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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Corium International, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Parminder Singh, Union City, CA (US);
Eun Soo Lee, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amit K. Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Corium International, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In an aspect of the invention, a composition for making a patch for the transdermal delivery of tamsulosin is provided. The composition comprises (a) at least about 1 wt % tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tamsulosin, (b) at least about 40 wt % polyisobutylene adhesive or hydrophobic synthetic rubber adhesive, (c) about 1-20 wt % of an aprotic solvent in which tamsulosin dissolves readily, (d) about 1-20 wt % of an unsaturated fatty acid or an alpha-hydroxy acid or a mixture of unsaturated fatty acids or alpha-hydroxy acids or of both unsaturated fatty acids and alpha-hydroxy acids, (e) a lipophilic permeation enhancer, and (f) a matrix modifier.