mass% of pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and 70 to 95 mass% of pirfenidone.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide synthetic CXCR3 ligands, including consensus CXCR3 ligands and hybrid CXCR3 ligands, and compositions comprising the ligands. SOLUTION: The present invention provides the consensus CXCR3 ligands including sub-sequences of naturally-occurring CXCR3 ligands in order selected from IP-10, I-TAC, and Mig, hybrid synthetic CXCR3 ligands, and compositions including the ligands. The present invention provides: polynucleotides encoding the synthetic CXCR3 ligands; expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides; and host cells comprising the polynucleotides. The present invention also provides methods of treating fibrotic disorders, including administrating an effective amount of the synthetic CXCR3 ligands; methods of treating angiogenic disorders; methods of treating cancer; and methods of treating bacterial infections. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for involving an avoidance of harmful drug interactions between fluvoxamine and pirfenidone or some other moderate-to-powerful inhibitor of CYP enzyme.SOLUTION: Provided are improved use and method for administrating pirfenidone to a patient generally requiring a pirfenidone therapy, and a method for preparing or wrapping piefenidone formulations, container, package, and kit.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound for treating a hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a synthesis process, composition and method thereof.SOLUTION: The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds of general formulae (Ia) and (Ib) having an inhibiting action of hepatitis C virus replication, and compositions including pharmaceutical compositions including a subject compound. The present invention further provides treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis. The methods generally include administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of subject compound or composition. In the formulae, R, Rand Rshow H or the like, Rshows OH or the like, and Rshows phenyl or the like.