Provided are a combination including glucagon and a compound or substance with therapeutic activity against a metabolic syndrome and a use thereof.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for treating lens protein aggregation diseases by reducing the formation of proteins responsible for crowding, compacting, and/or causing increased internal lens pressure. Specifically disclosed herein are ophthalmologic compositions comprising one or more agents that regulate water, sodium, and/or calcium ion transport and/or storage through lens fiber cell channels, and/or reduce the formation and/or production of proteins responsible for crowding, compacting, and/or causing increased internal lens pressure.

The invention relates generally to methods for treating and modulating the severity of COVID-19 syndrome. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a human patient, the composition comprising secretin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

The present disclosure is directed to the treatment of diseases or conditions characterized by the buildup of fatty tissue, or hyperphagia, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, etc. A composition containing a monoclonal antibody directed against gastric inhibitory polypeptide is administered. This results in a reduced rate of weight gain, weight loss, and/or reduction in fatty tissue, and a marked decrease in lipid synthesis and accumulation.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for treating lens protein aggregation diseases by reducing the formation of proteins responsible for crowding, compacting, and/or causing increased internal lens pressure. Specifically disclosed herein are ophthalmologic compositions comprising one or more agents that regulate water, sodium, and/or calcium ion transport and/or storage through lens fiber cell channels, and/or reduce the formation and/or production of proteins responsible for crowding, compacting, and/or causing increased internal lens pressure.

Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Some embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. The device comprises a capsule sized to be swallowed and pass through the intestinal tract. The capsule can include at least one guide tube, one or more tissue penetrating members positioned in the guide tube, a delivery member, an actuating mechanism and a release element. The release element degrades upon exposure to various conditions in the intestine so as to release and actuate the actuating mechanism. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.

The present disclosure relates to the field of medicine. More particularly, the disclosure is in the field of treatment of diabetes, obesity and/or chronic weight management, dyslipidemia and/or NASH. The disclosure relates to compounds that agonize the amylin receptor and can lower food intake, body weight, glucose and/or triglycerides, so can be used to treat diabetes, obesity, and/or dyslipidemia. The present disclosure also includes pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and therapeutic uses of such compounds and compositions.

Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to an actuator having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.

The present disclosure is directed to the treatment of diseases or conditions characterized by the buildup of fatty tissue, or hyperphagia, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, etc. A composition containing a monoclonal antibody directed against gastric inhibitory polypeptide is administered. This results in a reduced rate of weight gain, weight loss, and/or reduction in fatty tissue, and a marked decrease in lipid synthesis and accumulation.

Disclosed are a VIP gene expressing microorganism, a composition or a kit for preventing or treating a disorder causing gastrointestinal tract damage comprising the same, and a method for preventing or treating a disorder causing gastrointestinal tract damage using the same.