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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Pharmaceutical Productions, Inc., Miami Springs, FL (US);
Inventor:
John A. McCarty, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTIONS INC., Miami Springs, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4045 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 31/40 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4045 (2013.01); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 9/143 (2013.01); A61K 9/2009 (2013.01); A61K 9/2013 (2013.01); A61K 9/2018 (2013.01); A61K 9/2031 (2013.01); A61K 9/2095 (2013.01); A61K 31/40 (2013.01); A61K 31/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for sublingual or buccal administration of actives with low to poor aqueous solubility, e.g. the indole hormone melatonin, which contains a solution of the active in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent adsorbed or absorbed onto particles of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and methods of preparing and using the pharmaceutical composition.