Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mary Elisa Lane
  • Solid solution beadlet
    Patent number: 6692767
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beadlet comprising (i) a hydrophobic long chain fatty acid or ester material; (ii) a surfactant; and (iii) a therapeutic agent which in admixture form a solid solution at room temperature. The hydrophobic material preferably has a melting point of about 40 to about 100° C., and is most preferably glyceryl behenate. The surfactant is preferably a polyglycolyzed glyceride, polyoxyethylene sorbate, ethylene or propylene block copolymer or combinations thereof, and is most preferably polyoxyethylene 20 sorbitan monolaurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Shire Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Beth A. Burnside, Charlotte M. McGuinness, Edward M. Rudnic, Richard A. Couch, Xiaodi Guo, Alexander K. Tustian