Abstract: Microparticles of a water-soluble material, which are smooth and spherical, and at least 90% of which have a mass median particle size of 1 to 10 &mgr;m, and which carry a therapeutic or diagnostic agent can successfully be used in dry powder inhalers to deliver the said agent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2004
Assignee:
Elam Drug Delivery Limited
Inventors:
Andrew D. Sutton, Richard A. Johnson, Peter J. Senior, David Heath