Patent ID: 6890950
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: A61K,B82Y

Abstract:
1. A drug delivery composition selected from an implant, microparticles, and nanoparticles, wherein the composition comprises a lapachone incorporated in a biocompatible polymer having a molecular weight of about 2,000 or more daltons, and the lapachone has a structure of Formula I or II; wherein R and R 1 each independantly represent H, Hydroxy, amino, amido, sulfhydryl, halogen, or substituted unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, heteroalkyl, carbocyclic aliphatic, carbocuclic aliphatic alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heterocyclic aliphatic, heterocyclic aliphatic alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, or alkoxy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.