Solid dosage form comprising a fibrate

US7658944B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lifecycle Pharma A/S · DK

Inventors

• Per Holm · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
• Tomas Norling · Solna, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2004
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P19/06
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides stable, solid dosage forms and pharmaceutical compositions in particulate form comprising a fibrate, for example fenofibrate, dissolved in an non-aqueous vehicle in order to ensure improved bioavailability of the active ingredient upon oral administration relative to known fibrate formulations.