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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Andrew Garrill, Hertford, GB;
Richard J. Haan, Germantown, TN (US);
Craig Steven Herman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard Ian Walker, Hertford, GB;
Assignee:
Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 3/002 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 3/002 ;
Abstract
A method and package for storing a pressurized container which is filled with a drug formulation at a predetermined pressure. The drug formulation includes a mixture of a drug and a propellant. The package which encloses the pressurized container substantially prevents ingression of water vapor and particulate matter into the package while permitting egression of the propellant which may leak from the pressurized container.