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Pharmaceutical formulation

US4537887A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 1983
Grant dateAug 27, 1985
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P31/04
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A unit dose pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration which composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a desiccant, amoxycillin trihydrate equivalent to 20 mg to 1500 mg of amoxycillin and potassium clavulanate equivalent to 20 mg to 500 mg of clavulanic acid, with the proviso that the weight ratio of amoxycillin to clavulanic acid is in the range 12:1 to 1:1; characterized in that the composition is in tablet form, wherein the desiccant is edible and incorporated within the tablets.

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