Patent ID: 11938166
Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. A method for establishing and/or maintaining homeostasis in the mucosal tissue of a subject's airway, comprising prophylactically administering by inhalation to the airway of the subject an effective amount of a composition comprising:
a) a glutathione, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of glutathione;
b) an organic acid or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of an organic acid; and
c) a carrier,
wherein the subject suffers from a pulmonary or airway disorder or disease selected from the group consisting of an inflammatory lung disease and/or infection of the lung, inflammation and/or infection associated with lung transplantation, acute lung rejection, asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and any combination thereof.