EP0255002A1 — New pharmaceutical formulations with programmed release containing antiphlogistics
Assigned to Alfa Wasserman SpA · Expires 1988-02-03 · 38y expired
What this patent protects
New galenic formulations with programmed release, to be administered by oral route, containing as the active ingredient a compound endowed with antiphlogistic, analgesic and antipyretic activity like, for instance, an arylacetic or an arylpropionic acid and the pharmaceutically …
USPTO Abstract
New galenic formulations with programmed release, to be administered by oral route, containing as the active ingredient a compound endowed with antiphlogistic, analgesic and antipyretic activity like, for instance, an arylacetic or an arylpropionic acid and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In these new formulations, a portion of the active ingredient is released in a short time, so that the drug can quickly develop its therapeutic action reaching the necessary hematic levels, while the remaining portion of the active constituent is released in a longer interval of time so as to allow the therapeutic coverage till the subsequent administration. Said therapeutic coverage can even last 24 hours; thus the new galenic formulations object of the present invention are suitable for a once a day administration.
Drugs covered by this patent
- Prilosec (omeprazole) · AstraZeneca (originally Astra AB)
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