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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Yuan-hung Hsu, Taoyuan County, TW;
Chu-chun Hsueh, Taipei, TW;
Yuan-chia Chang, Taipei, TW;
Jui-mei LU, Hsinchu County, TW;
Pei Kan, Hsinchu, TW;
Yuan-Hung Hsu, Taoyuan County, TW;
Chu-Chun Hsueh, Taipei, TW;
Yuan-Chia Chang, Taipei, TW;
Jui-Mei Lu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Pei Kan, Hsinchu, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
This present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treating tumors using a polymeric micelle encapsulating an anti-tumor drug. The polymeric micelle comprises block copolymers comprising at least one hydrophilic block, at least one hydrophobic block, and at least one zwitterion. The present disclosure also relates to methods of enhancing the solubility of such drugs, methods of increasing the blood circulating time of such drugs, and methods of delivering such drugs to one or more solid tumors.