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US 4,233,287 AGranted
Synthetic resin-base, antibiotic compositions containing amino acids
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsDietrich Heusser, Elvira Dingeldein
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Abstract
By adding amino acids to antibiotic-containing compositions having as a base polymethacrylates, acrylates or a mixture thereof, reproducible improved antibiotic-release properties are achieved.
Claims11
A pharmaceutical composition in the form of individual particles of a base of polymethacrylate, polyacrylate or a mixture thereof, connected together at least partially via filaments or wires, the particles further comprising at least one antibiotic in antimicrobial amounts and an antibiotic-liberating agent wherein the antibiotic-liberating agent consists essentially of at least one amino acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.