Patent ID: 8900562

Claim:
A therapeutic formulation for delivering a hydrophobic drug or fluorophilic therapeutic agent to a patient, said formulation comprising: said hydrophobic drug or fluorophilic therapeutic agent; and semi-fluorinated block copolymers, wherein each of said semi-fluorinated block copolymers comprises a hydrophilic block, a fluorophilic block, and a hydrophobic group; wherein said fluorophilic block of each of said semi-fluorinated block copolymers is positioned between said hydrophilic block and said hydrophobic group, wherein said hydrophobic group is a distearoyl-glycero-phosphoethanolamine; wherein said hydrophilic block is a poly(ethylene glycol) block having a molecular weight selected over the range of 1000 g mol−1 to 12,000 g mol−1; and wherein said fluorophilic block is a perfluorinated alkyl chain having a length of 6 to 20 carbons.