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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320962 | Hemoactive compositions and methods for their manufacture and use Dried hemoactive materials comprise both a cross-linked biologically compatible polymer and a non-cross-linked biologically compatible polymer. The cross-linked polymer is selected to form a hydrogel when exposed to blood. The non-cross-linked polymer is chosen to s... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7229642 | Amino acid modulated extended release dosage form Disclosed herein is a oral extended release dosage form comprising a plurality of granules of an effective amount of a pharmaceutically active compound, at least one amino acid, and an intragranular polymer in which the granule is dispersed within a hydrophilic extr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7169450 | Enrobed core An enrobed a core, such as a tablet core, that has a coating made of one or more patterned films each having portions that are visually distinct (e.g., differently colored) from one another and having a transition line segment between these visually distinct portion... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7138143 | Coated preparation soluble in the lower digestive tract A coating dispersion soluble in the lower digestive tract which is prepared by blending a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) soluble at around pH 7 with a conventional plasticizer and an anion surfactant and further adding an acid, wherein the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7094426 | Stable oral pharmaceutical dosage forms The present invention relates to new stable enteric coated pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use containing Omeprazole or Lansoprazole, to a formulation and a method for the manufacture of such a dosage forms, and to a method of gastric acid pump inhibition and p... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7041316 | Stable oral pharmaceutical dosage forms The present invention relates to new stable enteric coated pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use containing Omeprazole or Lansoprazole, to a formulation and a method for the manufacture of such a dosage forms, and to a method of gastric acid pump inhibition and p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6994873 | Multiparticulate formulations of lithium salts for oral administration suitable for once-a-day administration This invention refers to: multiparticulate formulations of Lithium salts for oral administration constituted by either modified release granules or mixtures of modified and conventional release granules, suitable for once-a-day adm... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6726927 | Preparation of enteric pharmaceutical dosage forms for omerprazole and lansoprazole The present invention relates to new stable enteric coated pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use containing Omeprazole or Lansoprazole, to a formulation and a method for the manufacture of such a dosage forms, and to a method of gastric acid pump inhibition and p... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6706690 | Hemoactive compositions and methods for their manufacture and use Dried hemoactive materials comprise both a cross-linked biologically compatible polymer and a non-cross-linked biologically compatible polymer. The cross-linked polymer is selected to form a hydrogel when exposed to blood. The non-cross-linked polymer is chosen to s... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6706284 | Bitterness-reduced oral pharmaceutical composition The invention relates to an oral pharmaceutical composition which has excellent drug release-controlling ability in the mouth even 5 to 10 minutes after its administration and also has excellent drug releasing ability in the digestive tract without using capsules. I... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6696085 | Use of an acrylic type polymer as disintegrating agent The present invention provides for the use of a polymer of the acrylic type as a disintegration agent.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6627223 | Timed pulsatile drug delivery systems A pharmaceutical dosage form such as a capsule capable of delivering therapeutic agents into the body in a time-controlled or position-controlled pulsatile release fashion, is composed of a multitude of multicoated particulates (beads, pellets, granules, ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6482516 | Enrobed tablet A medicine tablet is described as a new article of manufacture. The tablet is enrobed in a gelatin coating formed by application of respective layers of elastic gelatin film to opposite sides of the tablet. The applied gelatin layers conform tightly to th... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6451343 | Composition for treating dementia and Alzheimer's disease Controlled release dosage forms useful in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, in mammals, and for enhancing amyloid precursor protein processing along a non-amyloidogenic pathway in patients suffering from, or at r... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6358531 | Method for preparing porous shells or gels from glass particles A method is provided for preparing shells, concentric shells or porous, homogenous gels from alkali borate glass particles at low temperatures (i.e. room temperature or less than above 100° C.). The alkali borate glass particles contain one or more catio... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6319518 | Colon selective drug delivery composition A composition comprising gelatin and a polysaccharide which is degradable by a colonic enzyme and, optionally, with an aldehyde and/or a polyvalent metal ion and/or an additional polysaccharide, which is not degraded or disintegrated in the upper gastroin... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6280770 | Microemulsions as solid dosage forms for oral administration Novel pharmaceutical compositions which improve the rate and/or extent of absorption of drugs are disclosed. The novel pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention comprise drug-containing microemulsions adsorbed onto solid particles which may be ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6274162 | Elegant film coating system A dry film coating composition for forming a coating suspension for film coating pharmaceuticals, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, comprises (1) a primary film former, the primary film former comprising low bloom strength gelat... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6200603 | Comestible capsules having flavored coatings A coated capsule is disclosed comprising a gelatin shell with a flavored coating. A sugar or sugar substitute is included in the material of the shell and that of the coating to stabilize both compositions and the junction therebetween.... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6183845 | Multiple layer softgel A device, and a method for forming a softgel having multiple gelatin layers and softgels having multiple gelatin layers are disclosed. In particular there is provided a device for forming a gelatin sheet having at least two gelatin layers. Each gelatin la... