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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1981

Filed:

Feb. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

Theodor Eckert, Muenster, DE;

Fritz H Kemper, Muenster, DE;

Martin Wischniewski, Neustadt a.Rbge., DE;

Reinhard Hempel, Hanover, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242 / ; 424180 ; 424230 ; 424242 ; 424274 ; 424319 ; 424365 ;
Abstract

A carrier composition for cutaneously absorbable topical pharmaceutical formulations of pharmacologically active agents is disclosed which comprises at least one partial glyceride of a fatty acid of medium chain length. This vehicle enhances the permeation of the topical formulation through the skin. A topical formulation which comprises this permeation enhancing vehicle is suitable for cutaneously applying pharmacologically active agents which are locally and/or systematically effective in the body.


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