This disclosure relates to a method of treating, preventing, or reducing a symptom of a virus infection, including a SARS-CoV-2 infection, by administering an effective amount of tdsRNA optionally with an anti-viral agent, to a subject.

Dry powder formulations for pulmonary and/or intranasal drug delivery, delivery systems, and methods of making and using thereof have been developed. The dry powder formulation contains particles containing a retinoid and/or a retinoid derivative, such as tamibarotene; and a β-cyclodextrin and/or a β-cyclodextrin derivative. The dry powder formulation allows for improved drug adsorption and bioavailability in vivo. The particles of the dry powder formulation have favorable aerodynamic properties for deposition and retention in the lower and/or upper respiratory tract(s). The dry powder formulation can be prepared using spray-drying or spray-freeze-drying. Inhalation, intratracheal administration, and/or intranasal administration of the dry powder formulation can deliver to a subject an effective amount of the retinoid and/or retinoid derivative to prevent, treat, or ameliorate symptom(s) associated with a respiratory viral infection in the subject.

The invention provides a combination, kit or composition comprising: (i) one or more nitrite salt; (ii) a proton source comprising one or more acid selected from organic carboxylic acids and organic non-carboxylic reducing acids; and (iii) one or more organic polyol. On reaction of the one or more nitrite salt with the proton source in the presence of the one or more organic polyol, the combination, kit or composition provides reaction products which include nitric oxide, optionally other oxides of nitrogen and/or optionally precursors thereof and which are useful, for example, in the treatment of various disorders.

The present disclosure provides inhibitors of activin receptor-like kinase 5 (ALK5). Also disclosed are methods to modulate the activity of ALK5 and methods of treatment of disorders mediated by ALK5.

This invention provides an effective, targeted therapy for persons suffering from an endotype of chronic rhinosinusitis which is characterized by elevated levels of LTE4 in urine.

A pressurized medicinal composition comprising at least 40%, by weight, of liquid carbon dioxide, a fluid that forms a homogeneous solution with liquid carbon dioxide, and at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient dissolved or suspended in the composition. The composition may have a liquid to supercritical transition temperature greater than 40° C. Also, metered dose inhalers comprising an actuator, and a canister equipped with a metering valve, wherein the canister houses a reservoir comprising a pressurized carrier fluid mixture for dissolving or suspending at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, the carrier fluid mixture comprising liquid carbon dioxide and a second component that is a liquid at room temperature and pressure.

Pressurized canisters coated with poly(fluoroalkylene) polymer or a copolymer of poly(fluoralkylenes) and containing a formulation comprising one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients comprising umeclidinium or a salt thereof, vilanterol or a salt thereof, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing, poly(ethylene glycol), and a propellant, inhalers comprising the pressurized canister, as well as methods of using the pressurized canisters and inhalers.

The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition. The method includes transferring a predetermined quantity of an excipient mixture from a second vessel to a first vessel. The excipient mixture transferred from the second vessel includes a liquid-state second quantity of a hydrofluoroalkane propellant and a first solubilized excipient comprising a low-molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) polymer. The method further includes contacting at least one pharmaceutically-active compound with the excipient mixture under conditions that facilitate forming an intermixture comprising the propellant, the polymer, and the compound. Before transferring the excipient mixture, the first vessel contains a vapor-phase first quantity of the hydrofluoroalkane propellant and an effective amount of the at least one pharmaceutically-active compound.

A pharmaceutical composition is described. The chemically stable pharmaceutical composition comprises a drug component. The drug component consists of a) mometasone, mometasone furoate, or a combination thereof; and b) formoterol fumarate dihydrate. The chemically stable pharmaceutical composition also comprises a propellant component comprising at least 90 weight % 1,1-difluoroethane; and ethanol in an amount of from 0.5 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of the chemically stable pharmaceutical composition. The drug component comprises from 0.01 to 1.0 weight % of the total weight of the chemically stable pharmaceutical composition. The drug component is the sole drug component in the chemically stable pharmaceutical composition. The chemically stable pharmaceutical composition is in the form of a suspension and free of acid stabilizers. The chemically stable pharmaceutical composition is surfactant-free.

The invention relates to ciclesonide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a composition comprising ciclesonide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the use in a method of ameliorating quality of life (QOL) in equines, preferably horses.