Labopharm Inc.

Universitéde Montreal

Louis Cartilier

Mircea Alexandru Mateescu

Yves Dumoulin

Vincent Lenaerts

Iskandar Moussa

Stephane Buczkowski

Chafic Chebli

A pharmaceutical sustained release tablet for oral administration is made of a compressed blend of at least two dry powders including a powder of a pharmaceutical drug and a powder of a sustained release matrix for the drug. The sustained release matrix is made of substituted amylose prepared by reacting, in a basic medium, amylose with an organic substituent having a reactive function that reacts with the hydroxy groups of the amylose molecule. This substituent is preferably an epoxy or halogen alkane or alcohol with such a matrix controlled and sustained release of a drug are achieved with a remarkable close-to-linear profile and a release time of from 9 to 20 hours.

Substituted amylose as a matrix for sustained drug release

The present invention is concerned with the manufacture of solid dosage units (pharmaceutical and others). More specifically, the invention is related to powders of cross-linked amylose, having a specific cross-linking degree for use as tablet binders and disintegrants.

Cross-linked amylose as a binder/disintegrant in tablets

The present application is concerned with a solid slow release pharmaceutical dosage unit. More specifically, the invention is directed to a tablet form prepared by direct compression of cross-linked amylose (CLA) having a definite cross-linking degree, .alpha.-amylase and a pharmaceutical agent. The presence of the cross-linked amylose allows a sustained release of the drug, while the .alpha.-amylase permits the modulation of the release time. In other words, the release time of the drug is function of the amount of .alpha.-amylase in the tablet. The amount of .alpha.-amylase is defined in terms of Enzyme Units.

Cross-linked enzymatically controlled drug release

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Beaconsfield, Canada

Louis Cartilier