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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Applicant:
Elliot Ehrich, Lincoln, MA (US);
Inventor:
Elliot Ehrich, Lincoln, MA (US);
Assignee:
Alkermes, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/44 (2006.01); A61K 31/56 (2006.01); A01N 43/42 (2006.01); A01N 45/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The inventions described herein arose from unexpected discoveries made during clinical trials with a long acting formulation of naltrexone. As such, the invention includes a method for treating an individual in need of naltrexone comprising the step of parenterally administering a long acting formulation comprising naltrexone and to the use of naltrexone in the manufacture of medicaments for use in such methods.