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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Satish Kamath, Mason, OH (US);

Indukumar G. Shah, North Wales, PA (US);

Michael Nichols, Somerset, NJ (US);

Dinesh Patel, Kendall Park, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Satish Kamath, Mason, OH (US);

Indukumar G. Shah, North Wales, PA (US);

Michael Nichols, Somerset, NJ (US);

Dinesh Patel, Kendall Park, NJ (US);

Assignee:

McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one aspect, the present invention features a tablet including: (i) a first drug layer including naproxen; (ii) a second drug layer including a decongestant (e.g., pseudoephedrine) wherein said second drug layer is a sustained release layer adapted to deliver a therapeutically effective amount of pseudoephedrine for a period of at least twelve hours; and (iii) a barrier layer that does not include naproxen, wherein the barrier layer is in contact with the first drug layer; and (iv) a third drug layer including cetirizine, wherein the third drug layer is in contact with the barrier layer and is not in contact with the first drug layer.


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