Patent ID: 9492551
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A23K,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method for increasing the oral bioavailability of gallium from an orally administered gallium compound, the increase being relative to the oral bioavailability of gallium from the gallium compound when it is orally administered without a pharmaceutically acceptable viscosity-increasing agent, comprising the administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising gallium 8-quinolinolate and a pharmaceutically acceptable viscosity-increasing agent to a human or veterinary patient, wherein the viscosity-increasing agent is water-soluble and is selected from the group consisting of methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, other cellulose derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, hydrates, and solvates, cellulose, polyethylene glycol, Carbopols, povidones, gum Arabic, and xanthum gum, and wherein the viscosity-increasing agent is not a cross-linked form of carboxymethylcellulose or povidone, and further wherein the composition is a solid state mixture or a viscous liquid/paste.