Layered Unitary Dosage Forms Patents (Class 424/472)
  • Patent number: 8728522
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of one or more analgesics, such as hydrocodone or acetaminophen, and an antiemetic, such as promethazine, to treat a subject, including reducing or eliminating an adverse effect associated with the analgesics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Charleston Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bosse, John Ameling, Bernard Schachtel, Ray Takigiku
  • Publication number: 20140134248
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of analgesic to treat a subject, including to reduce or eliminate an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: CHARLESTON LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Paul BOSSE
  • Publication number: 20140127295
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a composition and a kit having a plurality of compounds for use in the treatment of inflammatory joint diseases and chronic inflammatory connective tissue diseases, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The disclosure also relates to a process of obtaining the composition and the method of treating diseases by administration of the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Cellworks Group, Inc, Cellworks Research India Private Limited
    Inventors: Shireen Vali, Robinson Vidva, Prashant Ramachandran Nair, Pradeep Fernandes, Taher Abbasi, Saumya Radhakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20140127296
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for use in oral medication for the treatment of diabetes mellitus can include an antacid agent with an enteric coating, which permits the antacid agent to be delivered in the small intestines where it reduces acidity thereby causing a lowering of blood sugar levels. The pharmaceutical composition can be packaged in various tablet forms, including standard tablets and multiple pellet tablets. The pharmaceutical composition can further include an enteric coated gastric acid secretion inhibitor. Also disclosed is a method for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth John Tibbs, Dawn Ann Tibbs
  • Patent number: 8715721
    Abstract: A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: Benjamin Oshlack, Hua-Pin Huang, John K. Masselink, Alfred Tonelli
  • Patent number: 8709477
    Abstract: This invention relates to a oral pharmaceutical formulation for methylphenidate or its analogs, derivatives, isomers or enantiomers, including d-threo-methylphenidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals, Inc`
    Inventors: Dirk Kramer, Helene Rey, Mathias Scheer
  • Patent number: 8709479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fentanyl coated tablet and to the method for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ethypharm
    Inventors: Pascal Oury, Guillaume Benoist, Catherine Herry, Joseph Duvochel
  • Patent number: 8685451
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a multi-layered tablet for a triple combination release of active agents to an environment of use. More particularly, the invention pertains to a multi-layered tablet (1) comprising two external drug-containing layers (2 and 3) in stacked arrangement with respect to and on opposite sides of an oral dosage form (4) that provides a triple combination release of at least one active agent. In one embodiment of the invention the dosage form is an osmotic device. In another embodiment of the invention the dosage form is a gastro-resistant coated core. In yet another embodiment of the invention the dosage form is a matrix tablet. In a different embodiment the dosage form is a hard capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Osmotica Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató KFT
    Inventors: Fernando G. Toneguzzo, Glenn A. Meyer, Marcelo A. Ricci, Marcelo A. Coppari, Ana C. Pastini, Gustavo A. Fischbein
  • Patent number: 8685450
    Abstract: Drug tablets that include a prolonged-release core and an immediate-release layer or shell are prepared with a thin barrier layer of drug-free polymer between the prolonged-release and immediate-release portions of the tablet. The barrier layer is penetrable by gastrointestinal fluid, thereby providing full access of the gastrointestinal fluid to the prolonged-release core, but remains intact during the application of the immediate-release layer, substantially reducing or eliminating any penetration of the immediate-release drug into the prolonged-release portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Depomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jong Lim, John N. Shell, Jenny Louie-Helm
  • Patent number: 8673344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid dosage form with at least one film, which contains an active substance at least in sections, and the concentration of the active substance in the film or in the films has a gradient in a direction normal to the thickness of film. The invention further relates to a method of producing a solid dosage form, in which at least one film is produced, containing an active substance at least in sections, with the concentration of the active substance having a gradient in the longitudinal direction of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Rosenberg, Jörg Breitenbach, Peter Heilmann, Helmuth Steininger
  • Publication number: 20140072626
    Abstract: Disclosed are once-daily formulations containing tetracyclines, especially doxycycline. Such formulations are useful, for instance, for the treatment of collagenase destructive enzyme-dependent diseases, such as periodontal disease and acne, and acute and chronic inflammatory disease states, such as rosacea and arthritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Rong-Kun Chang, Arash Raoufinia, Niraj Shah
  • Patent number: 8668932
    Abstract: A controlled release dosage form of venlafaxine that comprises an immediate release pellet and an extended release pellet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Andrx Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Manesh Dixit, Xiu-Xiu Cheng, Avinash Nangia, Chin Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20140065213
