Polar drug of prodrug compositions with extended shelf-life storage and a method of making thereof
US6133248A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K9/0019
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclodextrin and a pharmaceutically active agent or prodrug, wherein the cyclodextrin is present at less than 75% equimolar amounts of the above agent or prodrug. The present invention is further drawn to a method of extending the shelf-life of a pharmaceutically active agent or prodrug by adding one or more cyclodextrins a less than 75% equimolar amounts to said pharmaceutically active agent or prodrug.
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