US 7,517,519 B2
	Topical immunotherapy and compositions for use therein
Amar Lulla, Maharashtra (India); and Geena Malhotra, Maharashtra (India)
Assigned to Cipla Limited, Mumbai (India)
Appl. No. 10/544,724 PCT Filed Feb. 06, 2004, PCT No. PCT/GB2004/000474 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 31, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/069247, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 170/MUM/2003 (IN), filed on Feb. 06, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0204446 A1, Sep. 14, 2006
Int. Cl. A61K 8/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 424—70.1  [424/47; 424/184.1; 514/536]

21 Claims

1. A pharmaceutical composition formulated for topical application to the hair and scalp of a patient, which composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one immunosuppressant selected from the group consisting of tacrolimus, cyclosporin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, together with at least one carrier therefor,wherein the composition is provided as a mousse forming hair and scalp treatment composition formulated so as to be foamable on dispensing, from a housing in which the composition is packaged for administration to a patient.