Abstract: The invention relates to novel particulate drug-delivery systems based on a polymer support containing at least one linear, branched or cross-linked polymer in a fraction of over 50 percent by weight in relation to the total weight of the support. The system is characterised in that at least one signal substance for transport through a biological barrier and at least one active ingredient are stored, the support, signal substance and active ingredient having no covalent links and no active-ingredient specific and signal substance specific coordinative links between one another.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation comprising: a) a core with an active ingredient and with an organic acid and/or the salt of an organic acid; and b) a coating which envelops the core and which comprises a polymer content of (meth)acrylate copolymers which have not more than 15% by weight of cationic or anionic groups, and which comprises at least 60% by weight of a (meth)acrylate copolymer which is composed of free-radically polymerized units of 93 to 98% by weight C1- to C4-alkyl esters of acrylic or of methacrylic acid and 7 to 2% by weight (meth)acrylate monomers having a quaternary ammonium group in the alkyl radical, wherein the active ingredient has a solubility in water of at least 10 g/l at 20° C. and the coating comprises silicon dioxide particles having an average particle size in the range from 1 to 50 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising one or more antiretroviral active ingredients in the form of a solid dispersion or solid solution in a matrix, wherein said matrix comprises an amino(meth)acrylate copolymer, characterized in that the matrix does not contain any essential amounts of pharmaceutically acceptable surfactants with an HLB value from 12 to 18 and in that the matrix comprises a mono carboxylic acid or an alcohol with 12 to 22 carbon atoms or both.

Abstract: The invention relates to a partly neutralized anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer consisting of radically polymerized units containing 25-95% by weight (meth)acrylic acid C1 to C4 alkylesters and 5-75% by weight (meth)acrylate monomer with an anionic group, wherein 0.1 to 25% contained anionic groups are neutralized by a base. Said invention is characterized in that said base is embodied in the form of an cationic organic base whose molecular weight is greater than 150. A medical form containing said partly neutralized anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer and the use of said partly neutralized anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer for producing a medical form rapidly releasing an active substance having a determined pH value are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an oral form of administration which decomposes immediately and releases active ingredients in the mouth. According to said method, (a) an anionic pharmaceutical active ingredient is intensively mixed with (b) a copolymer consisting of radically polymerized C1-C4 esters of the acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and other (meth)acrylate monomers containing functional tertiary amino groups, and (c) between 5 and 50 wt. %, in relation to (b), of a C12-C22 carboxylic acid in the melted mass; the mixture is solidified and ground to form a powder containing active ingredients having an average particle size of 200 ?m or less; and the powder is encapsulated in a water-soluble matrix consisting of pharmaceutically standard adjuvants, on the condition that no more than 3 wt. %, in relation to the copolymer, of emulsifiers with an HLB value of at least 14 must be contained therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid dosage form including an inner coating located between a core containing a pharmaceutically active ingredient and an outer enteric coating; wherein the inner coating includes a partially neutralized anionic polymeric material and at least a carboxylic acid having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, the salts thereof, or mixtures of the acid and its salt; wherein the outer coating includes an anionic polymeric material which is less neutralized than the material of the inner coating or not at all neutralized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an oral form of administration which decomposes immediately and releases active ingredients in the mouth. According to said method, (a) an anionic pharmaceutical active ingredient is intensively mixed with (b) a copolymer consisting of radically polymerized C1-C4 esters of the acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and other (meth)acrylate monomers containing functional tertiary amino groups, and (c) between 5 and 50 wt. %, in relation to (b), of a C12-C22 carboxylic acid in the melted mass; the mixture is solidified and ground to form a powder containing active ingredients having an average particle size of 200 ?m or less; and the powder is encapsulated in a water-soluble matrix consisting of pharmaceutically standard adjuvants, on the condition that no more than 3 wt. %, in relation to the copolymer, of emulsifiers with an HLB value of at least 14 must be contained therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel particulate drug-delivery systems based on a polymer support containing at least one linear, branched or cross-linked polymer in a fraction of over 50 percent by weight in relation to the total weight of the support. The system is characterized in that at least one signal substance for transport through a biological barrier and at least one active ingredient are stored, the support, signal substance and active ingredient having no covalent links and no active-ingredient specific and signal substance specific coordinative links between one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to an oral multiparticle pharmaceutical dosage form in the form of a receptacle reducing the pH values of stomach, containing a plurality of pellets, particles, granules or agglomerates whose mean diameter ranges from 50 to 2500 ?n substentially consisting of a) an internal matrix layer containing an active agent which is neither peptide or protein, nor the derivatives or conjugates thereof, a lipophilic matrix whose melting point is greater than 37° C. and a polymer with mucoadhesive effect, b) an external film coating substentially consisting of a polymer or an anionic copolymer which is optionally formulated with conventional pharmaceutical additives, wherein the active agent has a water solubility according to DAB 10, of at least 30 volume parts of water for one part by weight of the active agent and is coated with the lipophilic matrix and said active agent-containing lipophilic matrix is coated with a matrix made of a polymer with mucoadhesive effect.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for converting a solid (meth)acrylate copolymer into a dispersed form by preparing an aqueous dispersion comprising the components (a) a (meth)acrylate copolymer which is composed of free-radical polymerized methyl methacrylate, ethylacrylate and a salt of 2-trimethylammoniumethyl methacrylate, present in solid form as a powder or as a granulate, (b) up to 50% by weight calculated on the (meth)acrylate copolymer (a) of a dispersing agent selected from the groups of (b) i) plasticizers in combination with emulsifiers and/or (b) ii) pharmaceutically acceptable carbohydrates having 6 to 18 carbon atoms with a functional group and (c) water by mixing the components (a), (b) and (c) to give a suspension which becomes an aqueous dispersion during the conversion of the solid (meth)acrylate copolymer into the dispersed form, characterized in that, the (meth)acrylate copolymer is converted into the dispersed form by means of the presence of the dispersing agent at a temperature

