Abstract: This invention concerns generally with a process for purifying crude pharmaceutical compositions, wherein the crude pharmaceutical composition comprises a sodium salt of Montelukast and more particularly relates to a process for the production of pharmaceutically pure preparations of Montelukast sodium using simulated moving bed technology, without requiring an intermediate acid formation step to separate isomers and to remove impurities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved and commercially, viable process for the resolution of racemic cis milnacipran of formula I and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts of formula II. The present invention comprises using racemic cis milnacipran or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts as starting material, a low cost and commercially available resolving agent of formula III and industrially safe and economically low cost material such as water as a solvent. The said process results into optical isomers of racemic cis milnacipran having excellent optical purity without involving multiple crystallization steps. The present invention also comprises the concept of green chemistry as the invention works well with water as a solvent thereby minimizing the use of any other solvent.

Abstract: This invention concerns generally with a process for purifying crude pharmaceutical compositions, wherein the crude pharmaceutical composition comprises a sodium salt of Montelukast and more particularly relates to a process for the production of pharmaceutically pure preparations of Montelukast sodium using simulated moving bed technology, without requiring an intermediate acid formation step to separate isomers and to remove impurities.

Abstract: A synthetic bulk laxative which comprises a crosslinked graft polymer. It is formed of a hydrophilic monomer partially neutralized up to 75%, a polysaccharide gum up to 3% by weight and a crosslinker up to 2% by weight. The weight percentages are with respect to the hydrophilic monomer. A process for the preparation of the synthetic bulk laxative which comprises up to 75% partial neutralization of a hydrophilic monomer with an alkali. The partially neutralized hydrophilic monomer is polymerized with up to 2% by weight of a cross linker and up to 3% by weight of a polysaccharide gum in the presence of an initiator in an organic solvent under inert atmosphere at 30–80° C. The synthetic bulk laxative is dried at 30–120° C. and pulverized. A formulation of the synthetic bulk laxative in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.