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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:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dexcel Pharma Tech, Ltd, Jerusalem, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/48 ; A61K 3/1135 ; A01N 3/304 ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/48 ; A61K 3/1135 ; A01N 3/304 ; C07C / ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for treating a subject with venlafaxine, comprising administering to the subject a formulation having a therapeutically effective amount of venlafaxine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the formulation provides a delayed burst release after at least three hours resulting in dispersion mainly through the colon of the active ingredient into the blood stream as a result of colon absorption over a period of at least 24 hours.