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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Augello, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Ronald S Vladyka, Jr, Somerset, NJ (US);
Sheila M Dell, New Hope, PA (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424494 ; 424489 ; 424441 ; 424464 ; 424465 ; 424488 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses the taste masking of drugs by wet granulating the drug with a microcrystaline cellulose compositions then spheronizing the granulation into spheres having a smooth uniform surface and a particle size in the range of 1 to 1000 microns.