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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 5,759,582


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Summary for Patent: 5,759,582
Title: Controlled release of pharmaceutically active substances from coacervate microcapsules
Abstract:A controlled-release pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically active water soluble protein, peptide, glycoprotein, or mixture thereof, encapsulated in the form of microspheres by a coating of a crosslinked coacervate of gelatin and chondroitin sulfate, as well as processes for the preparation thereof.
Inventor(s): Leong; Kam W. (Ellicott City, MD), Azhari; Rosa V. (Yuvalim, IL)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)
Application Number:08/695,514
Patent Claims:1. A method of releasing a water soluble pharmaceutically active substance selected from the group consisting of a protein, a peptide, and a glycoprotein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and mixtures thereof encapsulated in the form of microspheres by a coating of a crosslinked coacervate of gelatin and chondroitin sulfate wherein the microspheres have a mean diameter of from about 0.5.mu.m to about 100.mu.m and contain from about 10 to about 40 weight percent of the pharmaceutically active substance in vivo in a controlled manner to a host and degrading the coacervates by the action of a collagenase.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the crosslinked coacervate is glutaraldehyde-crosslinked.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the administration is parenteral.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the administration is subcutaneous.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the administration is intra-articular.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the host is in need of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

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