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Emulsified drug delivery systems

US5952004A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1995
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/1075
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pharmaceutical preparation comprising a stable, surface-active emulsion or dispersion of a pharmaceutical agent incorporated into an emulsion (i) having a hydrophobic discontinuous phase of a long chain carboxylic acid or ester or alcohol thereof dispersed in an aqueous phase or (ii) having a hydrophilic discontinuous phase dispersed in a hydrophobic phase of a long chain carboxylic acid or alcohol thereof. The emulsion with pharmaceutical agent is incorporated into a pharmaceutical carrier suitable for oral delivery.

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