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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Malcolm Walden, Cambridge, GB;

Hassan Mohammad, Cambridge, GB;

Geoffrey Gerard Hayes, Cambridge, GB;

Helen Kathleen Danagher, Cambridge, GB;

Jonathon Oliver Whitehouse, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Malcolm Walden, Cambridge, GB;

Hassan Mohammad, Cambridge, GB;

Geoffrey Gerard Hayes, Cambridge, GB;

Helen Kathleen Danagher, Cambridge, GB;

Jonathon Oliver Whitehouse, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:

EURO-CELTIQUE S.A., Luxembourg, LU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/50 (2006.01); A61K 31/485 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/1617 (2013.01); A61K 9/1635 (2013.01); A61K 9/5047 (2013.01); A61K 31/485 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to the invention glyceryl monostearate and a polymeric binder are employed as a spheronising aid in the manufacture of pharmaceutical spheroids containing no or substantially no microcrystalline cellulose. The spheroids can contain one or more therapeutically active agent which undergoes no or substantially no degradation when stored under accelerated temperature and humidity conditions. A coating may be applied to the spheroids; when present, the coating is preferably a controlled release coating.


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