Abstract: The present invention provides an easily disposable box that may also be used as a storage container for holding leftovers. It is particularly well suited for pizza. In the most preferred embodiment, a pull-tab cord design is used as the primary means of weakening the box structure for disposal which facilitates separating the overall box into two halves. The resulting open ends of one or both of the resulting halves may incorporate a small number of preformed score lines that facilitate folding the open end shut, thereby forming a second closed box structure. In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, one half of the split box is sized so that when the open end is folded shut, the closed box is essentially half the volume of the original box.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel tannate complex of hyoscyamine for human and veterinary pharmaceutical use. Tannate complexes of active pharmaceutical ingredients are used in sustained release applications and to improve certain organoleptic properties such as taste. A process for preparing the tannate complex of hyoscyamine is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of tannate chemistry and more specifically to methods for processing tannate tablets, capsules, or other solid dosage forms. The present invention provides a novel manufacturing process for the conversion of one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (“API”) into their tannate salt complexes while incorporating the complexes into a therapeutic solid-dosage form which also may include non-tannate API's. The first step of this process is to create a tannic acid powder blend by combining the salt or free base form of one or more APIs with tannic acid. After the dry blend is thoroughly mixed, a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid is added, for example by spraying, onto the dry powder blend facilitating the tannate salt conversion process. The conversion product is then added to additional dry powders thereby reducing the overall liquid content to a level that is more typical of wet granulation processes.