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Therapeutic agent delivery system

US4894231A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1987
Grant dateJan 16, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/5031
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A therapeutic agent delivery system that includes a biodegradable polymer and a therapeutic agent, the delivery system being coated with a barrier substance that decreases the quantity of the agent released from the system, compared to the quantity of the agent released from a system not coated with the substance, in the forty-eight hours subsequent to the parenteral injection or implantation of the system into a living person or animal.

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