| abstract |
A pharmaceutical aerosol formulation that includes a particulate medicament, one or more fluorocarbon or hydrogen-containing fluorocarbon propellants and a compound of the general formula (I) n nor a salt or solvate thereof is disclosed, whereinn A represents a straight chain C 1-16 alkylene substituted by n groups of formula B; n represents an integer 1 to 3; and B independently represents C 1-4 fluoroalkylC 0-6 alkylene-, C 1-4 fluoroalkylC 0-6 alkylene-O—, or C 1-4 alkylC 0-6 alkylene-O— n wherein at least one substituent of formula B contains at least one fluorine atom and each C 1-4 fluoroalkyl- moiety contains one or more fluorine atoms but not more than 3 consecutive perfluorinated carbon atoms. Compounds of formula (I) and uses of such compounds are also disclosed. |