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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kauko Kurkela, Espoo, FI;
Martti Marvola, Helsinki, FI;
Ilkka Larma, Springfield, NJ (US);
Raimo Virtanen, Rusko, FI;
Marianne Karlsson, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Orion Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/150 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61F 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/150 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61F 1/302 ;
Abstract
A method of administering transmucosally, particularly to oral or nasal mucosa, levosimendan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. The method comprises contacting an intact mucous membrane with a source of levosimendan, and maintaining said source with said mucous membrane for a sufficient time period to deliver levosimendan to the patient. Transmucosal preparations of levosimendan are also described. Levosimendan is useful in the treatment of heart failure.