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Multilamellar drug delivery systems

US5447729A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateApr 7, 1994
Grant dateSep 5, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/5089
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pharmaceutical preparation including a pharmaceutical agent incorporated into particles comprising (i) a core formed from a hydrophilic material, a hydrophobic material or a hydrophobic emulsion or dispersion and (ii) an alternating sequence of hydrophilic/hydrophobic layers thereon such that there is a hydrophilic/hydrophobic interface between the core and each succeeding layer.

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