US 11,931,357 B2
Depot systems comprising Cariprazine or salts thereof
Shai Rubnov, Tel Aviv (IL); Ehud Marom, Tel Aviv (IL); and Anna Gopin, Petah-Tiqwa (IL)
Assigned to MAPI PHARMA LTD., Ness Ziona (IL)
Filed by Mapi Pharma Ltd., Ness Ziona (IL)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/320,706, filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293515 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61K 31/496 (2006.01); A61K 9/08 (2006.01); A61K 47/69 (2017.01)
CPC A61K 31/496 (2013.01) [A61K 9/08 (2013.01); A61K 47/6937 (2017.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A long-acting parenteral pharmaceutical composition suitable for forming an in situ implant in a subject in need thereof following administration, the composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of cariprazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable biodegradable carrier comprising poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) containing a molar ratio of lactic to glycolic monomers of from 50:50 to 85:15 and having an inherent viscosity in the range of about 0.1 to about 0.8 dl/g, and a biocompatible solvent, wherein the composition releases the cariprazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for at least 4 weeks following a single administration, and wherein the composition is in the form of a solution.