Patents Assigned to Flamel Technologies
  • Patent number: 7709445
    Abstract: An aqueous suspension, stable in physiological medium, of nanoparticles for delivering active principles such as insulin. The delivery particles are based on a three-block copolymer: polyethylene glycol/hydrophilic polyaminoacid/hydrophobic polyaminoacid. These three-block copolymers can be associated with an active principle without denaturing it, and perform a controlled and long-term release of the active principle in vivo, and thus provide the active principle with a very prolonged release. Also disclosed is a powder form solid from which are derived the delivery particles, the preparation of the powder-form solid, a suspension of delivery particles based on the three-block copolymer, and pharmaceutical specialties obtainable from the delivery particles filled with active principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Gérard Soula, Nathan Bryson
  • Publication number: 20100098656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials based on biodegradable polyamino acids that are useful especially for the vectorization of active principle(s) (AP). The invention further relates to novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietetic or phytosanitary compositions based on these polyamino acids. The object of the invention is to provide a novel polymer starting material that is capable of being used for the vectorization of AP and makes it possible on the one hand to achieve high polymer/AP ratios, and on the other hand optimally to satisfy all the specifications required in the case in point: biocompatibility, biodegradability, ability to associate easily with numerous active principles or to solubilize them, and ability to release these active principles in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Olivier Breyne, Gauthier Pouliquen, You-Ping Chan
  • Publication number: 20100092553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid microparticulate oral pharmaceutical forms whose composition and structure make it possible to avoid misuse of the pharmaceutical active principle (AP) they contain. The object of the present invention is to prevent solid oral drugs from being misappropriated for any use other than the therapeutic use(s) officially approved by the competent public health authorities. In other words, the object is to avoid the voluntary or involuntary misuse of solid oral drugs. The invention relates to a solid oral pharmaceutical form which is characterized in that it contains anti-misuse means, in that at least part of the AP it comprises is contained in coated microparticles for modified release of the AP, and in that the coated microparticles of AP have a coating layer (Ra) which assures the modified release of the AP and simultaneously imparts crushing resistance to the coated microparticles of AP so as to avoid misuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frederic Dargelas
  • Patent number: 7683024
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel biodegradable polyaminoacid materials, useful in particular for vectoring active principle(s). The invention also concerns novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic dietetic or phytosanitary compositions based on said polyaminoacids. The invention aims at providing a novel polymer raw material, capable of being used for vectoring active principles and enabling optimal fulfillment of all specified requirements: biocompatibility, biodegradability, easy and inexpensive transformation into particles vectoring active principles, the particles being themselves capable of forming colloidal suspensions, of being easily associated with numerous active principles, and of releasing said active principles in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: You-Ping Chan, Stéphanie Angot, Olivier Breyne
  • Publication number: 20100068291
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral medicaments having a modified release of proton pump inhibitors (PPI's) that are, in particular, useful in preventing and treating gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of the invention is to provide a novel oral medicament based on PPI's ideally having all or some of the following characteristics: a) quickly providing relief to the patient by increasing the gastric pH after oral administration of the medicament; b) accelerating the recovery of patients while maintaining this increase in the gastric pH for as long as possible after oral administration of the medicament and, in particular, during the night; c) improving the observance of the treatment and the comfort of the patient by taking the medicament once daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe CAISSE, Catherine CASTAN, Rémi MEYRUEIX, Gérard SOULA
  • Patent number: 7678882
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel materials based on biodegradable polyamino acids that are useful for vectorizing active principle(s)(AP). The aim of the invention is to supply a new polymeric raw material that is used for vectorizing AP and optimally fulfills all requirements concerning biocompatibility, biodegradability, the ability to be easily associated with numerous active principles or solubilize the active principles and to release the active principles in vivo. Such polymers can also be readily and economically transformed into particles vectorizing active principles according to the grafting rate of the hydrophobic groups, said particles being able to form stable aqueous colloidal suspensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Stéphanie Angot, Olivier Breyne, You-Ping Chan, Gérard Soula
  • Publication number: 20100048735
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel biodegradable polyaminoacid materials, useful in particular for vectoring active principles(s). The invention also concerns novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic dietetic or phytosanitary compositions based on said polyaminoacids. The invention aims at providing a novel polymer raw material, capable of being used for vectoring active principles and enabling optimal fulfillment of all specified requirements: biocompatibility, biodegradability, easy and inexpensive transformation into particles vectoring active principles, said particles being themselves capable of forming colloidal suspensions, of being easily associated with numerous active principles, and of releasing said active principles in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: You-Ping Chan, Stéphanie Angot, Olivier Breyne
