Patent · US Active

Pharmaceutical composition containing water soluble drug

US8906419B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
15References
23Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJan 24, 2011
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 24, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/5047
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a process of preparing beads coated with a water soluble drug for incorporation into a pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) preparing a supersaturated drug solution containing a desired amount of drug, which is completely saturated at a first temperature but which is supersaturated at a second temperature which is below the first temperature; and (b) coating inert beads with the drug solution, said drug solution being maintained at or below the first temperature but above the second temperature, and said beads maintained at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is less than the first temperature and wherein the solution containing the drug is supersaturated at the second temperature, as well as to the pharmaceutical compositions containing same.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.