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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Ausborn, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
David Bodmer, Klingnau, CH;
Oskar Nagele, Sissach, CH;
Laurent Marchal, Mulhouse, FR;
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 9/00 ; A61K 3/1765 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 9/00 ; A61K 3/1765 ;
Abstract
An emulsion-based method of microencapsulating an active agent wherein a water-in-oil emulsion, containing a matrix-forming polymer and an active agent, is dispersed in an aqueous external phase to form a microencapsulated product.