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Microprecipitation of nanoparticulate pharmaceutical agents

Patent 5560932 Issued on October 1, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 10, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 370955 filed on 01/10/1995

US Classes:

424/489, Particulate form (e.g., powders, granules, beads, microcapsules, and pellets)424/9.4, X-ray contrast imaging agent (e.g., computed tomography, angiography, etc.)424/9.5, Ultrasound contrast agent424/488, Polysaccharides (e.g., cellulose, etc.)424/490Coated (e.g., microcapsules)

Examiners

Primary: Page, Thurman K.
Assistant: Benston, William E. Jr.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A61K 009/14

Abstract

This invention describes the preparation of nanoparticulate pharmaceutical agent dispersion via a process that comprises the dissolution of the said pharmaceutical agent in an alkaline solution and then neutralizing the said solution with an acid in the presence of a suitable surface-modifying, surface-active agent to form a fine particle dispersion of the said pharmaceutical agent. This can be preferably followed by steps of diafiltration clean-up of the dispersion and then concentration of it to a desired level. This process of dispersion preparation leads to microcrystalline particles of Z-average diameters smaller than 400 nm as measured by photon correlation spectroscopy. Various modification of precipitation schemes are described, many of which are suitable for large-scale manufacture of these agent dispersions.

Other References

  • Radiology, Jan. 1982, vol. 142, pp. 115-118
  • "International Journal of Pharmaceutics", 52 (1989) 101-108
  • Lachman, et al, "The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy", Chapter 2, Milling, p. 45, (1986)
  • Investigative Radiology, vol. 19, Jul.-Aug. 1984
  • Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, pp. 56-73, 198
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