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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Takashi Ishibashi, Sakai, JP;
Keigo Nagao, Kawanishi, JP;
Kengo Ikegami, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshino, Suita, JP;
Masakazu Mizobe, Takatsuki, JP;
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an efficient preparation method of spherical fine particles containing a drug for an easily-swallowed, controlled-release preparation comprising the production of drug-containing spherical fine particles (mean particle size: 60-200 &mgr;m) by adding a binder solution to a mixture containing an excipient powder having the property of retaining solvent (and preferably having a mean length of the long axis of 40 &mgr;m or less) and a drug powder (preferably having a mean length of the long axis of 50 &mgr;m or less), followed by high-speed mixing granulation.