Emulsion for use in the treatment of rosacea
AssigneeExinov
InventorsFrédéric LALLEMAND, Mathieu SCHMITT
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Abstract
An emulsion including (i) at least one oil, (ii) at least one phospholipid and (iii) at least one polymeric surfactant. Typically, the oil is a mixture of triglycerides and fatty acids. Also, the use of the emulsion in the treatment and/or prevention of a skin disease, in particular rosacea. The emulsion is therapeutically active as such, even when it includes only excipients and no therapeutic agent against a skin disease. The emulsion may also be used as a topical vehicle for a therapeutic agent against a skin disease. Further, a method for the treatment and/or prevention of a skin disease in a subject in need thereof, the method including a step of administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the emulsion.
Claims21
1-15. (canceled)
A method for the treatment and/or prevention of a skin disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising a step of administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of an emulsion;
- wherein said emulsion comprises at least one oil, at least one phospholipid, and at least one polymeric surfactant;
- wherein said emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion;
- wherein said phospholipid does not comprise phosphatidylcholine (PC);
- and
- wherein said emulsion does not comprise vitamin D3, or a derivative or precursor thereof.
An emulsion comprising
- at least one oil comprising a mixture of triglycerides and fatty acids,
- at least one phospholipid, and
- at least one polymeric surfactant selected from an alkyl aryl polyether alcohol, a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester and a mixture thereof;
- wherein said emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion;
- wherein said phospholipid does not comprise phosphatidylcholine (PC);
- and
- wherein said emulsion does not comprise vitamin D3, or a derivative or precursor thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.