Compositions comprising metal ions or clusters such as ferrous and/or ferric iron compounds or magnesium, zinc, lanthanum and other metal ion compounds and fiber components such as gum Arabic in a complex, methods for preparing such compositions of matter, and the use thereof for treatment of adsorbing certain accessible targets in the gastrointestinal tract and in an extracorporeal system, are provided herein.

This invention is directed to benzenesulfonamide compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channels, such as epilepsy.

Orally administerable deferasirox formulations are disclosed having reduced release under gastric conditions and fast release at near neutral pH or at neutral pH.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a medicament for preventing or treating hyperphosphatemia. The solution is crystals, or hydrate thereof, of a salt of a compound represented by formula (I).

The invention concerns the use of hepcidin for the diagnosis and therapy of disorders of iron homeostasis. Hepcidin can be used in the treatment of disorders resulting from iron overload, while inhibitors of hepcidin can he used in the treatment of anaemia.

Provided herein are compounds, including enantiomerically pure forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or co-crystals and prodrugs thereof which have glucagon receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity. Further, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as well as methods of treating, preventing, delaying the time to onset or reducing the risk for the development or progression of a disease or condition for which one or more glucagon receptor antagonist is indicated, including Type I and II diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Moreover, provided herein are methods of making or manufacturing compounds disclosed herein, including enantiomerically pure forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or Co-crystals and prodrugs thereof. ##STR00001##

A solid oral pharmaceutical composition in the form of a tablet consisting of a core including a Krebs cycle precursor salt as active ingredient, and of a coating including a coating agent, the composition including from 40% to 80% by weight of this precursor salt on the basis of the total weight of the composition, the composition being able to release this salt in vitro, both in purified water at pH 7 and in a solution buffered at pH 1.3, with a dissolution device in accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia, at a rate of from 2 to 15% in 15 minutes, from 15 to 25% in 30 minutes, and from 30 to 50% in one hour. The composition is a usefeul medicament, in particular in the treatment and/or prevention of urinary lithiasis occurring at a physiological pH and/or during urinary acidosis and/or during hypocitraturia and/or during hypercalciuria and/or during hyperoxaluria.

The invention discloses a composition comprising a mixture of oligosaccharides, said mixture containing at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one neutral oligosaccharide, for use in the promotion magnesium absorption and/or magnesium retention. The composition preferably further comprises at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and/or at least one probiotic. This composition is particularly adapted for use in infants notably preterm infants.

A parenteral formulation of esmolol hydrochloride for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from tachycardia comprising a lyophilized powder consisting of pure esmolol hydrochloride, wherein said powder is reconstituted to obtain a ready-to-use i.v. solution of esmolol hydrochloride at a concentration of 20-100 mg/mL, and said i.v. solution is directly administered to the patient, and further a method of producing a ready-to-use i.v. solution of esmolol hydrochloride by reconstituting a lyophilized powder consisting of pure esmolol hydrochloride with a solvent, characterized in that said solvent is an i.v. solvent devoid of alcohol or a buffer excipient, in an amount necessary to obtain a ready-to-use i.v. solution at a concentration of 20-100 mg/mL, and the ready-to-use i.v. solution containing a parenteral formulation of 20-100 mg/mL pure esmolol hydrochloride in an infusion device or consisting of a parenteral formulation of 20-100 mg/mL pure esmolol hydrochloride, WFI and/or saline solution, devoid of any alcohol or buffer excipients.

This present disclosure is directed to novel prodrugs of activated vitamin D3 compounds. The prodrugs can be designed to have one or more beneficial properties, such as selective inhibition of the enzyme CYP24, low calcemic activity, and anti-proliferative activity. Specifically, these prodrugs are 1-deoxy prohormones of active Vitamin D analogs, e.g. analogs of calcitriol. This disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions containing the prodrugs of the invention, and to their medical use, particularly as prodrugs in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases.