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The present invention relates to targeted polymerized liposomes for oral and / or mucosal delivery of vaccines, allergens and therapeutics. In particular, the present invention relates to polymerized liposomes which have been modified on their surface to contain a molecule or ligand which targets the polymerized liposome to a specific site or cell type. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of polymerized liposomes modified to contain a carbohydrate or lectin on their surface.

The present invention provides apparatus and processes for producing liposomes. By providing a buffer solution in a first reservoir, and a lipid solution in a second reservoir, continuously diluting the lipid solution with the buffer solution in a mixing chamber produces a liposome. A therapeutic agent, such as nucleic acid, is included in one of the buffer solution or the lipid solution. Upon mixing a liposome encapsulating the therapeutic product is substantially instantaneously formed. Thereafter the liposome solution formed is immediately diluted with buffer solution to enhance homogeneity and maintain small particle size.

The present invention provides apparatus and processes for producing liposomes. By providing a buffer solution in a first reservoir, and a lipid solution in a second reservoir, continuously diluting the lipid solution with the buffer solution in a mixing chamber produces a liposome. The lipid solution preferably comprises an organic solvent, such as a lower alkanol.

A liposome including a fusogenic liposome, a linking moiety and a targeting moiety. The fusogenic liposome is a lipid bilayer encapsulating contents. The linking moiety is electrostatically bound to the lipid bilayer, and the targeting moiety is covalently bound to the linking moiety. The liposome may also include a stabilizing moiety interposed between the linking and targeting moieties, and covalently bound to both. Alternatively, the stabilizing and targeting moieties may be covalently bound to separate linking moieties, the linking moieties being electrostatically bound to the lipid bilayer.

A mixed liposome pharmaceutical formulation with multilamellar vesicles, comprises a proteinic pharmaceutical agent, water, an alkali metal lauryl sulphate in a concentration of from 1 to 10 wt. / wt. %, at least one membrane-mimetic amphiphile and at least one phospholipid. The membrane-mimetic amphiphile is hyaluronic acid, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of hyaluronic acid, lauramidopropyl betain, lauramide monoisopropanolamide, sodium cocoamphopropionate, bishydroxypropyl dihydroxypropyl stearammonium chloride, polyoxyethylene dihydroxypropyl stearammonium chloride, dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride, sulphosuccinates, stearamide DEA, gamma-linoleic acid, borage oil, evening of primrose oil, monoolein, sodium tauro dihydro fusidate, fusidic acid, alkali metal isostearyl lactylates, alkaline earth metal isostearyl lactylates, panthenyl triacetate, cocamidopropyl phosphatidyl PG-diammonium chloride, stearamidopropyl phosphatidyl PG-diammonium chloride, borage amidopropyl phosphatidyl PG-diammonium chloride, borage amidopropyl phosphatidylcholine, polysiloxy pyrrolidone linoleyl phospholipid, trihydroxy-oxo-cholanylglycine and alkali metal salts thereof, and octylphenoxypolythoxyethanol, polydecanol X-lauryl ether, polydecanol X-oleyl ether, wherein X is from 9 to 20, or combinations thereof. The phospholipid is phospolipid GLA, phosphatidyl serine, phosphatidylethanolamine, inositolphosphatides, dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine, sphingomyelin, ceramides, cephalin, triolein, lecithin, saturated lecithin and lysolecithin, or a combination thereof. The amount of each membrane mimetic amphiphile and phospholipid is present 1 to 10 wt. / wt. % of the total formulation, and the total concentration of membrane mimetic amphiphiles and phospholipids is less than 50 wt. / wt. % of the formulation.

Highly efficient cationic liposomes have been developed as an improved delivery system for biologically-active reagents. A novel structure, the sandwich liposome, is formed and comprises one or more biologically active agents internalized between two bilomellar liposomes. This structure protects the incoming agent and accounts for the high efficiency of in vivo delivery and for the broad tissue distribution of the sandwich liposome complexes. These novel liposomes are also highly efficient carriers of nucleic acids. By using extruded DOTAP:cholesterol liposomes to form complexes with DNA encoding specific proteins, expression has been improved dramatically. Highest expression was achieved in the lung, while increased expression was detected in several organs and tissues.

