Process to manufacture implants containing bioactive peptides

Details Process to manufacture implants containing bioactive peptides Process to manufacture implants containing bioactive peptides

1999-05-14

2000-06-20

Azpuru, Carlos A.

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Preparations characterized by special physical form

Implant or insert

424501, 424502, 264 41, A61F 202, A61K 950, B01J 1302

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060775238

ABSTRACT:
A pharmaceutical implant for the delivery of an effective amount of a bioactive peptide or peptide analog over a period of 1 to 12 months. This implant has a diameter of about 1 to 2 mm, a length of between about 10 and 25 mm and is obtainable from a process which includes the steps of grinding a copolymer of lactic acid and glycolic acid having a ratio of glycolide to lactide units of from about 0 to 5:1 to a particle size of between about 50 and 150 .mu.m; sterilizing the ground copolymer with a dose of between about 1 and 2.5 Mrads of ionizing .gamma.-radiation; wetting the ground and sterilized copolymer with a sterile aqueous slurry of a bioactive peptide or peptide analog; aseptically blending the copolymer and the slurry to obtain a homogeneous mixture of the copolymer and between about 10 and 50% of the bioactive peptide or peptide analog; drying the mixture at reduced pressure and at temperature not exceeding 25.degree. C.; aseptically extruding the dried mixture at a temperature between about 70 and 110.degree. C.; and aseptically cutting a cylindrical rod from the extruded mixture to form the pharmaceutical implant.

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