132 results about "Bisphosphonate" patented technology

This invention relates to a method for prevention and treatment of Atherosclerosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, and age-related disorders including Osteoporosis, Arthritis, Type II Diabetes, Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in a subject comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective dosage of each component or combination of statins, bisphosphonates, cholesterol lowering agents or techniques, interleukin-6 inhibitor/antibody, interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor/antibody, gp130 protein inhibitor/antibody, tyrosine kinases inhibitors/antibodies, STAT transcription factors inhibitors/antibodies, altered IL-6, partial peptides of IL-6 or IL-6 receptor, or SOCS (suppressors of cytokine signaling) protein, or a functional fragment thereof, administered separately, in sequence or simultaneously. Inhibition of the signal transduction pathway for Interleukin 6 mediated inflammation is key to the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, aging and age-related disorders including osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, dementia and some forms of arthritis and tumors. Inhibition of Interleukin 6 mediated inflammation may be achieved indirectly through regulation of endogenous cholesterol synthesis and isoprenoid depletion or by direct inhibition of the signal transduction pathway including interleukin-6 inhibitor/antibody, interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor/antibody, gp130 protein inhibitor/antibody, tyrosine kinases inhibitors/antibodies, STAT transcription factors inhibitors/antibodies, altered IL-6, partial peptides of IL-6 or IL-6 receptor, or SOCS (suppressors of cytokine signaling) protein, or a functional fragment thereof. Said method for prevention and treatment of said disorders is based on inhibition of Interleukin-6 inflammation through regulation of cholesterol metabolism, isoprenoid depletion and inhibition of the signal transduction pathway.

Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and oral dosage forms comprising a bisphosphonate in combination with an enhancer to promote absorption of the bisphosphonate at the GIT cell lining. The enhancer is a medium chain fatty acid or a medium chain fatty acid derivative having a carbon chain length of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms. Preferably, the solid oral dosage form is a controlled release dosage form such as a delayed release dosage form.

The present invention relates to a method for the sustained release in vivo of a biologically active agent comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment an effective amount of a sustained release composition comprising a biocompatible polymer having the biologically active agent incorporated therein, and a bisphosphonate wherein the bisphosphonate compound is present in an amount sufficient to modify the release profile of the biologically active agent from the sustained release composition. Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for use in the method of the invention are also disclosed.

Methods and compositions are provided which contains preparations of calcium chelators, bisphosphonates, antibiotics, antimicrobial agents, cytostatic agents, calcium ATPase and pyrophosphatase pump inhibitors, calcium phosphate-crystal dissolving agents, agents effective against calcium phosphate-crystal nucleation and crystal growth, and/or a combination of supportive agents and which may be used for treating and or reducing pathological calcifications, the growth of Nanobacterium and calcification-induced diseases including, but not limited to, Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, Valve Calcifications, Arterial Aneurysms, Calcific Aortic Stenosis, Transient Cerebral Ischemia, Stroke, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Vascular Thrombosis, Dental Plaque, Gum Disease (dental pulp stones), Salivary Gland Stones, Chronic Infection Syndromes such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Kidney and Bladder Stones, Gall Stones, Pancreas and Bowel Diseases (such as Pancreatic Duct Stones, Crohn's Disease, Colitis Ulcerosa), Liver Diseases (such as Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Cysts), Testicular Microliths, Chronic Calculous Prostatitis, Prostate Calcification, Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients, Malacoplakia, Autoimmune Diseases. Erythematosus, Scleroderma, Dermatomyositis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Arteritis Nodosa, Thrombocytopenia, Hemolytic Anemia, Myelitis, Livedo Reticularis, Chorea, Migraine, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Grave's Disease, Hypothyreoidism, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Addison's Disease, Hypopituitarism, Placental and Fetal Disorders, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Glomerulopathies, Eye Diseases (such as Corneal Calcifications, Cataracts, Macular Degeneration and Retinal Vasculature-derived Processes and other Retinal Degenerations, Retinal Nerve Degeneration, Retinitis, and Iritis), Ear Diseases (such as Otosclerosis, Degeneration of Otoliths and Symptoms from the Vestibular Organ and Inner Ear (Vertigo and Tinnitus)), Thyroglossal Cysts, Thyroid Cysts, Ovarian Cysts, Cancer (such as Meningiomas, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Serous Ovarian Adenocarcinoma), Skin Diseases (such as Calcinosis Cutis, Calciphylaxis, Psoriasis, Eczema, Lichen Ruber Planus), Rheumatoid Arthritis, Calcific Tenditis, Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Bone Spurs, Diffuse Interstitial Skeletal Hyperostosis, Intracranial Calcifications (such as Degenerative Disease Processes and Dementia), Erythrocyte-Related Diseases involving Anemia, Intraerythrocytic Nanobacterial Infection and Splenic Calcifications, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Broncholiths, Bronchial Stones, Neuropathy, Calcification and Encrustations of Implants, Mixed Calcified Biofilms, and Myelodegenerative Disorders (such as Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's and Alzheimer's Disease) in humans and animals. The method comprises administering the various classes of compositions of the present invention, which together effectively inhibit or treat the development of calcifications in vivo.

The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising an excision-inhibiting bisphosphonate and a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. The present invention also relates to methods for preventing or treating retrovirus-related diseases using a composition comprising a bisphosphonate and a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. In a specific embodiment, the invention provides methods for preventing or treating AIDS by administering a bisphosphonate-based compound in combination with 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine (AZT) to patients infected with AZT-resistant HIV to improve the effectiveness of AZT therapy.

