CA2011840A1 - Desiccant tablet - Google Patents

Desiccant tablet

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CA2011840A1
CA2011840A1 CA002011840A CA2011840A CA2011840A1 CA 2011840 A1 CA2011840 A1 CA 2011840A1 CA 002011840 A CA002011840 A CA 002011840A CA 2011840 A CA2011840 A CA 2011840A CA 2011840 A1 CA2011840 A1 CA 2011840A1
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coating
water
desiccant tablet
tablet
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CA002011840A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Peter Henzler
Friedrich Loebich
Eckhard Oelrich
Jurgen Sassor
Michael Schleehahn
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Merck Patent GmbH
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Merck Patent GmbH
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/30Processes for preparing, regenerating, or reactivating
    • B01J20/32Impregnating or coating ; Solid sorbent compositions obtained from processes involving impregnating or coating
    • B01J20/3291Characterised by the shape of the carrier, the coating or the obtained coated product
    • B01J20/3293Coatings on a core, the core being particle or fiber shaped, e.g. encapsulated particles, coated fibers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/20Pills, tablets, discs, rods
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01DSEPARATION
    • B01D53/00Separation of gases or vapours; Recovering vapours of volatile solvents from gases; Chemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases, aerosols
    • B01D53/26Drying gases or vapours
    • B01D53/28Selection of materials for use as drying agents
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/28Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
    • B01J20/28002Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties characterised by their physical properties
    • B01J20/28004Sorbent size or size distribution, e.g. particle size
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    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/28Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
    • B01J20/28014Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties characterised by their form
    • B01J20/2803Sorbents comprising a binder, e.g. for forming aggregated, agglomerated or granulated products
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/30Processes for preparing, regenerating, or reactivating
    • B01J20/3042Use of binding agents; addition of materials ameliorating the mechanical properties of the produced sorbent
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/30Processes for preparing, regenerating, or reactivating
    • B01J20/32Impregnating or coating ; Solid sorbent compositions obtained from processes involving impregnating or coating
    • B01J20/3202Impregnating or coating ; Solid sorbent compositions obtained from processes involving impregnating or coating characterised by the carrier, support or substrate used for impregnation or coating
    • B01J20/3204Inorganic carriers, supports or substrates
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J20/00Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositions; Sorbents for chromatography; Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof
    • B01J20/30Processes for preparing, regenerating, or reactivating
    • B01J20/32Impregnating or coating ; Solid sorbent compositions obtained from processes involving impregnating or coating
    • B01J20/3231Impregnating or coating ; Solid sorbent compositions obtained from processes involving impregnating or coating characterised by the coating or impregnating layer
    • B01J20/3242Layers with a functional group, e.g. an affinity material, a ligand, a reactant or a complexing group
    • B01J20/3268Macromolecular compounds
    • B01J20/3272Polymers obtained by reactions otherwise than involving only carbon to carbon unsaturated bonds
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2220/00Aspects relating to sorbent materials
    • B01J2220/40Aspects relating to the composition of sorbent or filter aid materials
    • B01J2220/49Materials comprising an indicator, e.g. colour indicator, pH-indicator

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Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a coated desiccant tablet, the coating containing as the essential con-stituent a water-soluble film former, in particular a cellulose derivative.

