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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Gassmann, Weil, DE;
Heinz Sucker, Basel, CH;
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/20 ; A61K 9/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/20 ; A61K 9/48 ;
Abstract
Particles of a substantially water insoluble biologically active substance, such as Cyclosporin, are loaded with a charged glyceryl ester as an electrostatic stabilizer which imparts to the particles a zeta potential and having an active substance:stabilizer weight ratio of 1:1 to 400:1 and an average particle diameter of 1 nanometer to 10 micrometers. Compositions having such particles are found to be useful delivery systems.