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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, New Delhi, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of amorphous atorvastatin calcium and hydrates thereof which comprises: (a) dissolving crystalline atorvastatin calcium in a non-hydroxylic solvent; (b) adding a non-polar hydrocarbon anti-solvent or adding the dissolved atorvastatin to the non-polar anti-solvent to precipitate out atorvastatin calcium; and (c) removing the solvent by filtration to afford amorphous atorvastatin calcium.