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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter James Watts, Nottingham, GB;
Lisbeth Illum, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 3/708 ; A01N 4/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 3/708 ; A01N 4/304 ;
Abstract
A drug delivery composition for nasal administration is provided which comprises the antiviral agent ICAM-1 and a bioadhesive material. The bioadhesive material may be a chitosan solution, a liquid formulation comprising a polymeric material or a plurality of bioadhesive microspheres. The polymeric material is preferably gellan gum or alginate. The microspheres may comprise starch, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, or gelatin.