| CPC A61K 47/02 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 31/4422 (2013.01); A61K 31/455 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/12 (2013.01); A61K 47/14 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01); A61K 47/40 (2013.01); A61K 47/6951 (2017.08); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); C08B 37/0015 (2013.01); C08L 5/16 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A method for making a pharmaceutical composition for intravenous administration comprising
preparing a pre-mixed aqueous solution with a pH from about 3.6 to about 4.4 comprising:
from about 0.1 to 0.4 mg/mL nicardipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and
a tonicity agent;
and filling a pharmaceutically acceptable container with the aqueous solution such that the aqueous solution is in contact with non-polar polymers; the aqueous solution when stored in the container for at least three months at room temperature exhibiting (i) less than a 10% decrease in the concentration of nicardipine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (ii) a total impurity formation of less than about 3%.
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