Non-crushable pill formulations and methods of using the formulations are disclosed. A non-crushable pill formulation for preventing unintended use of a drug, comprising a polymer, the polymer forming a polymer backbone of the complex; cross-linkers, the cross-linkers connecting the polymer backbone through covalently bonding to form at least one inner cavity within the complex; and the drug, the drug being trapped either covalently or non-covalently in the at least one inner cavity within the complex, wherein the drug is protected from releasing outside of the complex.

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 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 methods of delivering drugs to a subject in a controlled release fashion by administering a magneto-electric nanoparticle having ionic bonds to a drug then applying a magnetic field to weaken the ionic bonds and release the drug.

The present disclosure provides a process of producing a dry powder coated pharmaceutical capsule. The method includes preparing a dry powder film forming polymer coating composition to be coated onto an outer surface of the capsules, a size of the particulate coating powder being in a range from about 1 nm to about 500 μm. The capsules are placed into an interior of a rotatable housing and may be preheated. The dry powder coating composition is sprayed into the interior of the housing while the rotatable housing is rotating to produce a uniform coating of the dry powder coating composition on the outer surface of the capsules. The coated capsules are cured form a substantially uniform cured.

Described herein are implantable devices comprising means for mitigating the foreign body response (FBR) and at least one cell-containing compartment which comprises a plurality of cells (e.g., live cells) encapsulated in a polymer composition comprising a cell-binding substance (CBS), as well as compositions and methods of making and using the same. The cells are capable of expressing a therapeutic agent useful for the treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition described herein.

The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing Alport syndrome in a patients in need thereof using bardoxolone methyl or analogs thereof, and/or improving the kidney function of patients who have been diagnosed with Alport syndrome.

The invention provides a method for combating biofilm, said method comprising contacting a surface at-risk for biofilm formation or a biofilm with a composition comprising an effective amount of antimicrobial peptide biofilm-degrading enzyme combinations, preferably in the form of a fusion protein. The biofilm may be on an animate or inanimate surface and both medical and non-medical uses and methods are provided. In one aspect the invention provides a composition for use in the treatment or prevention of a biofilm infection in a subject, particularly in the oral cavity.

The present invention relates to a microcapsule composition in which polydopamine-coated calcium carbonate microspheres are encapsulated by forming an alginate gel on the surface of a spheroid conjugated thereto, and a method of preparing the same, and it is confirmed that according to the method of preparing the microcapsule, the drug or physiologically active material was individually microencapsulated by gradually forming an alginate gel on the surface of the spheroid containing the drug or physiologically active material, a drug or a bioactive material is placed in the center of a capsule in a very simple way, and a capsule of a very small size can be manufactured in a short time compared to the conventional encapsulation method by adjusting the size of the capsule.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition for the oral delivery of Pentosan Polysulfate sodium (PPS). In particular, the invention discloses compositions of PPS in form of nanoparticles with a suitable polymer aimed to improve the PPS absorption in the small intestine and reduce or eliminate the side effects in the colon.