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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Active Biotech Ab, Lund, SE;
Active Biotech AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for treating an ocular inflammatory disease (OID), e.g., uveitis or conjunctivitis, comprising periodic administration of a therapeutically effective amount of laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in treating a subject suffering from an OID, uveitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the orbital tissue, the lacrimal apparatus, the eyelid, the cornea, the retina or the optic pathway. This application also provides a method for treating a subject suffering from an autoimmune disease-associated ocular inflammation comprising periodic ocular administration to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and an ocular pharmaceutical composition comprising laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in treating an autoimmune disease-associated ocular inflammation.