The present invention provides apparatus and processes for producing liposomes. By providing a buffer solution in a first reservoir, and a lipid solution in a second reservoir, continuously diluting the lipid solution with the buffer solution in a mixing chamber produces a liposome. The lipid solution preferably comprises an organic solvent, such as a lower alkanol.

The present invention provides a composition comprising a physiologically acceptable carrier and two or more agents encapsulated in a liposome, wherein the combination of the two or more agents possess the following properties: (1) cytotoxicity to tumor cells, (2) nutritional properties, (3) use in application to nails, hair, skin or lips or (4) activity against parasites and insects. The invention also provides a method of making such a composition. The invention further provides a method of treating cancer when the combination of the two or more agents is cytotoxic to tumor cells.

Disclosed are novel methods for making cochleates and cochleate compositions that include introducing a cargo moiety to a liposome in the presence of a solvent. Also disclosed are cochleates and cochleate compositions that include an aggregation inhibitor, and optionally, a cargo moiety. Additionally, anhydrous cochleates that include a protonized cargo moiety, a divalent metal cation and a negatively charge lipid are disclosed. Methods of using the cochleate compositions of the invention, including methods of administration, are also disclosed.

The present invention includes novel liposomes comprising dihydrosphingomyelin. The invention also includes compositions comprising these liposomes and a therapeutic agent, in addition to methods and kits for delivering a therapeutic agent or treating a disease, e.g., a cancer, using these compositions.

Liposomal prodrugs include specific derivatives of camptothecin restrained by a liposomal delivery system. The derivatives of camptothecin are represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein when R.sub.2 is H, R.sub.1 is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, a C.sub.6 -C.sub.15 alkyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.15 alkenyl group or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.15 epoxy group; and when R.sub.2 is a nitro group, R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.15 alkyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.15 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl group, or an epoxy group. Processes for making these prodrugs and for using them in cancer treatment are also disclosed.

Novel lipid compounds are provided that may be termed "pro-cationic" in that they are neutral or negatively charged until they are either brought into contact with cellular membranes or are internalized by cells. The lipids have a hydrophobic tail group and a hydrophilic head group, the head group incorporating both a positively and negatively charged region at physiological pH. The hydrophobic tail group is stably connected to the positive region of the head group which in turn is connected to the negative region by a disulfide bond that is susceptible to cleavage by membrane-bound and intracellular factors. Cleavage of the disulfide bond removes the negatively charged region from the head group resulting in a lipid that is cationic and therefor fusogenic with negatively charged cell membranes. Consequently, lipids of the invention are useful as components of liposomes that serve as vehicles for delivering pharmaceutical agents into cells with reduced toxicity.

The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.

The present invention provides a sugar-modified liposome having a sugar chain bonded to its membrane surface, preferably through a linker protein, and having excellent absorption qualities, particularly in the intestine. The molecular structure and quantity of the sugar chain is selectively varied to allow the liposome to be delivered in a targeted manner to selected cells and tissues. The liposome is applicable to medicinal drugs, cosmetics and other various products in the medical / pharmaceutical fields, and it is especially useful in a therapeutic drug delivery system that recognizes target cells and tissues, such as cancer cells, and in the delivery of drugs or genes locally to a selected region, or in a diagnostic cell / tissue sensing probe.

A composition comprising purified water using ozonation, ionization, or distillation or any combination thereof wherein alcohol may be substituted for, or combined with water at least one emollient including but not limited to chitosan, and aloe vera gel, individually or in any combination; an oil component with spf boosting agents including but not limited to; ethyl macadamiate, non-toxic silicone oil and essential oils, butter milk, waxes impregnated with inorganic sun-block or sunscreen agent and organic / inorganic micronized particles, wood powder and bentonite clay, keratin, either individually or in any combination; at least one inorganic sun-block or sunscreen agent including any metal oxide, glass microsphere, silica and silica compound, and optionally metal oxide pigments with particles that are micronized, submicronized, nanoparticle sized, or otherwise individually or in any combination that can be homogenized in either a water phase, a water-aloe phase, an oil phase or any phase of said composition; at least one emulsifier wherein said emulsifier includes but is not limited to a phospholipid and / or liposome or an aloe vera gel or an ester of coconut oil individually or in any combination, for emulsifying the water, water-aloe, or oil phase in combination with an homogenizer; where any of components are preferably mixed with an homogenizer and where an appropriate thickening agent including but not limited to xanthan gum, carageenan, either individually or in any combination is added as required.

