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Pharmaceutical delivery system

Patent 4687660 Issued on August 18, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 18, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 06/640951 filed on 08/15/1984

US Classes:

424/465, With claimed perfecting feature in contents (e.g., excipient, lubricant, etc.)424/467, Printed, embossed, grooved, or perforated424/473With porous, perforated, apertured, or sieved layer (e.g., dialyzing layer, microporous layer, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Griffin, Ronald W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

A61K 9/00 (20060101)
A61K 9/28 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1983-08-16 GB

Abstract

A composition for use in an aqueous environment which comprise a formulation containing a water-soluble pharmaceutically beneficial agent, a water-insoluble, water-permeable film coating surrounding the formulation, and particulate, water-soluble, pore-forming material dispersed within the film coating.

Other References

  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jul. 1983, vol. 72, No. 7, pp. 772-775
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