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Details for Patent: 6,555,544


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Summary for Patent: 6,555,544
Title: Aqueous suspensions of submicron 9-hydroxyrisperidone fatty acid esters
Abstract:The present invention is concerned with a pharmaceutical composition suitable as a depot formulation for administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, comprising: (1) as an active ingredient a therapeutically effective amount of a 9-hydroxy-risperidone fatty acid ester or a salt, or a stereoisomer or a stereoisomeric mixture thereof in submicron form and (2) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is water and the active ingredient is suspended therein: and with a process of preparing such a composition. The invention further concerns such a pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament in the treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, non-schizophrenic psychoses, behavioural disturbances associated with neurodegenerative disorders, e.g. in dementia, behavioural disturbances in mental retardation and autism, Tourette's syndrome, bipolar mania, depression, anxiety.
Inventor(s): Fran.cedilla.ois; Marc Karel Jozef (Kapellen, BE), Dries; Willy Maria Albert Carlo (Merksplas, BE), Basstanie; Esther Dina Guido (Zandhoven, BE)
Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. (BE)
Application Number:09/530,687
Patent Claim Types:
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Composition; Formulation; Compound; Use;

Drugs Protected by US Patent 6,555,544

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Foreign Priority and PCT Information for Patent: 6,555,544

Foriegn Application Priority Data
Foreign Country Foreign Patent Number Foreign Patent Date
97203568Nov 17, 1997
PCT Information
PCT FiledNovember 10, 1998PCT Application Number:PCT/EP98/07321
PCT Publication Date:May 27, 1999PCT Publication Number: WO99/25354

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