  • Publication number: 20100034886
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel biodegradable materials based on modified polyamino acids and suitable, in particular, for vectoring active substance(s) (AS). Said invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietary or plant protective compositions which are based on said polyamino acids. The aim of said invention is to provide a novel polymer raw material usable for vectoring the AS and capable to optimally meet all specification in this area: biocompatibility, biodegradability, ability to become easily associated with many active substances or to solubilise them and to release said active substances in vivo. The aim is attained to 30 carbon atoms. Said polyglutamates modified by histidine derivatives are soluble with pH lower than 5 and are easily and economically convertible into active substance vectorization particles which are able to form stable aqueous colloidal suspensions. On the contrary, said modified polyglutamates are insoluble in water with a physiological pH (7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Soula, Rémi Soula, Olivier Breyne
  • Patent number: 7659365
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel materials based on biodegradable homopolyamino acids and which can be used for the vectorization of (an) active ingredient(s) (AI). The invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic, dietetic or phytosanitaty compositions based on homopolyamino acids. The invention can produce a novel polymer raw material which can be used for the vectoiization of Al that can optimally be: biocompatible, biodegradable, capable of becoming easily associated with a large number of active ingredients or solubilizing them and releasing the active ingredients in vivo. According to the present invention, which primarily relates to linear homopolyamino acids having aspartic or glutamic units and whose attachments can include hydrophobic groups having 8-30 carbon atoms. The homopolymers are amphiphilic and anionic and can easily be transformed at low cost into particles for the vectorization of active ingredients. The particles can form stable aqueous colloidal suspensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Rémi Soula, You-Ping Chan, Gérard Soula, Olivier Breyne
  • Publication number: 20100021549
    Abstract: The present invention aims to propose novel microparticle oral forms for the modified release of active ingredient(s), in particular protein or peptide in nature. It also relates to the uses, in particular therapeutic or cosmetic, of these microparticle oral forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Rémi Meyrueix, Rafael Jorda, Anne-Sophie Daviaud, Alain Constancis
  • Publication number: 20100009005
    Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of acetylsalicylic acid-based microcapsules to selectively inhibit the COX in the portal vein and/or in the liver to reduce the production of thromboxane. Further, the pharmaceutical composition minimizes COX inhibition in the systemic circulation to optimize the inhibition of platelet aggregation. Certain embodiments also address methods of prevention and/or treatment of these diseases, using these oral compositions such as enhancing the safety of antithrombotic treatments. Other embodiments contemplate oral pharmaceutical compositions that combine acetylsalicylic acid with anti-platelet aggregation drugs, without inducing gastric side effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies ,S.A.
    Inventors: Gérard Soula, Florence Guimberteau
  • Publication number: 20090311315
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral pharmaceutical forms with modified release of ARB, and to related treatments and delivery methods. The invention concerns a form with modified release of ARB which prolongs the bioabsorption time and enables the pharmaceutical form to be administered only once daily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine Castan, Florence Guimberteau, Rémi Meyrueix, Gérard Soula
  • Publication number: 20090291137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid form, intended for the administration by oral route of at least one active ingredient and capable of guaranteeing a double release mechanism of said active ingredient, the first being determined by time and the second being determined by the pH, characterized in that said active ingredient is present there in the form of a microparticle system the microparticles of which possess a core formed wholly or partly by said active ingredient and coated with at least one layer determining said release profile of said active ingredient and formed by a material composed at least (i) 25 to 75% by weight relative to the total weight of said coating of at least one polymer A which is insoluble in the gastro-intestinal fluids, (ii) 25 to 75% by weight relative to the total weight of said coating of at least one polymer B possessing a solubilization pH value comprised within the pH range from 5 to 7, and (iii) 0 to 25% by weight relative to the total weight of said coating of at leas
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Anne-Sophie Daviaud
  • Publication number: 20090123536
