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US 8,541,470 B2Granted
Topical pharmaceutical formulation
AssigneeFutura Medical Developments Limited
InventorAdrian Francis Davis
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Abstract
A composition for topical application of an NSAID comprises a solution or suspension of the NSAID in a carrier system comprising a polyhydric alcohol, a glycol ether and an ester of A higher fatty acid, the carrier system being present as a single phase at ambient temperatures. The NSAID may be diclofenac as diclofenac acid. The polyhydric alcohol may be a glycol such as isopropylene glycol and the glycol ether may be a diethylene glycol ether such as diethylene glycol monoethyl ether.
Claims21
A composition for topical application of an NSAID, the composition comprising
- a solution or suspension of the NSAID as active ingredient in a carrier system comprising
- a polyhydric alcohol,
- a glycol ether and
- an ester of a higher fatty acid, wherein the composition is in a single phase at ambient temperatures, wherein water is essentially absent from the carrier system except in impurity amounts, and wherein the composition is not multiple phase.
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