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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Rama Haldar, Randolph, NJ (US);

Dipan B. Ray, Old Bridge, NJ (US);

Timothy G. Bee, North Plainfield, NJ (US);

Sidney Etienne, Ridgefield Park, NJ (US);

Su-jane Cheng, Taipie Hsien, TW;

Inventors:

Rama Haldar, Randolph, NJ (US);

Dipan B. Ray, Old Bridge, NJ (US);

Timothy G. Bee, North Plainfield, NJ (US);

Sidney Etienne, Ridgefield Park, NJ (US);

Su-Jane Cheng, Taipie Hsien, TW;

Assignee:

ISP Investments Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Tablets of a pharmaceutical, nutritional or vitamin active compound or composition, e.g. a poorly compressible drug are made by direct compression using a synergistic binder composition of co-processed (a) copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone (VP) and vinyl acetate (VA) and (b) microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), in a wt. ratio of (a):(b) of 1-30:99-70, which is spray dried to provide a readily compressible excipient binder powder for such active. The tablets obtained herein have advantageous hardness and friability at an acceptable compression force.


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