SUSTAINED-RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY EMPLOYING A POWDERED HYDROCOLLOID GUM OBTAINABLE FROM HIGHER PLANTS - Patent 0793485

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EP 0 793 485 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.09.1997 Bulletin 1997/37

(21)	Application number: 95942521.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.11.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 9/ 22^{( . )}
A61K 9/ 48^{( . )}

A61K 9/ 20^{( . )}
A61K 47/ 36^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/015593

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/016638 (06.06.1996 Gazette 1996/26)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

01.12.1994 US 19940348515

(71)	Applicant: CIBUS PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
	Redwood City, CA 94065 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	KUHRTS, Eric H. Woodside, CA 94062 (US) FRIEND, David R. Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US) ALTAF, Syed A. Mountain View, CA 94041 (US) YU, Karen Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US) PARASRAMPURIA, Jagdish San Mateo, CA 94402 (US)

(74)	Representative: Stuart, Ian Alexander, et al
	MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	SUSTAINED-RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY EMPLOYING A POWDERED HYDROCOLLOID GUM OBTAINABLE FROM HIGHER PLANTS