The present invention provides an adsorbent chip, which includes three components, a substrate, an intermediate layer of linker arms and an adsorbent film, which is attached to the linker arms. The adsorbent film is made up of a plurality of adsorbent particles, each of which includes a binding functionality. The invention also provides a method of making the chips of the invention in which the substrate-intermediate film cassette is formed and the adsorbent film is subsequently immobilized thereon. When the adsorbent film is from the same preparation across a particular batch of chips, the chips provide for the acquisition of data that are highly reproducible from one chip to the next throughout the particular batch of chips. Additionally, the invention provides methods for using the chips to perform assays.
PRODRUGS UTILIZING A TRANSPORTER DIRECTED UPTAKE MECHANISM
申请人:Virginia Commonwealth University
公开号:EP2624869A2
公开(公告)日:2013-08-14
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING AND DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICALS
申请人:Tramonte Arturo
公开号:US20110240504A1
公开(公告)日:2011-10-06
A method of packaging one or more pharmaceuticals comprising separating a plurality of unit doses into a plurality of unit dose compartments, wherein each unit dose compartment of the plurality of unit dose compartments holds only one unit dose of the plurality of unit doses, each unit dose having the same strength, wherein the plurality of unit doses is precisely a quantity equal to a most commonly prescribed number of unit doses in individual prescriptions for the unit dose, or a multiple thereof is provided. Also provided are kits prepared by the method. Methods for designing such kits and packaging are also provided.
PRODRUGS UTILIZING A TRANSPORTER-DIRECTED UPTAKE MECHANISM
申请人:VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
公开号:US20130267547A1
公开(公告)日:2013-10-10
Prodrugs comprising a lipophilic drug linked to a transport moiety that can be taken up by a fatty acid transporter are provided. The transport moiety comprises a lipid chain connected to a hydrophilic group (e.g. a carboxylic acid, a phosphate, or a sphingosine-like moiety). Due to the presence of the transport moiety, the prodrugs are substrates for endogenous fatty acid transporter systems. The transport moiety thus serves as a carrier or targeting moiety to facilitate uptake of the entire prodrug complex by endogenous fatty acid transporter systems, thereby moving the prodrug into cells and tissues where drug distribution and effects are desired. Hydrolysis of the chemical linkage between the lipid-like moiety and the lipophilic drug releases the drug in an active form within the cells or tissues.