PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS

摘要

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.