Table II.

Characteristics of Octreotide-Loaded Microspheres (n = 3) Prepared Using PLHMGAs of Different Composition and the Commercial PLGA Formulation (Sandostatin LAR^®)

Polymer	Copolymer composition	Volume weight mean diameter (μm)	LEa (%)	LCb (%)
Poly(D,L-lactide-co-hydroxymethyl glycolide)	75/25	11.6 ± 2.2	57.8 ± 3.5	3.2 ± 0.2
	65/35	15.6 ± 0.6	57.1 ± 2.6	3.5 ± 0.2
	50/50	12.6 ± 1.5	67.1 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.0
cPLGA (Sandostatin LAR®)	50/50	65.0	dN.A.	4.1 ± 0.1

^a LE Loading efficiency

^b LC Loading capacity

^cThe results are from one single batch; LC was determined in triplicate

^d NA data not available