Description

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Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung 6100 D a r m s t a d t Desiccant tablet The invention relates to a coated desiccant tablet (DT), this coating containing as the essential cons~ituen~ a water-soluble film-former.
It is known to employ DTs when pac~aging pharma-ceuticals which are sensitive to moisture. For example, tablets which are sensitive to moisture can be incor-porated into packaging Lmpe~meable to w~ter vapor, the packaging containing, besides the pharmaceutical tablets, an additional desiccant unit in the foDm of a tablet.
Known DTs have the di~advantage that they create pulverulent grindings, for example aused by vibrations during transport, which can contaminate the pharma-ceutical. Moreover, the DTs may be mistaken for the pharmaceutical tablets.
~P-61/291,021 describes DT~ which are covered with a thin layer of liquid resin or rubber, for example also silicon~ rubber, where the pul~erulent grindings are reduced. These tablets, in turn, have other disadvan-tages, for example during their manufacture, which must be carried out in a non aqueou~ medi~m.
The invention is based on the ob~ect to provide a DT which does no~, or to a lesser extent~ have the disadvantages of the known DTs. It was an essential part of the object to find a coating process in which no organic solvent is employed.
It has b~en found that ~he D~s can be pro~ided with a coating which as an essential constituent contains a water-soluble film formar. This coating preven~s abrasion during handling, while drying speed and drying capacity are nok substantially reduced.
The invention relates ~o a coated ~T, charac-terized in that the coating contains as the esse~ial constituenk a water-soluble film former.
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Suitable desiccants are in particular those which do not change their volume upon uptake of water (which do not swell), above all silica gelst mainly fine-pored silica gels of a particle size in the range of between about 200 and 400 ~m. Molecular sieves, aluminas or dry clays are also suitable.
The desiccant can be compressed in a customary manner to give tablets of about 50-5000 mg, preferably 100-500 mg. The tablet cores can contain conventional binders, for example polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and o~her conventional additives. If PVP is used, a content of 3-10~ by weight is preferred (based on the total weight of ~he tablet cores). Higher amounts of PVP give harder tablets, lower amounts of PVP give softer tablets.
Cellulose derivatives are preferred among the water-~oluble film formers. A particularly highly sui-table derivative is methylhydro~ypropylcellulose, fur-thexmore, for example, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl-cellulose or sodium carbo~ymethylcellulose. It is also po~sible for the coatings to contain a plurality of various water-soluble cellulo~e derivatives. Other suitable film formers are polyvinyl alcohol and PVP.
The coating of the DT can, according to the invention, additionally contain one or more plasticizers.
Amongst these plasticizers, the water-soluble ones axe likewise preferred, in particular polyalkylene glycols, preferably pol~eth~lene glyools, such as polyethylene glycol 400 or polyethylene glycol 6000. The following may furthermore be mentioned: alkylene glycols, such as propylene glycol ~1,2-propanediol~, esters~ fox example trialkyl citrates, such as triet~yl citrate, or poly-oxyethylene/pulyoxypropylene block polymer~.
The coating of the DT can, according to the invention, additionally contain one or more pigments.
With the aid of these pigments, it is possible to impart a colour to the DTs, preferably in such a w y that, if appropriate, a clear distinction can be made between them and the pharmaceutical tablets in the same ~ackaging.
Suitable pigments are all those which are conventional in - , :

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pharmacy, for example oxides, such as titanium dioxide or iron oxide; carbonates, such as calcium carbonate; or coloured lacquers, such as Quinoline Yellow lacquer E 104, Amaranth lacquer E 123 or Indigotin lacquer E 132.
These pigments have virtually no influence on the permeability of the coating to water vapor.
The coating can contain further additives, for example lubricants, such as talc or silicone oil, the latter also in the form of an emulsion.
The coating is preferably applied in a thickness of about 0.7 to 2.5 mg/cm2. Its proportion relative to the total weight of the DT is about 1-5~ by weight.
Preferably, the DTs here have total weights between about 100 and 1000 mg.
The coating is applied according to the invention in a conventional manner. Preferably, aqueous solutions or suspensions which contain the desired constituents and which are sprayed onto the tablet cores, preferably at temperatures between 20 and 100, in particular between 50 and 80~ are used. Since the DT is capable of absorbing water, the film coating can be applied in a~out 1/3 of the conv~ntionally required tLme. Once the DT is coated, the water contained therein can be removed through the film coating without essential problems.
Drying is expediently carried ou~ at temperatures bet~een 20 and 120, in particular between 50 and 80, under reduced pr~ssure.

Example 2.0 kg of methylhydroxypropylc~llulose and 0.467 kg of polyethylene glycol 400 are dissolved in 22.0 kg of water. To this solution is added a suspension of 0.333 kg of titanium~IV) oxide and 0.733 kg of Iron Oxide Red in 7.8 kg of water, and the b tch is mixed and sieved (sieve 180, Ph.Eur.).
The resulting suspension is sprayed, while stirring, onto 90 kg of tablet cores preheated to 70, each individual tablet core cons.t~ing of 190 mg of silica gel, type E 0-400~ and 10 mg of PVP.

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The resulting coated DTs axe dried for 24 hour3 at 70-80 under reduced pressure.
No abrasion can be detected (Friabilator, type "Roche", 10 minutes).

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Claims (6)

1. Coated desiccant tablet, characterized in that the coating contains as the essential constituent a water-soluble film former.
2. Desiccant tablet according to Claim 1, charac-terized in that the coating additionally contains at least one plasticizer.
3. Desiccant tablet according to at least one of Claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the coating addi-tionally contains at least one pigment.
4. Process for the preparation of a coated desiccant tablet, characterized in that a desiccant tablet is provided with a coating which as the essential consti-tuent contains a water-soluble film former.
5. Process according to Claim 4, characterized in that no organic solvents are used in the preparation.
6. Use of a desiccant tablet coated with a coating containing as the essential constituent a water-soluble film former for the packaging of pharmaceuticals.
CA002011840A 1989-03-11 1990-03-09 Desiccant tablet Abandoned CA2011840A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3907973A DE3907973A1 (en) 1989-03-11 1989-03-11 DRYER TABLET
DEP3907973.2 1989-03-11

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JP (1) JPH0347513A (en)
KR (1) KR900013945A (en)
CA (1) CA2011840A1 (en)
DE (2) DE3907973A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2041458T3 (en)

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