Abstract: A process for the preparation of a granule comprising a pharmaceutical which process comprises contacting a particulate, spray-dried substrate and a particulate pharmaceutical to obtain a particle comprising a substrate core carrying an adsorbed pharmaceutical and contacting the particle with a particulate pharmaceutical and a melted or thermally softened pharmaceutically acceptable excipient which is solid at room temperature to obtain, after cooling to solidify or harden the excipient, a granule comprising a spray-dried substrate core carrying pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and pharmaceutical.