A novel angiogenesis drug which can be clinically used for therapies of human or the like is disclosed. The angiogenesis drug according to the present invention comprises a peptide as an effective component, which has a prescribed amino acid sequence and has an angiogenesis action.

An antimalarial drug combination for prophylactic treatment or curative treatment of malaria comprises a first component which is a fenozan, that is a cis-fused cyclopenteno-1,2,4-trioxane, and a second component which is another antimalarial drug.

An article for dispensing drugs is disclosed which is formed from a crystalline polymeric material having a melting point of at least about 100.degree.C. and a drug. The drug is dispersed throughout the polymer and the combination is formed into a solid shape having structural integrity.

A method for enhancing drug or antibiotic blood levels by inducing gastrointestinal hypomotility and resultant delayed gastrointestinal transport thus increasing dwell time in the upper portion of the gastrointestinal tract where many drugs, particularly antibiotics, are preferentially absorbed. The method involves orally administering, simultaneously or sequentially, a drug, such as an antibiotic, and about 10-95 percent by weight of a non-anticholinergic antispasmodic agent, which is not absor...

A drug preservation container unit for use in connection with injection. It comprises a vertically elongated casing sealed with a cap and a needle assembly held in an upright position within said casing, said needle assembly containing a freeze-drying processed drug for use in injection and arranged to be connected to a syringe. The unit contains such drug in such a small quantity as to be conveniently dispensed to a small number of persons.

Special drug-carrying trays and associated equipment for pharmacists and nurses for the administration of drugs to a plurality of patients, such as in hospitals or nursing homes, comprising the separate packaging, sealing, and labeling of each drug dose for each patient and arranging these individually packaged drugs in compartments in such trays. These compartments correspond to each room or bed and are labeled to correspond to each patient and each dose to be administered with separate trays b...

According to the invention the 3-amino-4,4 dichloro pyrazolone of formula I ##SPC1## and its salts with a therapeutically compatible mineral or organic acid are pharmaceutically useful compounds. They are endowed with interesting antibacterial and antifungic properties.

Quaternary ammonium salts of certain phenylbutylamines are useful antiarrhythmic drugs. A method for treating arrhythmia and prolonging the action potential of cardiac tissue is provided. Pharmaceutical formulations containing such quaternary ammonium salts are disclosed.

The device comprises a tubular housing with two jackets and a container filled with the liquid component of a drug. Within the inner jacket of the housing, close to the closed end thereof, is a chamber containing the powdered components of a drug. A needle for piercing the stopper which closes the container enables the interior of the container to be put in communication with the chamber so as to allow the liquid component to flow out and consequently mix with the powdered component. The subsequ...

Compounds of the formula: wherein: R' is hydrogen, alkyl, --COOH or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, --alkylene--COOH or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, --alkylene-SO.sub.2 H or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, --alkylene-SO.sub.3 H or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or --alkylene CH.sub.2 OH; and A is the acyl moiety of a pharmaceutically acceptable carboxylic acid, said acid having antiinflammatory properties; are gastrointestinal tract sparing drugs for antiinflammat...