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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Andreas Buthe, Steinfurt, DE;
Andreas Hafner, Gelterkinden, CH;
Franz Kaufmann, Freiburg, DE;
Babette Fiedler, Darmstadt, DE;
Guido Meurer, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Gordon Bradley, Liestal, CH;
Andreas Buthe, Steinfurt, DE;
Andreas Hafner, Gelterkinden, CH;
Franz Kaufmann, Freiburg, DE;
Babette Fiedler, Darmstadt, DE;
Guido Meurer, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Gordon Bradley, Liestal, CH;
B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG, Zwingenberg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides the use of surface active proteins, especially class I and class II hydrophobins, in topically applied pharmaceutical formulations. The invention is particularly directed to topically applied pharmaceutical products for enhancing the penetration to achieve a transungual delivery of a prophylactically and/or therapeutically effective amount of an active ingredient (drug) to a patient (including animals and humans) into and/or through a nail, of the animal or human body, in order to treat one or more of a variety of diseases or disorders. Related embodiments of the invention are also disclosed.