Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable trospium salt, with upon administration to a human patient generates an average steady state blood levels of trospium with a minimum (Cmin) and maximum (Cmax) blood levels of about 0.5-2.5 ng/ml and about 2.0-6.0 ng/ml, respectively.

Abstract: Controlled-release preparations of oxcarbazepine and derivatives thereof for once-a-day administration are disclosed. The inventive compositions comprise solubility-and/or release enhancing agents to provide tailored drug release profiles, preferably sigmoidal release profiles. Methods of treatment comprising the inventive compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: An oral osmotic pharmaceutical delivery system comprises a highly water-soluble drug exhibiting an erratic or an incomplete release profile when formulated in a elementary osmotic pump delivery system and at least one release enhancing agent.

Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine composition and a method of preparation including the steps of: forming a water-in-oil emulsion including an alginate in water, an oil, an antigen, and either (a) a cellulose ether and at least one nonionic surfactant or (b) a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant; followed by crosslinking the alginate in the emulsion with at least two cations selected from the group consisting of aluminum, barium, calcium, lithium, manganese, strontium, and zinc, to form antigen-containing, crosslinked alginate microparticles; and harvesting the microparticles. Another aspect of the invention is a method of vaccinating a vertebrate species including the step of administering to the species a vaccine composition prepared according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising one or more positively charged, highly water-soluble pharmaceutically active agents such as trospium chloride, and one or more polymers containing polarized oxygen atoms, whereby the active agent(s) form an ion-dipole interaction with the polymer(s) that may be used for an immediate release system, an extended release system or a delayed release system.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable trospium salt, with upon administration to a human patient generates an average steady state blood levels of trospium with a minimum (Cmin) and maximum (Cmax) blood levels of about 0.5-2.5 ng/ml and about 2.0-6.0 ng/ml, respectively.

Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical dosage form with enhanced gastrointestinal permeability, comprising a therapeutic quaternary ammonium compound together with an organic acid.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the oral osmotic delivery of therapeutic compounds that have limited solubility in an aqueous environment due to inherent hydrophobicity or to saturation limitations in the core of the osmotic system. The present invention is suitable for the osmotic delivery of glipizide and other hydrophobic drugs, but runs the spectrum to other therapeutic agents with higher aqueous solubilities, yet having a solubility limitation in an osmotic dosage unit due to high drug load.

Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine composition and a method of preparation including the steps of: forming a water-in-oil emulsion including an alginate in water, an oil, an antigen, and either (a) a cellulose ether and at least one nonionic surfactant or (b) a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant; followed by crosslinking the alginate in the emulsion with at least two cations selected from the group consisting of aluminum, barium, calcium, lithium, manganese, strontium, and zinc, to form antigen-containing, crosslinked alginate microparticles; and harvesting the microparticles. Another aspect of the invention is a method of vaccinating a vertebrate species including the step of administering to the species a vaccine composition prepared according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine composition and a method of preparation including the steps of: forming a water-in-oil emulsion including an alginate in water, an oil, an antigen, and either (a) a cellulose ether and at least one nonionic surfactant or (b) a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant; followed by crosslinking the alginate in the emulsion with at least two cations selected from the group consisting of aluminum, barium, calcium, lithium, manganese, strontium, and zinc, to form antigen-containing, crosslinked alginate microparticles; and harvesting the microparticles. Another aspect of the invention is a method of vaccinating a vertebrate species including the step of administering to the species a vaccine composition prepared according to the method of the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine composition and a method of preparation including the steps of: forming a water-in-oil emulsion including an alginate in water, an oil, an antigen, and either (a) a cellulose ether and at least one nonionic surfactant or (b) a PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant; followed by crosslinking the alginate in the emulsion with at least two cations selected from the group consisting of aluminum, barium, calcium, lithium, manganese, strontium, and zinc, to form antigen-containing, crosslinked alginate microparticles; and harvesting the microparticles. Another aspect of the invention is a method of vaccinating a vertebrate species including the step of administering to the species a vaccine composition prepared according to the method of the invention.