AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS OF 9-HYDROXYRISPERIDONE FATTY ACID ESTERS

The present invention is concerned with a pharmaceutical composition suitabl e as a depot formulation for administration via intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, comprising: (1) as an active ingredient a therapeutically effective amount of a 9-hydroxyrisperidone fatty acid ester or a salt, or a stereoisomer or a stereoisomeric mixture thereof and (2) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is water and the active ingredient i s suspended therein; and with a process of preparing such a composition. The invention further concerns such a pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament in the treatment of schizophrenia, non-schizophrenic psychoses, behavioural disturbances associated with neurodegenerative disorders, e.g. in dementia, behavioural disturbances in mental retardation and autism, bipolar mania, depression, anxiety.