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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Shlomit Wizel, Petah Tiqva, IL;
Valerie Niddam-hildesheim, Kadima, IL;
Shalom Shabat, Yavne, IL;
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Petah Tiqva, IL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a crystalline form of rosuvastatin calcium characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction pattern having peaks at about 4.7, 19.4 and 22.3° 2θ±0.2° 2θ. The crystalline form of the invention may be further characterized by a DSC thermogram with an endotherm at about 132° C. and another broad endotherm at about 220° C. to about 240° C., and a TGA thermogram showing a weight loss of about of 3 to about 5 percent up to about 100° C. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the crystalline rosuvastatin calcium, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.