Claims for Patent: 6,113,944
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Summary for Patent: 6,113,944
| Title: | Paroxetine tablets and process to prepare them |
| Abstract: | Invented is a novel pharmaceutical composition containing Paroxetine. |
| Inventor(s): | Pathak; Ram Dutta (Epsom Downs, GB), Doughty; David George (Welwyn Garden City, GB) |
| Assignee: | SmithKline Beecham p.l.c. (Brentford, GB) |
| Application Number: | 09/108,138 |
| Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: | See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 6,113,944 |
| Patent Claims: |
1. A pharmaceutical composition in tablet form containing an amount of paroxetine selected from: 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, 40 mg and 50 mg, wherein the amount of paroxetine is expressed as
the free base, produced by a process which comprises the steps of:
a) dry admixing paroxetine and excipients in a mixer to form a mixture; or b) dry admixing paroxetine and excipients, compressing the resulting combination into a slug material or roller compacting the resulting combination into a strand material, and milling the prepared material into a free flowing mixture; and c) compressing the mixture into tablets using a single punch or rotary tablet machine. |
