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Process for manufacturing tablets for the sustained release of active principle(s)

US6379700B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2000
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/522
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for making tablets with active principle sustained-release which consists in: preparing a fluid oil-in-water emulsion; spraying the resulting emulsion on a powder mixture containing at least the active principle; subjecting said treated powder to a compressing step, to obtain tablets.

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