Cyclodextrins as suspending agents for pharmaceutical suspensions
US5576311A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/56
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to stable aqueous suspension of drugs suitable for therapeutic administration without requiring solubilization or complexation of those drugs. The suspensions are stabilized with cyclodextrin type suspending agents. Stabilized suspensions of corticosteroids which employ these suspending agents are useful for therapeutic treatment of the eye, ear, or nose.
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