Crystalline sugar alcohol containing uniformly dispersed liquid pharmaceutical compound
AssigneeICI Americas Inc.
InventorJames W. DuRoss
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a crystalline sugar alcohol derived from at least one mono- or polysaccharide having at least one liquid pharmaceutically active compound uniformly dispersed within its crystal matrix is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of producing such a uniformly dispersed pharmaceutical composition by the controlled crystallization of the molten sugar alcohol having the pharmaceutically active material dispersed therein.
Claims8
A pharmaceutical composition comprising crystalline sugar alcohol selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol, co-crystallized sorbitol with mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, lactitol, cellobiitol and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates having at least one liquid pharmaceutically active compound uniformly dispersed within its crystal matrix.
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