EP Patent

EP0981328A1 — Emulsion vehicle for poorly soluble drugs

Assigned to Achieve Life Sciences Inc · Expires 2000-03-01 · 26y expired

What this patent protects

An emulsion of α-tocopherol, stabilized by biocompatible surfactants, as a vehicle or carrier for therapeutics drugs, which is substantially ethanol free and which can be administered to animals or humans by various routes is disclosed. Also included in the emulsion is PEGylated …

USPTO Abstract

An emulsion of α-tocopherol, stabilized by biocompatible surfactants, as a vehicle or carrier for therapeutics drugs, which is substantially ethanol free and which can be administered to animals or humans by various routes is disclosed. Also included in the emulsion is PEGylated vitamin E. PEGylated α-tocopherol includes polyethylene glycol subunits attached by a succinic acid diester at the ring hydroxyl of vitamin E and serves as a primary surfactant, stabilizer and a secondary solvent in emulsions of α-tocopherol.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
EP0981328A1
Jurisdiction
EP
Classification
Expires
2000-03-01
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Achieve Life Sciences Inc
Source
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