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US 2006/0078611 A1Published application
Enteric coated aspirin granules comingled with binder
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorsManoj Shah, James Beahm, Robert Shen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tablet capable of being chewed or disintegrated in the oral cavity, which comprises an enteric coated granule comprising an intimate mixture of an aspirin active ingredient and at least one binder capable of preferentially absorbing ambient moisture.
Claims18
A tablet capable of being chewed or disintegrated in the oral cavity prior to swallowing comprising enteric coated granules comprising an intimate mixture of aspirin and at least one binder.
A process for preparing a chewable tablet comprising:
- a) providing an intimate mixture of aspirin granules and binder;
- b) applying an enteric coating from an organic or mixed liquid carrier onto said intimate mixture of aspirin granules and binder and
- c) compressing said enteric-coated aspirin granules into tablet form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.