Patent ID: 8936786
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. An oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising an oil having particulate matter suspended therein, wherein the composition is not an emulsion and the particulate matter comprises: a. a polysaccharide comprising at least one branched polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of amylopectin, starch, glycogen and combinations thereof, wherein the polysaccharide is in non-covalent association with silica nanoparticles having a hydrophobic surface, wherein the size of the silica nanoparticles is between 1-100 nanometers and wherein the weight of the branched polysaccharide is at least twice that of the silica nanoparticles; and b. a protein or peptide having therapeutic activity, non-covalently associated with said silica nanoparticles and the polysaccharide.