abstract |
A SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION OF A PEPTIDE DRUG COMPOUND, PREFERABLY A SOMATOSTATIN LIKE OCTREOTIDE, E.G. AS A PAMOATE SALT. THE DRUG COMPOUND IS PRESENT IN A POLYMERIC CARRIER, PREFERABLY A POLYLACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE, ESPECIALLY A POLY(LACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE) GLUCOSE. THE FORMULATION IS PREFERABLY A DEPOT FORMULATION IN THE FORM OF A MONOLITHIC MICROPARTICLE. |