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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Juergen Block, Werther, DE;
Stefan Heim, Herrenberg, DE;
Ralf Westerheide, Bielefeld, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG, Buehl (Baden), DE;
Allphamed Pharbil Pharma GmbH, Gottingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/26 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A61K 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A therapeutic formulation in the form of a beadlet, suitable for oral administration and adapted to provide immediate and sustained release of therapeutic material. Each beadlet comprises an extruded-spheronized inner core containing at least one medicament e.g. a slow release vitamin, an outer layer containing at least one medicament e.g. a fast release vitamin and a controlled release coating between the inner core and the outer layer which coating controls the release of the inner core medicament.