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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chensheng Li, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424448 ; 424486 ; 424487 ; 514946 ; 514947 ; 5147725 ;
Abstract
A transdermal composition and related method are described. Specifically, the transdermal composition is substantially free of gestodene or substantially free of isopropyl myristate and substantially free of lower alkanols and comprises: (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmacologically active drug which is subject to acid catalyzed degradation; (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and (c) a penetration enhancing effective amount of a functional derivative of a fatty acid.