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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Bruno Paillard, Romagnat, FR;
Eric Goutay, Lauzerville, FR;
Jean-Louis Avan, Villefranche de Lauragus, FR;
Joël Bougaret, Lanta, FR;
Pierre Fabre Medicament, Boulogne, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition with prolonged release, for oral administration of a single daily dose of 60 to 140 mg of Milnacipran, having a multi-particulate form containing a plurality of microgranules each comprising an active microsphere containing a saccharose and/or starch nucleus of a size between 200 and 2000 &mgr;m and containing 150 to 1000 &mgr;m of Milnacipran and a binding agent, each microgranule being coated with a film having a base of at least one polymer insoluble in water but permeable to physiological liquids, of a thickness between 20 and 100 &mgr;m, the said pharmaceutical composition enabling an in vitro release corresponding to the following pattern: between 10 and 55% of the dose released in 2 hours, between 40 and 75% of the dose released in 4 hours, between 70 and 90% of the dose released in 8 hours, between 80 and 100% of the dose released in 12 hours.