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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Moo J Cho, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ralph F Levy, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Philippe J Pouletty, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
SangStat Medical Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424455 ; 514885 ; 514962 ; 514937 ; 514975 ;
Abstract
Improved oral cyclosporin formulations which have high bioavailability and are capable of administration in hard capsules, are provided. In the subject formulations, cyclosporin is delivered in an orally acceptable vehicle comprising at least one alkanol of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms in combination with at least one non-ionic surfactant and an ester of an alcohol and a fatty acid having a hydrocarbon chain of from 14 to 18 carbon atoms. The subject formulations find use in immunosuppressive therapy.