Formulations of deoxycholic acid and salts thereof
AssigneeAllergan Sales, Inc.
InventorsRobert Emil Hodge, Jeffrey Douglas Webster
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Abstract
The present application is directed to an aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising less than about 5% w/v sodium deoxycholate maintained at a pH sufficient to substantially inhibit precipitation of the sodium deoxycholate. Also disclosed herein, are methods for inhibiting precipitation of sodium deoxycholate in an aqueous solution comprising less than about 5% w/v of sodium deoxycholate, said method comprising maintaining pH of the solution of from at least about 8.0 to about 8.5.
Claims6
An aqueous pharmaceutical formulation consisting of about 0.05% w/v to about 2% w/v sodium deoxycholate, water, a phosphate buffer, a base, a preservative, and tonicity agent;
- wherein the formulation has a pH of from about 8.0 to about 8.5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.