IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,759,419
Granted Patent B2
US 11,759,419 · App. 16/599,629 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Compressed nicotine lozenge

Inventors: Dorthe Schackinger Boesen (Vejle, DK); Heidi Ziegler Bruun (Vejle Øst, DK); Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen (Vejle Øst, DK); Kent Albin Nielsen (Brande, DK); Rikke Pranger-Rasmussen (Vejle, DK)
Assignee: Fertin Pharma A/S
A61K9/0056A61K31/465A61K47/26A61K47/32
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Patent No.
US 11,759,419
App. No.
16/599,629
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge is disclosed, the oral nicotine lozenge comprising a first module and a second module, the first and the second modules being fused by compression, the first module being a lozenge module comprising at least one sugar alcohol and the second module being an FDT-module comprising at least one sugar alcohol and nicotine. Also, a method of manufacturing a water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge is disclosed.

Claims (42)

1. A water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge comprising a first module and a second module,

the first and the second modules being fused by compression,

the first and second modules being formed by a plurality of compressed particles,

the first module being a lozenge module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the first module, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol of the first module comprises at least one sugar alcohol selected from the group of xylitol, maltitol, mannitol, erythritol, isomalt, sorbitol, lactitol or any combination thereof, and

the second module being a fast disintegrating tablet-module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the second module, superdisintegrant in an amount of between 1 and 14% by weight of the second module, and nicotine, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol of the second module comprises at least one sugar alcohol selected from the group of xylitol, maltitol, mannitol, erythritol, isomalt, sorbitol, lactitol or any combination thereof,

wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge has a maximum total weight of 0.75 gram,

wherein the first module is free of nicotine,

wherein the first module comprises flavor, and

wherein the superdisintegrant comprises cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone in an amount of between 1 and 14% by weight of the second module.

2. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module comprises nicotine in an amount of less than 5% by weight of the second module.

3. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the weight of the second module is between 50 mg and 250 mg.

4. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge comprises nicotine in an amount of at least 0.5 mg.

5. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module comprises a nicotine salt.

6. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module further comprises disintegrant.

7. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module further comprises disintegrant in the amount of between 1% and 25% by weight of the second module.

8. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 6 , wherein the disintegrant comprises cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone.

9. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the average particle size of the particles applied for the compression of the first module is larger than the average particle size of the particles applied for the compression of the second module.

10. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module comprises 10% to 50% by weight of the lozenge.

11. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge has a maximum total weight of 0.5 gram.

12. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the second module comprises the at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 60% by weight of the second module.

13. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the first module comprises the at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 60% by weight of the first module.

14. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge is free of mono- and disaccharides.

15. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge comprises a pH regulating agent.

16. The water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge according to claim 1 , wherein the first module further comprises at least one mucoadhesive in the amount of 0.5 to 10% by weight of the first module.

17. A water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge comprising a first module and a second module,

the first and the second modules being fused by compression,

the first and second modules being formed by a plurality of compressed particles,

the first module being a lozenge module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the first module and

the second module being a fast disintegrating tablet-module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the second module, disintegrant, and nicotine,

wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge has a maximum total weight of 0.75 gram,

wherein the first module is free of nicotine, and

wherein the first module comprises flavor.

18. A water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge comprising a first module and a second module,

the first and the second modules being fused by compression,

the first and second modules being formed by a plurality of compressed particles,

the first module being a lozenge module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the first module, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol of the first module comprises at least one sugar alcohol selected from the group of xylitol, maltitol, mannitol, erythritol, isomalt, sorbitol, lactitol or any combination thereof, and

the second module being a fast disintegrating tablet-module comprising at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of at least 50% by weight of the second module, superdisintegrant in an amount of between 1 and 14% by weight of the second module, and nicotine, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol of the second module comprises at least one sugar alcohol selected from the group of xylitol, maltitol, mannitol, erythritol, isomalt, sorbitol, lactitol or any combination thereof,

wherein the water-dissolvable compressed oral nicotine lozenge has a maximum total weight of 0.75 gram,

wherein the weight of the second module is between 50 mg and 150 mg,

wherein the first module is free of nicotine,

wherein the first module comprises flavor, and

wherein the superdisintegrant comprises cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone in an amount of between 1 and 14% by weight of the second module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: BOESEN, DORTHE SCHACKINGER; BRUUN, HEIDI ZIEGLER; NIELSEN, BRUNO PROVSTGAARD; NIELSEN, KENT ALBIN; PRANGER-RASMUSSEN, RIKKE
To: FERTIN PHARMA A/S
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