Pharmaceutically active composition containing artemisinine and/or derivative of artemisinine
AssigneeMepha AG
InventorMax Werner Scheiwe
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pharmaceutically active composition containing a substance which is active against malaria parasites and shows a high level of activity against multiresistant lines of Plasmodium falciparum. The inventive composition is characterized in that it contains the active agent artemisinine and/or a derivative of artemisinine in a carrier material which is inert with the active agent, in a pharmaceutically active quantity and in that the carrier material is essentially free of compounds with a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance between 7 and 9.9.
Claims19
A pharmaceutical composition in the form for rectal administration active against malaria parasites and multiresistant lines of Plasmodium falciparum, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of an active substance selected from the group consisting of artemisinin, derivatives of artemisinin and combinations thereof, and an excipient which is inert towards the active substance, and which excipient is substantially free of compounds with an HLB value in the range of about 7 to about 9.9.
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