IP Library Granted Patent US 9,492,443
Granted Patent B2
US 9,492,443 · App. 14/339,143 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Abuse deterrent compositions and methods of making same

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Patent No.
US 9,492,443
App. No.
14/339,143
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates a therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including an opioid; polyethylene oxide in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt % of the composition; a disintegrant; and a surfactant; wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

Claims (21)

1. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including (a) an opioid; (b) polyethylene oxide in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt % of the composition; (c) a disintegrant; and (d) a surfactant; wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

2. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

3. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

4. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the opioid is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

5. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

6. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

7. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

8. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including (a) an opioid selected from the group consisting of alfentanil, buprenorphine, butorphanol, carfentanil, codeine, dezocine, diacetylmorphine, dihydrocodeine, dihydromorphine, diprenorphine, etorphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, β-hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl, levo-α-acetylmethadol, levorphanol, lofentanil, meperidine, methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine, pethidine, prepoxyphene, remifentanil, sufentanil, tilidine, tramadol, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; (b) polyethylene oxide in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt % of the composition; (c) a disintegrant; and (d) a surfactant; wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

9. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

10. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

11. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the opioid is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

12. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

13. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

14. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 8 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

15. A therapeutic pharmaceutical composition comprising: a mixture including (a) oxycodone hydrochloride; (b) polyethylene oxide in an amount of about 3 to about 40 wt % of the composition; (c) a disintegrant; and (d) a surfactant; wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount sufficient to cause the pharmaceutical composition to exhibit an immediate release profile.

16. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in unit dose form.

17. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in suppository, capsule, caplet, pill, gel, soft gelatin capsule, or compressed tablet form.

18. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the oxycodone hydrochloride is present in an amount of 0.5 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

19. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the disintegrant is present in an amount of about 2 to about 25 wt % of the composition.

20. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the surfactant is present in an amount of about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition.

21. The therapeutic pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 , wherein the disintegrant is selected from the group consisting of sodium starch glycolate, crospovidone, and croscarmellose sodium.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: SCHUTTE, JOHN
Reel/Frame 049649/0950 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: SCHUTTE, JOHN
To: ABUSE DETERRENT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 049650/0104 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: OXFORD FINANCE LLC
To: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047140/0800 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; ACURA PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: OXFORD FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 041623/0740 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY #14338143 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 033561 FRAME 0296. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE LICENSE. Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
To: HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
Reel/Frame 038315/0279 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2015
From: KUMAR, VIJAI; DIXON, DAVID; TEWARI, DIVYA; WADGAONKAR, DILIP B.
To: HALSEY DRUG COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 035987/0806 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2015
From: HALSEY DRUG COMPANY, INC.
To: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 036034/0591 →
LICENSE Recorded Aug 19, 2014
From: ACURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
To: HIGHLAND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 033561/0296 →