Bioadhesive tablet

US6063404A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Jenapharm GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Carsten Timpe · Bad Birnbach, DE
• Michael Dittgen · Apolda, DE
• Detlef Grawe · Kleinromstedt, DE
• Jochen Schumacher · Jena, DE
• Holger Zimmermann · Falkensee, DE
• Herbert Hoffmann · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 1998
• Grant date: May 16, 2000
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K9/2086
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a bioadhesive tablet containing at least one bioadhesive adjuvant and at least one lubricant, with at least one surface of the tablet comprising concentric or parallel, straight and/or curved depressions, and to a method for producing the bioadhesive tablets as well as to pharmaceuticals in the form of the bioadhesive tablets.