Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, m, Q and B have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of a compound of formula (I) and also the cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, solvates thereof and isomers thereof, for non-therapeutic skincare.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein J is Q2 or R1; X is N, CR2 or CQ3; Y is N or CR3; Z is N or CR4; and Q1, Q2, Q3, R1 R2 and R3 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

Abstract: Tumor metastases in cancer patients are inhibited by administration of a combination therapy including effective amounts of Interleukin-2 and a methylol transfer agent such as taurolidine, taurultam or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Multi-dose active agent packages and methods for using the same for treating a subject for a condition are provided. Aspects of the invention include a multi-dose active agent package containing a plurality of unit dosage forms of an active agent configured to modulate at least a portion of a subject's autonomic nervous system during at least one season of the year. The active agent is present in an amount sufficient to alter the parasympathetic activity/sympathetic activity ratio of the subject in a manner effective to treat the subject for the condition. The subject active agent packages and methods find use in the treatment of a variety of different conditions, including disease conditions that increase in severity and/or occurrence during one or more seasons of the year. Also provided are kits for use in practicing the subject methods.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, Q and Het have the meanings indicated in Claim 1), are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular of Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-phenoxy-6-phenyl- and 2-phenoxy-6-pyridylnicotinic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, preferably for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders, especially of dyslipidemias, arteriosclerosis and heart failure.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of sweeteners for masking the salty taste of compositions as well as compositions containing salt and defined sweeteners, the amount of sweeteners being suitable for masking the salty taste of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to the substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I), wherein the groups R1 to R13, A, B, L and i are defined as in the description and the claims. The invention also relates to the use thereof in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclopropyl derivatives of formula (I) and salt thereof. These compounds are NK3 receptor antagonists and may therefore be useful for treatment of diseases where the NK3 receptor is implicated, e.g. psychotic disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzimidazole-dihydrothiadiazinone derivatives as fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase inhibitors, to processes for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in therapy, especially for the treatment of diabetes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-Aminosulfonyl Substituted Indole Derivatives, compositions comprising at least one 3-Aminosulfonyl Substituted Indole Derivative, and methods of using the 3-Aminosulfonyl Substituted Indole Derivatives for treating or preventing a viral infection or a virus-related disorder in a patient.

Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3A, R3B, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and X are as defined in the detailed description of the invention. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, and intermediates are also disclosed.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases. Formula (I) wherein Ar is optionally substituted heteroaryl; R2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or halogen; U is selected from the group consisting of —S(O)2—, —C(X)—, —C(X)—N(R10)—, and —S(O)2—N(R10)—; R3 is optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted C3.6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted heterocycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; and wherein R1, R3, R4, m, L1, X R10 are as described herein.

Abstract: The use of a substance selected from the group consisting of taurine, a taurine precursor, a taurine metabolite, a taurine derivative, a taurine analog and a substance required for the taurine biosynthesis, for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or inhibiting the undesirable side-effects caused to a human or an animal organism by an active ingredient that induces a high level of extracellular GABA or increases GABA receptor activation.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I), wherein the radicals R1-R13, A, B, L and i are as defined in the description and in the claims. The invention also relates to the use thereof for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I), wherein the radicals R1-R13, A, B, L and i are as defined in the description and the claims. The invention also relates to the use thereof for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R15, A, B, L, i as well as X1—X4 are defined as in the specification and claims and the use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel therapeutic or preventive method, a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof, that exhibit superior anti-obesity effects (body weight-reducing (losing) effects and/or body fat mass-reducing effects). Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the combination of a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor and a sweetener having a GLP-1 secretion-stimulating action, as well as use thereof for the manufacture of a medicament. The present invention also provides a method for treating or preventing obesity, comprising administering an effective amount of (a) a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor and (b) a sweetener having a GLP-1 secretion-stimulating action to a patient suffering from symptoms of obesity.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to carboxamidine derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and the use thereof in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of vascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to morpholine and thiomorpholine derivatives of the general formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or suppression of primary and/or secondary tumors of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord, eyes) in mammalian subjects are disclosed, wherein an effective dose of a methylol transfer agent such as Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent is administered to a mammalian subject suffering from, or at risk of growth of, tumors of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for local application of Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent in solution are disclosed using microdialysis methods, irrigation methods, implantion methods and angiographic methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition containing candesartan cilexetil as active ingredient and a stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of esters of saturated fatty acids and monohydroxy alcohols, esters of hydroxycarboxylic acids and monohydroxy alcohols, ethers of C1-C4 monohydroxy alcohols and C2-C9 polyhydroxy alcohols, saturated fatty acid alkaline salts, panthenol, and/or mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to a process for its preparation and its use for formulation of oral solid dosage forms of candesartan cilexetil. The active substance in the compositions comprising the stabilizing agent exhibits good stability over time.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for measuring, detecting, diagnosing, treating, and researching salt sensitivity and related conditions. In particular, the present invention provides methods for measuring, detecting, diagnosing, treating, and researching salt sensitivity through measuring aberrant red blood cell based potassium efflux levels. In addition, the present invention provides methods for treating conditions involving salt sensitivity (e.g., hypertension), preventing the onset of conditions involving salt sensitivity, identifying individuals at risk for developing salt sensitivity and related conditions, identifying new types of treatment for salt sensitivity and related conditions, and evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for conditions involving salt sensitivity (e.g., hypertension).

