Iron carbohydrate complex for treatment of iron deficiency of a fetus or an infant
AssigneePharmacosmos Holding A/S
InventorsLars Lykke Thomsen, Tobias S. Christensen, Hans Andreasen
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an iron carbohydrate complex for use in a method for treatment or prevention of an iron deficiency of a fetus or an infant, wherein the iron carbohydrate complex is administered to the mother of the fetus or infant.
Claims22
A method for treatment or prevention of iron deficiency of a fetus, comprising parenterally administering to the mother of the fetus during pregnancy a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of an iron carbohydrate complex comprising an iron hydrogenated oligoisomaltoside.
A method for treatment or prevention of iron deficiency of an infant, comprising parenterally administering to the mother of the infant during breastfeeding an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an iron carbohydrate complex to increase the concentration of iron in the maternal milk, wherein the iron carbohydrate complex comprises an iron hydrogenated oligoisomaltoside.
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