Drug delivery system exhibiting permeability control
US6589563B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/906
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Microparticles and nanoparticles prepared from oppositely charged polymers are provided in which a drug is incorporated into the core and is conjugated to one polymer by a Schiff-base crosslink. The particles are suitable for use in injectable formulations in which the rate of release of the drug through the particle shell is slowed as compared to noncrosslinked drugs. Enzymatically degradable polymers can be incorporated in otherwise hydrolytically stable particles to provide drug release at particular sites within the body where the enzyme of interest is present.
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