Pharmaceutical formulation
First Claim
1. A pharmaceutical composition for moulded capsules comprising Eudragit E100 present in an amount of 30 to 90% w/w, a lubricant from 0 to about 30% w/w, a dissolution modifying excipient from about 5 to 70% w/w, and optionally a plasticizer from about 0 to 5% w/w and/or a processing agent from about 0 to about 10% w/w.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric compositions suitable for injection molding of single or multi-component pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising a plurality of drug substance containing sub-units, being capsule compartments and/or solid sub-units comprising a solid matrix of a polymer which contains a drug substance, the sub-units being connected together in the assembled dosage form by a weld between parts of the assembled dosage form.
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68 Claims
- 1. A pharmaceutical composition for moulded capsules comprising Eudragit E100 present in an amount of 30 to 90% w/w, a lubricant from 0 to about 30% w/w, a dissolution modifying excipient from about 5 to 70% w/w, and optionally a plasticizer from about 0 to 5% w/w and/or a processing agent from about 0 to about 10% w/w.
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29. A multi-component pharmaceutical dosage form which comprises a plurality of sub-units, each sub-unit being selected from
a) a drug substance-containing capsule compartment which is soluble or disintegrable in a patient'"'"'s gastro-intestinal environment for release of the drug substance contained in the capsule compartment, and b) a solid matrix comprising a polymer and containing a drug substance, the polymer being soluble, dispersible or disintegrable in a patient'"'"'s gastro-intestinal environment for release of the drug substance contained in the solid matrix, and in which, at least prior to administration to a patient, the sub-units are welded together in an assembled dosage form.
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46. A set of multi-component dosage forms, each comprising a plurality of sub-units each sub-unit being selected from:
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a) a drug substance-containing capsule compartment which is soluble or disintegrable in a patient'"'"'s gastro-intestinal environment for release of the drug substance contained in the capsule compartment, and b) a solid matrix comprising a polymer and containing a drug substance, the polymer being soluble, dispersible or disintegrable in a patient'"'"'s gastro-intestinal environment for release of the drug substance contained in the solid matrix, in which at least one of the dosage forms of the set comprises at least one said drug substance-containing capsule compartment and at least one other dosage form of the set comprises at least one said solid matrix, and in which the drug substance-containing capsule compartment of said at least one of the dosage forms is interchangeable with said solid matrix of said at least one other dosage form, and in which at least prior to administration to a patient, the sub-units of each dosage form are welded together to provide an assembled dosage form.
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47. A process for making a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising the steps of:
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a) introducing Eudragit E100 and an excipient composition simultaneously, and at substantially the same location, into an elongated hot melt extruder;
b) mixing said Eudragit E100 and said excipient composition in the hot melt extruder to form a homogeneous composition therein and ejecting the homogeneous composition in the form of a strand from the hot melt extruder though a die at a location remote from said same location at which the Eudragit E100 and said excipient composition are introduced;
c) cutting the strand into pellets;
d) introducing said pellets into an injection molder and forming thin-walled capsule compartments from said pellets by injection molding. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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- 62. A molded pharmaceutical capsule component defined by a generally frusto-conical conical side wall, a dome-shaped end wall situated at, and connected to, one end of the side wall, and an annular rim portion disposed at an opposite end of the side wall, the side wall, the dome, and the annular rim portion together forming a hollow receptacle having an interior and an exterior, and an open end opposite said dome-shaped shaped end wall, the side wall being composed of a plurality of panels each having a thickness in the range of about 0.2 to 0.3 mm, and reinforcing ribs integrally molded with the panels, each panel being situated between a pair of said reinforcing ribs.
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