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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Masahiko Koike, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Koyama, Osaka, JP;
Masahiko Koike, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Koyama, Osaka, JP;
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention can retain the volume of a tablet large without increasing the thickness of the tablet or the like dimension and prevents a plurality of tablets from sticking to each other even if they are subjected to a film-coating or the like treatment, so as to improve the yield. The tablet is a tablet () longer in one direction when seen in plan. The tablet () has side edges () each of which extends in a longitudinal direction and is formed in the shape of a curve projecting outwardly in plan view. The curve has a radius of curvature (R) set to at least 1.5 times a length (L) of the tablet. This makes a projected area of the tablet () in plan view at least 97% with respect to a projected area of a standard elliptical tablet having opposite end portions each of which is formed by a semi-circle having a diameter of a width (W) of the tablet.