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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
OluFunmi Lily Johnson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Medha M. Ganmukhi, Carlisle, MA (US);
Howard Bernstein, Cambridge, MA (US);
Henry Auer, Chicago, IL (US);
M. Amin Khan, Downingtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61K 9/50 ; A61K 3/827 ; A61K 3/1415 ; A01N 2/528 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61K 9/50 ; A61K 3/827 ; A61K 3/1415 ; A01N 2/528 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition for the sustained release of human growth hormone from a polymer matrix is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a biocompatible polymer, particles of metal cation-complexed human growth hormone wherein said particles are dispersed within the biocompatible polymer and an aqueous injection vehicle.