A composition comprising a casing, which disintegrates in the gastric pH range, and which contains numerous pellets, particles, granules or agglomerates with a mean diameter of 50-2,500 μm;
- wherein said pellets, particles, granules or agglomerates consist essentially of:
- a) an inner matrix layer comprising an active substance other than a peptide or a protein and their derivatives or conjugates;
- a lipophilic matrix with a melting point of over 37° C.;
- and a mucoadhesive polymer,
- b) a film-applied outer coating consisting essentially of an anionic polymer or copolymer, which can be optionally formulated with pharmaceutically customary excipients, which contains an active substance that has a water-solubility as defined in the German Pharmacopeia DAB 10 of at least 30 parts by volume of water for 1 part by weight of the active substance which is embedded in the lipophilic matrix,
- wherein the lipophilic matrix with its active substance is embedded in a matrix made from the mucoadhesive polymer, which matrix comprises a chitosan and is adjusted to pH 5.0-5.5 by means of an acid or a buffer system, and is combined with a film-applied outer coating which begins to dissolve in the range of pH 6.0 to 8.0.