BLOCK COPOLYMER REDUCED IN IMPURITY CONTENT, POLYMERIC CARRIER, PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS IN POLYMERIC FORM AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME

摘要

A process for purification which permits satisfactory removal of impurities from a block copolymer consisting essentially of polyethylene glycol and poly(acidic amino acid) and is suitable for the production of a polymeric carrier having a pharmaceutically acceptable purity; a process for producing such a polymeric carrier; a block copolymer reduced in impurity content; a polymeric carrier as described above; pharmaceutical preparations in polymer ic form, produced by the use of the carrier; and a method of subjecting polyethylene glycol and poly(acidic amino acid)- which are impurities contained in the block copolymer- to treatment with either an ion-exchange resin or a partition/adsorption resin and then determining the quantities of them with a gel filtration column.