Transdermal Therapeutic System Containing Asenapine
AssigneeLTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
InventorsPatrick MOHR, René RIETSCHER, René EIFLER, Olga BOURQUAIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) for the transdermal administration of asenapine comprising a self-adhesive layer structure containing a therapeutically effective amount of asenapine, such asenapine TTS for use in a method of treatment, processes of manufacture of such TTS as well as asenapine and transdermal therapeutic systems containing asenapine for use in a method of treatment and to a method of treating a human patient by transdermal administration of asenapine.
Claims30
Transdermal therapeutic system for the transdermal administration of asenapine comprising a self-adhesive layer structure containing a therapeutically effective amount of asenapine, said self-adhesive layer structure comprising:
- a) a backing layer;
- b) an asenapine-containing matrix layer consisting of a matrix layer composition comprising:
- i) asenapine;
- and
- ii) at least one acrylic polymer;
- wherein the transdermal therapeutic system has an area of release of from 5 to 100 cm2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.