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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David F Erkoboni, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Scott A Fiore, Westminster, CO (US);
Thomas A Wheatley, Richboro, PA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424499 ; 424500 ;
Abstract
A particulate co-processed unattrited microcrystalline cellulose:hydrocolloid composition wherein the respective components are present in a weight ratio of from about 99:1 to 70:30. The composition is useful as a spheronizing agent for producing spheroids of uniform size and sphericity and having high drug loadings. The composition is produced by drying a slurry of the microcrystalline cellulose in an aqueous solution of the hydrocolloid. The preferred hydrocolloid is methylcellulose.