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Details for Patent: 5,948,818


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Summary for Patent: 5,948,818
Title: Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease using oral dosage forms of omega-3 polyunsaturated acids
Abstract:Inflammatory bowel disease, especially Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is treated by administration of an oral dosage form, containing as an active principle an omega-3 polyunsaturated acid in free acid form or as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which releases the acid in the ileum. Preferably the oral dosage form is a gelatine capsule coated with a poly(ethylacrylate-methylmethacrylate).
Inventor(s): Buser; Thomas (Ziefen, CH), Camporesi; Emilio P. (Ziefen, CH)
Assignee: Tillotts Pharma AG (Ziefen, CH)
Application Number:09/069,751
Patent Claim Types:
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Compound; Dosage form; Use;

Drugs Protected by US Patent 5,948,818

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Foreign Priority and PCT Information for Patent: 5,948,818

Foriegn Application Priority Data
Foreign Country Foreign Patent Number Foreign Patent Date
United Kingdom9509764May 15, 1995

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