US 11,865,214 B2
Ibudilast oral formulations and methods of using same
Kazuko Matsuda, La Jolla, CA (US); and Federico Carlos Aréjola Gaeta, Málaga (ES)
Assigned to MediciNova, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed by MediciNova, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/027,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,519, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085613 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 9/28 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A61K 31/437 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 9/2826 (2013.01) [A61K 9/2866 (2013.01); A61K 9/4816 (2013.01); A61K 31/437 (2013.01); A61K 9/0053 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A pharmaceutical composition consisting of about 3% w/w to about 15% w/w ibudilast, about 30% w/w to about 40% w/w lactose, about 30% w/w to about 40% w/w microcrystalline cellulose, about 15% w/w to about 25% w/w hypromellose, about 0.2% w/w to about 0.8% w/w magnesium stearate, and about 0.5% w/w to about 5% w/w colloidal silicon dioxide, wherein said pharmaceutical composition is in the form of a tablet or a capsule, and wherein said tablet or said capsule has a dissolution profile wherein at least about 12% of said ibudilast has been released from said tablet or said capsule at about 2 hours when tested in USP Apparatus Type II at 50 rpm in 900 mL of simulated gastric fluid medium at 37° C.