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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2001
Rebanta Bandyopadhyay, Portage, MI (US);
Pamela J. Secreast, Portage, MI (US);
Leslie C. Hawley, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vincent E. McCurdy, Portage, MI (US);
Praveen Tyle, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Paramita Bandyopadhyay, Portage, MI (US);
Satish Kumar Singh, Portage, MI (US);
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
There is provided a pharmaceutical composition suitable for topical administration to an eye, the composition comprising as active agent at least one oxazolidinone antibacterial drug, for example linezolid, in a concentration effective for treatment and/or prophylaxis of a gram-positive bacterial infection of an eye, and at least one ophthalmically acceptable excipient ingredient that reduces a rate of removal of the composition from the eye by lacrimation such that the composition has an effective residence time in the eye of about 2 to about 24 hours. The composition is, for example, an in situ gellable solution, suspension or solution/suspension.