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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary W. Pace, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael G. Vachon, Quebec, CA;
Awadhesh K. Mishra, Quebec, CA;
Inge B. Henrikson, Stavanger, NO;
Val Krukonis, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
RTP Pharma, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ;
Abstract
Submicron particles of water-insoluble compounds, particularly drugs, are prepared by simultaneously stabilizing microparticulate suspensions of same with surface modifier molecules by rapid expansion into an aqueous medium from a compressed solution of the compound and surface modifiers in a liquefied gas and optionally homogenizing the aqueous suspension thus formed with a high pressure homogenizer.