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to twice daily sustained release pharmaceutical composition of paracetamol having an immediate release phase of paracetamol and a sustained release phase of paracetamol, said composition having unique and advantageous pharmacokinetic properties and a pharmaceutical composition comprising only a sustained release phase of paracetamol having unique and advantageous pharmacokinetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline, LLC
    Inventors: Carla Valenti Buan, Dongzhou Liu, Kanji Meghpara
  • Patent number: 8663683
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of topiramate for once-a-day oral administration are provided. The formulations comprise a sustained-release component and an optional immediate-release component, the compositions of which can be selectively adjusted, respectively, to release the active ingredient along a pre-determined release profile. Method of treating or preventing pathological disorders in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Hua Wang, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, Michael L. Vieira
  • Publication number: 20140056979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical multilayer dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form comprising a first layer comprising an active agent and a second layer not comprising said active agent, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof providing essentially zero order release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventor: Haiyong Hugh Huang
  • Patent number: 8653066
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of analgesic to treat a subject, including to reduce or eliminate an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Charleston Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Bosse
  • Patent number: 8647669
    Abstract: A dosage form from which a burst release of a drug contained within a tampered dosage form is reduced or retarded by the presence in or on the dosage form of a TPTA (Tamper Prone Therapeutic Agent) trap. If the dosage form has not been tampered with, the TPTA trap does not significantly interfere with the rate of release of the drug from the dosage form. However, if the dosage form has been physically tampered with, the TPTA trap reduces or retards burst release of the drug from the dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Krishna Shukla
  • Patent number: 8647667
    Abstract: A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Pharma, L.P.
    Inventors: Benjamin Oshlack, Hua-Pin Huang, John K. Masselink, Alfred P. Tonelli
  • Publication number: 20140030329
    Abstract: Methods for treating insomnia in humans not suffering from any psychiatric disorders using quetiapine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Chui Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20140030328
    Abstract: Dual release oral tablet compositions of dexlansoprazole or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrated forms thereof and processes for the manufacture of the tablet composition and its use in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SANOVEL ILAC SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Umit Cifter, Ali Turkyilmaz, Ibrahim Murat Uzer, Alper Terkinli, Levent Oner
  • Publication number: 20140030322
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of analgesic to treat a subject, including reducing or eliminating an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Bosse, John Ameling, Bernard Schachtel, Ray Takigiku
  • Publication number: 20140030327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: PURDUE PHARMA L.P.
    Inventor: Purdue Pharma L.P.
  • Publication number: 20140030323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a controlled-release composition which provides a therapeutically effective plasma concentration of N-acetylcysteine over prolonged period of time. The present invention also includes the use of the controlled-release composition, either alone or in combination with at least one additional active agent, for reduction of vascular inflammation marker and treatment of diseases, conditions, and/or symptoms associated with systemic and/or vascular inflammation in a patient. Furthermore, the present invention provides a process of making granules comprising N-acetylcysteine, or a salt, solvate, prodrug, and/or analog thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: TIARA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yadon ARAD, Liang C. Dong
  • Patent number: 8637079
    Abstract: A solid preparation containing compound (I), wherein the definition of compound (I) is as defined in the description, and pioglitazone, which is useful as a therapeutic drug for diabetes and the like and superior in the dissolution property, chemical stability and dissolution stability, is provided. A solid preparation containing the following first and second parts: (1) the first part containing compound (I) or a salt thereof and, as the first excipient, sugar or sugar alcohol; and (2) the second part containing pioglitazone or a salt thereof and, as the second excipient, sugar or sugar alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Nakamura, Kenichiro Kiyoshima, Junya Nomura
  • Patent number: 8637078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bilayer pharmaceutical tablet comprising a first layer containing 3 to 50 wt. % of telmisartan dispersed in a dissolving tablet matrix and a second layer containing a diuretic in a disintegrating tablet matrix as well as a processes for producing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Manabu Nakatani, Kazutoshi Yokoyama, Takeshi Sawada
  • Patent number: 8628799
    Abstract: A coated tablet formulation is provided which includes a medicament such as the DPP4-inhibitor, saxaglipitin which is subject to intra-molecular cyclization, which formulation includes a tablet core containing one or more fillers, and other conventional excipients, which tablet core includes a coating thereon which may include two or more layers, at least one layer of which is an inner seal coat layer which is formed of one or more coating polymers, a second layer of which is formed of medicament which is the DPP4-inhibitor and one or more coating polymers, and an optional, but preferable third outer protective layer which is formed of one or more coating polymers. A method for forming the coated tablet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Divyakant S. Desai, Bing V. Li
