Chewable soft capsules having improved administration properties and process for producing the same
US7763276B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P11/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A soft capsule in which a shell is filled with fill material, and the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature. The soft capsule may be a chewable capsule, and the fill material may comprise a low melting point additive. The content of the low melting point additive may be 10% or more with respect to the total weight of the fill material, and may have a melting point of about 20 to 50° C. The low melting point additive may be selected from the group consisting of chocolate base, lard, coconut oil and macrogol (polyethylene glycol) as well as a combination thereof.
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