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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Balchem Corporation, New Hampton, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan David Bortz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Balchem Corporation, New Hampton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/295 (2006.01); A61K 31/315 (2006.01); A61K 31/16 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 33/26 (2006.01); A61K 33/30 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/16 (2013.01); A61K 9/2013 (2013.01); A61K 33/26 (2013.01); A61K 33/30 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An orally deliverable dosage system comprises (a) iron in a form of one or more physiologically acceptable iron grades, compounds and/or complexes; and (b) an agent to mitigate one or more gastrointestinal adverse effects of unabsorbed iron, said agent comprising one or both of a zinc component and a chelator component, said zinc component if present comprising one or more physiologically acceptable zinc compounds and/or complexes, and said chelator component if present comprising an ion-chelating compound formulated for release distal to the primary site of iron absorption in the duodenum.