Patent ID: 7157474

Claim:
A method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising mixing at least one nonaqueous, pharmaceutically acceptable solvent and a taxane having the formula wherein R 2 is acyloxy; R 7 is hydroxy; R 9 is keto, hydroxy, or acyloxy; R 10 is R 10a COO—; R 10a is heterosubstituted methyl, said heterosubstituted methyl moiety lacking a carbon atom which is in the beta position relative to the carbon of which R 10a is a substituent; R 14 is hydrido or hydroxy; X 3 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl or heterocyclo; X 5 is —COX 10 , —COOX 10 , or —CONHX 10 ; X 10 is hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, or heterocyclo; and Ac is acetyl.