Patent 7491383 was granted and assigned to Allergan, Inc. on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Compositions comprising a therapeutic component and an efficacy enhancing component, that enhances the pharmacokinetic disposition of the therapeutic component, are disclosed. The therapeutic component may include an alpha-2-adrenergic agonist and the efficacy enhancing component may include fatty acids. In one embodiment, the therapeutic component and the efficacy enhancing component form a complex.