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Published in final edited form as: Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2011 Mar 30;37(6):673–684. doi: 10.3109/03639045.2010.535540

Table 1.

Poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) copolymers used for the fabrication of microspheres.

Microspheres	Copolymer composition	Initial molecular weight (g/mol)^a	Amount of drug incorporated (mg)	Inherent viscosity dL/g (manufacturer)
PDLLGA-90:10-0	90:10	120,778	0	0.85 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-90:10-200	90:10	120,778	200	0.85 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-90:10-200	90:10	85,415	200	0.64 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-90:10-200	90:10	66,572	200	0.54 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-90:10-0	90:10	80,145	0	0.20 (Polysciences, Inc.)
PDLLGA-90:10-200	90:10	80,145	200	0.20 (Polysciences, Inc.)
PDLLGA-65:35-0	65:35	30,600	0	0.42 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-65:35-200	65:35	30,600	200	0.42 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLGA-50:50-0	50:50	28,960	0	0.61 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)
PDLLAGA-50:50-200	50:50	28,960	200	0.61 (Birmingham Polymers, Inc.)

Determined using GPC when the copolymers were received.