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Treatment of oral mucositis by administering an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide selected from heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate

US8906883B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Exthera AB · SE

Inventors

Lars Adolfsson · Uppsala, SE
Olle Larm · Bromma, SE
Anders Westermark · Mariehamn, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 10, 2010
Grant date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 10, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K47/36
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate, for use in the treatment of mucositis in a mammalian subject, to a method of preventing or treating mucositis in a mammalian subject, by applying topically a composition having an ionic complex of chitosan and a negatively charged polysaccharide, selected from the group consisting of heparin, heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate. The composition further relates to a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration of an ionic complex of chitosan and heparin.

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