DE68902954D1 - Waessrige ueberzugsemulsion fuer pharmazeutische dosierungsformen. - Google Patents

Waessrige ueberzugsemulsion fuer pharmazeutische dosierungsformen.

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DE68902954D1
DE68902954D1 DE8989303290T DE68902954T DE68902954D1 DE 68902954 D1 DE68902954 D1 DE 68902954D1 DE 8989303290 T DE8989303290 T DE 8989303290T DE 68902954 T DE68902954 T DE 68902954T DE 68902954 D1 DE68902954 D1 DE 68902954D1
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pharmaceutical dosage
aqueous coating
coating emulsion
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Patrick S-L Wong
Felix Theeuwes
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    • 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
    • A61K9/28Dragees; Coated pills or tablets, e.g. with film or compression coating
    • A61K9/2806Coating materials
    • A61K9/2833Organic macromolecular compounds
    • A61K9/286Polysaccharides, e.g. gums; Cyclodextrin
    • A61K9/2866Cellulose; Cellulose derivatives, e.g. hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/0002Galenical forms characterised by the drug release technique; Application systems commanded by energy
    • A61K9/0004Osmotic delivery systems; Sustained release driven by osmosis, thermal energy or gas
    • 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
    • A61K9/28Dragees; Coated pills or tablets, e.g. with film or compression coating
    • A61K9/2806Coating materials
    • A61K9/2833Organic macromolecular compounds
    • A61K9/284Organic macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. polyvinyl pyrrolidone
    • A61K9/2846Poly(meth)acrylates
DE8989303290T 1988-04-21 1989-04-04 Waessrige ueberzugsemulsion fuer pharmazeutische dosierungsformen. Expired - Lifetime DE68902954T2 (de)

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US07/184,478 US5019397A (en) 1988-04-21 1988-04-21 Aqueous emulsion for pharmaceutical dosage form

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EP (1) EP0347024B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2664243B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE80798T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1333153C (de)
DE (1) DE68902954T2 (de)
DK (1) DK191189A (de)
ES (1) ES2034617T3 (de)
GR (1) GR3005942T3 (de)
IE (1) IE61865B1 (de)
PT (1) PT90343B (de)

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ATE80798T1 (de) 1992-10-15
GR3005942T3 (de) 1993-06-07
PT90343A (pt) 1989-11-10
US5019397A (en) 1991-05-28
EP0347024A2 (de) 1989-12-20
JP2664243B2 (ja) 1997-10-15
DE68902954T2 (de) 1993-04-15
IE61865B1 (en) 1994-11-30
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