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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 3/1365 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 3/1365 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain a solid pharmaceutically active compound having a melting point ≧37° C. and a fatty acid or a fatty acid salt or a mixture of a fatty acid and a fatty acid salt. Such composition results in a depression in melting point to ≦37° C. upon contact with an aqueous solution thereby providing an improved outlook for absorption.