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Aqueous drink composition comprising ibuprofen

US6287592A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1999
Grant dateSep 11, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P29/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ibuprofen composition yielding an aqueous preparation having a pH of less than 7 on the addition of water to said composition which comprises one or more medicaments including an ibuprofen medicament which forms an ibuprofen active ingredient having a melting point less than 100.degree. C., when combined with water to give an aqueous preparation having a pH of less than 7 and a phospholipid material intimately mixed with the ibuprofen medicament. The phospholipid material is capable of forming an aqueous preparation comprising an emulsion or dispersion comprising an aqueous phase substantially free of said ibuprofen active ingredient and a discrete phase consisting essentially of said phospholipid material and insoluble pharmacologically active ingredient including said ibuprofen active ingredient on the addition of water to said composition. The invention also provides aqueous drink preparations (especially heated emulsions) produced thereform and a process to prepare said aqueous drink preparations.

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