Tuesday, March 25, 2008

US Patent 7348026 - Nanoparticle drug delivery for treating liver cancer

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7348026.html

This patent teaches a nanoparticle drug delivery system designed to target liver cancers. Claim 1 reads:

1. A pharmaceutical composition of nanoparticles for treating liver cancer in a patient, said nanoparticles comprising γ-PGA-PLA block copolymers that are conjugated with galactosamine.