Sustained release vitamin composition
AssigneesGlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG, Allphamed Pharbil Pharma GmbH
InventorsJuergen Block, Stefan Heim, Ralf Westerheide
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Abstract
A therapeutic formulation in the form of a beadlet, suitable for oral administration and adapted to provide immediate and sustained release of therapeutic material. Each beadlet comprises an extruded-spheronized inner core containing at least one medicament e.g. a slow release vitamin, an outer layer containing at least one medicament e.g. a fast release vitamin and a controlled release coating between the inner core and the outer layer which coating controls the release of the inner core medicament.
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A therapeutic formulation in the form of a beadlet suitable for oral administration from which medicament is released at controlled rates, the beadlet comprising an extruded-spheronized inner core containing at least one modified release medicament, an outer layer containing at least one immediate release medicament, and a pharmaceutically acceptable controlled-release coating between the inner core and the outer layer, which coating controls the release of the inner core modified release medicament.
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