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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Michael Vachon, Montreal, CA;
Mishra K. Awadesh, Montreal, CA;
Robert A. Snow, Westchester, PA (US);
Pol-henri Guivarc'h, Montreal, CA;
Michael Vachon, Montreal, CA;
Mishra K. Awadesh, Montreal, CA;
Robert A. Snow, Westchester, PA (US);
Pol-Henri Guivarc'H, Montreal, CA;
Jagotec AG, Muttenz, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form comprising fenofibrate, phospholipid, a buffer salt, a water-soluble bulking agent selected from maltodextrin, mannitol, and combinations thereof, a cellulosic additive, beads or crystals of a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble excipient support material, a polyvinylpyrrolidone or crospovidone, croscarmellose sodium, granular mannitol, sodium dodecyl sulfate, silicon dioxide, and a stearate, wherein the fenofibrate is in the form of microparticles, and wherein at least a portion of the phospholipid is coated on the surfaces of the fenofibrate microparticles, the phospholipid coated microparticles are embedded in a matrix comprising the water-soluble bulking agent, phospholipid that is not coated on the microparticles, the buffer salt and the cellulosic additive, and the matrix is coated on up to 100% of the surfaces of the beads or crystals of the excipient support material.