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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2008
Maurice Sydney Newton, Sandbacj, GB;
James David Morrison, Norwich, GB;
Ruth Diane Pennel, Wirral, GB;
Nigel Peter Rhodes, Warrington, GB;
Alexis John Toft, Warrington, GB;
Maurice Sydney Newton, Sandbacj, GB;
James David Morrison, Norwich, GB;
Ruth Diane Pennel, Wirral, GB;
Nigel Peter Rhodes, Warrington, GB;
Alexis John Toft, Warrington, GB;
OPKO IRELAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LTD., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
There is provided use of a mixed metal compound in the manufacture of medicament for neutralizing or buffering stomach acid, wherein the mixed metal compound contains at least one trivalent metal selected from iron (III) and aluminum and at least one divalent metal selected from of magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium, lanthanum and cerium, wherein (A) the mixed metal compound is of formula (I): MMOA.zHO (I) where Mis the at least one bivalent metal; Mis the at least one trivalent metal; Aat least one n-valent anion; 2+a=2b+Σcn and Σcn<0.9a, and z is 2 or less, and/or (B) the mixed metal compound is provided in the form of a granular material comprising (i) at least 50% by weight, based on the weight of the granular material, of the mixed metal compound (ii) from 3 to 12% by weight, based on the weight of the granular material, of non-chemically bound water, and (iii) no greater than 47% by weight based on the weight of the granular material of excipient.