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Last Updated: March 30, 2025

Claims for Patent: 5,529,791

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Summary for Patent: 5,529,791

Title:	Extended release form of diltiazem
Abstract:	An extended-release galenical form of Diltiazem or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which comprises beads containing said Diltiazem or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient and a wetting agent, said beads being coated with a microporous membrane comprising at least a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer or copolymer and a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant.
Inventor(s):	Deboeck; Arthur M. (Gurabo, PR), Baudier; Philippe R. (Waterloo, BE)
Assignee:	Galephar P.R., Inc., Ltd. (Carolina, PR)
Application Number:	08/311,722
Patent Claims:	1. An extended-release galenical composition of one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable salts of Diltiazem which comprises beads containing an effective amount of one or more of said Diltiazem salts as the active ingredient, each bead containing one or more of the Diltiazem salts and an effective amount of a wetting agent in admixture with the one or more Diltiazem salts to maintain the solubility of the Diltiazem in each bead, ensuring that the solubility of the Diltiazem is unaffected by the pH of the gastrointestinal tract or other adverse conditions which the composition will meet therein, said beads being coated with a microporous membrane comprising at least a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer or copolymer, and a water-, acid- and base-insoluble polymer and a pharmaceutically-acceptable adjuvant, and wherein the wetting agent is selected from the group consisting of sugars, C.sub.12 -C.sub.20 fatty acid esters of sucrose or xylose, glycerides of sucrose, fatty acid esters of polyoxyethylene, ethers of fatty alcohols and polyoxyethylene, esters of sorbitan, esters of polyoxyethylene sorbitan, alcohol-polyglycide esters, glyceride-polyglycides, lecithins and a combination thereof. 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the wetting agent is a sugar. 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the effective amount of the wetting agent is about 8% by weight of the composition. 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the wetting agent is sucrose stearate, the water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer or copolymer is hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose and the water, acid- and base- insoluble polymer is an acrylic polymer.

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