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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maneesh J Neururkar, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael J Kaufman, New Hope, PA (US);
William A Hunke, Harleysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 11 ; 924499 ;
Abstract
The invention is a pharmaceutical composition for intravenous administration to a patient comprising a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; b) a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of an excipient such as a bulking agent effective to form a lyophilized cake; and c) a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of acetate buffer effective to provide a pH of between about 4 and 7.