Abstract:
The present invention is directed to novel compounds, methods of manufacture and methods of use. The present invention is also directed to solid drug/active agent particles having one or more of the compounds of the present invention associated with the surface thereof. The compounds of the present invention are comprised of a non-polar polyether covalently linked to an anionic sulfonate group. The compounds have an amphipathic quality and preferably, are surface active. Such compounds are preferably useful as surface-active agents to coat and stabilize dispersions of particles in a continuous liquid medium. These surface-active agents may be applied in the stabilization of suspensions, emulsions, or liposome formulations intended for pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, or agricultural use. The particles that can be prepared by a variety of methods and will preferably comprise a pharmaceutical agent. Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be used to treat amyriad of conditions and can be administered by many routes, including intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intrathecal, subdural, intracameral, intracerebral, intralesional, topical, oral, buccal, rectal, pulmonary, and nasal.
Abstract:
The disclosure describes apparatuses and methods of use thai may be used to remove material with magnetic properties from compositions, particularly pharmaceutical compositions. The apparatuses provide a conduit or column in which a magnetic field exists and through which a composition flows. Magnetic material in the composition is substantially reduced after flowing through the conduit or column.
Abstract:
The present invention is concerned with a method of preparing and delivering small particles of a pharmaceutically active material to a mammalian subject for treating diseases or disorders. A preferred embodiment entails: (i) the collection of tissue cells from an animal donor, (ii) selective or non-selective growth of these cells in a cell culture medium to which is added solid particles of a therapeutically active compound, mostly free of a drug carrier (about 10% or less, by weight), and having an average particle size of less than about 100 microns, (iii) contacting the cells in the cell culture medium with the solid particles of therapeutically active compound causing the particles to be taken up by the cells into either the intracellular compartment of the cultured cells, attachment of the active compound as particles to the periphery of such cells, or a combination of intracellular uptake and attachment to the cell surface, (iv) optionally, isolation and/or resuspension of the cells prepared in steps i through iii, (v) administering the cells to the mammalian subject. The pharmaceutically active material can be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intradermally, intra-articularly, intrathecally, epidurally, intracerebrally, via buccal route, rectally, topically, transdermally, orally, intranasally, via pulmonary route, intraperitoneally, or combinations threof. After administration, the loaded cells transport the pharmaceutical composition as particles.
Abstract:
The present invention provides compositions comprising dispersions of anti-retroviral agents and methods of manufacture. The nanosuspensions are made by the process of microprecipitation and energy addition. Preferably, the nanosuspensions are made by the tandem process of microprecipitation-homogenization.
Abstract:
The present invention is concerned with delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a tissue target of a mammalian subject for treating brain diseases or disorders. The process includes the steps of: (i) providing a dispersion of the pharmaceutical composition as particles having an average particle size of from about 150 nm to about 100 microns, and (ii) administering the dispersion to the mammalian subject for delivery to the tissue target of a portion of the pharmaceutical composition by cells capable of reaching the tissue target. The dispersion of the pharmaceutical composition as particles, for example, can be phagocytised or adsorbed by the cells prior or subsequent to administration into the mammalian subject. The dispersion of the pharmaceutical composition can be administered to the central nervous system or the vascular system. After administration, the loaded cells transport the pharmaceutical composition as particles into the tissue target.
Abstract:
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising particles of lipoxygenase inhibitor compounds having an effective average size of from about 10 nm to about 50 microns are provided. More particularly, pharmaceutical compositions of particle of a 5 -lipoxygenase inhibitor compound having an effective average size of from about 50 nm to about 5 microns are provided. The pharmaceutical compositions are in the form of aqueous suspensions with the particle of the 5-lipoxygenase-inhibitor compound present in concentrations of from about 5 to about 200 mg/ml. In addition, methods for making such pharmaceutical compositions are provided. In particular, microprecipitation and direct homogenization in the presence of at least one surfactant are disclosed for making the pharmaceutical compositions.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to formulations of inclusion complexes of lipoxygenase inhibitors and cyclodextrins having a therapeutically effective concentration of the lipoxygenase inhibitor, methods of making the same and methods of treating disease states using the same. Forming cyclodextrin complexes permits the enhancement of the aqueous solubility of lipoxygenase inhibitors which allows higher concentrations of the lipoxygenase in solution. Aqueous formulations of lipoxygenase inhibitors-cyclodextrin complexes are suitable for parenteral or oral administration for treating and/or preventing inflammatory disease states. The aqueous formulations can be lyophilized to prolong storage stability, assist in oral administration and/or provide for convenient and economical packaging.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to novel compounds, methods of manufacture and methods of use. The present invention is also directed to solid drug/active agent particles having one or more of the compounds of the present invention associated with the surface thereof. The compounds of the present invention are comprised of a non-polar polyether covalently linked to an anionic sulfonate group. The compounds have an amphipathic quality and preferably, are surface active. Such compounds are preferably useful as surface-active agents to coat and stabilize dispersions of particles in a continuous liquid medium. These surface-active agents may be applied in the stabilization of suspensions, emulsions, or liposome formulations intended for pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, or agricultural use. The particles that can be prepared by a variety of methods and will preferably comprise a pharmaceutical agent. Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be used to treat amyriad of conditions and can be administered by many routes, including intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intrathecal, subdural, intracameral, intracerebral, intralesional, topical, oral, buccal, rectal, pulmonary, and nasal.
Abstract:
Composición farmacéutica en partículas que incluye partículas con un tamaño medio efectivo de entreaproximadamente 15 nm y aproximadamente 50 micrómetros de al menos un inhibidor de la tubulina defórmula (1): donde X es R3 es arilo o heteroarilo; R3' es hidrógeno; R4, R5, R6 y R7 son independientemente hidrógeno, halógeno o alquilo; R1 es arilalquilo; y R2 es hidrógeno, alquilo, acilo, arilo, alcoxicarbonilo, ariloxicarbonilo, heteroariloxicarbonilo, cicloalcoxicarbonilo,heterocicloalcoxicarbonilo, alqueniloxicarbonilo, cicloalqueniloxicarbonilo y heterocicloalqueniloxi-carbonilo; yal menos un agente tensioactivo seleccionado de entre el grupo consistente en agentes tensioactivos noiónicos, agentes tensioactivos aniónicos, agentes tensioactivos catiónicos, agentes tensioactivos derivadosbiológicamente, agentes tensioactivos zwitteriónicos y aminoácidos.
Abstract:
Stable pharmaceutical formulations and methods of making same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method of making a stable pharmaceutical formulation comprising adding one or more vitrifying additives to an aqueous pharmaceutical solution to raise the glass transition temperature of the aqueous pharmaceutical solution. The aqueous pharmaceutical solution can be cooled to a temperature of about -50 C to about -10 C. The vitrifying additive enhances the formation of a glass or amorphous solid of the aqueous pharmaceutical solution at cryogenic temperatures (-50 to -10C), and the pharmaceutical formulation can be thawed to liquid form and administered to a mammalian subject.