Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh & Co Kg

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Kg

Thomas Bock

Peter Sieger

Gerald Juergen Roth

Guenter Linz

Werner Rall

Frank Hilberg

Paul Saegmueller

Dietrich Tuerck

The present invention relates to the compound 3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycabonyl-2-indolinone-monoethanesulphonate of formula I and the use thereof as a pharmaceutical composition 

3-Z-[1-(4-(N-((4-Methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-methylcarbonyl)-N-methyl-amino)-anilino)-1-phenyl-methylene]-6-methoxycarbonyl-2-indolinone-monoethanesulphonate and the use thereof as a pharmaceutical composition

The invention relates in its first aspect to a rapidly decomposing tablet for pain therapy containing meloxicam [4-hydroxy-2-methyl-N-(5-methyl-2-thiazolyl)-2H-1,2-benzothiazine-3-carboxamide-1,1-dioxide] in the form of a salt with an inorganic or organic base providing rapid absorption of the active substance, the process of its preparation by direct tabletting, and furthermore relates in a second aspect to the crystalline meloxicam meglumin salt mono- and dihydrate and the preparation thereof.

Meloxicam for oral administration

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Biberach, Germany

Thomas Bock