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US 8,784,886 B2Granted
Coating capsules with active pharmaceutical ingredients
AssigneeGlaxoSmithKline LLC
InventorsAbdel Fawzy, George Bobotas
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions in unit dose form comprising capsules containing one or more first active pharmaceutical ingredient in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, coated with one or more second active pharmaceutical ingredients, wherein the unit dose form is a pharmaceutical grade finished dosage form, and methods of making and using the same.
Claims21
A pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising:
- (a) a soft gelatin capsule comprising a single, first active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”), wherein the first API is an omega-3 fatty acid oil and is present in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle;
- (b) one or more coatings on the capsule, wherein at least one coating comprises a second active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”), wherein the second API is a statin compound and is the only API in the one or more coatings, and wherein the at least one coating comprising the second active pharmaceutical ingredient is applied by pan coating, fluid bed coating, or spray coating;
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- wherein the unit dose form is a pharmaceutical grade finished dosage form suitable for oral administration.
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