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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Aquilur Rahman, Potomac, MD (US);
Imran Ahmad, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aquilur Rahman, Potomac, MD (US);
Imran Ahmad, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Assignee:
NeoPharm, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/127 (2006.01); A61K 31/436 (2006.01); A61K 47/14 (2006.01); C07D 491/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is for novel compositions and methods for treating cancer, particularly, for treating cancer in mammals and more particularly in humans. The therapeutic compositions of the present invention include liposome entrapped irinotecan in which the liposome can contain any of a variety of neutral or charged liposome-forming compounds and cardiolipin. The liposomes of the present invention can be either multilamellar vesicles and unilamellar vesicles, as desired.