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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul A. Burke, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 9/14 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes a method for producing an implantable polymer/drug matrix mass, comprising the steps of (1) forming a polymer solution/drug mixture comprising a polymer dissolved in an organic solvent and a suspended labile drug; (2) removing the solvent from the polymer solution/drug mixture, thereby forming a solid polymer/drug matrix; and (3) mechanically compressing the polymer/drug matrix, thereby forming an implantable polymer/drug matrix mass.