Therapeutic preparation for the transdermal administration of active substances

US6379696B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG · DE

Inventors

• Bodo Asmussen · Bendorf, DE
• Andreas Koch · Heiligenhaus, DE
• Rudolf Matusch · Marburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2002
• Expiry date: May 5, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P17/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A therapeutic preparation for the transdermal application of active substances through the skin comprising additives causing an increase in the percutaneous absorption rate of active substances which can normally only insufficiently be absorbed transdermally is characterized by the fact that the additives are HMG-CoA-reductase-inhibitors.