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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Green, Wiltshire, GB;
Patrick Kearney, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
R. P. Scherer Corporation, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to an oral solid, rapidly disintegrating, freeze-dried dosage form containing coarse particles of a pharmaceutically active material which are uncoated or coated with a polymer or lipid material. Preferably, the oral dosage form comprises coarse particles having a size in the range of 50 micron to 400 micron. The oral solid rapidly disintegrating dosage form according to the present invention preferably disintegrates in the oral cavity in less than 10 seconds.