Disclosed herein are diketopiperazine microparticles having a specific surface area of less than about 67 m.sup.2/g. The diketopiperazine microparticle can be fumaryl diketopiperazine and can comprise a drug such as insulin.

Provided herein are constructs of micro-aggregate multicellular, minimally polarized grafts containing Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled Receptor (LGR) expressing cells for wound therapy applications, tissue engineering, cell therapy applications, regenerative medicine applications, medical/therapeutic applications, tissue healing applications, immune therapy applications, and tissue transplant therapy applications which preferably are associated with a delivery vector/substrate/support/scaffold for direct application.

The invention relates to stable liquid neurotoxin formulations which are free of animal proteins, comprising a surfactant, an amino acid selected from tryptophan and tyrosine, a buffer comprising sodium, chloride and phosphate ions, which have a pH between 5.5 and 8, and which are stable for 2 months. These compositions are suitable for use in therapy and in particular for administration to a patient to achieve a desired therapeutic or aesthetic effect. The invention also relates to the use of an amino acid selected from tryptophan and tyrosine to protect a proteinaceous neurotoxin from degradation in a liquid composition which is free of animal derived proteins.

Disclosed is a use of Helminthostachys zeylanica, ugonins or compounds of formula (I) for the treatment or prevention of metabolic diseases comprising at least one selected from metabolic syndrome, excessive lipid accumulation, obesity, overweight, fatty liver, hepatic steatosis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, insulin resistance, insulin disorder, impaired glucose tolerance and a combination thereof.

The pharmaceutical compositions described herein include a suspension which comprises an admixture in solid form of a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent and at least one salt of a medium chain fatty acid and a hydrophobic medium, e.g. castor oil or glyceryl tricaprylate or a mixture thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions described herein contain medium chain fatty acid salts and are substantially free of alcohols. The pharmaceutical compositions may be encapsulated in a capsule. Methods of treating or preventing diseases by administering such compositions to affected subjects are also disclosed.

Preparations including FSH, for example recombinant FSH, for use in the treatment of infertility.

The present invention provides stapled polypeptides of the Formulae (I) and (VI):

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and salts thereof; wherein the groups ; R.sup.1a, R.sup.1b, R.sup.1c, R.sup.2a, R.sup.3a, R.sup.2b, R.sup.3b, R.sup.4a, R.sup.4b, R.sub.A, R.sub.Z, L.sub.1a, L.sub.1b, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, X.sup.AA, v, w, p, m, s, n, t, and q are as defined herein. The present invention further provides methods of preparing the inventive stapled polypeptides from unstapled polypeptide precursors. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a stapled polypeptide of Formula (I) or (VI), and methods of using the stapled peptides. The present invention also provides modifications of the staples post ring closing metathesis.

The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) being capable of modulating the activity of histone lysine demethylase (KDM), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods to prepare the said compounds, and the use of such compounds as a medicament. The compound of Formula (I) acts as KDM inhibitor with marked potency, thereby having an outstanding potential for a pharmaceutical intervention of cancer and any other diseases related to KDM dysregulation. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I):

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and to salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and Q have any of the values defined in the specification, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bromodomains. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various bromodomain-mediated disorders.

The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I):

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and to salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.c, and R.sup.d have any of the values defined in the specification, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of bromodomains. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various bromodomain-mediated disorders.