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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Stephan Kothrade, Limburgerhof, DE;
Jörg Breitenbach, Mannheim, DE;
Harald Krull, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Thomas Kessler, Schifferstadt, DE;
Armin Lange, Heidelberg, DE;
Werner Maier, Schifferstadt, DE;
Ulrich Reinhold, Speyer, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for producing solid dosage forms, in which (i) a plastic mixture of at least one pharmacologically acceptable polymeric binder with a K value of more than 75, at least one pharmaceutical active ingredient and, where appropriate, conventional pharmaceutical additives is prepared and (ii) the plastic mixture is shaped to the required dosage form, with step (i) being carried out under conditions of temperature and shear energy input such that the reduction in molecular weight of the polymeric binder, expressed as the difference in the K value, is less than 15 is described.