Abstract: A composition suitable as coating or binding agent for pharmaceutically, nutraceutically or cosmetically active ingredients includes: a) at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer a), including polymerized units of 5-25% by weight of methacrylic acid and 75-95% by weight of C1-4-alkylesters of methacrylic acid and/or C1-4-alkylesters of acrylic acid, and b) 1-25% by weight, based on the total weight of at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer a), of an alkali or ammonium salt of a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and c) or d) or both c) and d) c) 2-25% by weight, based on the total weight of a), of at least one compound selected from glyceryl tristearate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, glyceryl behenate, and glyceryl monostearate and/or d) 25-90% by weight, based on the total weight of a), of at least one selected from talc, rice hulls in powder form, magnesium stearate, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing tertiary amino groups by free-radical polymerization in solution from a monomer mixture selected from a) 30 to 70% by weight of a C1-C4-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and b) 70 to 30% by weight of an alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a tertiary amino group in the alkyl radical and c) 0 to 10% of further copolymerizable vinyl monomers, whereby one or more polymerization initiators, optionally one or more molecular weight regulators and one or more solvents or of a solvent mixture are added to the monomer mixture to give a polymerization mixture, which is polymerized at temperatures from 30 to 120° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing quaternary ammonium groups from a monomer mixture selected from: (a) 80 to 99% by weight of a C1-C4-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid; and (b) 20 to 1% by weight of an alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a quaternary ammonium group in the alkyl radical; and (c) 0 to 10% of further copolymerizable vinyl monomers whereby one or more polymerization initiators, optionally one or more molecular weight regulators and one or more solvents or of a solvent mixture are added to the monomer mixture to give a polymerization mixture, which is polymerized at temperatures from 30 to 120 C over a period of 2 to 24 hours, where the polymerization mixture is polymerized to a polymerization syrup with a conversion of the monomers to the copolymer of at least 99% by weight, where the polymerization syrup is subsequently degassed by distillation or by extrusion and the degassed polymerization syrup is further comm

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing tertiary amino groups by free-radical polymerization in solution from a monomer mixture selected from a) 30 to 70% by weight of a C1-C4-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and b) 70 to 30% by weight of an alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a tertiary amino group in the alkyl radical and c) 0 to 10% of further copolymerizable vinyl monomers, whereby one or more polymerization initiators, optionally one or more molecular weight regulators and one or more solvents or of a solvent mixture are added to the monomer mixture to give a polymerization mixture, which is polymerized at temperatures from 30 to 120° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a (meth)acrylate copolymer containing quaternary ammonium groups from a monomer mixture selected from: (a) 80 to 99% by weight of a C1-C4-alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid; and (b) 20 to 1% by weight of an alkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a quaternary ammonium group in the alkyl radical; and (c) 0 to 10% of further copolymerizable vinyl monomers whereby one or more polymerization initiators, optionally one or more molecular weight regulators and one or more solvents or of a solvent mixture are added to the monomer mixture to give a polymerization mixture, which is polymerized at temperatures from 30 to 120 C over a period of 2 to 24 hours, where the polymerization mixture is polymerized to a polymerization syrup with a conversion of the monomers to the copolymer of at least 99% by weight, where the polymerization syrup is subsequently degassed by distillation or by extrusion and the degassed polymerization syrup is further comm

Abstract: An active compound-containing pellet has a polymer coating of an anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer and a pharmaceutically active substance, embedded in a polymer matrix of one or more polymers, a particle size in the range from 300 to 1100 ?m, a friability of at most 0.1%, measured using 200 g of pellets in a screening machine having a 200 ?m screen, a screening diameter of 20 cm and 1.5 mm shaking amplitude at a shaking frequency of 50 l/sec for 10 min in the presence of six rubber cubes having a 1.8 cm edge length, with the proviso that the pellet releases no more than 10% of the active compound in a release test according to USP in artificial gastric juice at pH 1.2 after 120 min.