Patents Assigned to Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation
  • Amphiphilic compounds derived from amino acids or peptides, their methods of synthesis and their application as drug delivery systems
    Patent number: 5446023
    Abstract: Amphiphilic derivatives of amino acids or peptides are provided, comprising a polyhydroxylated hydrophilic part derived from a sugar, from a polyol, from an aminopolyol or from an oligosaccharide, and at least one hydrophobic part derived from a hydrocarbon, fluorocarbon, or a mixed fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated, having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms, the hydrophobic part(s) being linked to the hydrophilic part by a junction bearing an amino acid or a peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Andre A. Pavia, Bernard Pucci, Jean G. Riess, Leila Zarif, Camille Guedj