Abstract: Topically applied transdermally quick penetrating (best targeting the epidermis and subsequently remaining there for a prolonged period of time) systemic independent acting, combinations and formulations which employ, combine, or incorporate a therapeutically effective non-toxic (to the patient) amount of a drug which inhibits prostaglandin synthesis together with an amount of hyaluronic acid and/or salts thereof (for example the sodium salt) and/or homologues, analogues, derivatives, complexes, esters, fragments, and/or sub units of hyaluronic acid to treat a disease and condition of the skin and exposed tissue for example, basal cell carcinoma, the precancerous, often recurrent, actinic keratoses lesions, fungal lesions, "liver" spots and like lesions (found for the most part in the epidermis), squamous cell tumours, metastatic cancer of the breast to the skin, primary and metastatic melanoma in the skin, genital warts cervical cancer, and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) including HPV of the cervix, psoriasis (
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 1994
Date of Patent:
September 5, 2000
Assignee:
Hyal Pharmaceutical Corp.
Inventors:
Rudolf Edgar Falk, Samuel Simon Asculai, Ehud Shmuel Klein, David W. Harper, David Hochman, Don Purschke