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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Adhesives Research, Inc., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Scott D. Barnhart, York, PA (US);
Andrew P. Full, State College, PA (US);
Cathy M. Moritz, Red Lion, PA (US);
ADHESIVES RESEARCH, INC., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Abstract
A dissolvable film for delivering a pharmaceutical agent comprises a first water soluble polymer in an amount of from 2 to 35 weight percent and having a molecular weight from about 5,000 daltons to about 49,000 daltons; a second water soluble polymer in an amount of from 2 to 35 weight percent and having a molecular weight greater than 60,000 daltons; and a pharmaceutically active ingredient. The film has a thickness of about 20 microns to about 1200 microns and is configured to disintegrate after contact with a mucous membrane and thereby release the active ingredient.