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US 8,263,600 B2Granted
Antifungal composition with enhanced bioavailability
AssigneeMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
InventorsStefan Sharpe, Joel Sequeira, David Harris, Shashank Mahashabde
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Abstract
A liquid suspension comprising an antifungally effective amount of the micronized compound represented by the chemical structural formula I: at least one thickening agent, a non-ionic surfactant, and a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier is disclosed.
Claims5
A liquid suspension comprising:
- 40 mg/ml of a micronized compound represented by the chemical structural formula I:
- wherein the micronized compound of formula I has a mean particle size of about 1800 nm;
- Polysorbate 80;
- an effective amount of a buffer system comprising sodium citrate and citric acid sufficient to maintain a pH in the range of about 4.0 to about 6.0;
- a combination of thickening agents comprising xanthan gum and liquid sugar;
- and
- a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier comprising glycerin.
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A liquid suspension comprising:
- 40 mg/ml of a micronized compound represented by the chemical structural formula I:
- wherein the micronized compound of formula I has a mean particle size of about 1000 nm to about 1800 nm;
- Polysorbate 80;
- an effective amount of a buffer system comprising sodium citrate and citric acid sufficient to maintain a pH in the range of about 4.0 to about 6.0;
- a combination of thickening agents comprising xanthan gum and liquid sugar;
- and
- a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier comprising glycerin.
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A liquid suspension comprising:
- posaconazole (micronized), represented by the chemical structural formula I:
- wherein the micronized compound of formula I has a mean particle size of about 1000 nm to about 1800 nm in an amount of about 40 mg/ml;
- Polysorbate 80, in an amount between about 5 mg/ml and about 50 mg/ml;
- sodium citrate, in an amount between about 0.4 and about 0.8 mg/ml;
- citric acid, in an amount between about 0.36 and about 0.6 mg/ml;
- simethicone, in an amount between about 2 mg/ml and about 4 mg/ml;
- xanthan gum, in an amount between about 1 mg/ml and about 5 mg/ml;
- sodium benzoate, in an amount between about 0.5 mg/ml and about 3 mg/ml;
- liquid glucose, in an amount between about 200 mg/ml and about 500 mg/ml;
- and
- glycerin, in an amount between about 50 mg/ml and about 150 mg/ml.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.