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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, New Delhi, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/16 ; A61K 9/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ; A61K 9/16 ; A61K 9/20 ;
Abstract
A taste masked composition which comprises a bitter tasting drug, a combination of two enteric polymers comprising, a methacrylic acid copolymer and a phthalate polymer is described. The composition of the present invention is prepared by dissolving the active ingredient, the methacrylic acid copolymer and the phthalate polymer in a solvent and recovering the composition from the solution thereof.