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Processes to generate submicron particles of water-insoluble compounds

US6177103A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/906
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Submicron particles of water-insoluble compounds, particularly drugs, are prepared by simultaneously stabilizing microparticulate suspensions of same with surface modifier molecules by rapid expansion into an aqueous medium from a compressed solution of the compound and surface modifiers in a liquefied gas and optionally homogenizing the aqueous suspension thus formed with a high pressure homogenizer.

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