Shire LLC

Shire Biochem, Inc.

Shire International Licensing B.v.

Shire Biopharmaceuticals Holdings Ireland Limited

Josephine Christine Ferdinando

Peter Neil Davies

David Pierce

Laura Anna Trespidi

Robert Paul Haslam

The present invention includes an oral pharmaceutical capsule comprising a shell, lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum carbonate hydrate, and a lubricant such as talc, wherein the shell encapsulates the lanthanum carbonate or its hydrate and the lubricant. Capsule shells comprise, for example, gelatin. The present invention also includes an oral pharmaceutical powder comprising lanthanum carbonate or lanthanum carbonate hydrate and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The oral pharmaceutical capsules and powders of the present invention can be administered to treat a patient at risk of or suffering from hyperphosphatemia, at risk of or suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD), at risk of or suffering from soft tissue calcification associated with CKD, or at risk of or suffering from secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Capsule and powder formulations containing lanthanum compounds

This invention relates to a chewable lanthanum formulation comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a lanthanum compound; and at least one chewable pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical formulation in a tablet or in a powder comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a lanthanum compound produced by a process which comprises the steps of: a) powder blending the lanthanum compound and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient in a mixer to form a mixture; or b) powder blending the lanthanum compound and excipients, compressing the resulting combination into a slug material or roller compacting the resulting combination into a strand material, and milling the prepared material into a free flowing mixture; and c) compressing the resulting mixture into a tablet or filing up the resulting mixture in a appropriate container.

Pharmaceutical formulation comprising lanthanum compounds

Stabilized lanthanum carbonate compositions containing a monosaccharide or disaccharide stabilizing agent are disclosed. Subjects having hyperphosphatemia can be treated by administering a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of the stabilized lanthanum carbonate formulation.

Stabilized lanthanum carbonate compositions

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Tadley, United Kingdom

Josephine Christine Ferdinando