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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Patheon Softgels Inc, High Point, NC (US);
Tatyana Dyakonov, Greensboro, NC (US);
Derek Bush, Belleair, FL (US);
Saujanya L. Gosangari, Greensboro, NC (US);
Yang Hue Chue, Greensboro, NC (US);
Shingai Majuru, Mebane, NC (US);
Aqeel Fatmi, High Point, NC (US);
Patheon Softgels Inc., High Point, NC (US);
Abstract
A hard or soft capsule is disclosed comprising a shell and a fill material, wherein the shell comprises an interpenetrating network comprising a silk polymer and a film-forming natural polymer. A method of making a hard or soft capsule is also disclosed, comprising dissolving a silk protein in a solvent system to form a solubilized silk protein solution; mixing the solubilized silk protein solution with a film-forming natural polymer to form a homogenous shell material; and encapsulating a fill material with the homogenous shell material.