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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Catherine Taylor, Trondheim, NO;
Kurt Ingar Draget, Trondheim, NO;
Olav Asmund Smidsrod, Trondheim, NO;
Catherine Taylor, Trondheim, NO;
Kurt Ingar Draget, Trondheim, NO;
Olav Asmund Smidsrod, Trondheim, NO;
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a macromolecular drug and an oligoguluronate or oligogalacturonate, e.g., having a number average degree of polymerization in the range 5 to 18, a guluronate (or galacturonate) fraction (F) of at least 0.80, a mannuronate fraction (F) of no more than 0.20, and having at least 95% mole with a degree of polymerization less than 20. The composition may be used in a method of treatment which comprises administering the composition to a mucosal surface in a human or non-human vertebrate subject.