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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Bruce Joseph Roser, Cambridge, GB;
Arcadio Garcia De Castro, Madrid, ES;
Cambridge Biostability Ltd., Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
The present invention is a pharmaceutical composition and method for controlling the release of a drug or vaccine to a patient where a slow, controlled release of drug or antigen occurs over a considerable period of time after injection. The drug or vaccine is contained in sugar glass microspheres and then placed in an anhydrous liquid, preferably perfluorocarbon, so that the vaccine is protected against dissolution while remaining surrounded by anhydrous liquid. This simple non-toxic system, deliverable by current syringe or present or future needle-free systems, is inexpensive and reliable and aids in parenteral drug delivery or mass immunization campaigns by reducing the need for repeated injections.