PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES BY TWO-STEP EMULSIFICATION METHOD UTILIZING OUTER AQUEOUS PHASE CONTAINING SPECIFIC DISPERSING AGENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF USING THE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES, AND LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF PRODUCED THEREBY
[Problem] To provide a process for producing liposomes, a liposome dispersion or a dry powder of the dispersion by a two-step emulsification method using an additive (dispersing agent) by which a liposome dispersion and a dry powder thereof which can inhibit leakage of an encapsulated drug or the like from liposomes even in the long-term storage and can be stably used over a long period of time are obtained. [Solution to problem] A process for producing liposomes by a two-step emulsification method characterized by using, in the secondary emulsification step, an outer aqueous phase containing a dispersing agent which forms no molecular self-aggregate or a dispersing agent which exclusively forms molecular self-aggregates having a volume mean particle diameter of not more than 10 nm (said dispersing agent being referred to as a “specific dispersing agent” hereinafter), and a process for producing a liposome dispersion or a dry powder thereof utilizing the process for producing liposomes. The specific dispersing agent preferably contains at least one of gelatin, albumin, dextran and a polyalkylene oxide-based compound.
