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Claims for Patent: 8,367,102


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Summary for Patent: 8,367,102
Title:Pharmaceutical semi-solid composition of isotretinoin
Abstract: An oral pharmaceutical composition of isotretinoin containing at least two lipidic excipients, one of them being hydrophilic (i.e. having an HLB value superior or equal to 10), the other being an oily vehicle.
Inventor(s): Vanderbist; Francis (Beersel, BE), Servais; Cecile (Malonne, BE), Baudier; Phillippe (Uccle, BE)
Assignee: Galephar Pharmaceutical Research, Inc. (Juncos, PR)
Application Number:11/892,363
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 8,367,102
Patent Claims: 1. A method of treating a skin disorder, which comprises a step of orally administering to a mammal having the skin disorder, an oral pharmaceutical composition of isotretinoin, which comprises a semi-solid preparation containing at least two lipidic excipients, at least one of them being hydrophilic having a Hydrophobic Lipidic Balance (HLB) value equal to or greater than 10, the other being an oily vehicle, whereby the at least one hydrophilic lipidic excipient(s) with a HLB value of at least 10 is selected from the group consisting of glycerol macrogolglycerides; the composition being administered in an amount effective to treat the skin disorder, and wherein the skin disorder is selected from the group consisting of acne, hypertrophic lupus erythematosus, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one hydrophilic lipidic excipient of the composition has an HLB value of at least 12.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one hydrophilic lipidic excipient of the composition has an HLB value of at least 13.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a semi-solid preparation in which the isotretinoin is partially in suspension and/or partially in solution.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the oily vehicle of the composition is selected from the group consisting of glycerol macrogolglycerides.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the oily vehicle of the composition is selected from the group consisting of vegetable oils, medium chain triglycerides, fatty acid esters, amphiphilic oil, glycerol oleate, and mixtures thereof.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the composition comprises from 5 to 70% by weight of the oily vehicle selected from the group consisting of vegetable oils, medium chain triglycerides, fatty acid esters, amphiphilic oil, glycerol oleate, and mixtures thereof.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the composition contains at least one surfactant.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the composition comprises at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of sorbitan fatty acid esters, polysorbate compounds, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, sodium laurylsulfate, compounds of lecithin, propylene glycol esters, fatty acid esters of propylene glycol, fatty acid esters of glycerol, polyethylene glycol, and mixtures thereof.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the composition further comprises from 1 to 10% by weight of at least one additional surfactant.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises at least one disintegrant.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of povidone, crossprovidone, sodium croscaramellose, and mixtures thereof.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is a semi-solid suspension.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the semi-solid composition is contained in a pharmaceutically-acceptable capsule.

15. The method of claim 14, in which the capsule is selected from the group consisting of hard gelatin capsules, soft gelatin capsules, hypromellose capsules, and starch capsules.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the mammal treated is a human.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the skin disorder is acne.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the skin disorder is hypertrophic lupus erythematosus.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the skin disorder is basal cell carcinoma.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the skin disorder is squamous cell carcinoma.

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