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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Evonik Operations Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Ashish Guha, Mumbai, IN;
Shraddha Joshi, Thane, IN;
Aditi Poddar, Navi Mumbai, IN;
Suresh Doke, Maharashtra, IN;
Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A pellet contains a core, which contains one or more biologically active ingredients, and a coating layer on the core. The coating layer contains a mixture of a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer is a core-shell polymer, containing 50 to 90% by weight of a core, containing polymerized units of 60 to 85% by weight of ethyl acrylate and 20 to 40% by weight of methyl methacrylate; and 10 to 50% by weight of a shell, containing polymerized units of 40 to 60% by weight ethyl acrylate and 40 to 60% by weight methacrylic acid. The second polymer contains polymerized units of 40 to 60% by weight of methacrylic acid and 60 to 40% by weight of ethyl acrylate or methyl methacrylate. A Multi-Unit Pellet System (MUPS), preferably a compressed tablet, contains a multitude of the pellets.