IP Library Granted Patent US 12691073
Granted Patent B2
US 12691073 · App. 17/277,312 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Coated solid preparation

Inventors: Yutaka Okuda (Kadoma, JP); Isamu Saeki (Kadoma, JP); Tatsuya Honjo (Kadoma, JP); Kayo Yuminoki (Kadoma, JP)
Assignee: TOWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
A61K9/2813A61K9/2893A61K45/06
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Patent No.
US 12691073
App. No.
17/277,312
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical solid preparation containing at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the surface of the solid preparation is coated with a light shielding agent or a metal oxide, and a process for producing a solid preparation containing at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, comprising a step of coating a light shielding agent or a metal oxide.

Claims (20)

1 . A pharmaceutical solid preparation containing at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the solid preparation has a coating layer having a thickness from 1 nm to less than 500 nm, consisting of physically deposited metal oxide particles on a surface of the solid preparation, wherein a total amount of the metal oxide particles is from 5×10 −6 mg/mm 2 to 3×10 −3 mg/mm 2 .

2 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer comprises no polymer compound.

3 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles are physically deposited on the surface of the solid preparation by sputtering.

4 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise iron oxide particles.

5 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the solid preparation is a tablet.

6 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 5 , of which a disintegration time is substantially the same as that of the tablet before the coating.

7 . A process for producing the pharmaceutical solid preparation of claim 1 , comprising sputtering the metal oxide particles on the surface of the solid preparation in an amount of 5×10 −6 mg/mm 2 to 3×10 −3 mg/mm 2 to form the coating layer.

8 . The process for producing a pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 7 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise iron oxide particles and/or titanium oxide particles.

9 . The process for producing a pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 7 , wherein the solid preparation is a tablet.

10 . The process for producing a pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 9 , of which a disintegration time is substantially the same as that of the tablet before the coating.

11 . A method for photostabilizing the pharmaceutical solid preparation of claim 1 , comprising sputtering the metal oxide particles on the surface of the solid preparation in an amount of 5×10 −6 mg/mm 2 to 3×10 −3 mg/mm 2 to form the coating layer.

12 . The method for photostabilizing a pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 11 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise iron oxide particles and/or titanium oxide particles.

13 . The method for photostabilizing a pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 11 , wherein the solid preparation is a tablet.

14 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise red ferric oxide particles.

15 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise titanium oxide particles.

16 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has a thickness from 10 nm to 400 nm.

17 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness is from 100 nm to 300 nm.

18 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles comprise at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of iron oxide, titanium dioxide, and silicon dioxide.

19 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient comprises a photolabile pharmaceutically active ingredient.

20 . The pharmaceutical solid preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the metal oxide particles are physically deposited on the surface of the solid preparation by sputtering; wherein the metal oxide particles comprise iron oxide particles; wherein the thickness is from 10 nm to less than 500 nm; and wherein the at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient comprises a photolabile pharmaceutically active ingredient.