200results about "Leech-based protease inhibitors" patented technology

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a macromolecular pharmaceutical agent in micellar form are disclosed. The micelles are formed from an alkali metal alkyl sulfate, and at least one additional micelle-forming compound as described in the specification. An alkali metal salicylate and a pharmaceutically acceptable edetate are also included in the composition. Micelle size ranges between about 1 and 10 nanometers. Methods for making and using the compositions are also disclosed.

The present invention relates to relates to combination degradable and non-degradable matrices and related methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes an active agent delivery matrix including a degradable polymer network, a non-degradable polymer network, the non-degradable polymer network interspersed within the degradable polymer network, and an active agent. In an embodiment, the invention includes an active agent elution control matrix including a degradable polymer; and a non-degradable polymer interspersed with the degradable polymer. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of making an active agent delivery matrix including mixing a degradable polymer with a first solvent to form a degradable polymer solution; mixing a non-degradable polymer with a second solvent to form a non-degradable polymer solution; and simultaneously depositing the degradable polymer solution and the non-degradable polymer solution onto a substrate.

The present invention provides for compositions and methods for the preservation of tissues and organs ex vivo and in situ. In addition, the present invention provides for kits that may be used in the preparation of the solutions of the present invention. The present invention also provides a device for perfusing tissues and organs with the solutions of the present invention.

The invention relates to methods for the preparation of high purity Bivalirudin. The polypeptide is prepared in a high purity of at least 98.5% (by HPLC), wherein the total impurities amount to less than 1.5%, comprising not more than 0.5% [Asp⁹-Bivalirudin] and each is impurity less than 1.0%, and preferably having a purity of at least about 99.0% by HPLC, wherein the total impurities amount to less than 1.0%, comprising not more than 0.5% [Asp⁹-Bivalirudin] and each impurity is less than 0.5%.

The present invention provides microspheres intended to be administered by injection comprising a protein active ingredient and an agent coating the active ingredient intended to prolong its release, wherein they are free of any trace of organic solvent and they can be obtained according to a coating method involving bringing the active ingredient and the coating agent into contact, with stirring, in a supercritical fluid, said coating agent being soluble in this supercritical fluid.

The invention provides a method for repeatedly extracting natural hirudin from live vampire leech. The method comprises the steps of: firstly extracting crude natural hirudin from the live vampire leech, then carrying out separation and purification to obtain natural hirudin, wherein the extraction of the crude natural hirudin comprises the steps of: firstly preparing specific induction liquid and then pouring into intestinal canal to obtain specific induction liquid-containing intestinal canal; then feeding the specific inducing liquid-containing intestinal canal to the vampire leech, and extracting the spit of the vampire leech or grinding the vampire leech into slurry, thereby obtaining the crude natural hirudin; and the crude natural hirudin is separated and purified to obtain natural hirudin powder according to a conventional biochemical separation method. The method is simple in process, and high in extraction rate, the death rate of the vampire leeches can be obviously reduced after the crude natural hirudin is extracted, and biological resource utilization rate can be effectively improved, so that the production cost can be obviously lowered; therefore, the method is a convenient approach for extracting the main effective active substance (such as natural hirudin) from the leech body.

The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate the unnatural amino acid sulfotyrosine into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides encoding the novel synthetase molecules, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing the unnatural amino acid sulfotyrosine and translation systems.

The invention discloses a production method of natural hirudin. The production method is characterized by comprising the steps of extracting, acid depositing, heating, dehydrating and drying natural hirudin liquid, wherein the content of active ingredients of the obtained natural hirudin powder can be detected through Markwardt direct thrombin titration so that the quality is stable and the curative effect of the product is ensured. The method has the characteristics of simple process, high extraction ratio, low production cost, high product purity, long storage period and the like and can beused for providing safe and high-quality raw materials for foods, health-care foods, medicines or cosmetics.

The complement system plays an important role in providing resistance to infections and in the pathogenesis of tissue injury. Yet an inappropriate activation of complement can result in a variety of disorders. The present invention provides C1s catalytic site-directed moieties, C1s exosite binding moieties, and bivalent polypeptide inhibitors comprising such moieties, which can be used to treat conditions characterized by inappropriate complement activation.

The invention discloses an extract method of the effective constituent of the Natural hirudin. The method is that the blood-sucking leech is washed cleanly by water and is added with the ethanol water with content of 15 per cent to 25 per cent to soak for 30h to 50h, and then is filtered to gain the filter liquor and dregs of a decoction; the Poecilobdella manillensis waste residue is broken into pieces and is added with aqueous acetone solution with content of 15 per cent to 25 per cent to soak, and then is filtered to gain the filter liquor; after recovering ethanol and acetone from the two-time filter liquor in the vacuum, the filter liquor is combined and frozen and dried in the vacuum conventionally to gain the product. The invention is simple in process, low in cost, higher in yield, good in product quality and long in retention period. The ''three wastes'' are not discharged in the whole production process, and the product can work as the raw material in such three fields as medicine, hairdressing and health food.

Provided herein is a prohealing piezoelectric coating and the method of making and using the same.

The invention discloses a method for extracting hirudin form leech saliva. The method includes the following steps of a), placing leeches in a container to allow the leeches to be hungered sufficiently, inputting inductive substances to the leeches to allow the same to absorb fully, adding vomitives to allow the leeches to spit the saliva in bodies, taking out blood-sucking leech living bodies to return to a rearing pond to feed continuously, and meanwhile, collecting hirudin crude product liquid in the container; b), freezing above hirudin crude products, adding into precooled cold acetone, stirring prior to placing in a refrigerator for setting overnight, sucking supernatant acetone the next day prior to centrifuging, adding a trichloroacetic acid solution, and centrifuging to remove residues to obtain concentrated liquid; c), eluting the above concentrated liquid with an anion exchange column chromatography method, and performing gel filtration chromatography to obtain finished products. The method has the advantages of reasonable process, convenience and practicability in operation, good quality stability of the finished hirudin products and high yield, one-time pillage on the leeches with a traditional method can be avoided, wild resources of the leeches are protected, and development of leech farming is driven.

Pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) comprising bivalirudin as the active ingredient, and a method of preparing the pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s). The pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) may have a maximum impurity level of Asp⁹-bivalirudin that does not exceed about 0.6%. Also, the pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) may have a reconstitution time that does not exceed about 42 seconds. The method of preparing the pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) may comprise dissolving bivalirudin in a solvent to form a first solution, efficiently mixing a pH-adjusting solution with the first solution to form a second solution in which the pH-adjusting solution may comprise a pH-adjusting solution solvent, and removing the solvent and the pH-adjusting solution solvent from the second solution.

The present invention relates to eglin c variants which inhibit proteases, and in particular to eglin c mutants at adventitious contact sites. The present invention also relates to eglin c variants which comprise mutations in both adventitious contact sites and at reactive loop sites. The present invention further relates to methods of preparing the eglin c variants, and methods of using the eglin c variants for treatment of diseases including acute bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.

The invention relates to an anticoagulant protein containing an oligopeptide which is identified and cracked by thrombin or blood coagulation factor Xa; more particularly, the invention relates to a new anticoagulant substance connected by an anticoagulant substance and an amino acid sequence which can be identified and cracked by thrombin or blood coagulation factor Xa, or a new substance connected by an anticoagulant substance and other substances through taking an amino acid sequence which can be identified and cracked by thrombin or blood coagulation factor Xa as oligopeptide, as well as medicine science application of these new anticoagulant substances.