Gellan gum tablet film coating
AssigneePharmacia Corporation
InventorsJohn Flanagan, George Colegrove, Thierry Nivaggioli
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Abstract
A film coated tablet wherein the tablet is film coated with a gellan gum coating composition containing gellan gum, a plasticizer, and a disintegration aid. Optionally a slip enhancer is added to the composition. A method for coating a tablet with the gellan gum composition wherein the composition is applied as a solution. A method of administering the gellan gum film coated tablet as a pharmaceutical.
Claims21
A film coated tablet comprising a tablet film coated with a gellan gum coating consisting essentially of gellan gum and effective amounts of a plasticizer and a disintegration aid, and optionally an effective amount of a slip enhancer.
A film coated tablet comprising a primary coating and a secondary coating, wherein one of the primary coating or secondary coating consists essentially of gellan gum and effective amounts of a plasticizer and a disintegration aid, and optionally, an effective amount of a slip enhancer.
A film coated tablet comprising a tablet coated with a gellan gum coating made by the process comprising forming the gellan gum coating by spraying onto the tablet an aqueous solution consisting essentially of gellan gum and effective amounts of a plasticizer and a disintegration aid, and optionally an effective amount of a slip enhancer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.