The present invention includes a hydrogel and a method of making a porous hydrogel by preparing an aqueous mixture of an uncrosslinked polymer and a crystallizable molecule; casting the mixture into a vessel; allowing the cast mixture to dry to form an amorphous hydrogel film; seeding the cast mixture with a seed crystal of the crystallizable molecule; growing the crystallizable molecule into a crystal structure within the uncrosslinked polymer; crosslinking the polymer around the crystal structure under conditions in which the crystal structure within the crosslinked polymer is maintained; and dissolving the crystals within the crosslinked polymer to form the porous hydrogel.

The present invention relates to novel tricarbocyanine-cyclodextrin(s) conjugates useful as markers in the diagnosis of kidney diseases, a diagnostic composition comprising said conjugates, their use and their production.

The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Sugammadex sodium (1). It further relates to a novel process for the purification of Sugammadex sodium (1) having impurity A less than 2% (w/w) and impurity E less than 0.1% (w/w)

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The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of Sugammadex sodium of formula (I) having more than 98.5% purity along with less than 1.0% monohydroxy Sugammadex sodium and less than 0.15% any other known or unknown impurities by HPLC.

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Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a T.sub.max of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.

Disclosed herein are cyclodextrin molecules covalently modified to store and release nitric oxide, as well as methods of making and uses thereof. The covalently modified cyclodextrin molecules may be tailored, in several embodiments, to release nitric oxide in a controlled manner and are useful for reduction and/or eradication of bacteria and for the treatment of disease.

Compounds of general formulae 6 and 13 where X is —NH—C(NH.sub.2)═N+H.sub.2 or —N+H.sub.3, Y is a linear oligomer of arginine units terminated with an aminodimethylenamide unit (-Arg)n-NH—(CH.sub.2).sub.2—NH.sub.2, where n=6-10, or arginine-aminocaproic units (-Arg-Aca)n-NH.sub.2, where n=6 to 10, A-═CF.sub.3COO— or Cl— and m=1-2. Preparation and use of compounds of general formula 6 and 13 as carriers of nucleoside triphosphates across the cell membranes for the purpose of incorporation of modified nucleoside triphosphates into cellular DNA or RNA. Use of compounds of general formula 6 and 13 as carriers of nucleoside triphosphates across the cell membrane for determining the virostatic activities of modified nucleoside triphosphates. Use of compounds of general formula 6 and 13 as carriers of modified nucleoside triphosphates across the cell membrane for determining cell proliferation and S phase of the cell cycle.

In various embodiments a polyrotaxane carrier for in vivo delivery of a nucleic acid is provided. In certain embodiments the carrier comprises: a multi-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) backbone comprising at least three arms; at least one cyclic compound having a cavity, where an arm of said multi-arm PEG backbone is threaded into the cavity of said cyclic compound forming an inclusion complex; a bulky moiety capping the terminal of the arm(s) threaded into said cyclic compound where said moiety inhibits dethreading of the cyclodextrin from the arm(s) of said backbone; and where at least one arm of said PEG backbone is free of cyclic compounds; and where said carrier has a net positive charge.

Disclosed is a complex of a compound of Formula 1, ##STR00001##
a stereoisomer thereof, or a tautomer of the compound of Formula 1 or stereoisomer thereof, and a cyclodextrin, in which the complex is an amorphous solid. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing the complex, to pharmaceutical compositions which contain the complex, and to the use of the complex to treat Type I hypersensitivity reactions, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, cancer, non-malignant proliferative disorders, and other conditions associated with BTK.

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a T.sub.max of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.