Abstract: The invention relates to inhalable powders in the form of stable, spray-dried microparticles (embedding particles) for pulmonary or nasal inhalation, containing the CGRP antagonist 1-[N2-[3,5-dibromo-N-[[4-(3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-oxoquinazolin-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]carbonyl]-D-tyrosyl]-L-lysyl]-4-(4-pyridinyl)-piperazine (A) or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof and one or more excipients, processes for preparing such microparticles and the use thereof for preparing a powder inhalant for the treatment of headaches, migraine and cluster headache.

Abstract: The invention relates to the CGRP antagonist 1-[N2-[3,5-dibromo-N-[[4-(3,4-dihydro-2 (1H)-oxoquinazolin-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]carbonyl]-D-tyrosyl]-L-lysyl]-4-(4-pyridinyl)-piperazine (A) and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof which are stable in the amorphous state under normal conditions (T<50° C., relative humidity<75%) and are in the form of microparticles, processes for preparing such microparticles from these substances and the use of these particles for preparing a pharmaceutical composition of the inhalable powder type for pulmonary and nasal inhalation, particularly for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of headaches, migraine and cluster headache.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhalation powder for treating migraine, containing the CGRP antagonist 1-[N2-[3,5-dibromo-N-[[4-(3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-oxoquinazolin-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]carbonyl]-D-tyrosyl]-L-lysyl]-4-(4-pyridinyl)-piperazine [BIBN4096] of formula I as the active substance base in the form of spherically nanostructured microparticles, and a process for the manufacture thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to salts of the active substance base 1-[N2-[3,5-dibromo-N-[[4-(3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-oxoquinazolin-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]carbonyl]-D-tyrosyl]-L-lysyl]-4-(4-pyridinyl)-piperazine[BIBN4096] of formula I, the preparation thereof, a process for preparing an inhalation powder containing a salt of the active substance BIBN4096 as well as the inhalation powders which can be obtained by the process.