Determination of a new oral iron chelator, ICL670, and its iron complex in plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography and ultraviolet detection.

ICL670 is a representative of a new class of orally active tridentate selective iron chelators. Two molecules of ICL670 are required to form a complete hexacoordinate chelate Fe-[ICL670]2 with one ferric iron. A simple and rapid HPLC-UV method for the separate determination of ICL670 and Fe-[ICL670]2 in the plasma of iron-overloaded patients is described.

Plasma deproteinization by precipitation and filtration in the 96-well format.

The need for fast bioanalytical methods within the pharmaceutical sector is rapidly growing. Sample preparation is often the bottleneck step. A new approach to increasing sample throughput involves precipitated protein removal by filtration in the 96-well format, thereby eliminating the need for centrifugation and manual handling of individual tubes.

Practice of solid-phase extraction and protein precipitation in the 96-well format combined with high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection for the analysis of drugs in plasma and brain.

C18 Empore 96-well extraction disc plates have been employed for the analysis of three drugs with different polarities in plasma in conjunction with HPLC-UV, rufinamide, ICL670 and an anticonvulsant agent (AA1) in an early stage of development. With the most polar compound (AA1), ion-pair extraction at pH 12 was applied. The method developed for the assay of AA1 in plasma was applied to its determination in brain using an Oasis HLB plate following homogenisation in a pH 7.

Randomized comparative trial of triflusal and aspirin following acute myocardial infarction.

Aims: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of the antiplatelet agent triflusal with aspirin in the prevention of cardiovascular events following acute myocardial infarction.

Methods And Results: In this double-blind, multicentre, sequential design study, patients were randomized within 24 h of acute myocardial infarction symptom onset to receive triflusal 600 mg or aspirin 300 mg once daily for 35 days. The primary end-point was death, non-fatal myocardial reinfarction or a non-fatal cerebrovascular event.

The effect of age on the pharmacokinetics of valsartan.

Twelve young (mean age 23 years, range 18-28) and 12 elderly (mean age 76 years, range 65-89) volunteers were given a single oral dose of 80 mg valsartan after an overnight fast. Each group consisted of six male and six female subjects. Mean systemic exposure to valsartan was higher in the elderly when compared with the young (AUC(0-24 h), 52% increase and AUC(0-infinity), 70% increase).