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US 7,682,629 B1Granted
Floating pharmaceutical composition comprising an active phase and a non-active phase
AssigneeGalenix Developpement
InventorJerome Besse
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Abstract
The invention concerns a floating pharmaceutical composition consisting of at least a first phase comprising at least a high dose active principle combined with one or several carriers and at least a second phase comprising at least a gas-generating system. The invention also concerns tablets comprising such a pharmaceutical composition and a method for preparing such tablets.
Claims18
A tablet floating pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- a) a first phase, termed active phase, consisting of a composition comprising at least one active ingredient and a disintegrating agent comprising highly substituted hydroxypropylcellulose that is at least 50% substituted, provided in an amount of less than 15% by weight of the active phase and in a form to obtain a disintegrating effect while preventing the formation of a continuous network;
- b) a second phase, termed inactive phase, comprising at least one gas-generating system and at least one hydrophilic polymer or a porous mineral compound, the active phase comprising a quantity of active ingredient(s) constituting at least 80% by weight of the active phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.