A Panax plant extract and a pharmaceutical composition and the use thereof. The mass ratio of Rk1 and Rg5 in the Panax plant extract is 1:1.0-1.5, and the content of Rg3, Rg5 and Rk1 in the extract is relatively high. The extract can be used to prepare a drug for treating chronic heart failure, coronary stable angina, arrhythmia, diabetes and complications thereof, Meniere's disease, hyperlipemia, fatty liver, Alzheimer's disease, dymenorrhea, metabolic syndrome, gout, tumours or vascular leak syndrome.

The present invention provides phenothiazine compounds, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and the use of the compounds or the compositions in the treatment of various diseases or conditions, for example ribosomal disorders and ribosomopathies, e.g. Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA).

Described herein are compounds of Formula I, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are defined herein, their use as branched-chain alpha keto acid dehydrogenase kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, diabetes, NASH and heart failure.

The present invention aims to provide a preparation containing a compound of the formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof having improved pharmacokinetics, and a manufacturing method thereof. The present invention relates to a solid dispersion containing (1) an amorphous compound represented by the following formula [I]:

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or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof, and

(2) one to four kinds of pharmaceutically acceptable polymers selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose acetate succinate, methylcellulose, hypromellose and polyvinyl alcohol, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Methods and compositions for modifying glycans (e.g., glycans expressed on the surface of live cells or cell particles) are provided herein.

Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of transthyretin mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate transthyretin amyloidosis, or a symptom thereof.

The invention provides methods and compositions of treating a subject having a cardiac-related disorder such as congestive or chronic heart failure (CHF), cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac hypotrophy, and other cardiac myopathies/dystrophies. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of a composition that modulates, for example, reduces or inhibits, GDF15 activity in the subject.

Human relaxin-2 as active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition for treating a subject suffering from cachexia syndrome or cardiac wasting or suspected of being at risk of suffering from cardiac wasting or cardiac decompensation. The application also described methods of diagnosis of cachexia and cardiac wasting and patients suspected of being at risk of suffering from cardiac decompensation. Further described is a patch pump for sc. or iv infusion of relaxin or human relaxin-2.

Aspects of the present application relate to solid forms of Omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride. Specific aspects relate to crystalline forms and amorphous solid dispersions of Omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride. Further specific aspects related to crystalline forms DP1, DP2, DP3, DP4, OMT-D, OMT-L, OMT-O, OMT-F, OMT-FS and amorphous solid dispersions of Omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.

The present invention provides means and methods for treating Interleukin 18 (IL-18)-associated diseases and disorders. In particular, the present invention discloses antibodies specific for free IL-18 and IL-18 Binding Protein (IL-18BP) for use in such treatments and for the diagnosis of the indications.