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Method of incorporating water-soluble heat-sensitive therapeutic agents in albumin microspheres

  • US 4,357,259 A
  • Filed: 12/12/1977
  • Issued: 11/02/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. The method of incorporating a water-soluble heat-sensitive therapeutic agent in albumin microspheres, in which all steps thereof are carried out at a temperature within the range from 1°

  • to 45°

    C., said method including the steps of preparing an aqueous albumin solution of the said therapeutic agent, said albumin solution containing from 5 to 50 parts by weight of albumin per 100 parts of water and from 1 to 20 parts by weight of said therapeutic agent per 100 parts of albumin, emulsifying said albumin solution with a vegetable oil to form a water-in-oil emulsion containing dispersed droplets of the albumin solution, removing the oil by washing the dispersed droplets with an oil-soluble water-immiscible organic solvent, and recovering the resulting microspheres, wherein said method also includes the step of contacting said microspheres with an organic solvent solution of an aldehyde hardening agent to increase the stability of said microspheres and to decrease the release rate of said drug therefrom.

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