Ranbaxy Laboratories, Inc.

Om Dutt Tyagi

Vijay Kumar Handa

Jitendra Krishan Somani

Sanjeev Sethi

Yatendra Kumar

Gyan Chand Yadav

Nitin Maheshwari

Uttam Kumar Ray

The present invention relates to a simple and efficient process for the preparation of amorphous form of torsemide. The process includes recovering amorphous torsemide from a solution thereof in a suitable solvent comprising alcohols, ketones, chlorinated hydrocarbons, esters, nitriles, cyclic ethers, and mixtures thereof, by spray drying.

Process for the preparation of amorphous form of torsemide

A process for the preparation of highly pure crystalline form of cefuroxime-1-acetoxyethyl ester (cefuroxime axetil) from cefuroxime by reacting an amine salt of cefuroxime with an esterifying reagent.

Process for the preparation of highly pure crystalline (R,S)&mdash;cefuroxime axetil

A process for preparing cefuroxime axetil in substantially amorphous form comprises forming a mixture of crystalline cefuroxime axetil and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and subjecting the mixture to milling for a period of time sufficient to convert the crystalline cefuroxime axetil to substantially amorphous form, i.e., the crystallinity is less than 5%. The amorphous cefuroxime axetil has a chemical purity of at least 95%. Desirably, the particles of the milled material are reduced to a size of less than 2.

Process for the preparation of cefuroxime axetil in an amorphous form

There is described a process for the preparation of a pure amorphous form of cefuroxime axetil which involves dissolving crystalline cefuroxime axetil in acetic acid including at least 5% v/v water and recovering said amorphous form of cefuroxime axetil from the solution by the addition of additional water, the solution being added all at once to the additional water being present in a volume which is sufficient to precipitate said amorphous cefuroxime axetil.

Process for preparing a pure, pharmacopoeial grade amorphous form of cefuroxime axetil

A process for preparing cefuroxime axetil in substantially amorphous form comprises forming a mixture of crystalline cefuroxime axetil and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and subjecting the mixture to milling for a period of time sufficient to convert the crystalline cefuroxime axetil to substantially amorphous form, i.e., the crystallinity is less than 5%. The amorphous cefuroxime axetil has a chemical purity of at least 95%. Desirably, the particles of the milled material are reduced to a size of less than 2 .mu.m. The amorphous cefuroxime axetil prepared by this method may consist of R isomer, S isomer, or a racemic mixture of the R and S isomers.

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