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Cyclodextrin based erythropoietin formulation

US5376632A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1992
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB82Y5/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new pharmaceutical composition for parenteral and local administration comprising an aqueous solution of erythropoietin and a .beta.- or .gamma.-cyclodextrin hydroxyalkyl derivative. The invention also relates to novel lyophilized or spray-dried erythropoietin compositions comprising a .beta.- or .gamma.-cyclodextrin hydroxyalkyl derivative, to processes for preparing such aqueous, lyophilized or spray-dried compositions and to a method for simultaneously stabilizing erythropoietin in an aqueous solution and preventing it from being adsorbed to surfaces.

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