Aerosol composition comprising formoterol
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorBarbara Haeberlin
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Abstract
The use of a dry powder comprising (A) formoterol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or solvate of said salt, and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable particulate diluent or carrier in an amount of from 400 μg to 5000 μg per μg of (A) for the preparation of an inhalable medicament for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Claims10
A method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease consisting essentially of administering by inhalation to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a dry powder comprising (A) formoterol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, or solvate or said salt, and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable particulate diluent or carrier in an amount of 400 μg to 5,000 μg per μg of (A), wherein said pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier has a median particle diameter of 40 to 100 μm, and said formoterol is the only active ingredient.
A method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which comprises administering by inhalation to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a dry powder consisting, or consisting essentially, of (A) formoterol fumarate dihydrate and (B) a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier in an amount from 400 μg to 5,000 μg per μg of (A), wherein said pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier has a median particle diameter of 40 to 100 μm.
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