Patents Represented by Law Firm Schwartz, Jeffery, Schwaab, Mack, Blumenthal & Koch P.C.
  • Topical pharmaceutical formulations, carrier compositions therefor, and preparation thereof
    Patent number: 4263313
    Abstract: A carrier composition for cutaneously absorbable topical pharmaceutical formulations of pharmacologically active agents is disclosed which comprises at least one partial glyceride of a fatty acid of medium chain length. This vehicle enhances the permeation of the topical formulation through the skin. A topical formulation which comprises this permeation enhancing vehicle is suitable for cutaneously applying pharmacologically active agents which are locally and/or systematically effective in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Kali-Chemie Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Theodor Eckert, Fritz H. Kemper, Martin Wischniewski, Reinhard Hempel