Micro-particle fatty acid salt solid dosage formulations for therapeutic agents
View Patent ↗Fatty acid salt particles having a size distribution wherein the particles are from about 1 to about 1,000 microns in diameter, use of the particles in pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods of making and using the particles and compositions.
1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising milled fatty acid salt particles having a size distribution wherein the particles are from 50 to 100 microns in diameter, wherein the milled fatty acid salt comprises at least one fatty acid component selected from the group consisting of butyric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid, wherein the composition further comprises a pegylated polypeptide drug, wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug is conjugated to an oligomer and wherein the composition is in a solid oral dosage form or as a granulation.
2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the milled fatty acid salt has a dissolution rate in pH 7.4 buffer of greater than about 50% in up to ten minutes.
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the milled fatty acid salt has a dissolution rate in pH 7.4 buffer of greater than about 75% in up to ten minutes.
4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the milled fatty acid salt has a dissolution rate in pH 7.4 buffer of greater than about 100% in up to ten minutes.
5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug-comprises a prodrug.
6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises native calcitonin or an unconjugated, bioactive calcitonin analog.
7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises conjugated calcitonin.
8. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises:
(SEQ ID NO: 1)
Cys Ser Asn Leu Ser Thr Cys Val Leu Gly Lys (NH-
CO(CH 2 ) 7 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) 7 OCH 3 ) Leu Ser Gln Glu Leu His Lys
(NH-CO(CH 2 ) 7 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) 7 OCH 3 ) Leu Gln Thr Tyr Pro
Arg Thr Asn Thr Gly Ser Gly Thr Pro.
9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises native insulin or an unconjugated, bioactive insulin analog.
10. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises conjugated insulin.
11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises: Insulin B29 Lys-(NH—CO(CH 2 ) 5 (OCH 2 CH 2 ) 7 OCH 3 ).
12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises an insulin coupled to a modifying moiety having a structure:
coupled to the insulin at a nucleophilic residue.
13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises an insulin coupled to a modifying moiety having a structure:
coupled to the insulin at a nucleophilic residue.
14. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises an insulin coupled to a modifying moiety having a structure:
coupled to the insulin at a B29.
15. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug comprises an insulin coupled to a modifying moiety having a structure:
coupled to the insulin at B29.
16. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug has a molecular weight range of from about 300 to about 10,000,000 Daltons.
17. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug has a molecular weight range of from about 1,000 to about 50,000 Daltons.
18. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pegylated polypeptide drug has a molecular weight range of from about 1,000 to about 10,000 Daltons.
19. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , in the form of a tablet wherein the tablet has a dissolution rate of about 30% of the fatty acids into solution in up to ten minutes.
20. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , in the form of a tablet wherein the tablet has a dissolution rate of about 95% of the fatty acids into solution in up to ten minutes.
21. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the milled fatty acid salt comprises at least one fatty acid component selected from the group consisting of caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, and lauric acid.
22. A method of treating a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a formulation comprising the milled fatty acid salt composition of claim 1 and a biologically active agent.
23. A method of treating osteoporosis in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition of claim 6 .
24. A method of treating diabetes mellitus in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition of claim 9 .