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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2004
Michael B. Fergione, Stonington, CT (US);
Barbara A. Johnson, Niantic, CT (US);
Kenneth Craig Waterman, Waterford, CT (US);
Michael B. Fergione, Stonington, CT (US);
Barbara A. Johnson, Niantic, CT (US);
Kenneth Craig Waterman, Waterford, CT (US);
Warner-Lambert Company LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A wet granulated pharmaceutical composition comprising atorvastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with less than about 5 weight % of an alkaline earth metal salt additive with a disintegrant which provides the atorvastatin with not more than about 3% atorvastatin lactone based on the ratio of lactone peak area compared to the total drug-related peak integrated areas, as well as said wet granulated pharmaceutical composition comprising atorvastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with at least one other active drug, methods for preparing said compositions, kits for containing such compositions, and a method of treating hypercholesterolemia and/or hyperlipidemia, osteoporosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and Alzheimer's disease using a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical compositions.