Patent ID: 11865100
Assignee: SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A regimen for the therapeutic treatment of rosacea in a subject aged 65 years and older, the regimen comprising topically applying to the skin of the subject aged 65 years and older in need of said treatment a pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical composition comprising about 2.5% w/w to about 10% w/w benzoyl peroxide as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, wherein the benzoyl peroxide is the only active ingredient in said pharmaceutical composition, wherein said pharmaceutical composition is applied once daily for a period of at least about 2 weeks, to achieve, in a group of such subjects, a mean percentage decrease, from baseline, in the number of inflammatory lesions of about 40% compared to a mean percentage decrease, from baseline, in the inflammatory lesions of about 25% after treatment with vehicle control.