Abstract: A method for accelerating cutaneous barrier recovery by inducing efflux of potassium ion from an epidermal cell as well as a method for preventing epidermal hyperplasia induced by inducing efflux of potassium ion from an epidermal cell are provided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a class of compounds, including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, having the structure of formula (I), as defined in the specification. The invention is also directed to compositions containing the compounds of formula (I).

Abstract: Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R15, A, B, L, i as well as X1-X4 are defined as in the specification and claims and the use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or suppression of primary and/or secondary tumors of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord, eyes) in mammalian subjects are disclosed, wherein an effective dose of a methylol transfer agent such as Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent is administered to a mammalian subject suffering from, or at risk of growth of, tumors of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for local application of Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent in solution are disclosed using microdialysis methods, irrigation methods, implantion methods and angiographic methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations of anti-hypertensive drugs. The present invention includes a modified-release formulation of diltiazem hydrochloride that is suitable for once-daily use and which provides delivery of drug either in the early morning hours, or overnight, so as to blunt the natural rise in blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) in the morning and to reduce the slope of the increase in BP in patients with elevated BP (hypertension).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of irbesartan for the preparation of medicinal products that are useful for preventing or treating pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary hypertension.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stable solid dosage form comprising olmesartan medoxomil and amlodipine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In particular, it relates to solid dosage forms free from reducing sugars. The stable solid dosage form may optionally further comprise hydrochlorothiazide or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting tumor growth in a mammal, by administering to the mammal composition containing taurolidine, taurultam, or a biologically active derivative thereof. The composition is administered to directly contact a tumor cell at a dose sufficient to induce cell death by apoptosis.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to carboxamidine derivatives, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the carboxamidine derivatives of the invention, and the use thereof for the treatment of vascular diseases and in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of vascular diseases.

Abstract: A composition formed by subjecting to ionizing radiation a combination containing a radiation-protective amount of PVP along with a solution, gel or adhesive including taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof; or an aggregate including collagen-free crystals of taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, Q and B have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I) or a salt thereof: [T represents oxygen atom and the like; V represents CH2 and the like; R01 to R04 represent hydrogen atom and the like; A represents a linear alkylene group or linear alkenylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and the like; D represents carboxyl group and the like; X represents ethylene group, trimethylene group and the like; E represents —CH(OH)— group and the like; and W represent —U1—(RW1)(RW2)—U2—U3 group (U1 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the like; RW1 and RW2 represent hydrogen atom and the like; U2 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the like; and U3 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and the like), or a residue of a carbon ring or heterocyclic compound], which can be utilized as an active ingredient of medicaments effective for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of skeletal diseases such as osteoporosis and fracture, glauco

Abstract: The present invention relates to modified amino acids of general formula wherein A, Z, X, n, m, R, R2, R3, R4 and R11 are defined as in claims 1 to 5, their tautomers, their diastereomers, their enantiomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for preparing them as well as their use for the production and purification of antibodies and as labelled compounds in RIA- and ELISA assays and as diagnostic or analytical aids in neurotransmitter research.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 1,2-ethylenediamines of general formula (I), wherein the radicals R1 to R13, A, B, L, and i are defined as indicated in the description and the claims, as well as the use thereof for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and similar diseases.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel heterocyclyl compounds of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, m and n are as herein defined, as well as physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are antagonists of CCR2 receptor, CCR5 receptor and/or CCR3 receptor and can be used as medicaments.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting tumor growth in a mammal, by administering to the mammal composition containing taurolidine, taurultam, or a biologically active derivative thereof. The composition is administered to directly contact a tumor cell at a dose sufficient to induce cell death by apoptosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to indole acetic acid compounds which function as antagonists of the CRTH2 receptor. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds to inhibit the binding of prostaglandin D2 and its metabolites or certain thromboxane metabolites to the CRTH2 receptor and to treat disorders responsive to such inhibition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel nicotinic acid derivatives, of formula (I) wherein the substituents are defined in the specification, their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, m, Q and B have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a orally disintegrating and/or dissolving oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients, one or more fillers having particle size of 100 microns or above, a high and desirable amount of silicon dioxide, one or more disintegrating agents, optionally effervescent couple, wherein said composition has good organoleptic properties like desired mouth feel and fast oral disintegration time.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, in which R1, R2, Q and B have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, in particular Met kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumours.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) a renin inhibitor, (ii) a calcium channel blocker (CCB), and a diuretic and to a method of using such composition for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: 1-Acylamino-2-hydroxy-3-amino-?-arylalkanes of formula I. and the salts thereof, have renin-inhibiting properties and can be used as antihypertensive, medicinally active ingredients.

Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions and kits comprising at least one nitric oxide enhancing pyruvate compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide enhancing compound and/or at least one therapeutic agent. The invention also provides methods for (a) treating cardiovascular diseases; (b) treating renovascular diseases; (c) treating diabetes; (d) treating diseases resulting from oxidative stress; (e) treating endothelial dysfunctions; (f) treating diseases caused by endothelial dysfunctions; (g) treating cirrhosis; (h) treating pre-eclampsia; (j) treating osteoporosis; (k) treating nephropathy; (l) treating peripheral vascular diseases; (m) treating portal hypertension (n) treating reperfusion injury following ischemia; and/or (m) preserving tissues, organs, organ parts and/or limbs. The nitric oxide enhancing pyruvate compounds comprise at least one nitroxide group.