Patents by Inventor Florence Guimberteau

Florence Guimberteau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110117205
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical formulations for oral administration with the modified release of active principle(s), excluding amoxicillin, said formulations consisting of suspensions of coated particles of active principles (microcapsules). According to the invention, the microcapsules constituting the disperse phase of the suspension are designed to allow the modified release of the active principle(s) according to a profile that does not change during the storage of the liquid suspension. To do this the inventors propose the selection of a specific coating composition for the microcapsules which consists of at least four components that allow these microcapsules to be stored in water without modifying their properties of modified release of the active principle, this liquid phase furthermore being saturated with active principle(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Catherine Castan, Florence Guimberteau, Rémi Meyrueix
  • Publication number: 20110104266
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to minimize the risks of dose dumping associated with the concomitant consumption of alcohol and certain modified-release pharmaceutical or dietetic forms. The invention relates to an oral form comprising microparticles of the reservoir type for the modified release of at least one active principle (AP), characterized in that it is resistant to immediate dumping of the dose of AP in the presence of alcohol. In particular, the oral form according to the invention is characterized in that the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcoholic solution is not reduced more than 3-fold relative to the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcohol-free aqueous medium. The form comprises an agent 13, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable compound whose hydration or solvation rate or capacity is greater in an alcohol-free aqueous medium than in alcoholic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frédéric Dargelas
  • Patent number: 7910133
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical formulations for oral administration with the modified release of amoxicillin, said formulations consisting of suspensions of coated particles of amoxicillin (microcapsules). According to the invention, the microcapsules constituting the disperse phase of the suspension are designed to allow the modified release of the amoxicillin according to a profile that does not change during the storage of the liquid suspension. To do this the inventors propose the selection of a specific coating composition for the microcapsules which consists of at least four components that allow these microcapsules to be stored in water without modifying their properties of modified release of the amoxicillin, this liquid phase furthermore being saturated with amoxicillin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Catherine Castan, Florence Guimberteau, Rémi Meyrueix
  • Patent number: 7906145
    Abstract: The invention concerns liquid pharmaceutical formulations, for oral delivery, with modified release of active principle(s) excluding amoxicillin and consisting of suspensions of coated particles of active principles (microcapsules). The microcapsules constituting the dispersed phase of the suspension are designed, according to the invention, to enable modified release of the active principle(s), in accordance with a profile which remains unaltered during the shelf life of the liquid suspension. Therefor, the invention consists in selecting a coating composition specific to the microcapsules consisting of at least four components enabling preservation of said microcapsules in water without altering their properties of modified release of the active principle, said liquid phase being furthermore saturated with active principle(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Catherine Castan, Florence Guimberteau, Rémi Meyrueix
  • Publication number: 20100266701
    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: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, S.A.
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula
  • 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
  • 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: 20090220611
    Abstract: The invention concerns microparticulate systems with modified release of oral active principle(s). The invention aims at providing a novel pharmaceutical with time-dependent and pH-dependent release mechanism, enabling: a) the latent period preceding the release of the active principle in the stomach; b) the pH triggering the release of the active principle in the intestine; c) the release speed of the active principle. This is achieved through the use of coated microparticles made from particles of active principle each coated with two coating films A and B. A comprises: film-forming (co)polymer (A1) insoluble in fluids of the gastrointestinal tract; ethylcellulose (co)polymer (A2) soluble in fluids of the gastrointestinal tract; plasticizing polyvinylpyrrolidone (A3); castor oil/optionally a surfactant and/or magnesium stearate lubricant (A4). B comprises a hydrophilic polymer (B1) bearing ionized groups with neutral pH (EUDRAGIT® L100-55) and a hydrophobic compound (B2) (LUBRITAB®).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Frederic Dargelas, Florence Guimberteau, Catherine Castan, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula
  • 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: 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20080260844
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of solid, oral, microparticulate dosage forms having a composition that prevents the misuse of the active pharmaceutical ingredient contained therein. The aim of the invention is to prevent the improper use of solid oral medicaments for any use other than the therapeutic use(s) officially approved by the appropriate public health authorities. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid, oral drug form which is characterised in that at least one part of the active pharmaceutical ingredient is contained in the microparticles thereof and in that the inventive form comprises anti-crushing means which are intended to impede or completely prevent the crushing of the microparticles of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, such as to preclude the misuse thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Gerard Soula, Florence Guimberteau
  • Publication number: 20080063725
    Abstract: Modified-release multimicroparticulate pharmaceutical form capable of maintaining the modified release of the active principle in an alcoholic solution and of resisting attempts at misuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frederic Dargelas
  • Publication number: 20080026056
    Abstract: The invention relates to oral antibiotic drugs. The object of the invention is to limit or even stop the increase in antibiotic resistance without sacrificing the requirements of (a) increased efficacy of oral antibiotics, particularly for pediatric applications, (b) tolerance, (c) broad spectra of activity, and (d) good patient compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Catherine Castan, Remi Meyrueix, Gerard Soula
  • Publication number: 20080008659
    Abstract: An oral solid dosage form containing one or several active principle(s) having analgesic properties, the composition of said dosage form being such that it prevents the misuse of said dosage form through the liquid extraction of the active principle(s) contained therein, using commonly available solvents. Said oral solid dosage form containing at least one salt of at least one analgesic active principle, and an anti-misuse system comprising at least one quenching agent, said quenching agent being suitable for inducing complexation of said analgesic active principle salt when the analgesic active principle salt is improperly extracted, notably by a drug abuser, in vitro in solution from said oral solid dosage form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frederic Dargelas, Gerard Soula, Remi Soula
  • Publication number: 20070264346
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to minimize the risks of dose dumping associated with the concomitant consumption of alcohol and certain modified-release pharmaceutical or dietetic forms. The invention relates to an oral form comprising microparticles of the reservoir type for the modified release of at least one active principle (AP), characterized in that it is resistant to immediate dumping of the dose of AP in the presence of alcohol. In particular, the oral form according to the invention is characterized in that the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcoholic solution is not reduced more than 3-fold relative to the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcohol-free aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frederic Dargelas
  • Publication number: 20070264326
    Abstract: The field of the present invention is that of solid microparticulate analgesic oral medicines. The invention is that of providing novel analgesic medicines which allow at the same time the prevention of misuse and of addiction to certain analgesics, and/or the control of variability in the plasma concentration and/or the facilitation of oral administration; and/or the combination of analgesics with one another and/or with one or more active ingredients in the same oral form. The medicine according to the invention comprises (i) anti-misuse means and a plurality of microcapsules with modified release of analgesic(s), having a mean diameter of between 50 and 600 ?m, (ii) at least 1000 microcapsules per dose; it being possible for this medicine to be administered once or twice a day for analgesic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Gerard Soula
  • Publication number: 20070224129
    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: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Flamel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Florence Guimberteau, Frederic Dargelas