Robert A Snow

US Patent:

20060257494, Nov 16, 2006

Filed:

Jul 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/492373

Inventors:

Michael Vachon - Montreal, CA
Awadhesh Mishra - San Diego CA, US
Robert Snow - Westchester PA, US
Pol-Henri Guivarc'h - Montreal, CA

International Classification:

A61K 31/192
A61K 9/14

US Classification:

424489000, 514571000

Abstract:

Disclosed is a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage form comprising fenofibrate, phospholipid, a buffer salt, a water-soluble bulking agent selected from maltodextrin, mannitol, and combinations thereof, a cellulosic additive, beads or crystals of a pharmaceutically acceptable water-soluble excipient support material, a polyvinylpyrrolidone or crospovidone, croscarmellose sodium, granular mannitol, sodium dodecyl sulfate, silicon dioxide, and a stearate, wherein the fenofibrate is in the form of microparticles, and wherein at least a portion of the phospholipid is coated on the surfaces of the fenofibrate microparticles, the phospholipid coated microparticles are embedded in a matrix comprising the water-soluble bulking agent, phospholipid that is not coated on the microparticles, the buffer salt and the cellulosic additive, and the matrix is coated on up to 100% of the surfaces of the beads or crystals of the excipient support material.