Abstract: The present invention relates to granules comprising oxycodone, as well as to orally disintegrating tablets including same and optionally acetaminophen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treatment of bacterial infections including administering an effective amount of an oral time-dependent antibiotic to a human or warm blooded animal.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a new stable herbal drug formulation in the form of sustained-release microgranules containing Gingko Biloba extract as well as the process for preparing it.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing fenofibrate, a surfactant and a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant, preferably hydroxypropylmethylcellulose reduces food effect. The cellulose derivative represents less than 20 wt. % of the composition. The association of fenofibrate with a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant and a surfactant enhances the bioavailability of fenofibrate. Also provided is a method for preparing said composition without organic solvent.

Abstract: The invention concerns coated granules including (A) at least one amine-containing pharmacological active principle, preferably as an acid addition salt, the pharmacological active principle being complexed by low cation-exchange resin containing carboxylic acid groups (COO?), and (B) at least 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the active principle/low cation-exchange resin complex, of at least one hydrophilic adsorbent, the mixture of the components (A) and (B) being coated with a gastrosoluble polymer. The invention also concerns a method for preparing such granules, as well as orodispesible tablets containing such granules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sublingual coated tablet and to a method for the preparation thereof. The tablet includes a core devoid of a pharmaceutically active substance, and a coating including at least one active substance. The preferred active substance is an opioid analgesic.

Abstract: The present invention concerns gastroretentive formulation comprising an active substance granulated with a mixture of a weak gelling agent, a strong gelling agent, and a gas generating agent and process for manufacturing said formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lipids as formulation agents for increasing the bioavailability of protein active ingredients in subcutaneous or intramuscular injectable formulations.

Abstract: A process for separating and drying microparticles initially dispersed in a liquid phase, comprising the steps: placing a preparation comprising microparticles dispersed or suspended in a liquid phase in a filtration container placed inside a chamber; filtering a fraction of the liquid phase through the container in the chamber; and varying the temperature and the pressure throughout the chamber in order to freeze dry the filtered preparation in the container maintained in the chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to low-dose tablets obtained by directly compressing microgranules essentially constituted of a neutral support covered by a polymeric layer containing at least one pharmaceutically acceptable polymer and permitting the modified release of active substances in an aqueous medium, to which an active layer containing at least one active substance is applied. The inventive tablets advantageously exhibit a matrix effect similar to that obtained with conventional matrix tablets that depends on the nature of the polymer(s) used for the constitution of the polymeric layer. This matrix effect makes it possible to modify the release profile of the transported active substance based on the type of the polymer used. These tablets are particularly suited for realizing low-dose tablets. The invention also relates to a method for producing these tablets and to the use thereof, particularly for administering active substances in low to very low doses.

Abstract: The invention relates to an amphiphilic heparin derivative formed from at least one type of partially N-desulfated heparin and at least one type of bile acid comprising one or several bile acid molecules grafted on a heparin molecule by an amide bond formed between the terminal carboxylic acid function of a bile acid and a primary heparin amine function which is initially present in the heparin or resulting from the N-desulfation. The inventive derivative is characterized in that the number of grafted bile acid molecules per 100 heparin disaccharide units ranges from 15 to 80 approximately.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition containing micronized fenofibrate, a surfactant and a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant, preferably hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. The cellulose derivative represents less than 20 wt. % of the composition. The association of micronized fenofibrate with a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant and a surfactant enables to enhance the bioavailability of the active principle. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said composition without using any organic solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer orodispersible tablet and to the process for preparing it.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition containing micronized fenofibrate, a surfactant and a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant, preferably hydroxypropylmethylcellulose. The cellulose derivative represents less than 20 wt. % of the composition. The association of micronized fenofibrate with a binding cellulose derivative, as solubilizing adjuvant and a surfactant enables enhanced bioavailability of the active principle. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said composition without using any organic solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved extruder for the production of spheroidal or spheroid particles. The inventive extruder consists of a cutting tool comprising knives which take the form of a rectangular blade having first and second flat parallel faces. The aforementioned blade takes the form of a knife owing to a recess which is provided on one of the faces thereof. The recess is only provided on one part of the face in question, such that one of the long sides of said face comprises a narrow flange. Moreover, the two faces of the blade are connected by an inclined surface which extends between the non-recessed face and the narrow flange, the edge of which is used to cut the extruded profile. The extruder also comprises an extrusion die consisting of a ring piece and a cylindrical cap having an axis.

Abstract: The invention concerns an improved multiparticulate tablet disintegrating in the mouth in contact with saliva in less than 40 seconds. The invention is characterised in that it is based on particles of coated active principle, said particles having intrinsic compression properties and a mixture of carriers, the proportion of carrier mixture relative to coated active principle particles being 0.4 to 6 parts by weight, the carrier mixture comprising: a disintegrating agent; a diluting soluble agent with binding properties; a lubricant; a permeabilizing agent; and advantageously lubricants, sweeteners, flavouring and colouring agents, the proportion of disintegrating agent and soluble agent relative to the tablet mass being 1 to 15 wt. % for the former and 30 to 90 wt. % for the latter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a directly-compressible gastro-resistant spheroid. The spheroid comprises: (i) a core containing one or more active substances; (ii) a flexible, deformable film which directly coats the aforementioned core and which comprises an enteric polymer and a mixture of saturated and/or unsaturated polyglycosylated glycerides, the fatty acids of which include at least 8 carbon atoms; and (iii) an outer water-dispersible layer containing at least one disintegrating agent.

Abstract: The invention concerns an improved multiparticulate tablet disintegrating in the mouth in contact with saliva in less than 40 seconds. The invention is characterized in that it is based on particles of coated active principle, said particles having intrinsic compression properties and a mixture of carriers, the proportion of carrier mixture relative to coated active principle particles being 0.4 to 6 parts by weight, the carrier mixture comprising: a disintegrating agent; a diluting soluble agent with binding properties; a lubricant; a permeabilizing agent; and advantageously lubricants, sweeteners, flavoring and coloring agents, the proportion of disintegrating agent and soluble agent relative to the tablet mass being 1 to 15% by weight for the former and 30 to 90% by weight for the latter.

Abstract: Active principle-based coated particle, in which both the core and the coating contain active principle, includes a core which contains a first active principle while the coating contains a second active principle, which is different in nature.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel sustained-release oral formulation of morphine sulphate in the form of microgranules. Each microgranule comprises a neutral support grain coated with an active layer and with a sustained-release layer, characterized in that the sustained-release layer contains a copolymer of methacrylic acid and of methyl methacrylate ester, the relative proportion of the free carboxyl groups and of the ester groups of which is equal to 0.5 approximately, and a silica exhibiting a hydrophobic character. The present invention also concerns a process for preparing these microgranules which is carried out entirely in aqueous medium by emplacing on neutral support grains.