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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J. Brayden, Dublin, IE;
Jacqueline M. Dee, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Elan Corporation, plc, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/20 ; A61K 9/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/20 ; A61K 9/48 ;
Abstract
A composition for enteral administration having a non-ionic vegetable oil GIT absorption enhancer capable of increasing the enteral absorbability of drugs, especially oral absorbability of hydrophilic and macromolecular drugs. The non-ionic vegetable oil GIT absorption enhancer, particularly Babassu oil or a derivative thereof, is capable of enhancing the uptake of a drug from the gastrointestinal tract so as to allow therapeutically effective amounts of the drug to be transported across the GIT of an animal such as a human without significant toxic side effects.