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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Estetra Srl, Liège, BE;
Séverine Francine Isabelle Jaspart, Bois-et-Borsu, BE;
Johannes Jan Platteeuw, Boxtel, NL;
Denny Johan Marijn Van Den Heuvel, Beuningen, NL;
ESTETRA SRL, Liège, BE;
Abstract
The invention provides an orodispersible solid pharmaceutical dosage unit having a weight between 30 and 1,000 mg, said dosage unit consisting of: 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 75-99.9 wt. % of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable ingredients; the solid dosage unit comprising at least 100 μg of the estetrol component; and wherein the solid dosage unit can be obtained by a process comprising wet granulation of estetrol particles having a volume weighted average particle size of 2 μm to 50 μm. The solid dosage unit is easy to manufacture and perfectly suited for sublingual, buccal or sublabial administration.