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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kjell Goran Backstrom, Lund, SE;
Carl Magnus Dahlback, Lund, SE;
Peter Edman, Bjarred, SE;
Ann Charlotte Johansson, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
AB Astra, Sodertalje, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424499 ; 424 46 ; 424489 ; 424502 ; 424 852 ; 424434 ; 514-2 ; 514-3 ; 514951 ; 530399 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition including a mixture of active compounds (A) a pharmaceutically active polypeptide, and (B) an enhancer compound which enhances the systemic absorption of the polypeptide in the lower respiratory tract of a patient, the mixture being in the form of a dry powder for inhalation in which at least 50% of the total mass of the active compounds consists of primary particles having a diameter less than or equal to about 10 microns, the primary particles optionally being formed into agglomerates.