Albuterol formulations

Patent 6451289 Issued on September 17, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 22, 2021. 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

Assignee

Sepracor Inc.

Application

No. 815150 filed on 03/22/2001

US Classes:

424/45, Organic pressurized fluid206/204, WITH MOISTURE ABSORBENT424/401, Cosmetic, antiperspirant, dentifrice514/653, Hydroxy, bonded directly to carbon, attached directly or indirectly to the acyclic carbon or chain by acyclic nonionic bonding (e.g., beta hydroxy phenethylamines, etc.)560/42Oxy in acid moiety

Examiners

Primary: Dees, Jose G.
Assistant: Haghighatian, M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., Gioeni; Mary Louise

International Classes

A61K 009/12
A61K 031/135

Abstract

Albuterol formulations packaged in an oxygen-permeable plastic container have a long shelf life at room temperature. The formulations consist essentially of albuterol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, sodium chloride, and water, have a pH of about 4, and contain less than 0.08% by weight of albuterol aldehyde and less than 1 ppm dissolved oxygen.