    Abstract: The field of the present invention is that of oral pharmaceutical forms of losartan, and also treatments and administration methods relating thereto. The invention relates to the use, in an oral pharmaceutical form comprising losartan, of a coating or matrix including said losartan and allowing controlled release of said losartan, such that this form orally administered to a sample of individuals leads, irrespective of the fed or fasted state of the individuals, to a reduction of the interindividual standard deviation of the Cmax, which ensures lower variability of the efficacy and of the therapeutic safety of the pharmaceutical form relative to an immediate-release pharmaceutical form of losartan administered to this same sample of individuals, at the same dose. Another aim of the invention is to provide an oral pharmaceutical form of losartan that can be administered once a day and that is just as effective as the “one dose intake per day” forms and the “two dose intakes per day” forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Catherine Castan, Florence Guimberteau, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula
  • Publication number: 20090110742
    Abstract: The invention relates to injectable long-acting insulin formulations for the treatment of types I and II diabetes in humans and animals. The essential object of the invention is to provide an injectable long-acting insulin formulation in the form of a colloidal suspension which is stable, which has a good local tolerance and toxicity compatible with the chronic treatment of diabetics, and which maintains a substantial hypoglycemic effect extending over at least 24 hours after a single administration, e.g. by the subcutaneous route. To achieve this object, the invention relates to a stable aqueous colloidal formulation of insulin-laden nanoparticles of at least one poly(Leu-block-Glu) in which the pH is between 5.8 and 7.0, the osmolarity O (in mOsmol) . . . : 270?O?800, and the viscosity v (in mPa.s) is low, namely v?40. The nanoparticles of poly(Leu-block-Glu) have a mean hydrodynamic diameter Dh such that: 15?Dh?40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: FLAMEL TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Alain Constancis, Florence Nicolas, Remi Meyrueix, Olivier Soula
  • Publication number: 20090041838
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid microparticulate oral dosage forms having a composition that prevents the misuse of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) contained therein. The aim of the invention is to prevent the improper use of solid oral drugs for any use other than the therapeutic use(s) officially approved by the appropriate public health authorities. Another aim of the invention is to provide novel analgesic drugs which can be used to: prevent the misuse of, and addiction to certain analgesics and/or to control plasma concentration variability and/or to facilitate oral; administration; and/or to combine analgesics with one another and/or with one or more active ingredients in the same oral form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula
  • Publication number: 20090011039
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel particles comprising polyelectrolyte polymers which are transporters of active principle (AP), in particular protein and peptide active principle, and to novel modified-release pharmaceutical formulations comprising said AP microparticles. These novel particles loaded with AP release the AP over a prolonged period of time of several days, or even several weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Cecile Bonnet-Gonnet, Frederic Checot, You-Ping Chan, Olivier Breyne
  • Publication number: 20090012028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel biodegradable materials based on modified polyamino acids that are useful in particular in the vectorization of active principle(s) (APs). The invention is also directed to novel pharmaceutical, cosmetic, health-food or plant-protection compositions based on these polyamino acids. The aim of the invention is to provide a novel polymeric starting material which can be used for AP vectorization and which satisfy all the requirements: biocompatibility, biodegradability, ability to easily associate with or dissolve numerous active principles and to release these active principles in vivo. This goal is achieved by the present invention, which relates to novel polyglutamates modified by cationic groups, which, if they can be deprotonated, exhibit a pKa equal to or greater than 7, and by hydrophobic groups comprising from 8 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: You-Ping Chan, Cecile Bonnet-Gonnet, Olivier Breyne
  • Publication number: 20090011028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pharmaceutical formulations for the release of an active principle (AP) over a sustained period of time of several days, or even several weeks. The invention relates, in a first aspect, to a liquid formulation comprising at least one active principle (AP) and an aqueous suspension based on colloïdal particles of a polymer (PO), wherein said formulation satisfies the following four conditions: (a) the polymer (PO) is a polyamino acid comprising glutamic residues, wherein some glutamic residues each carry a pendant cationic group (CG), said cationic groups being identical or different from one another, and other glutamic residues each carry a pendent hydrophobic group (GH), said hydrophobic groups (GH) being identical or different from one another, (b) the pHf value of the pH of said formulation is between 3.0 and 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic Checot, Cecile Bonnet-Gonnet, You-Ping Chan, Olivier Breyne, Remi Meyrueix
  • Publication number: 20080305160
    Abstract: The field of the invention is that of oral medicaments or pharmaceutical compositions, in particular of the type including one or more active principles. The aim of the invention is to provide an improved oral medicament to be administered in one or several daily doses and enabling the modified release of active principles (in particular of one active principle), whereby the prophylactic and therapeutic effectiveness of said medicament is improved. This aim is achieved by the oral multimicrocapsule galenic form according to the invention, in which the active principle release is controlled by a dual release trigger mechanism: “time-dependent trigger” and “pH-dependent trigger”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Catherine Castan, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula