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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Ryu Hirata, Sanda, JP;
Yasuhiro Harada, Sanda, JP;
Ryuji Ueno, Potomac, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sucampo AG, Zug, CH;
R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/64 (2006.01); A61K 31/352 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for stabilizing a pharmaceutically active bi-cyclic compound of formula (I): comprising the step of: admixing the same with a polyol and/or a fatty acid ester other than glyceride and a composition obtained by the method. In addition a soft gelatin capsule formulation of the compound of formula (I) obtained by incorporating the compound in a soft gelatin capsule shell comprising gelatin and a polyol plasticizer.