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Minipellets

US4708867A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 1984
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/5078
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A minipellet dosage form of prednisone or prednisolone, resistant to attack by saliva but readily dissolvable in gastric juice, which comprises a mixture of prednisone or prednisolone and polyvinylpyrrolidone coated onto a nonpareil seed, and further coated with a layer of dimethylaminoethyl and methyl methacrylate copolymer.

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