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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Shingai Majuru, Brewster, NY (US);
Brahma Singh, Jamaica, NY (US);
Nikhil Dhoot, Dombivli, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Emisphere Technologies, Inc., Cedar Knolls, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A01N 57/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition (such as a solid dosage form) comprising a delivery agent and wetted heparin. The inclusion of wetted heparin rather than un-wetted heparin in the solid pharmaceutical composition results in increased delivery of the heparin. Without being bound by any particular theory, applicants believe that because the polymer chain of the wetted heparin is already in an 'open' form, while un-wetted heparin is not, less of the wetted heparin is broken down in the gastrointestinal tract and is more readily absorbed in the stomach.