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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen A. Ulrich, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Karen R. Zimm, Stockton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc., Raitan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 ;
Abstract
A taste masked pharmaceutical composition comprising a microcapsule, wherein the microcapsule comprises a pharmaceutically active agent core coated with a taste masking effective amount of a water-insoluble enteric coating, wherein the coating comprises a weakly acidic methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer.