Information management systems and methods can be used with at least one pharmaceutical compounding device. The systems and methods comprise a controller coupled to the compounding device. A compounding control manager resides on the controller to receive compounding order input and generate control commands to the compounding device based, at least in part, upon the compounding order input. An order process control manager is in data communication with the compounding control manager to communi...

A compound which is a benzo[a]phenazine-11-carboxamide derivative of formula (I) ##STR00001## wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4, which are the same or different, is selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 C.sub.6 alkoxy which is unsubstituted or substituted, heteroaryloxy, C.sub.1 C.sub.6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted, nitro, cyano, azido, amidoxime, CO.sub.2R.sup.10, CON(R.sup.12).sub.2, OCON(R.sup.12), SR.sup.10, SOR.sup.11, SO.sub.2R.sup.11, SO.sub.2N(R.sup.12).sub.2...

Pharmaceutical combinations suitable for treating the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men are described herein. The combinations contain an alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist and a muscarinic antagonist that may be administered simultaneously, separately or sequentially. The methods of treatment using the combinations are particularly suitable for treating moderate or severe LUTS.

Pharmaceutical composition which comprises an insulin sensitivity enhancer in combination with other antidiabetics differing from the enhancer in the mechanism of action, which shows a potent depressive effect on diabetic hyperglycemia and is useful for prophylaxis and treatment of diabetes.

The present invention provides various pharmaceutically active topical delivery compositions. In particular, compositions of the present invention are present in a pressurized container comprising a quick-breaking alcoholic foaming agent, such that when the composition is released, i.e., dispensed, from the pressurized container, a quick-breaking temperature sensitive foam is formed. In addition, the present invention provides various aspects related to such compositions, including methods for m...

Improved pharmaceutical compositions are provided comprising one or more solubilized HIV protease inhibiting compounds having improved solubility properties in a medium and/or long chain fatty acid, or mixtures thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable alcohol, and water.

A medication dispensing unit is provided for tracking medical products having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag uniquely associated therewith. The dispensing unit includes compartments for receiving medical products therein, and readers for reading the RFID tags associated with the medical products in the compartments. A processor is coupled to the readers for receiving and processing readings of the RFID tags in the compartment to identify the medical products in the compartments. The...

A new crystalline polymorph of ritonavir and methods for its use and preparation are disclosed.

Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration in the form of a homogeneous solution which on exposure to water or gastrointestinal fluids forms an emulsion having a particle size of less than 5 microns, the solution containing: (a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a cyclosporin, in particular Cyclosporin A, (b) a carrier medium which is a dialkyl ester of an aliphatic or aromatic dioic acid, the alkyl group of said dialkyl ester having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms,...

Compounds or their salts of general formula (I): A--B--N(O).sub.s wherein: s is an integer equal to 1 or 2; A=R--T.sub.1--, wherein R is the drug radical and T.sub.1=(CO).sub.t or (X).sub.t', wherein X=O, S, NR.sub.1c, R.sub.1c is H or a linear or branched alkyl or a free valence, t and t' are integers and equal to zero or 1, with the proviso that t=1 when t'=0; t=0 when t'=1; B=--T.sub.B--X.sub.2--O-- wherein T.sub.B=(CO) when t=0, T.sub.B=X when t'=0, X being as above defined; X.sub.2 is equal...