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Aerosol formulations containing P134a and salbutamol

US5674471A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1995
Grant dateOct 7, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K45/06
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical aerosol formulation consisting essentially of particulate medicament which is salbutamol or a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane as propellant, which formulation contains less than 0.0001% surfactant based upon the weight of medicament, particulate medicament being present in an amount of 0.005% to 5% w/w relative to the total weight of the formulation and having a particle size of less than 100 microns, with the provisos that when said formulation consists of salbutamol and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane in a weight ratio of 0.05:18, said salbutamol is present in the form of a physiologically acceptable salt and when said formulation consists of salbutamol or salbutamol sulphate and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane the weight to weight ratio of medicament to propellant is other than 69:7900 or 0.866%.

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