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6120801 | Subcoated simulated capsule-like medicament A simulated capsule-like medicament comprising a subcoating of a mixture of a water-soluble, film-forming polymer, e.g. hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and a hydrophobic plasticizer, e.g. castor oil, which promotes a smooth uniform and substantially bubble ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113945 | Multi-colored medicament The medicament of the present invention and its process of manufacturing employs a caplet or tablet core with a clear or single color uniform covering which can be applied either through an enrobing process, by spraying or by a single dip-coating step. Th... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6077540 | Gelatin spray coating This invention provides a coating composition in which the principal film former is gelatin for use in coating tablets. The gelatin coating may be used with tablets, with or without any subcoating, and may be applied using conventional equipment. For a su... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6022562 | Medicinal and/or nutritional microcapsules for oral administration The present invention relates to microcapsules for the oral administration of medicinal and/or nutritional active principles (AP), which are smaller than or equal to 1000 μm in size. These microcapsules consist of particles which are coated with a coatin... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5914132 | Pharmaceutical dosage form with multiple enteric polymer coatings for colonic delivery The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in a unit dosage form for peroral administration in a human or lower animal, having a gastrointestinal tract comprising a small intestine and a colon with a lumen therethrough having an inlet t... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5861387 | Controlled release systems and low dose androgens Methods of treatment and prevention of estrogen-related diseases, and of fertility control, include low dose (e.g. less than 50 nanomolar serum concentration) administration of certain anabolic steroids, progestins and other substantially non-masculinizin... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5834022 | Water soluble pharmaceutical coating and method for producing coated pharmaceuticals A method of making a pharmaceutical composition is disclosed. The method includes the steps of contacting at least one pharmaceutical ingredient with a mixture consisting essentially of gelatin and lecithin to increase the dissolution rate of water-insolu... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5814332 | Procedure for encapsulating ibuprofen This disclosure is directed to preparation of individual taste-masked, high bioavailability, high payload, microcapsules by microencapsulation of water-insoluble NSAID drug materials in the substantial absence of microcapsule agglomerates. These taste-mas... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5799439 | Protective enclosures for seeds Protective enclosures for seeds provide a self-contained environment for protecting the seeds in their early growth stages in arid or hostile environments. A protective enclosure (10) for one or more seeds (15) comprising an outer shell (11), said shell (... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5770225 | Process of preparing a subcoated simulated capsule-like medicament A simulated capsule-like medicament comprising a subcoating of a mixture of a water-soluble, film-forming polymer, e.g. hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and a hydrophobic plasticizer, e.g. castor oil, which promotes a smooth uniform and substantially bubble ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5750145 | Stable gelatin coated aspirin tablets Gelatin coated pharmaceutical dosage units containing, for example, analgesic compounds, such as aspirin, stabilized with a proteolytic enzyme, such as pepsin, are described.... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5733574 | Nicotine containing stimulant unit The present invention relates to a saliva-soluble stimulant unit comprising an active ingredient in a gel, wherein the gel is prepared by gelling a water-binding gelling agent, and the active ingredient comprises nicotine or alkaloid having the same direc... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5723143 | Solid mucoadhesive therapeutic or hygienic composition for application to the buccal or nasal mucous membrane Solid mucoadhesive therapeutic or hygienic composition, for human or veterinary use, intended to be administered by application to the buccal or nasal mucous membrane, containing, in a mixture, 15 to 25% by weight of a cellulosic ether gelifiable in the p... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5686112 | Single dosage semi-solid topical pharmaceutical forms for transdermal therapy To improve the efficacy and tolerability of customary topical applications for transdermal systemically acting pharmaceutical substances, single dosage topical pharmaceutical forms which are therapeutically exactly ready-to-administer are formed from suit... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5658589 | Subcoated simulated capsule-like medicament A simulated capsule-like medicament comprising a subcoating of a mixture of a water-soluble, film-forming polymer, e.g. hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and a hydrophobic plasticizer, e.g. castor oil, which promotes a smooth uniform and substantially bubble f... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5629003 | Rapidly disintegrating sheet-like presentations of multiple dosage units A presentation which, in the form of a film, permits the individual dosage of drugs, confectionary, other food, cosmetics and the like for oral application or intake. The presentation is characterized by the fact that it comprises a mass of 20 to 60%-wt. ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5560926 | Process for the production of an S-ibuprofen-containing tablet The invention relates to a process for the production of a tablet containing S-ibuprofen which rapidly releases the active compound, and to S-ibuprofen-containing tablets prepared by this process.... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5545628 | Pharmaceutical composition containing fenofibrate A pharmaceutical composition is provided for treating hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia or both in a mammal, which contains an effective amount of each of fenofibrate and an excipient containing one or more polyglycolyzed glycerides.... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5484607 | Extended release clonidine formulation A method of providing a patient needing clonidine with an extended dosage of clonidine over a prolonged period of time. Such method involves administering to the patient an oral dosage unit comprising a homogenous mixture of a therapeutically effective am... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5460824 | Method for the preparation of an encapsulated medicament A tamper-resistant, caplet like medicament that masks the taste of poor tasting drugs and possesses an improved lubricity for easier swallowing is produced by shrinking a gelatin-based capsule about a caplet-shaped tablet of the medicament at specific tem... | 10/24/1995 |