  • Publication number: 20140010876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid orally administrable pharmaceutical administration forms comprising 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}-methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide (rivaroxaban, active compound (I)), wherein a partial amount of the active compound (I) is released rapidly and a partial amount is released in a controlled manner (modified, retarded, delayed), and to processes for their preparation, their use as medicaments and their use for the prophylaxis, secondary prophylaxis or treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Klaus BENKE, Heike Neumann, Wolfgang Mück
  • Patent number: 8623418
    Abstract: Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antagonist, an agonist, a seal coat, and a sequestering polymer, wherein the antagonist, agonist, seal coat and at least one sequestering polymer are all components of a single unit, and wherein the seal coat forms a layer physically separating the antagonist from the agonist from one another. Methods for manufacturing such a pharmaceutical composition are also provided. Methods for treating pain using such compositions is also demonstrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Alpharma Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Alfred Liang, Frank Matthews, Garth Boehm, Lijuan Tang, Frank Johnson, Joseph Stauffer
  • Patent number: 8617602
    Abstract: Multi-layer solid oral dosage immediate release and extended release compositions and methods for delivering drug formulations using weak acid ion exchange resins in abnormally high pH environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: William Wayne Howard, Russell Francis Somma, Sajeev Chandran, Pravin Megharji Bhutada, Ashish Ashokkao Deshmukh, Hemant Hanumant Bhalerao
  • Patent number: 8617601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide pharmaceutical drug compositions, methods of preparing oral drug compositions, such as extended release dosage compositions, and methods for treating antidepressant or smoking cessation. In one aspect, the invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a core, including bupropion and its salt derivatives, and a coating. The coating may include from about 5% to about 99% by weight of the coating of a pharmaceutically acceptable pH-independent polymer. The coating may further include from about 0.001% to about 30% by weight of the coating of a surfactant. In another aspect, the invention provides methods for preparing and administering a pharmaceutical composition in oral dosage form, such as a tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Biokey, Inc.
    Inventors: San-Laung Chow, David Wong, Damian Garcia
  • Patent number: 8603525
    Abstract: An orally disintegrating multilayer tablet comprising at least two discrete layers, one of which comprises at least one active agent that promotes the oxidation of opioids, preferably acetaminophen, and the other of which contains granules including an inert core which is coated with at least one opioid and at least one binder, wherein said opioid coating is coated with a subcoat comprising a compound soluble in gastric fluids, said subcoat being coated with a taste-masking coating comprising a polymer or copolymer comprising dialkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylate units and a pore-forming agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ethypharm
    Inventors: Pascal Oury, Catherine Herry, Didier Hoarau
  • Patent number: 8598191
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to oral pulse-release pharmaceutical dosage form containing an immediate release component of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and one or more delayed/controlled release components of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Likan Liang, Niraj Shah, Padmanabh P. Bhatt, Scott Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 8597681
    Abstract: Methods for producing stabilized solid dosage form pharmaceutical compositions are provided. In particular, methods for preparing protected granules containing morphinans, and solid dosage form pharmaceutical compositions produced using the morphinan-protected granules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt LLC
    Inventors: Jae Han Park, Tiffani Eisenhauer, Anish Dhanarajan, Vishal K. Gupta, Stephen Overholt
  • Publication number: 20130317038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter comprising coadministration of a synergistically therapeutic amount of dronedarone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof and a synergistically therapeutic amount of ranolazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof. Also provided are methods for modulating ventricular and atrial rhythm and rate. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations that are suitable for such combined administration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Antzelevitch, Luiz Belardinelli, Alexander Burashnikov, John Shryock, Dewan Zeng
  • Patent number: 8591922
    Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising mixed salts of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB). Also provided herein are methods of making the pharmaceutical compositions and formulations, and methods of their use for the treatment of sleep disorders such as apnea, sleep time disturbances, narcolepsy, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucination, sleep arousal, insomnia, and nocturnal myoclonus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Jazz Pharmacuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark P. Allphin, Michael DesJardin
  • Patent number: 8586085
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide pharmaceutical drug compositions, methods of preparing oral drug compositions, such as extended release dosage compositions, and methods for treating antidepressant or smoking cessation. In one aspect, the invention provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a core, including bupropion and its salt derivatives, and a coating. The coating may include from about 5% to about 99% by weight of the coating of a pharmaceutically acceptable pH-independent polymer. The coating may further include from about 0.001% to about 30% by weight of the coating of a surfactant. In another aspect, the invention provides methods for preparing and administering a pharmaceutical composition in oral dosage form, such as a tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Biokey, Inc.
