Solid pharmaceutical dosage form
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsGunther Berndl, Joerg Rosenberg, Bernd Liepold, Joerg Breitenbach, Ulrich Reinhold, Laman Alani, Soumojeet Ghosh
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Abstract
A solid pharmaceutical dosage form providing improved oral bioavailability is disclosed for inhibitors of HIV protease. In particular, the dosage form comprises a solid dispersion of at least one HIV protease inhibitor and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymer and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, said pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymer having a Tg of at least about 50° C. Preferably, the pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant has an HLB value of from about 4 to about 10.
Claims14
A solid pharmaceutical dosage form which includes a solid dispersion comprising:
- ritonavir,
- lopinavir,
- a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble polymer having a Tg of at least 50° C., and
- sorbitan monolaurate.
A solid pharmaceutical dosage form which includes a solid dispersion comprising:
- ritonavir,
- lopinavir,
- from 50 to 85% by weight of the total dosage form of copovidone, and
- from 2 to 20% by weight of the total dosage form of sorbitan monolaurate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.