Patent 7473433 was granted and assigned to Nektar (pulminary therapeutics business unit) on January, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides spray-dried polyene compositions for oral inhalation to the lung. The polyene antifungal compositions demonstrate superior aerosol properties, do not exhibit appreciable degradation of the polyene upon spray-drying, and are useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of both pulmonary and systemic fungal infections.