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US 12,257,350 · App. 17/685,830 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Pharmaceutical compositions of pimobendan

Inventor: Péter Laczay (Budapest, HU)
A61K9/5031A61K9/1641A61K9/2081A61K9/5015A61K9/5089A61K31/341A61K31/501A61K31/55A61K31/585A61K31/635A61K45/06A61K2300/00
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Patent No.
US 12,257,350
App. No.
17/685,830
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for the preparation of a composition includes dispersing particulate pimobendan in a molten carrier matrix to form particles coated with the carrier matrix, where the molten carrier matrix includes one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers selected from a polyglycolized glyceride, a polyethylene glycol, and combinations thereof, atomizing the dispersion of coated particles, and cooling and collecting the coated particles from the atomized dispersion.

Claims (12)

1. A composition comprising a plurality of granules, each granule consisting of a spherical particle coated with a lipid carrier matrix, wherein each particle consists of pimobendan, and the lipid carrier matrix consists of polyethylene glycol, wherein the lipid carrier matrix that coats each particle ensures a dissolution of pimobendan in a solution irrespective of a pH condition of the solution.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid carrier matrix is configured to ensure a dissolution of pimobendan within the composition that is from 90.7% to 96.2% when exposed to pH conditions of 1.2, 4.5 and 7.5 for a period of 45 minutes, and the dissolution is determined using ultra high pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC).

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyethylene glycol has an average molecular weight from 4,000 to 6,000 g/mol.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein a median particle size distribution value (D50 value) of the spherical particles is less than 500 μm, or is less than 300 μm, or is less than 250 μm, or is less than 200 μm.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan in each granule is from 1% to 80% by weight of the granule.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan in each granule is from 5% to 30% by weight of the granule.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan in each granule is from 10% to 20% by weight of the granule.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan within the composition is 6.3% by weight of the composition.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan present in the composition is from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the composition.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein an amount of pimobendan present in the composition is from 0.5% to 1.0% by weight of the composition.

11. A tablet comprising the composition of claim 1 , wherein the granules are compressed together with one or more other ingredients.

12. A formulation comprising a paste or gel that includes the composition of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: LACZAY, PÉTER
To: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
Reel/Frame 059779/0243 →
Priority Claims (1)
HU 1300702 · Dec 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17097039 · Nov 13, 2020
Division 16193425 · Nov 16, 2018
Division 14558828 · Dec 3, 2014
Related Publication 20220183987A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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