The invention discloses a composite zinc removing agent for treating wastewater containing zinc, belonging to the field of sewage treatment in environmental protection. The composite zinc removing agent is prepared by compounding organic matters and inorganic matters, wherein the organic matters comprise one or two of sodium citrate, tricalcium citrate, sodium oxalate, potassium oxalate and hydroxyethylidene bisphosphonate, and the inorganic matters comprise two or more of sodium sulfide, magnesium sulfide, ferrous sulfate and aluminum sulfate; in terms of mass ration, the sodium citrate accounts for 20 to 80 percent, the tricalcium citrate accounts for 20 to 80 percent, the sodium oxalate accounts for 20 to 80 percent, the potassium oxalate accounts for 20 to 80 percent, the hydroxyethylidene bisphosphonate accounts for 20 to 80 percent, the sodium sulfide accounts for 10 to 40 percent, the magnesium sulfide accounts for 10 to 40 percent, the ferrous sulfate accounts for 10 to 40 percent, and the aluminum sulfate accounts for 10 to 40 percents; and the composite zinc removing agent prepared according to the proportion is added into the wastewater containing the zinc under the condition that a pH value is between 4.0 and 6.0, the wastewater is stirred for 10 to 30 minutes and is subjected to air flotation treatment, a layer of residue floating on the surface of the wastewater is finally scraped by using a scraping machine, and yielding water can be lower the national discharge standard I. The composite zinc removing agent has the characteristics of simple process flow, lower running cost, no sludge generation, high zinc removing effect and the like.

The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing osteoporosis comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of pharmaceutical composition comprising benzamidine derivative or its salt, and bisphosphonate for the purpose of using simultaneously, separately, or sequentially as active ingredients. As a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for osteoporosis, the combination treatment of the benzamidine derivative and the bisphosphonate compound exhibits excellent inhibitory effect on osteoclast differentiation than the total effect of each individual treatment, thereby being used for the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis.

The present invention relates to a composition for prevention and/or treatment of metabolic diseases of bones comprising at least one bisphosphonate; viscosity agents comprising carboxymethylcellulose and xanthan gum; at least one flavouring agent; and purified water; a process for preparing a composition according to the present invention; and use of such a composition for prevention, treatment and/or diagnosis of metabolic diseases of bones, especially for children.

The invention relates to a porous active artificial bone. In the porous active artificial bone, a calcium phosphate-based biological ceramic material is used as a matrix, and the porous active artificial bone comprises small pores, dense parts and directional pore channels and chelates with diphosphonate. A preparation method of the porous active artificial bone comprises the steps of preparing calcium phosphate precursor powder, compression molding a ceramic blank by using a pore-foaming agent, polyester fiber and the precursor powder, high temperature sintering into a calcium phosphate-based ceramic sintered body and forming the dense parts, the small pores distributed alternately; and immersing calcium phosphate-based ceramic sintered body in a diphosphonate solution to chelate with the diphosphonate so as to obtain the drug-loaded porous active artificial bone. The artificial bone provided by the invention has longitudinal directional pores and a porous structure suitable for osteoblast migration, propagation and growth metabolism, can slowly release small molecular drugs capable of promoting the growth of the osteoblast and inhibiting osteoclast, and is particularly suitable for the fields of treating bone defects of osteoporosis patients, dental restoration, and the like.

In a method for making bisphosphonates by reacting a carbonyl compound with a phosphorus halide, the reaction is carried out in a solvent/carrier system which is a mixture of an amine hydrochloride, phosphorous acid and optionally phosphoric acid.

The invention discloses a double phosphonate medicine and a method for the isolation analysis of the ion chromatography for impurity negative ions thereof; the method includes steps of the base line mapping, the sample injection, the ion exchange, the elution and the detection and analysis of the restraining electric conduction; the method can be used to measure the contents of the double phosphonate and the impurity negative ions in double phosphonate medicines, plasmas, normal saline substrates and glucose substrates.

Provided is a moisturizer having hygroscopicity and water retention ability, and also provided is a composition superior in antiseptic property and feeling on application, in addition to moisturizing property, and free of coloration and odorization.

A moisturizer containing acylproline represented by the formula (1)

wherein an acyl group represented by R¹—CO— is an acyl group derived from a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 3-23 carbon atoms, or a salt thereof, and a composition containing (A) acylproline represented by the above formula (1) or a salt thereof and (B) bisphosphonate.

The present invention provides methods of improving the incorporation of an implantable device into a bone of a host in need thereof. More particularly, the methods of the present invention include implanting the device into the bone of a host, wherein the device is at least partially made of a non-metallic material. Disposed on at least one surface of the device is an amount of hydroxyapatite and bisphosphonate, which in combination, are effective to reduce osteolysis and improve incorporation of the implant into the host bone compared to an implant without the hydroxyapatite and/or bisphosphonate. The present invention also provides methods for making such implants, as well as, the implants themselves.

The invention relates to a composition comprising acid magnetic particles (p) based on an iron compound, the acid magnetic particles (p) being complexed by one or more gem-bisphosphonate compounds, of formula I X-L-CH(PO3H2)2 (I) in which L represents an organic group connecting the X group to the gem-bisphosphonate group -CH(PO3H2)2; X represents a chemical group capable of reacting with a biovector; all or some of the X groups of the particles optionally being coupled to a biovector. The invention relates also to a process for the preparation of the compositions and their use, in particular as contrast products for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

The present invention relates to a new use of certain pharmaceutically active compounds in the treatment and/or prevention of medicament induced gastric ulcer. More particularly the invention is directed to the use of said compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of NSAID (non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs) induced gastric ulcer as well as a pharmaceutical composition in the unit dosage form for the prevention of NSAID induced gastric ulcer in a mammal comprising an NSAID together with a 6-carboxamido-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine compounds. Other pharmaceutically active compounds used in the present invention comprises COX-2 inhibitors, NO-NSAIDs and bisphosphonates.