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US 2017/0304456 A1Published application
Fast dissolving pharmaceutical composition
AssigneeFerring B.V.
InventorsVarinder Ahuja, Tejas Gunjikar, Balachendar Gundu
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Abstract
The subject invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an open matrix network carrying a pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the open matrix network comprises both the polysaccharides levan and inulin.
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A pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- a) an open matrix network comprising levan and inulin;
- and
- b) at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient carried by the open matrix network.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- a) a matrix carrying at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient;
- and
- b) the matrix comprising levan and inulin,
- wherein the matrix rapidly disintegrates upon contact with an aqueous medium or with saliva.
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A process for preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising subliming a solvent from a liquid preparation comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient and levan and inulin in the solvent.
A process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- (a) preparing a solution comprising levan, inulin and an active ingredient in a solvent;
- (b) freezing said solution;
- (c) subliming the solvent from the frozen, solution,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition so obtained disintegrates within 30 seconds upon contact with an aqueous solution or saliva.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.