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Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Details for Patent: 7,572,779


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Which drugs does patent 7,572,779 protect, and when does it expire?

Patent 7,572,779 protects FEMTRACE and is included in one NDA.

This patent has eleven patent family members in ten countries.

Summary for Patent: 7,572,779
Title:Oral pharmaceutical products containing 17.beta.-estradiol-3-lower alkanoate, method of administering the same and process of preparation
Abstract:A pharmaceutical dosage unit for oral administration to a human female comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 17.beta.-estradiol-3-lower alkanoate, most preferably 17.beta.-estradiol-3-acetate, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for treating a human female in need of 17.beta.-estradiol and a contraceptive method by oral administration of the pharmaceutical dosage unit and a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition that may be used to form the pharmaceutical dosage unit of the invention.
Inventor(s): Aloba; Oluwole T. (Morristown, NJ), deVries; Tina M (Long Valley, NJ)
Assignee: Warner Chilcott Company LLC (Fajardo, PR)
Application Number:10/833,997
Patent Claim Types:
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Use; Composition; Dosage form;

Drugs Protected by US Patent 7,572,779

Applicant Tradename Generic Name Dosage NDA Approval Date TE Type RLD RS Patent No. Patent Expiration Product Substance Delist Req. Patented / Exclusive Use Submissiondate
Apil FEMTRACE estradiol acetate TABLET;ORAL 021633-001 Aug 20, 2004 DISCN Yes No ⤷  Try a Trial ⤷  Try a Trial TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH MENOPAUSE ⤷  Try a Trial
Apil FEMTRACE estradiol acetate TABLET;ORAL 021633-002 Aug 20, 2004 DISCN Yes No ⤷  Try a Trial ⤷  Try a Trial TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH MENOPAUSE ⤷  Try a Trial
Apil FEMTRACE estradiol acetate TABLET;ORAL 021633-003 Aug 20, 2004 DISCN Yes No ⤷  Try a Trial ⤷  Try a Trial TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH MENOPAUSE ⤷  Try a Trial
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