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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. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aberdeen University, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/300 ; A61K 3/1375 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/1194 ; A61K 3/121 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/300 ; A61K 3/1375 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/1194 ; A61K 3/121 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a dosage form for the treatment of bacterial, viral or fungal conditions which comprises, a pharmaceutically acceptable acidifying agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH at an environment of use to below pH4, and a pharmaceutically acceptable source of nitrite ions or a nitrate precursor therefor; wherein said acidifying agent and said source of nitrite ions or nitrate precursor are separately disposed in respective pharmaceutically acceptable carriers for admixture at the intended environment of use to release NO or NO ions. The invention also provides delivery systems for the topical medicament.