Transdermal drug administration device
AssigneeEmplicure AB
InventorsHåkan Engqvist, Susanne Bredenberg, Anders Petterson, Thomas Lundqvist, Anna Dahlgren, Anders Sågström
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Abstract
A transdermal drug administration device comprising a drug delivery element (10) defining a contact surface (12) for location, in use, against a patient's skin. The drug delivery element (10) includes a sustained-release pharmaceutical composition. The composition comprises a network of a carrier material having a high mechanical strength and an active pharmaceutical ingredient. The active pharmaceutical ingredient is co-formedly interspersed within pores in the solid, continuous network of the carrier material.
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An abuse-resistant transdermal drug administration device comprising a drug delivery element defining a contact surface for location, in use, against a patient's skin, the drug delivery element including a sustained-release pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients co-formedly interspersed within pores of a solid, continuous network comprising a carrier material and possessing a mechanical strength sufficient to maintain the overall integrity of the network when a force of at least about 1 kg-force/cm2 (9 newtons/cm2) is applied thereto, wherein said one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients includes a substance that is open to abuse potential, and wherein said carrier material is based on one or more chemically bonded ceramics.
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