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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W. McGinity, Austin, TX (US);
Feng Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 4/734 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 4/734 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations comprising a hot-melt extrudable mixture of a therapeutic compound and a high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) in an essentially non-film like preparation. In some embodiments, the formulation further comprises poly(ethylene glycol). The present invention also includes efficient methods for hot-melt extruding pharmaceutical formulations in essentially non-film preparations.