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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Hexal Ag, Holzkirchen, DE;
Theresa Taeubrich, Holzkirchen, DE;
Patrick Rother, Holzkirchen, DE;
HEXAL AG, Holzkirchen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, comprising or consisting of: 10 to 30 weight percent of at least a pharmaceutically active amount of a pharmaceutical substance selected from the group comprising statins, in particular water-insoluble, oxidatively degradable statins, preferably cerivastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, or combinations thereof, 30 to 70 weight percent of lactose hydrate, 2 to 15 weight percent of microcrystalline cellulose, 5 to 25 weight percent of a partially water-soluble starch, 0.2 to 4 weight percent of at least one alkali and/or alkaline-earth salt of stearic acid and/or stearyl fumaric acid, wherein the composition contains no antioxidatively active substances such as chain terminators, reductants, free-radical scavengers, and complexing agents. The invention further relates to a method for the production thereof, to a composition that can be obtained in the method, and to the use of the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention.