Halogen Bonded Directly To The Cyclopentanohydrophenanthrene Ring System Patents (Class 540/85)
  • Sterilization of pharmaceuticals
    Patent number: 6863865
    Abstract: A method of sterilizing a pharmaceutical composition containing a suspension of a pharmaceutical comprises rapidly heating the pharmaceutical composition from ambient temperature to an elevated temperature, maintaining it at or above the elevated temperature for a period of time, and rapidly cooling the pharmaceutical composition to ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Breath Limited
    Inventors: Ian G. C. McAffer, Kailash S. Purohit
  • Dry heat sterilization of a glucocorticosteroid
    Patent number: 6392036
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the sterilization of a powdered form of a glucocorticosteroid, sterile glucocorticosteroids, sterile formulations containing glucocorticosteroids and use thereof in the treatment of an allergic and/or inflammatory condition of the nose or lungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Ann-Kristin Karlsson, Cheryl Larrivee-Elkins, Ove Molin