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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Applicants:
Clare Passmore, Belfast, GB;
Claire Gilligan, Belfast, GB;
Inventors:
Clare Passmore, Belfast, GB;
Claire Gilligan, Belfast, GB;
Assignee:
Galen (Chemicals) Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 900 ; A01N 2500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a topical composition comprising an emulsion of at least one discontinuous phase in a continuous phase, the or each discontinuous phase including a eutectic mixture of first and second pharmaceutically acceptable components which are both pharmacologically active agents and the continuous phase being provided by a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, the eutectic mixture having a melting point below 40° C. The topical composition may additionally comprise, in the eutectic mixture, a third or fourth pharmaceutically acceptable component.