A system and method for optimizing the systemic delivery of growth-arresting lipid-derived bioactive drugs or gene therapy agents to an animal or human in need of such agents utilizing nanoscale assembly systems, such as liposomes, resorbable and non-aggregating nanoparticle dispersions, metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, or polymeric materials such as dendrimers or hydrogels, each of which exhibit improved lipid solubility, cell permeability, an increased circulation half life and pharmacokinetic profile with improved tumor or vascular targeting.

The present invention provides gas-containing liposomes. In particular, the present invention provide methods of generating gas-containing liposomes where the gas is introduced under pressure, as well as gas-containing liposomes which contain a large volume of gas (e.g., 10 ul of gas per 5 mg of gas-containing liposomes). In certain embodiments, the gas-containing liposomes contain nitric oxide gas. In some embodiments, such nitric oxide containing liposomes are used to treat a medical condition that is treatable by nitric oxide gas (e.g., intimal hyperplasia).

Compositions suitable for use as site-specific biological vectors are provided and comprise substantially uniformly sized liposomes having very narrow size distributions. In particular, the compositions comprise a collection of liposomes sufficient in quantity to be administered as a pharmaceutical, wherein the liposomes have a mean outer diameter, D, of from 20 nm to 1000 nm, and at least 95% of the liposomes have an outer diameter of from 0.97 D to 1.03 D. Collections of liposomes with even narrower size distributions are also provided.

Methods of delivering a pharmaceutical compounds directly to the olfactory epithelium of a mammal by providing a pharmaceutical aerosol suspension comprising an aerosol and the pharmaceutical compound; aerosolizing the suspension to generate a stream of droplets, the stream having a rotational component, and, delivering the droplets directly to the olfactory epithelium, wherein at least 15% of the droplets are delivered directly to the olfactory deposition. The pharmaceutical compound may be encapsulated within a liposome nanoparticle.

The invention is a composition administrable orally to provide systemic glutathione (reduced) and a method for providing systemic glutathione by oral administration of glutathione (reduced) in a liposome encapsulation. The administration of a therapeutically effective amount of oral liposomal glutathione (reduced) results in improvement of symptoms in disease states related to glutathione deficiency such as Parkinson's disease and cystic fibrosis. Compounds enhancing the effect of the liposomal glutathione are contemplated such as Selenium, EDTA, carbidopa, and levodopa.

The present invention provides for the development of endocytosis-sensitive probes, and a remote method for measuring cellular endocytosis. These probes are based on the reduced water permeability of a nanoparticle or liposomal delivery system, and inherent degradability or disruption of barrier integrity upon endocytosis. The invention also provides for liposomes having combined therapeutic and diagnostic utilities by co-encapsulating ionically coupled diagnostic and therapeutic agents, in one embodiment, by a method using anionic chelators to prepare electrochemical gradients for loading of amphipathic therapeutic bases into liposomes already encapsulating an imaging agent. The invention provides for imaging of therapeutic liposomes by inserting a lipopolymer anchored, remotely sensing reporter molecules into liposomal lipid layer. The invention allows for an integrated delivery system capable of imaging molecular fingerprints in diseased tissues, treatment, and treatment monitoring.

The present invention relates to protein stabilized liposomes. Specifically, the present invention discloses compositions and methods for protein stabilized liposomes, the creation of protein stabilized liposomes, and the administration of protein stabilized liposomes.

A method of preparing a liposomal bioactive agent comprising infusing an lipid-ethanol mixture with an aqueous or ethanolic solution of the bioactive agent at a temperature below the phase transition of at least one of the lipid components of the lipid and compositions produced by the method of the invention.

The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition of pH-sensitive liposome nanoparticles for lodging in a target tissue cell in situ of an animal subject, the nanoparticles comprising a proton-releasing photosensitive compound that releases protons upon photolysis, wherein the compound is in vesicles of the liposomes. A light or UV light is provided to induce the photosensitive compound to release the protons, thus the released protons causing the pH-sensitive liposome to decompose.