This invention, in one aspect, relates generally to methods for optically modulating pain in animals and human. The invention provides method for the use of opsin for modulating pain, wherein optical stimulation of specific neurons and/or other cells in targeted regions of the nervous system sensitized by opsin, using genetic technologies, leads to significant reduction of pain perception to noxious stimuli. Further, the invention provides a method for inhibition of pain without use of exogenous opsin, wherein visual stimulation of eye (having endogenous opsin) is carried out. The invention also includes device(s) for controlled modulation neural and/or cellular activities in brain, eye and peripheral nervous system in order to treat different forms of chronic pain.

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 to release the drug into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means 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 invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.

The present invention discloses a therapeutic gas release system for oral administration comprising a therapeutic gas releasing compound A, and a therapeutic gas release triggering compound B, wherein compound A and B are separated from each other by an inner septum during storage of the system, wherein compound A and B are surrounded by an outer membrane, which is a gas-permeable and water- and solid-impermeable membrane, preferably a silicone membrane, and wherein therapeutic gas release from the system is activated before oral administration by breaking the inner septum. The therapeutic gas released from the system of the present invention is suitable for the treatment of (inflammatory) diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.

The present invention relates to an orodispersible pharmaceutical solid dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer suitable for forming a matrix with rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is trapped within the matrix, and wherein said dosage form exhibits a dissolution profile according to which (i) after 2 minutes at pH=7.0, less than 12% w/w of the rasagiline relative to the total rasagiline content of the dosage form is dissolved, and (ii) after 15 minutes at pH=1.2, more than 75% w/w of the rasagiline relative to the total rasagiline content of the dosage form is dissolved, and (iii) after 40 minutes at pH=1.2, at least 90% w/w of the rasagiline relative to the total rasagiline content of the dosage form is dissolved, and wherein said orodispersible pharmaceutical solid dosage form is disintegrated in less than 3 minutes.

The present invention is directed to a composition that can be used to deliver an antipsychotic drug such as risperidone, paliperidone or a combination thereof, as an injectable in-situ forming biodegradable implant for extended release providing therapeutic plasma levels from the first day. The composition is in the form of drug suspension on a biodegradable and biocompatible copolymer or copolymers solution using water miscible solvents that is administered in liquid form. Once the composition contacts the body fluids, the polymer matrix hardens retaining the drug, forming a solid or semisolid implant that releases the drug in a continuous manner. Therapeutic plasma levels of the drug can be achieved from the first day up to at least 14 days or more even up to at least four weeks.

This disclosure features methods and compositions for treating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with a TLR agonist.

The invention relates to stable bilayer tablet compositions comprising empagliflozin, linagliptin and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients which show no incompatibilities and the compositions having good stability and superior dissolution profile.

A contraceptive drug delivery system is provided in the form of a controlled release, bioerodible pellet for subdermal implantation. The pellet is bioerodible, and provides for the sustained release of a contraceptive agent over an extended time period. Bioerosion products are water soluble, bioresorbed, or both, obviating the need for surgical removal of the implant. Methods of using the drug delivery system, including in female contraception, are also provided.