Disintegrating Loadable Tablets
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Abstract
A disintegrating loadable tablet product in compressed form comprising i) at least 60% w/w of a sorbent material having a specific surface area (BET surface area) of at least 50 m2/g as measured by gas adsorption or mixtures of such sorbent materials, and ii) a disintegrant or a mixture of disintegrants wherein the tablet in compressed form has a) a porosity of 45% v/v or more, b) a hardness of at least 20 Newton, and c) a loading capacity of at least 30% of a liquid. The tablet is suitable for the preparation of a tablet containing an active substance by e.g. immersing the tablet in a liquid containing the active substance. The invention thus provides a safe and reproducible new method of preparing pharmaceutical tablets.
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151 Claims
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1-92. -92. (canceled)
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93. A disintegrating loadable tablet product in compressed form solely containing inert pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, the tablet comprising
i) at least 60% w/w of a sorbent material selected from metal oxides and metal silicates having a specific surface area (BET surface area) of at least 50 m2/g as measured by gas adsorption or mixtures of such sorbent materials, and ii) a disintegrant or a mixture of disintegrants.
- 126. A method according to 125 further comprising the step of loading the loadable tablet obtained according to the method with a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid formulation comprising one or more therapeutically, prophylactically and/or diagnostically active substances for at time period that is sufficient to saturate the loadable tablet with the pharmaceutically acceptable liquid formulation.
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