Patent ID: 9656023
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61M,A61P

Claim:
1. A multiple dose leuprolide acetate pen injection device containing a sterile solution comprising leuprolide acetate in an amount of 10 mg per ml of the solution and at least one preservative in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle in an amount sufficient to maintain sterility of the solution throughout the shelf life of the sterile solution, wherein the solution is present as a reservoir in the multiple dose pen injection device, the device being adapted to subcutaneously inject a portion of the reservoir to provide a single daily dose of leuprolide and the device further being adapted to inject multiple portions of the solution while the reservoir remains sterile, wherein the multiple dose pen injection device is configured to administer 100 microliters of the solution to provide the single daily dose of leuprolide, and wherein the preservative is benzyl alcohol and is present in a concentration of 11.25 mg per ml of the solution.