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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Sujit K. Basu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Hrkach, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Lipp, Framingham, MA (US);
Katharina Elbert, Cambridge, MA (US);
David A. Edwards, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sujit K. Basu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey Hrkach, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Lipp, Framingham, MA (US);
Katharina Elbert, Cambridge, MA (US);
David A. Edwards, Cambridge, MA (US);
Advanced Inhalation Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to a method for pulmonary delivery of therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic agents to a patient wherein the agent is released in a sustained fashion, and to particles suitable for use in the method. In particular, the invention relates to a method for the pulmonary delivery of a therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent comprising administering to the respiratory tract of a patient in need of treatment, prophylaxis or diagnosis an effective amount of particles comprising a therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agent or any combination thereof in association with a charged lipid, wherein the charged lipid has an overall net charge which is opposite to that of the agent upon association with the agent. Release of the agent from the administered particles occurs in a sustained fashion.