Pharmaceutical preparations
OwnerSanjeev Khandelwal, Pratibha Omrayinventors
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical extended-release oral drug delivery system comprising as active ingredient Cefixime Trihydrate in combination with a hydrophilic matrix system, and optionally containing additional pharmaceutically acceptable constituents, wherein at least 20% up to but not more than 40% of Cefixime Trihydrate is released from said matrix within 1 hour from oral administration and the remainder of the pharmaceutical agent is released at a sustained rate.
Claims9
An extended-release oral film-coated tablet comprising cefixime trihydrate, a hydrophilic matrix, starch, lactose and a surfactant, wherein about two-thirds of the mass of cefixime trihydrate is embedded in the hydrophilic matrix and the remaining about one-third is in free form, and wherein said film-coated tablet is suitable for once-a-day dosing.
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