PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR TREATING DIABETES MELLITUS

Pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of diabetes mellitus are disclosed, wherein the pharmaceutical formulations contain at least one insulin derivative modified with a base in position B31 of the insulin B chain and having an isoelectric point between 5.8 and 8.5 and/or at least one of its...

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Main Author DOERSCHUG, MICHAEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
German
Published 13.05.1992
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METALLURGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PEPTIDES
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
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Summary:Pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of diabetes mellitus are disclosed, wherein the pharmaceutical formulations contain at least one insulin derivative modified with a base in position B31 of the insulin B chain and having an isoelectric point between 5.8 and 8.5 and/or at least one of its physiologically tolerated salts in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a relatively high zinc ion content in the range from above 1 mu g to about 200 mu g of zinc/IU. The preferred insulin derivative modified with a base for this pharmaceutical formulation is human insulin-B31-Arg-OH and human insulin-B31-Arg-B32-Arg-OH. The formulation is used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus; it has a particularly favorable action profile.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19890114617