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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Composition and dosage form for delayed gastric release of alendronate and/or other bis-phosphonates
Moshe Flashner-Barak, Petach Tikva, IL;
Vered Rosenberger, Jerusalem, IL;
Mazal Dahan, Jerusalem, IL;
Yitzhak Lerner, Petach Tikva, IL;
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Petah Tiqva, IL;
Abstract
The present invention provides compacted pharmaceutical composition for oral administration to a patient which expands upon contact with gastric fluid to retain a dosage form in the patient's stomach for an extended period of time, the formulation comprising a non-hydrated hydrogel, a superdisintegrant and tannic acid. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical dosage form containing an active ingredient, and the compacted pharmaceutical composition. The invention further provides a dosage form suitable for delivering a therapeutic bis-phosphonate such as alendronate to the stomach of a patient over and extended period.