IP Library Granted Patent US 11,083,796
Granted Patent B2
US 11,083,796 · App. 16/542,230 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Peroxide removal from drug delivery vehicle

Inventors: Gunjan Junnarkar (Palo Alto, CA); Michael A. Desjardin (Aptos, CA); John P. Carr (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Durect Corporation
A61K47/26A61K9/0004A61K9/0024A61K9/10A61K31/7024A61K38/21C07H1/06C07H13/04
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Patent No.
US 11,083,796
App. No.
16/542,230
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is related to methods for lowering peroxide levels in sucrose acetate isobutyrate formulations and to composition used in and formed by such methods.

Claims (31)

1. A formulation comprising:

a drug;

sucrose acetate isobutyrate; and

peroxide,

wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 2.6 ppm to 20 ppm.

2. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 5 ppm to 20 ppm.

3. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 10 ppm to 20 ppm.

4. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 2.6 ppm to 10 ppm.

5. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 5 ppm to 10 ppm.

6. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the drug is selected from peptides, polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, viruses, antibodies and small molecules susceptible to oxidation.

7. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the drug is selected from steroids, NSAIDs, growth factors, hormones, anti-tumor agents, antibiotics, analgesics, local anesthetics, antiviral agents, antipsychotics, anticoagulants, and oligonucleotides for gene therapy.

8. The formulation of claim 1 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.

9. The formulation of claim 1 , further comprising a solvent comprising hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, benzyl benzoate, N-methyl pyrrolidone, or isopropyl alcohol, or a combination thereof.

10. The formulation of claim 1 , further comprising N-methyl pyrrolidone.

11. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the drug comprises a local anesthetic and the formulation further comprises N-methyl pyrrolidone.

12. The formulation of claim 1 , wherein the drug comprises a local anesthetic and the formulation further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.

13. A formulation comprising:

a drug;

sucrose acetate isobutyrate; and

peroxide,

wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 2.6 ppm to 20 ppm, and

wherein the formulation is polymer-free.

14. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 5 ppm to 20 ppm.

15. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 2.6 ppm to 10 ppm.

16. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the drug is selected from steroids, NSAIDs, growth factors, hormones, anti-tumor agents, antibiotics, analgesics, local anesthetics, antiviral agents, antipsychotics, anticoagulants, and oligonucleotides for gene therapy.

17. The formulation of claim 13 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.

18. The formulation of claim 13 , further comprising N-methyl pyrrolidone.

19. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the drug comprises a local anesthetic and further comprising N-methyl pyrrolidone.

20. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the peroxide is present in the formulation at a level ranging from 5 ppm to 10 ppm.

21. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the drug is selected from peptides, polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, viruses, antibodies and small molecules susceptible to oxidation.

22. The formulation of claim 13 , wherein the drug comprises a local anesthetic and the formulation further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2026
From: BAUSCH HEALTH IRELAND LIMITED; MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION; SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; SOLTA MEDICAL IRELAND LIMITED
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Reel/Frame 074223/0753 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2026
From: MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 074227/0509 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 25, 2026
From: DURECT CORPORATION
To: MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073889/0196 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: DURECT CORPORATION
To: MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073837/0231 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2019
From: JUNNARKAR, GUNJAN; DESJARDIN, MICHAEL A.; CARR, JOHN PATRICK
To: ALZA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050327/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2019
From: CORPORATION, ALZA
To: DURECT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050327/0382 →
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