Abstract:
An improved method and device for measuring the mechanical properties of fibrin clots. A mixture of fibrinogen and thrombin is formed between two synthetic polymeric substrate materials and allowed to form a fibrin clot. The force required to separate the substrate materials is then measured and indicates the strength of the clot.
Abstract:
A stable albumin-free Recombinant Factor VIII (rFVIII) formulation in lyophilized form having both crystalline and amorphous components and comprising, when reconstituted with water, about 65 to 400 mM glycine, up to 50 mM histidine, 15 to 60 mM sucrose, up to 50 mM NaCl (up to 100 mM NaCl if cake appearance not critical), up to 5 mM CaCl.sub.2 and 50 to 1500 lU/ml of rFVIII. A very preferred formulation comprises upon reconstitution with water about 290 mM glycine, 20 mM histidine, 30 mM sucrose, 30 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM CaCl.sub.2 and 50 to 1500 lU/ml of rFVIII. The residual water content of the lyophilized preparation is about 1 to 3% by weight, preferably about 1% by weight.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical administration systems containing phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine derivatives in the form of liposomes which encapsulate chemotactic peptides such as N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine. The liposomes are prepared by conventional dispersion methods. The pharmaceutical administration systems when applied in the form of liposomes stimulate macrophage activity which is especially useful in the cancer therapy for combating metastatic tumor cells and for treatment of chronic infections.
Abstract:
A stable pharmaceutical preparation comprising Human interleukin-2 or a variant thereof and a stabilizing amount of histidine. A preferred formulation includes glycine and sucrose and a variant of IL-2 having a single mutation, N88R. The preferred formulation is in lyophilized form which, on reconstitution with an aqueous diluent, results in a solution having a pH ranging from about 5.0 to 6.5.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of drugs intended to reside in the nose, compositions for nasal administration of drugs, e.g., antiviral agents, and particularly antiviral agents comprising the human major rhinovirus receptor, also known as intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1); to methods of making said nasal drug compositions, and to an improved process for the removal of residual solvent from pharmaceutical matrices.
Abstract:
System and methods provide formulation using pre-designed formulation plates for rapidly formulating proteins and peptides, wherein proteins are added to a plurality of wells in the plate; means for stressing one or more protein formulations; and means for analyzing samples of the protein formulations.
Abstract:
Disclosed are compositions comprising a hydrophobic active agent, a polymer and a reconstitution enhancing agent. Reconstitution of the lyophilized form of the compositions takes less time than in the absence of the enhancing agent.
Abstract:
Liposome dispersions are prepared from (a) a synthetic phospholipid of the cephaline type in which the amino group is monoacylated with a dicarboxylic acid; (b) a synthetic phospholipid of the cephaline type; and (c) one or more compounds having pharmacological activity. The mixture optionally can contain phospholipids of natural sources and a pharmaceutical carrier solution buffered to pH 7.0 to 7.8.
Abstract:
A vaccine adjuvant composition comprising: a lipid selected from the group consisting of: Dipalmitoyl phosphatidlcholine (DPPC), Dipalmitoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DPPG), Dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine (DOPC), and cholesterol and containing a positively or negatively charged lipid with associated/entrapped protein antigen.