Process for preparing solid pharmaceutical dosage forms
US5837287A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/454
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the preparation of an oral solid rapidly disintegrating dosage form of a pharmaceutically active substance which has an unacceptable taste which process comprises forming a solution or a suspension in a solvent of a form of the pharmaceutically active substance which is less soluble in water and more palatable than the form with the unacceptable taste together with a water-soluble or water-dispersible carrier material, forming discrete units of the suspension or solution and removing the solvent from the discrete units under conditions whereby a network of the carrier material carrying a dosage of the less soluble and more palatable form of the pharmaceutically active substance is formed.
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