A PROCESS FOR THE COATING OF TABLET CORES AND TABLETS OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS

• Main Authors: JENNEWEIN HERWIG, ENTNER REINHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.10.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A process for the coating of tablet cores, said tablet core comprising an effective amount of at least one pharmaceutically active compound, comprising spraying a coating solution or suspension comprising a sugar, or a starch, or a mixture of a sugar and a starch onto the tablets or tablet cores with the proviso that film-forming agents in the coating solution or suspension are excluded, to obtain coated tablets, such coated tablets and corresponding coating mixtures.