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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Mark A. Gallop, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Cundy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Gallop, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Cundy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
XenoPort, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01); C07J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for providing enhanced systemic blood concentrations of orally delivered drugs that are incompletely translocated across the intestinal wall of an animal. Also disclosed are methods for the sustained release of drugs, whether poorly or readily bioavailable via oral delivery to animals. Still further, disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are used in such methods.