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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian G Amsden, Downsview, Ontario, CA;
Yu-Ling Cheng, Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424489 ; 424466 ; 424469 ; 424486 ; 424499 ;
Abstract
Described herein is a drug delivery system useful to deliver drugs at low dosage levels to patients in a sustained fashion and at a controlled rate. The system comprises a wettable polymeric matrix in which is dispersed a multiplicity of particles containing a substantially homogeneous blend of osmotically active excipient and not more than about 10% by weight of drug. The system is particularly well suited for delivery of therapeutic macromolecules such as protein drugs. Delivery of epidermal growth factor is exemplified.