IP Library Granted Patent US 11,344,562
Granted Patent B2
US 11,344,562 · App. 16/103,630 · Granted May 31, 2022

Aqueous nebulization composition

Inventor: Ashley Daugherty (West Columbia, SC)
Assignee: Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation
A61K31/58A61K9/0078A61K9/08A61K9/10A61K47/26A61K47/32A61K47/34A61P11/08
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Patent No.
US 11,344,562
App. No.
16/103,630
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compositions and methods for making and using stable, homogeneous budesonide compositions are disclosed.

Claims (37)

1. A stable, homogeneous budesonide composition comprising:

i) 0.0125-0.15 wt. % budesonide;

ii) a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer, present at a weight ratio of less than 3:1, relative to the weight of budesonide in the composition; and

iii) at least 90 wt. % water.

2. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising: polysorbate 80 present at a weight ratio of less than 3:1, relative to the budesonide concentration.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is benzalkonium chloride-free.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is stable following storage in a polyethylene container for 24 months at a temperature of 25° C.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is a dispersion.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition is a nanodispersion.

7. A drug product, comprising: a sterile volume of the composition of claim 1 in a single dose, blow-fill-seal container.

8. An aseptic process to form a drug product composition, comprising:

i) injecting a volume of the composition of claim 1 into a sterile blow-fill-seal container; and

ii) sealing the sterile blow-fill-seal container.

9. The process of claim 8 , further comprising: sterilizing the volume of the composition of claim 1 prior to the injecting.

10. The process of claim 8 , wherein the aseptic process is exclusive of sterilization following the sealing.

11. A method of treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a bronchoconstriction-related disease or disorder, comprising:

nebulizing, by a nebulizer, a unit dose of the composition of claim 1 .

12. A homogeneous, pharmaceutical composition comprising:

i) at least 0.01 wt. % budesonide;

ii) less than 0.05 wt. % polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer;

iii) less than 1 wt. % polysorbate 80;

iv) less than 0.01 wt. % ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid;

v) citric acid;

vi) sodium citrate; and

vii) sodium chloride,

the pharmaceutical composition exclusive of preservatives.

13. A method to prepare a precipitate-free composition, comprising:

i) forming a budesonide-containing first liquid, comprising: dispersing a quantity of budesonide micronized powder in a volume of first liquid;

ii) forming a second liquid, comprising: dissolving a quantity of polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer in a volume of water; and

iii) mixing at least a portion of the budesonide-containing first liquid with a volume of the second liquid for at least 30 minutes to form the precipitate-free composition, the precipitate-free composition comprising at least 90 wt. % water,

wherein the method is exclusive of high shear mixing; and

wherein the precipitate-free composition comprises the composition of claim 1 .

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the precipitate-free composition is a dispersion.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the precipitate-free composition is a nanodispersion.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the concentration of budesonide is in the range of 125-1500 mcg budesonide per 2 mL of the precipitate-free composition.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first liquid comprises propylene glycol and/or ethanol.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second liquid comprises polysorbate 80.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070036/0788 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: NEPRON PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC, F/K/A NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
To: WHITEHAWK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
Reel/Frame 070037/0531 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 064861/0641 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: DAUGHERTY, ASHLEY
To: NEPHRON PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048279/0951 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62545725 · Aug 15, 2017
Related Publication 20190054095A1 · Feb 21, 2019