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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Atef Gayed, Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventor:
Atef Gayed, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01); A61K 31/554 (2006.01); A61K 31/501 (2006.01); A61K 31/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the use of benzethonium chloride, alone or in combination with phenoxyethanol or phenyl ethyl alcohol, to provide anti-microbial activity in pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention also provides methods of using benzethonium chloride, alone or in combination with phenoxyethanol or phenyl ethyl alcohol, to inhibit microbial growth in pharmaceutical compositions.