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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Jagdish Parasrampuria, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Maxine B. Yonker, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Schwartz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Marc J. Gurwith, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jagdish Parasrampuria, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Maxine B. Yonker, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Schwartz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Marc J. Gurwith, Los Altos, CA (US);
Genelabs Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are improved pharmaceutical formulations comprising dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), enriched in selected polymorphic forms, for therapeutic applications. In one embodiment, the formulation comprises, in solid form, DHEA, at least 85% of which is present as a single polymorph selected from the form I polymorph or the form II polymorph, and at least one pharmaceutical excipient. Methods for making and using such compositions are also disclosed.