The disclosure provides a multi-layered tablet configured for oral use, the tablet including a first layer including an effervescent composition and a second layer including a non-effervescent composition. The effervescent composition includes an effervescent material; one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including at least one sugar alcohol; and at least one active ingredient. The non-effervescent composition includes one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including at least one sugar alcohol; a binder; and a second active ingredient.

A multi-unit pharmaceutical composition comprising an immediate release component comprising a polyphenol-containing Aspalathus linearis extract and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and a sustained release component comprising a polyphenol-containing Aspalathus linearis extract and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the composition provides a substantially linear polyphenol release profile over a predetermined period, for example about 8 hours.

Disclosed is a composition for use in preventing, alleviating, or treating psoriasis containing cimicifugolide A as an active ingredient.

The present invention relates to a salivary gland therapeutic agent using the effects of a cell-derived vesicle of enhancing the proliferation capacity of salivary gland cells, promoting an amylase activity, and enhancing transepithelial resistance. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the cell-derived vesicle according to the present invention has the effects of enhancing the proliferation capacity of salivary gland cells damaged by radiation, promoting amylase activity, increasing transepithelial resistance, enhancing the expression of Aquaporin 5, and increasing the amount of saliva secretion. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition comprising the cell-derived vesicle of the present invention can be used for preventing and treating salivary gland diseases, and thus can be widely used in the pharmaceutical industry and health functional food field.

Provided herewith is a pharmaceutical composition comprising, separately or together, a pulsatile release component comprising levodopa and a DOPA decarboxylase inhibitor for the management of OFF-time episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease.

The present invention relates to immediate release formulations of (R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropyl carbamate and methods of using the same to treat disorders.

The present invention relates to, inter alia, methods of treatment and combinations of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(triflu-oromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1) useful for the treatment of extra-intestinal manifestations (EIM) in an individual with inflammatory bowel disease (BBD) and for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). In some embodiments, the methods further comprise administering Compound 1, or a harmaceutically salt, solvate, or hydrate thereof, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of: a corticosteroid, a 5-ammosalicylic acid derivative, and a TNF-alpha inhibitor; or a corticosteroid, an immunosuppressant, a biologic, an anti-inflammatory agent, and an antibiotic.

An orodispersible formulation for contraception or hormone replacement therapy containing an estrogen and a progestogen that has sufficient hardness, disintegration time and friability.

The present invention relates to the technical field of medicine and relates to an instant release pharmaceutical preparation of an anticoagulant and a preparation method therefor. The instant release pharmaceutical preparation of an anticoagulant comprises a vicagrel compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof, the preparation is a tablet or a capsule, the vicagrel or the pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof is provided at a suitable particle size, and the D90 thereof <50 μm. With regard to the drug-containing particles obtained by the present invention, a pharmaceutical preparation formed therefrom exhibits rapid release characteristics in an in vitro dissolution test and exhibits considerable advantages in pharmacokinetics in vivo, showing a greater degree (AUC) and rate (C.sub.max) of drug absorption. Further provided by the present invention is a method for preparing an instant release pharmaceutical preparation of an anticoagulant; according to the formulation of the drug-containing particles as disclosed by the present invention, a capsule or tablet instant release preparation having excellent stability may be obtained by means of a combination of optional preparation steps.

The present invention is directed to novel neuro-attenuating norketamine (NANKET) compounds according to any one of formulas (I—shown below), (I-A) and (I-B), or any of the compounds described in Tables A-D, or in any of the Examples provided herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, novel pharmaceutical formulations and novel methods of uses thereof. The present invention also features novel oral neuro-attenuating ketamine (NAKET) and neuro-attenuating norketamine (NANKET) modified-release pharmaceutical formulations, and novel methods of administration thereof, which ensure the steady release of a therapeutically effective amount of ketamine, norketamine, or derivatives thereof from the oral modified-release pharmaceutical formulations without neurologically toxic spikes in plasma concentration of the ketamine, norketamine, or derivatives during the release periods. ##STR00001##