Patents by Inventor Sandra Wassink

Sandra Wassink 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: 20060193908
    Abstract: An extended release pharmaceutical compressed composition and dosage form comprising poorly water soluble macrolide antibiotic, surfactant and non-lipophilic, non-polymeric excipient is disclosed. The composition releases the macrolide antibiotic over an extended period of time, generally at least over 12 hours, even in the absence of a release rate-retarding polymer, release rate-retarding coating or release rate-retarding lipophilic excipient. The composition is suitable for once daily or twice daily oral administration for the treatment of many different types of bacterial infections. One embodiment of the compressed composition includes a drug-containing granular composition and a binding composition, wherein the two are mixed together and then compressed into a tablet or pill. The surfactant is in admixture with or coated onto the macrolide antibiotic, and it can be included in the granular composition and/or the binding composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Beth Burnside, Colin Rowlings, Sandra Wassink, Donald Treacy, John Koleng
  • Publication number: 20060110455
    Abstract: An antiviral product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antiviral product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more delayed release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Edward Rudnic, James Isbister, Donald Treacy, Sandra Wassink
  • Publication number: 20060003005
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical tablet comprising an immediate release portion containing an active ingredient and a delayed release portion, wherein the delayed release portion comprises an enteric-coated layer and within the enteric-coated layer there is at least one member selected from the group consisting of enteric-coated microparticle dosage forms containing an active ingredient and enteric-coated mini-tablet dosage forms containing an active ingredient, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Cao, Sandra Wassink, Donald Treacy, Beth Burnside, Colin Rowlings, John Bonck
  • Publication number: 20050238714
    Abstract: An anti-fungal product for delivering at least two different anti-fungals that is comprised of three dosage forms with different release profiles with each anti-fungal being present in at least one of the dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Rudnic, James Isbister, Donald Treacy, Sandra Wassink
  • Publication number: 20050037071
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for making robust pellets that contain a high percentage, by weight, of active drug agent, and which also contain additional components that enhance the absorption and solubility of the active drug agent within the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) without diminishing the robust nature of the pellet, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Cao, Beth Burnside, Sandra Wassink, Matt Baker
  • Patent number: 5912013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition and method of treating a patient by administering carbamazepine in a pharmaceutical dosage form capable of maintaining the patient's blood concentration at from about 4 .mu.g/ml to about 12 .mu.g/ml over at least a 12 hour period, where the blood concentration of carbamazepine does not vary by more than 60 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Shire Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Rudnic, George W. Belendiuk, John McCarty, Sandra Wassink, Richard A. Couch