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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Leah Elizabeth Appel, Bend, OR (US);
Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Bend, OR (US);
Edward Dennis Lachapelle, Bend, OR (US);
Sanjay Konagurthu, Bend, OR (US);
Richard Frank Falk, Bend, OR (US);
Joseph P. Reo, Lakeland, TN (US);
Leah Elizabeth Appel, Bend, OR (US);
Dwayne Thomas Friesen, Bend, OR (US);
Edward Dennis LaChapelle, Bend, OR (US);
Sanjay Konagurthu, Bend, OR (US);
Richard Frank Falk, Bend, OR (US);
Joseph P. Reo, Lakeland, TN (US);
Bend Research Inc., Bend, OR (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition comprises multiparticulates comprising a drug, a matrix material, and swelling agent. In one aspect, the multiparticulates comprise a core comprising a drug, and a coating surrounding the core. The coating is selected from the group consisting of (i) a water-permeable, substantially drug-impermeable coating, and (ii) an anti-enteric coating.