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Details for Patent: 6,652,880


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Summary for Patent: 6,652,880
Patent landscape, scope, and claims:
Title: Oral pharmaceutical compositions containing long-chain triglycerides and liphophilic surfactants
Abstract:This invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration, wherein the drug or active ingredient is known to have stability problems associated with the use of free fatty acids. The compositions of the invention enhance the solubility of such compounds and improve the storage stability thereof and can be advantageously used in soft-gel and hard-shell capsular formulations. The liquid pharmaceutical compositions, according to the present invention, have a drug dissolved in a liquid vehicle. The liquid vehicle comprising a glyceride of a long chain fatty acid and a lypophilic surfactant having an HLB of less than ten. The composition, according to the invention, is also substantially free of free fatty acids.
Inventor(s): Aylwin; Elizabeth Anne (Swindon, GB), Banbury; Susan (Cheltenham, GB), Ferdinando; Josephine Joan Christine (Tadley, GB), de Nijs; Henrik (Oss, NL)
Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc. (Paradise Valley, NV)
Application Number:09/914,576
Patent Claim Types:
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Composition; Dosage form;

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Foreign Priority and PCT Information for Patent: 6,652,880

Foriegn Application Priority Data
Foreign Country Foreign Patent Number Foreign Patent Date
United Kingdom9907715Apr 01, 1999
PCT Information
PCT FiledMarch 29, 2000PCT Application Number:PCT/US00/08426
PCT Publication Date:October 12, 2000PCT Publication Number: WO00/59482

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