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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Han Cui, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joel Rosenblatt, Watchung, NJ (US);
Ram L. Kataria, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Chuanbin Wu, Sunrise, FL (US);
Han Cui, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joel Rosenblatt, Watchung, NJ (US);
Ram L. Kataria, Hamilton Square, NJ (US);
Chuanbin Wu, Sunrise, FL (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to parenterally-administrable microparticles for providing sustained-release of a therapeutic agent in the body, where the microparticles include a polymeric core containing a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent disposed therein, a first film encapsulating the core, the first film prepared from a first biodegradable polymer soluble in an appropriate solvent therefore, and a second film encapsulating the core and the first film, the second film prepared from a biodegradable polymer soluble in an appropriate solvent therefore, wherein the first film is insoluble in the solvent used to prepare the second film, and to parenterally-administrable compositions containing such microparticles dispersed in a suitable carrier therefore.