A nutritional composition for prevention, improvement and maintenance of visual function. The nutritional composition comprising the nutrients and at least one pharmaceutically and/or nutraceutically accepted excipient. The nutritional composition wherein the nutrients are selected from one or more of lutein, curcumin and vitamin D3 for prevention, improvement and maintenance of dry eye. The process of preparation of the nutritional composition comprising lutein, curcumin and vitamin D3 use for visual function more specifically dry eye. The present invention is further encompassing to the nutritional composition comprising lutein, curcumin, vitamin D3 in selective percentage which is formulated in different forms like as, powders, granules, pellets, beadlets, caplets, tablets, capsules, soft gel capsules, solution, emulsions, suspensions, oil suspensions, dispersions and the like.

Described herein are compounds of Formula I:

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wherein R.sub.1-R.sub.6 are as described herein, for use in the treatment of a coronavirus infection; a method of inhibiting a coronavirus 3CL protease, by contacting the 3CL protease with a compound of Formula I; as well as methods pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I and at least one phospholipid, wherein a weight ratio of the phospholipid(s) to the compound in the composition is in a range of from 10:1 to 1:10. Further described herein is a method of treating a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, by administering to the subject at least one compound that exhibits at least two of: inhibition of an activity of a 3CL protease of the coronavirus; inhibition of inflammation in the subject; and inhibition of autophagy in the subject.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising pomalidomide, maltodextrin and a filler, wherein the weight ratio of maltodextrin to filler ranges from 1:1 to 1:2. The invention further relates to the use of said pharmaceutical composition as medicament in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

This invention provides, in part, various compositions and methods for protecting the gastrointestinal microbiome from antibiotic disruption from orally administered antibiotics.

Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions which enhance the intestinal levels of soluble rifaximin, formulations comprising said compositions, and their use in treating one or more bowel related disorders.

Formulations of Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are described. Also disclosed are capsules having a dry blended powder comprising Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be a tartrate salt of Compound 1, such as a mono-, sub-, or di-tartrate salt, and including crystalline forms thereof. The formulations may include excipients such as diluents (e.g., microcrystalline cellulose, lactose); disintegrants (e.g., croscarmellose sodium); and lubricants (e.g., magnesium stearate).

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A combination that includes: a flavonoid, for example in an amount from about 0.1 g to about 1.5 g; and one or more of: ascorbic acid, ascorbate, or a combination thereof, for example in an amount from about 0.2 g to about 2.0 g; N-acetyl cysteine, for example in an amount from about 0.10 g to about 1.2 g; alpha-lipoic acid, for example in an amount from about 0.05 g to about 0.60 g; and at least one carotenoid, for example in an amount from about 1 mg to about 50 mg. The combination may be used to mitigate or prevent nuclear DNA damage, mitochondrial DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, protein carbonylation, or any combination thereof in a subject caused by oxidative stress.

The present disclosure provides oligonucleotide compositions comprising (1) an oligonucleotide of the present disclosure, e.g., an ASO, siRNA, shRNA, DNA or RNA aptamer, gene therapy vector, miRNA, miRNA mimic, antimiR, DNA or RNA decoy, CpG oligonucleotide, or any therapeutic or diagnostic oligonucleotide known in the art, and (ii) a caprylic acid derivative, e.g., 5-CNAC. In some aspects, the oligonucleotide composition is formulated for delivery to the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, some aspects, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotide compositions for oral delivery comprising a therapeutic or diagnostic oligonucleotide (e.g., an ASO) and a caprylic acid derivative (e.g., 5-CNAC or de derivative thereof).

The present invention relates to a composition and health functional food for preventing and treating a respiratory inflammation disease using a mixed herbal mixture. Through various experiments, for example, determination of the cell number of BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage) (Experimental Example 1); Determination of CD11b+/Gr-1+ ratio in leukocyte within BAL fluid (Experimental Example 2); Determination of expressed RNA level of inflammatory cytokines in lung tissue (Experimental Example 3); Determination of expressed RNA level of inflammatory cytokines in BALF (Experimental Example 4); Lung histology (Experimental Example 5); Brief Clinical test (Experimental Example 7) etc, it has been verified that the inventive combined extract showed more potent inhibiting effect on respiratory inflammation disease than each herb extract. Therefore, the herbal extract of the present invention can be usefully used in a pharmaceutical composition, health functional food, and health supplement food for preventing and treating respiratory inflammation disease.

The discovery of mutant or fusion kinases that drive oncogenesis, and the subsequent approval of specific inhibitors for these enzymes, has been instrumental in the management of some cancers. However, acquired resistance remains a significant problem in the clinic, limiting the long-term effectiveness of most of these drugs. Herein is demonstrated a strategy to overcome this resistance through drug-induced MEK cleavage (via direct procaspase-3 activation) combined with targeted kinase inhibition. This combination effect is shown to be general across diverse tumor histologies (melanoma, lung cancer, and leukemia) and driver mutations (mutant BRAF or EGFR, fusion kinases EML4-ALK and BCR-ABL). Caspase-3-mediated degradation of MEK kinases results in sustained pathway inhibition and substantially delayed or eliminated resistance in cancer cells in a manner superior to combinations with MEK inhibitors. These data suggest the generality of drug-mediated MEK kinase cleavage as a therapeutic strategy to prevent resistance to targeted anticancer therapies.