Patents by Inventor Iskandar Moussa

Iskandar Moussa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Anticancer compositions
    Patent number: 6979456
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical dosage forms for anticancer drugs, and paclitaxel in particular, are described in which the active drug is formulated as storage stable self-emulsifying preconcentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Jagotec AG
    Inventors: Indu Parikh, Iskandar Moussa, Alain Carrier
  • Dry aerosol suspension of phospholipid-stabilized drug microparticles in a hydrofluoroalkane propellant
    Patent number: 6086376
    Abstract: Aerosol formulations containing stabilized particles of drug microparticles with a mean size range of 0.1 to 10 microns coated with a membrane-forming, amphiphatic lipid and dispersed in 1,1,1,2-tetaafluoroetiane (HFA 134a) of 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (HFA 227) propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: RTP Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Iskandar Moussa, Indu Parikh
  • Substituted amylose as a matrix for sustained drug release
    Patent number: 5879707
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical sustained release tablet for oral administration is made of a compressed blend of at least two dry powders including a powder of a pharmaceutical drug and a powder of a sustained release matrix for the drug. The sustained release matrix is made of substituted amylose prepared by reacting, in a basic medium, amylose with an organic substituent having a reactive function that reacts with the hydroxy groups of the amylose molecule. This substituent is preferably an epoxy or halogen alkane or alcohol with such a matrix controlled and sustained release of a drug are achieved with a remarkable close-to-linear profile and a release time of from 9 to 20 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Universite De Montreal
    Inventors: Louis Cartilier, Iskandar Moussa, Chafic Chebli, Stephane Buczkowski