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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Mazen Hanna, Bradford, GB;
George Townend, West Yorkshire, GB;
Inventors:
Mazen Hanna, Bradford, GB;
George Townend, West Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Thar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for preparing a cocrystal of an active substance and a cocrystal former, the process involving precipitating the active substance and the cocrystal former together from solution or suspension, in the presence of a supercritical or near-critical fluid, in particular using a GAS, SAS, SEDS or SAS-EM process. The invention also provides a cocrystal prepared using such a process, and its use as a seed crystal in a subsequent process for precipitating a cocrystal of an active substance and a cocrystal former.