Patent 5874063 Issued on February 23, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: February 26, 2016. 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.
There are described finely divided particles of a pharmaceutical substance, wherein the substance when submitted to water vapor gives off heat of less than 1.2 Joules per gram, processes for their production and pharmaceutical formulations containing them.
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