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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nageswara R. Palepu, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Assignee:
Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/12 ; A61K 9/72 ; A61K 3/141 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/12 ; A61K 9/72 ; A61K 3/141 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the treatment and prevention of bone diseases in humans, including osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, Paget's Disease and hypercalcemia, by administration of a bisphosphonate in an inhalation form. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical inhalation compositions suitable for the treatment and prevention of bone diseases.