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Patent No.:

US 7029657 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2002
Applicants:

Malcolm C. Pike, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Darcy V. Spicer, La Canada, CA (US);

Annamarie Daniels, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

John R. Daniels, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

Inventors:

Malcolm C. Pike, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Darcy V. Spicer, La Canada, CA (US);

AnnaMarie Daniels, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

John R. Daniels, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);

Assignee:

Balance Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/12 (2006.01); A61K 9/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an improvement in a method of contraception, in treatment of benign gynecological disorders, and in hormone replacement. The improved method includes administering intranasally an estrogenic compound and an androgenic compound, and in some embodiments an optional progestin compound, in a once-daily bolus formulation comprised of the two or three steroids complexed with a cyclodextrin. An intranasal delivery system for administration of the formulation is also described.


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