A method of producing a pharmaceutical gel emulsion, wherein the emulsion is an oil-in-water gel emulsion, comprising the steps of forming an oil-in-water emulsion comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable oil, at least one aqueous phase, at least one osmotic agent, at least one emulsifying agent, mixing a gelling polysaccharide with the oil-in-water emulsion and allowing the resulting mixture to form the pharmaceutical gel emulsion, optionally mixing an bioactive agent into the pharmaceutical gel emulsion.