METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES BY TWO-STAGE EMULSIFICATION METHOD USING OUTER AQUEOUS PHASE CONTAINING SPECIFIC DISPERSING AGENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF USING THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES, AND LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF PRODUCED THEREBY
Disclosed is a method for producing liposomes, a liposome dispersion or a dry powder thereof by a two-stage emulsification method using an additive (dispersing agent) whereby a liposome dispersion and a dry powder thereof, which ensure the prevention of the leakage of an encapsulated drug or the like from liposomes during prolonged storage and can be stably used over a long period of time, can be obtained. A method for producing liposomes by a two-stage emulsification method, characterized by using, in the secondary emulsification step, an outer aqueous phase containing a dispersing agent (hereinafter referred to as "a specific dispersing agent") which forms no molecular self-assembly or exclusively forms molecular self-assemblies having a volume-average particle diameter equal to or less than 10 nm and a method for producing a liposome dispersion and a dry powder thereof using the aforesaid production method. The aforesaid specific dispersing agent preferably contains at least one component selected from among, for example, gelatin, albumin, dextran and a polyalkylene oxide-based compound.
