Patent ID: 8765675

Claim:
A method of reducing cartilage degeneration and/or bone resorption in an osteoarthritis patient or in a post-menopausal woman, said method comprising orally administering to said patient or to said post-menopausal woman, a pharmaceutical composition comprising salmon calcitonin in free or salt form and a delivery agent selected from the group consisting of N-(5-chlorosalicyloyl)-8-aminocaprylic acid (5-CNAC), N-(10-[2-hydroxybenzyol]amino)decanoic acid (SNAD), N-(8-[2-hydroxybenzoyl]amino)caprylic acid (SNAC) and disodium salts thereof, wherein the amount of said salmon calcitonin in said pharmaceutical composition is between 0.4 and 1.2 mg.