To provide a highly safe liposome achieving efficient delivery and good targeting.
A W/CO2 emulsion is formed by introducing water or an aqueous medium (W) to a mixture obtained by mixing at least one kind of compounds selected from a cationic lipid and sterols as a liposome membrane-constituting material in combination with a phospholipid, with carbon dioxide (CO2) in a supercritical state or subcritical state in the presence of at least one kind of compounds having a polyethylene glycol group. An emulsion mixture containing at least W/CO2/W emulsion and CO2/W emulsion and substantially free from an organic solvent is formed by introducing water to the resultant system. The liposome in a unfilled state, substantially not involving a material except the water or the aqueous medium and free from the organic solvent is formed by discharging the carbon dioxide therefrom.
NAKAJIMA AKIHISA
MOTOKUI YASUYUKI
NAGAIKE CHIAKI
Koji Makimura
Toru Suzuki
Yoshiko Yamoto