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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Andrew Auerbach, Livingston, NJ (US);
Bhanu P. S. Chauhan, Staten Island, NY (US);
Richard P. Clarke, Raleigh, NC (US);
M. Ishaq Haider, Cary, NC (US);
Umar Latif, Staten Island, NY (US);
Andrew Auerbach, Livingston, NJ (US);
Bhanu P. S. Chauhan, Staten Island, NY (US);
Richard P. Clarke, Raleigh, NC (US);
M. Ishaq Haider, Cary, NC (US);
Umar Latif, Staten Island, NY (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Research Foundation of the City University of NY, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides multi-arm siloxane-based molecules suitable for use as a drug delivery vehicle comprising a central core molecule that comprises a cyclic or cubic siloxane, and a plurality of arms attached to the central core molecule, wherein each arm comprises an organic moiety. The multi-arm siloxane-based molecules described herein are suitable for encapsulation of a therapeutic agent. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the claimed multi-arm siloxane-based molecules and an encapsulated therapeutic agent in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of making and using the multi-arm siloxane-based molecules are also provided.