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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rao S Bezwada, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Stephen C Arnold, Franklin, NJ (US);
Shalaby W Shalaby, Anderson, SC (US);
Bernard L Williams, Martinsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424426 ; 424486 ; 424 7836 ;
Abstract
A sustained release parenteral composition comprising an admixture of at least one drug to be delivered in a therapeutically effective amount and a bioabsorbable lactone polymer containing one or more lactone monomers that is a liquid at body temperature, provided in an amount effective to sustain or extend the release rate of the drug and a method for administering said composition to an animal.