Patent ID: 8277847

Claim:
A method for treating an animal suffering from a cancer, wherein the cancer cells have a glycosaminoglycan recognition site comprising administering to said animal an effective amount of an anticancer drug for treating said cancer encapsulated in a water-insoluble lipidated glycosaminoglycan particle in the form of a sphere with the glycosaminoglycan portion of the particle forming a shell on the outside and the lipid portion of the particle forming the inside, without the presence of liposome, said particle comprising the reaction product of at least one glycosaminoglycan with at least one lipid having a primary amino group, wherein the ratio of said at least one lipid having a primary amino group to said at least one glycosaminoglycan is in the range of 1:1 and 5:1 to 20:1 and said at least one glycosaminoglycan has a molecular weight within the range of about 1×10 5 to about 1×10 7 daltons.