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By monitoring the temperature in the core of the compacts during exposure to microwave radiation using a fiber optic temperature probe, it was found that the total exposure time above the glass transition temperature (Tg) was shorter for the interval exposure method compared to continuous exposure to microwave radiation. Therefore, it is proposed that the in situ formation of an amorphous solid dispersion is governed by the dissolution of drug into the polymer, which most likely is accelerated above the Tg of the compacts. Hence, prolonging the exposure time above the Tg, and increasing the surface area of the drug by particle size reduction will increase the dissolution rate and thus, rate and degree of amorphization of CCX during exposure to microwave radiation. We recently reported the discovery of a novel protein stabilizing dipeptide, glycyl-D-asparagine, through a structure-based approach. As the starting hypothesis leading to the discovery, we postulated a stabilizing effect achieved by binding of the dipeptide to an aggregation prone region on the protein's surface. Here we present a detailed study of the interaction mechanism between the dipeptide and Interferon-alpha-2A (IFN) through the construction of a Markov state model from molecular dynamics trajectories. We identify multiple binding sites and compare these to aggregation prone regions. Additionally, we calculate the lifetime of the protein-excipient complex. If the excipient remained bound to IFN after administration, it could alter the protein's therapeutic efficacy. We establish that the lifetime of the complex between IFN and glycyl-D-asparagine is extremely short. Under these circumstances, stabilization by stoichiometric binding is consequently no impediment for a safe use of an excipient. Renaissance of cocrystals as alternative solid forms for fine-tuning physicochemical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) has paved way for development of marketable cocrystals. The current literature reveals established strategies for the design, synthesis and characterization of cocrystals. However, barring a few isolated case studies, strategies for development of cocrystal formulations have been underdeveloped. Herein we report topical formulations of an antioxidant, ferulic acid (FA), which contain the active in its cocrystal form. Cocrystals of FA with the coformers relevant to skin care such as urea, nicotinamide (NA) and isonicotinamide (INA) have been prepared and oleogel formulations of these have been developed. The cocrystal with urea and an anhydrous cocrystal with INA have been identified for the first time in this study. The novel cocrystals were structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Solubility and stability studies have revealed higher solubility of the cocrystals with NA and INA than the parent active and greater stability of FA in formulations that contained the cocrystals with INA and urea than the corresponding formulations containing physical mixtures or parent active. In vitro membrane permeation tests have ascertained sustained release profile of active from the formulation that contained the FA•INA cocrystal. The higher solubility, greater stability and sustained active release profile of the FA•INA cocrystal formulation make it a promising topical formulation of FA. OBJECTIVES HCV epidemic is evolving quickly despite new treatments and due to behaviour changes increasing at-risk situations. We investigated potential origins and evolution of the HCV-4d French emergence among HIV-infected MSM, in Paris in 2003. METHODS We analyzed all HCV sequences from Paris initial outbreak with all newly available sequences publicly available, including sampling date and geographical location, resulting in 184, 68, 156, 107, 13 and 2 sequences from France, Netherlands, other European countries, Africa, Middle-East or Turkey, Americas and Asia, respectively. Phylogenetic reconstruction was performed by maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches. RESULTS HCV-4d sequences from Europe were strongly separated from non-European sequences. Sequences from the initial Paris outbreak were all included into two well separated and supported clusters with branch support at 100%, mean genetic distance 3.4 subst./100 nucleotides between their common ancestor and the previous node. The largest cluster interleaved French (n=98) and Dutch (n=28) sequences, suggesting several translocations between these countries. This cluster included 41 French sequences from Lyon sampled after 2014, highlighting its continuous spread within France since the initial outbreak. The smallest cluster included one Paris sequence with United-Kingdom sequences (n=9). DISCUSSION A few previous works have shown HCV-4d transmissions occurring between a few countries. In our work, we suggest a new and large connection between France and Netherlands MSM communities and highlight a well separated pan-European transmission network. Large collaborative networks are needed to investigate ongoing transmissions across countries and help specific prevention measures. OBJECTIVES To examine the rate of delayed or no isolation of hospitalized patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and the causes for isolation failure. see more METHODS This retrospective study included patients with pulmonary TB at a university-affiliated hospital in South Korea between January 2015 and June 2018 after excluding those with a stay ≤2 days and those who only visited the emergency department. Patients who were not isolated for ≥3 days were classified as the delayed or no isolation group. We compared the clinical findings and diagnostic test results, between patients managed with delayed or no isolation (D-isolation) and timely isolation (T-isolation). RESULTS Of 486 patients with pulmonary TB, 222 patients were included. In 106 cases (47.7%), isolation was delayed or not applied, while in 116 cases, isolation was applied in a timely manner. Typical findings of TB were seen on the chest X-rays of 87 (75.0%) patients in the T-isolation group versus 25 (23.6%) patients in the D-isolation group (p less then 0.