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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keith Sugden, Beverley, GB;
Assignee:
Reckitt & Colman Products Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 514809 ; 514974 ; 514816 ; 514817 ; 514818 ; 514948 ; 424464 ; 424465 ;
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a buccal tablet comprising etorphine or a salt thereof, at least one monosaccharide, disaccharide or a mixture thereof, and a mixture of xanthan gum and locust bean gum in a weight ratio 3:1 to 1:1, wherein the total weight of the mono- and/or di-saccharides relative to the combined weight of the xanthan and locust bean gums is in the ratio of 20:1 to 3:1. The tablet affords improved bioavailability.