The invention relates to coated particles with a taste-masked drug substance. The particles comprise a core with a melt-agglomerated active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), optionally a thermolabile API, and a coating comprising a triglyceride and a surfactant. The particles exhibit immediate drug release and a storage-stable release profile. Moreover, the invention provides a hot-melt granulation and hot-melt coating method for manufacturing such coated particles, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the coated particles. The method allows the granulation of APIs with small particle sizes (e.g., mean particle size below 150 μm, or even below 100 μm or 50 μm) into core particles, as well as coating said core particles, at moderate temperatures, thereby preventing the degradation of thermolabile active pharmaceutical ingredients.

The present invention belongs to the field of microbiology, and particularly relates to an application of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine in prevention and treatment of burn and scald complicated with bacterial infection. The burn and scald of the present invention include burns and scalds, and degree of the scalds includes I degree, superficial II degree, deep II degree, or III degree scalds. Site of the scalds includes skin, mucosa or other tissues. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine of the present invention can effectively prevent and treat burn and scald complicated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by activating the specific immune response of the body. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine of the present invention can reduce the bacterial load in the immunized subject through the established immunization procedures, thereby providing a technical solution that can effectively prevent burn and scald complicated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, which avoids the technical problems caused by the use of antibiotics such as poor effectiveness, difficulty in curing and proneness to drug resistance in the prior art to a certain degree.

There is provided acid-resistant capsules, and in particular acid-resistant, vegetarian-based, and/or gelatin-based soft gel capsules and method of manufacturing the soft gel capsule. The soft gel capsule has 30% wt. to 45% wt. water; 15% wt. to 19% wt. glycerol; and a gel mass composition comprising a gelling agent and an alkaline agent. The method of manufacturing the capsule involves: dissolving a gelling polymer into water to form an enteric polymer solution; mixing an acid insoluble polymer with an alkali agent to form a film forming polymer; and adding the film forming polymer to the enteric polymer solution while mixing and heating at 70° C. until a gel mass forms.

The invention provides ingestible particles comprising a water-swellable or water-soluble polymeric component, a lipid component, and optionally an amino acid, a vitamin and/or a micro-nutrient. The polymeric component may be embedded in the lipid component. The particle may further comprise an inert core and/or an outer layer which rapidly disintegrates after oral ingestion. The invention further provides methods for preparing the ingestible particles and uses thereof.

The present invention relates a microcapsule that comprises an active pharmaceutical ingredient and a polymeric shell comprised of polymeric materials such as polyether, polyester, polyamine, polyamide, polyurea, polyurethane, polythiocarbamate, and polythiocarbonate. The outer surface of shell comprises surface functional groups such as hydroxide, primary amine, carboxylic acid, or protected forms thereof. These surface functional groups may be reacted further with reactants to place specific organic groups on the surface of the microcapsule. Such microcapsules are prepared by a modified interfacial condensation polymerization.

The invention provides methods of making microparticle and nanoparticle ocular implants from a compositions comprising: 99 to 60% (w/w) of a photopolymerizable composition selected from the group of fragments or monomers consisting of polyalkylene glycol diacrylate and polyalkylene glycol dimethacrylate, wherein the photopolymerizable composition has a molecular weight in the range of 100 to 20,000 Dalton; a biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyester-based polyurethanes, polylactides, polycaprolactones, polyorthoesters and mixtures, copolymers, and block copolymers thereof; a photoinitiator; and a therapeutic agent.

The present invention relates to extended release liquid compositions of metformin. The extended release liquid compositions are in the form of suspensions or reconstituted powder for suspensions. Said extended release liquid compositions comprise cores of metformin coated with a release-controlling agent, wherein the coated cores are dispersed in a suspension base. Said extended release liquid compositions provide the desired uniform extended release profile throughout the shelf-life of the composition. Furthermore, said extended release liquid compositions are bioequivalent to a reference composition. It also relates to processes for the preparation of said extended release liquid compositions.

An extended release pharmaceutical composition of Clozapine The extended release composition of Clozapine provides an extended release pharmaceutical composition having Clozapine, a seal coating, an acidic coating, and an extended release coating. The composition is particularly suitable for dispensing a once-a-day solid oral pharmaceutical formulation which releases a therapeutically effective amount of Clozapine over an extended time period.

The present invention relates to the field of coating pharmaceutical substrates. In particular, the invention relates to methods of coating of pharmaceutical substances, pharmaceutical ingredients or a blend of them. The invention also provides a method of making a pharmaceutical formulation which may be processed into a pharmaceuticalcal dosage form, which utilizes solid pharmaceutical particles and a pharmaceutical formulation obtained by the method. The methods of the invention utilize atomic layer deposition technology. The novel methods allow difficult, moisture sensitive and electrically charged pharmaceutical substrates to be easily processable.

The present invention relates to an extended release multiparticulate composition comprising a plurality of discrete units, each discrete unit comprising ranolazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The said multiparticulate composition is sprinkled onto soft foods or liquids for oral administration. Further, the multiparticulate composition is bioequivalent to the marketed extended release tablet. It further relates to a process of preparation of said multiparticulate composition and method of treatment of patients suffering from angina by administering said composition.