    Inventors: San-Laung Chow, David Wong, Damian Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130302418
    Abstract: A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Benjamin Oshlack, Hua-Pin Huang, John K. Masselink, Alfred P. Tonelli
  • Patent number: 8580302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in a solid unit dosage form for oral administration in a human or lower animal comprising: a. a safe and effective amount of a therapeutically active agent; b. an inner coating layer selected from the group consisting of poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:2, poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:1, and mixtures thereof; and c. an outer coating layer comprising an enteric polymer or film coating material; wherein the inner coating layer is not the same as the outer coating layer; wherein if the inner coating layer is poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:1 then the outer coating layer is not poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:2 or is not a mixture of poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:1 and poly(methacrylic acid, methyl methacrylate) 1:2; and wherein the inner coating layer and the outer coating layer do not contain any therapeutically active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Warner Chilcott Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dittmar, Joseph Michael Amante, Tony Ryan Cronk, Daniel Gary Newby
  • Publication number: 20130295177
    Abstract: A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Benjamin Oshlack, Hua-Pin HUANG, John K. Masselink, Alfred Tonelli
  • Publication number: 20130287846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an abuse-proofed oral dosage form with controlled release of (1R,2R)-3-(3-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-2-methyl-propyl)phenol for once daily administration, which comprises the active ingredient and/or one or more of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (A), at least one synthetic or natural polymer (C), delayed-release auxiliary substances, optionally physiologically acceptable auxiliary substances (B) and optionally a wax (D), component (C) or (D) in each case exhibiting a breaking strength of at least 500 N, preferably of at least 1000 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Johannes BARTHOLOMÄUS, Heinrich KUGELMANN
  • Publication number: 20130273114
    Abstract: The present invention describes immunosuppressant pharmaceutical formulations particularly formulations of mycophenolate salts with pulsatile release behaviour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: EMS S.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Santus, Giuseppe Soldati
  • Publication number: 20130273156
    Abstract: The invention provides an oral pharmaceutical tablet for controlled release of mesalazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient with a core and a gastro-resistant outer coating, wherein the core comprises mesalazine and a hydrophilic matrix consisting of a mixture of hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC) having a different viscosity and the gastro-resistant outer coating comprises a pH-dependent release polymer, with the pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention also refers to the process for obtaining said oral pharmaceutical tablet and to said oral pharmaceutical tablet of controlled release of mesalazine for treating ulcerative colitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: LABORATORIOS LICONSA, S. A.
    Inventors: David Loeches Blas, Roberto Varas Fernandez-Molina, Mercedes Martinez Perez
  • Publication number: 20130273159
    Abstract: Multi-layer solid oral dosage immediate release and extended release compositions and methods for delivering drug formulations using weak acid ion exchange resins in abnormally high pH environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: William Wayne Howard, Russell Francis Somma
  • Publication number: 20130273158
    Abstract: Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions of quetiapine, more particularly extended release compositions of quetiapine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts comprising carboxymethyl ethyl cellulose, a non-gelling, hydrophobic release controlling polymer, and processes for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Hetero Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, Podili Khadgapathi, Kappala Ramesh
  • Patent number: 8557283
    Abstract: The current invention provides a controlled release oral solid formulation of levodopa comprising levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor, and a carboxylic acid. Also provided by this invention is multiparticulate, controlled release oral solid formulations of levodopa comprising: i) a controlled release component comprising a mixture of levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor and a rate controlling excipient; ii) a carboxylic acid component; and iii) an immediate release component comprising a mixture of levodopa and a decarboxylase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Impax Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann Hsu, Jim H. Kou, Laman Lynn Alani
  • Patent number: 8557285
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Pozen Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Plachetka
  • Publication number: 20130266650
    Abstract: Bupropion hydrobromide formulations as well as their use for the treatment of conditions is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Graham JACKSON, Werner Oberegger, Paul Maes, Mohammad Ashty Saleh
  • Publication number: 20130266651
    Abstract: Provided are oral dosage forms that contain carbinoxamine in an immediate release format, and pseudoephedrine in a prolonged release format. The biphasic oral dosage forms may also contain other active ingredients in combination with carbinoxamine, including other decongestants, antitussives, analgesics and expectorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Robert J. Edwards, Jr., Chih-Ting Huang, Nam-Mew Pul
  • Publication number: 20130259940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: William H. McKenna, Richard O. Mannion, Edward P. O'Donnell, Haiyong H. Huang
  • Publication number: 20130259939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Purdue Pharma L.P.
    Inventors: William H. McKenna, Richard O. Mannion, Edward P. O'Donnell, Haiyong H. Huang