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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Hidekazu Shodai, Takatsuki, JP;
Noboru Nagafuji, Sakai, JP;
Toshitada Toyoda, Kobe, JP;
Yuka Okada, Takatsuki, JP;
Hidekazu Shodai, Takatsuki, JP;
Noboru Nagafuji, Sakai, JP;
Toshitada Toyoda, Kobe, JP;
Yuka Okada, Takatsuki, JP;
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A soft capsule in which a shell is filled with fill material, and the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature. The soft capsule may be a chewable capsule, and the fill material may comprise a low melting point additive. The content of the low melting point additive may be 10% or more with respect to the total weight of the fill material, and may have a melting point of about 20 to 50° C. The low melting point additive may be selected from the group consisting of chocolate base, lard, coconut oil and macrogol (polyethylene glycol) as well as a combination thereof.