Abstract:
A method for treating neurodegenerative diseases in a warm-blooded animal comprising administering to a warm-blooded animal in need thereof an amount of a compound of the formula wherein A selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and wherein the substituents are defined as set forth in the specification.
Abstract:
The invention provides an antimicrobial agent capable of producing an excellent effect in the prevention or treatment of bacteria of two or more genera selected from among Streptococcus, Moraxella, Haemophilus, Klebsiella and the like. The agent comprises a penicillin antibiotic, in particular amoxicillin, and a cephem antibiotic, in particular cefixime or cefdinir. The antimicrobial agent of the invention is administered in the form of a mixed preparation containing both or in the form of individual preparations respectively containing them for combined administration.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for preventing or reducing a photosensitivity and/or phototoxicity reaction which may be caused by a once-per-day dose of a medication which causes a photosensitivity and/or phototoxicity reaction in a patient comprising administering the prescribed or suggested dose of the medication to the patient during the evening or early morning hours. The present invention also provides an article of manufacture comprising: (1) a packaging material, and (2) a once-a-day dose medication which causes a photosensitivity and/or a phototoxicity reaction in a patient contained within said packaging material, wherein such a reaction is prevented or reduced by administering the medication to the patient during the evening or early morning hours, and wherein said packaging material comprises a label which indicates that such a reaction is prevented or reduced by administering the medication to the patient during the evening or early morning hours, and/or that such medication is to be administered during the evening or early morning hours, and/or wherein the packaging material is arranged in a manner which releases the medication to the patient during the evening or early morning hours.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a novel class of compounds which are cysteine protease inhibitors, including but not limited to, inhibitors of Cathepsins K and L. These compounds are useful for treating diseases in which inhibition of bone resorption is indicated, such as osteoporosis.
Abstract:
Agents for inhibiting cancer metastasis are provided. The methods comprise administering to a patient an antimetastatic agent that comprises one or more of: (a) a peptide sequence that is at least 50% identical to an OB-cadherin CAR sequence; (b) a non-peptide mimetic of an OB-cadherin CAR sequence; (c) a substance, such as an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds an OB-cadherin CAR sequence; and/or (d) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide that comprises an OB-cadherin CAR sequence or analogue thereof.
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods of treatment of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, antagonists of the delayed rectifier potassium channel Kv2.1, methods of using and preparing the antagonists and assays for identifying such antagonists.
Abstract:
The invention provides compounds of general formula in which m, A, R1 and Ar have the meanings defined in the specification; a process for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions; and their use in therapy.
Abstract:
There is provided compounds of formulae I and IA wherein Y, R1, R2, R3, D1 and D2 have meanings given in the description which are useful as, or as prodrugs of, competitive inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases, such as thrombin, and in particular in the treatment of conditions where inhibition of thrombin is required (e.g. thrombosis) or as anticoagulants.
Abstract:
Novel compounds are chiral compounds which are conformationally restricted polyamine analogues for use in imaging and for therapeutic use in treatment of tumors. These analogues diminish the ability to aggregate DNA seen in the parent polyamines. The invention provides for synthesis of a library of analogues with fine structural modifications which retain restriction and conservation of the molecular weight of the parent polyamines.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising an aldose reductase inhibitor (ARI), a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said ARI or said prodrug and a selective COX-2 inhibitor, a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said selective COX-2 inhibitor or said prodrug. This invention further relates to methods of using those pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diabetic complications such as diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, myocardial infarction, cataracts and diabetic cardiomyopathy.