Shiseido Company, Limited

Takashi Yoshimoto

Kazuo Watabe

Masahiro Tajima

Toshihiko Kaminuma

Ritsuko Ehama

Takaaki Baba

Shoji Fukushima

Microspheres prepared by emulsifying an aqueous phase containing a drug and an oil phase containing a biodegradable polymer to form a W/O emulsion, and then mixing and agitating this emulsion with another aqueous phase constituting a continuous phase to form a W/O/W emulsion. These microspheres can release a major portion of the drug after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after their administration to the patient, and are especially suitable for intracerebral implantation.

Delayed drug-releasing microspheres

A prolonged releasing pharmaceutical preparation is provided carrying a physiologically active substance, particularly, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or a maxadilan (MAX). This pharmaceutical preparation can attain the expected effects by incorporating the physiologically active substance into a combination, as carriers for the physiologically active substance, of a cellulosic polymer and at least one auxiliary component selected from the group consisting of fats and oils, waxes, fatty acids, saccharides and polyacrylate ester derivatives. The pharmaceutical preparation can conveniently be used, in living bodies, particularly as an intrathecal implantation-type preparation.

Physiologically active substance-prolonged releasing-type pharmaceutical

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Sendai, Japan

Takashi Yoshimoto