Patent · US Expired

Skin permeation enhancer composition for use with sex steroids

US5693335A · kind A · utility

106Cited by
5References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K47/20
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A combination permeation enhancer for increasing the permeability of skin to sex steroids such as estrogens and progestogens comprising a polyhydric thioalcohol of 2 to 6 carbon atoms having at least one mercapto group and at least one hydroxy group and an aliphatic carboxylic acid of 8 to 24 carbon atoms or an ester thereof.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.