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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. 23, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ismat Ullah, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Gary James Wiley, Jackson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424480 ; 424482 ; 424475 ; 424483 ; 424465 ;
Abstract
An improved cholesterol-lowering tablet is manufactured by blending tablet grade cholestyramine with an appropriate amount of lubricant and directly compressing into elongated tablets having a specified thickness. These inner tablets are successfully film coated using aqueous film-coating processes without tablet preheating and by simultaneous spray-drying.