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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 ;
Abstract
Controlled-release formulation having such a portion that the core and a drug release layer each of which has been formulated to effect rapid or gradual release of at least one drug the release of which is to be controlled is covered either partly or entirely with a release control layer that is produced by adding pharmaceutically acceptable additives to at least one base selected from among fumaric acid, DL-tryptophan and L-tyrosine and which is substantially free from the drugs the release of which is to be controlled.