Lupin, Inc.

Shirish Kumar Kulkarni

Harshal Jahagirdar

Satish Kumar Dalal

Pandharinath Jadhav

Ashish Tiwari

Sheetal Kulkarni

Rajesh Kulkani

Srirupa Das

A controlled release pharmaceutical composition comprising Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and hydrophobic release controlling agent. The composition releases 90% of the total amount of Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof between 8 to 20 hours when dissolution is carried out in 900 ml 0.1N HCl, USP apparatus Type I (Basket) at 100 rpm for 2 hrs, followed by 900 ml Phosphate buffer pH 6.8 USP apparatus Type I (Basket) at 100 rpm. A process of preparing a controlled release pharmaceutical composition comprises: a) preparing a first layer comprising i) melting hydrophobic release controlling agent and Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in it ii) cooling followed by sieving the melted mass to obtain granules and iii) lubricating the granules; and b) preparing a second layer comprising granules which comprises hydrophobic release controlling agent and optionally Milnacipran or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions of milnacipran

The present invention relates to a method of reducing the incidence of nausea and vomiting associated with the administration of oral contraceptive formulation and a method of preparation of oral contraceptive formulation comprising progestin and/or estrogen and an antiemetic. The preferred oral contraceptive formulation comprises of levonorgestrel and an antiemetic.

Antiemetic-oral contraceptive combination

Growing community of inventors

Pune, India

Shirish Kumar Kulkarni