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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Estetra Sprl, Liége, BE;
Séverine Francine Isabelle Jaspart, Bois-et-Borsu, BE;
Johannes Jan Platteeuw, Boxtel, NL;
Denny Johan Marijn Van Den Heuvel, Beuningen, NL;
ESTETRA SPRL, Liège, BE;
Abstract
An orodispersible solid pharmaceutical dosage unit having a weight between 30 and 1,000 mg is disclosed. The dosage unit comprises (a) 0.1-25 wt. % of estetrol particles containing at least 80 wt. % of an estetrol component selected from estetrol, estetrol esters and combinations thereof; and (b) 75-99.9 wt. % of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The solid dosage unit comprises at least 100 μg of the estetrol component and can be obtained by a process that comprises compressing a dry blend of estetrol particles and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients into a solid dosage unit. The solid dosage unit is easy to manufacture and suited for sublingual, buccal or sublabial administration.