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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Milton B. Yatvin, Portland, OR (US);
Michael H. B. Stowell, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael J. Meredith, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
This invention herein describes a method of facilitating the entry of drugs into cells and tissues at physiologically protected sites at pharmicokinetically useful levels and also a method of targeting drugs to specific organelles within the cell. This polar lipid/drug conjugate targeting invention embodies an advance over other drug targeting methods known in the prior art, because the invention provides drug concentrations in such physiologically protected sites that can reach therapeutically-effective levels after administration of systemic levels much lower than are currently administered to achieve a therapeutic dose. This technology is appropriate for use with psychotropic, neurotropic and neurological drugs, agents and compounds, for rapid and efficient introduction of such agents across the blood-brain barrier. Further, the invention provides means for retention and prolonged enzymatic release of psychotropic, neurotropic and neurological drugs, agents and compounds comprising the conjugates of the invention, in the brain and central nervous system.