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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Yoshihito Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Rika Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Rika Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a process for producing spherical base granules comprising a easily water-soluble drug and suited for film coating by spraying a layering liquid over pharmaceutically inert spherical core particles, thereby coating the particles with a layer comprising the easily water-soluble drug, wherein (1) the spherical core particles have a microcrystalline cellulose content of 30 mass % or greater and a water absorbing capacity of 0.5 cm/g or greater; and (2) the layering liquid is an aqueous solution comprising at least the easily water-soluble drug and a low water-soluble saccharide.