Combioxin Sa

Samareh Azeredo Da Silveira Lajaunias

Frédéric Lajaunias

The present invention relates to a composition comprising, preferably consisting of, (i) a single empty liposome, wherein said single empty liposome is selected from (a) an empty liposome comprising cholesterol, wherein the amount of cholesterol is at least 30% (weight per weight), wherein preferably said empty liposome comprising, further preferably consisting of, cholesterol and sphingomyelin; or (b) an empty liposome consisting of sphingomyelin; or (ii) a mixture of empty liposomes; wherein said mixture of empty liposomes comprises, preferably consists of, at least one empty liposome selected from (a) an empty liposome comprising cholesterol, wherein the amount of cholesterol is at least 30% (weight per weight), wherein preferably said empty liposome comprising, further preferably consisting of, cholesterol and sphingomyelin; (b) an empty liposome consisting of sphingomyelin; and (c) an empty liposome comprising, preferably consisting of, phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin; and at least one empty liposome independently of each other selected from an empty liposome comprising, preferably consisting of, lipids or phospholipids selected from cholesterol, sphingomyelins, ceramides, phosphatidylcholines, phosphatidylethanolamines, phosphatidylserines, diacylglycerols, and phosphatidic acids containing one or two or more saturated or unsaturated fatty acids longer than 4 carbon atoms and up to 28 carbon atoms; for use in a method for preventing or reducing biofilm formation or for eradicating or reducing existing biofilm.

Liposomes for inhibiting biofilm formation

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of empty liposomes, wherein said mixture of empty liposomes comprises (a) a first empty liposome comprising cholesterol, wherein the amount of cholesterol is at least 30% (weight per weight); and (b) a second empty liposome comprising sphingomyelin, for use in adjunctive treatment of 5 pneumonia in a human patient.

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Samareh Azeredo Da Silveira Lajaunias