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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Sarlikiotis, Frankfurt, DE;
Helmut Hettche, Dietzenbach, DE;
Assignee:
ASTA Medica Aktiengesellschaft, Dresden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424464 ; 424465 ; 514951 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a drug formulation in the form of tablets containing thioctic acid (.alpha.-lipoic acid) with an active ingredient content between 45% by weight and 99.9% by weight. The invention is characterized in that 20% to 100% of the active ingredient used has a particle size exceeding 100 .mu.m, particulary between 100 .mu.m and 710 .mu.m, preferably 30% to 80% a particle size between 200 .mu.m and 710 .mu.m.