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US 2011/0033534 A1Published application
Controlled release tamsulosin hydrochloride tablets and a process of making them
AssigneeLek Pharmaceuticals D.D.
InventorsJanez Kerc, Miha Homar, Polona Jurkovic
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a controlled release preparation of tamsulosin hydrochloride comprising hydroxypropylcellulose and polyethylene oxide, and the process for making such pharmaceutical composition.
Claims12
1-10. (canceled)
A pharmaceutical composition for the controlled release of tamsulosin hydrochloride comprising tamsulosin hydrochloride, hydroxypropylcellulose and polyethylene oxide.
A process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the steps of:
- (i) granulating tamsulosin hydrochloride and hydroxypropylcellulose to form a granulate,
- (ii) milling the granulate of (i), and
- (iii) tabletting the milled granulate (ii) with polyethylene oxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.