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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Bala Venkataraman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Lindsey Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daxa Patel, Marietta, GA (US);
Bala Venkataraman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Lindsey Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daxa Patel, Marietta, GA (US);
Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC, Marietta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention comprises packaged enemas for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), having substantially pure 5-ASA as the active ingredient, with a liquid carrier medium having a material avoidance of bowel irritant substances, such as anti-oxidants for the 5-ASA active ingredient, including such sulfites as potassium metabisulfite, for example, and contained within a sealed and substantially oxygen-free barrier package, which may preferably be formed of a foil/polymer laminate, and which package contains or otherwise includes an oxygen scavenger, such as a an oxygen scavenging sachet.