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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Debio Recherche Pharmaceutique SA, Martigny, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 514 15 ; 514 16 ; 514 17 ; 514 18 ; 424409 ; 424417 ; 424490 ; 424491 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition for the sustained release of a peptide wherein the composition includes a polylactide polymer, a polymer of lactic acid and glycolic acid, or a mixture of such polymers and a therapeutically active peptide in the form of its pamoate, tannate or stearate salt. The composition when placed in an aqueous physiological environment releases the peptide in a continuous manner for a period of at least about one week.