Abstract: The invention relates to a powdery or granulated composition comprising at least by 30% by weight of a mixture of (a) a copolymer composed of polymerized units of C1- to C4-alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid and of alkyl(meth)acrylate monomers with a tertiary amino group in the alkyl radical and (b) 5 to 28% by weight based on (a) of a salt of a fatty monocarboxylic acid having 10 to 18 carbon atoms, and (c) 10 to 30% by weight based on (a) of fatty monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and/or a fatty alcohol having 8 to 18 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition for the coating or binding of pharmaceutically, nutraceutically or cosmetically active ingredients, comprising (a) an anionic polymeric material, and (b) one or more salts of saturated monocarboxylic acids having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, characterized in that the amount of the salts of the monocarboxylic acids in the composition corresponds to 3 to 50 mol percent of the amount of anionic groups in the polymeric material. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a dispersion out of the composition, as well as the use of said composition in enteric-coated solid dosage forms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gastric resistant pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition, comprising a core, comprising a pharmaceutical or nutraceutical active ingredient and a gastric resistant coating layer onto the core, wherein the release of the pharmaceutical or nutraceutical active ingredient is not more than 15% under in-vitro conditions at pH 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous medium containing an amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer which is not soluble in demineralised water, characterized in that the medium has a content of an aqueous phase of at least 60% by weight and a content of up to 40% by weight of solids comprising the amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer, whereby the aqueous phase is charged by a sufficient amount of carbon dioxide that effects the amino(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer to be present in solute form in the medium. The aqueous medium may be used beneficially as a coating or binding solution for the spray coating or binding of pharmaceutical compositions or nutraceutical compositions or cosmetical compositions.

Abstract: A powdery or granulated composition, containing: (a) a copolymer containing, in polymerized form, a C1- to C4-alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid and an alkyl(meth)acrylate monomer containing a tertiary amino group in an alkyl radical; (b) 0.5 to 10% by weight based on (a) of a dicarboxylic acid having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; and (c) 5 to 20% by weight based on (a) of a fatty monocarboxylic acid having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, where the composition contains at least by 30% by weight of (a), (b), and (c).

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a partially neutralized, anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer comprising radically polymerized units of 25 to 95 percent by weight of C1 to C4 alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid and 5 to 75 percent by weight of (meth)acrylate monomers with an anionic group, at least 4 percent of which are neutralized by means of a base, for producing a medicament that is provided with an active substance-containing core and is coated with the partially neutralized, anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer. The medicament releases at least 30 percent of the active substance contained therein in 30 minutes at a pH at which the active substance is sufficiently soluble and stable and at which the corresponding medicament that is coated with the non-neutralized anionic (meth)acrylate polymer releases less than 10 percent of the active substance contained therein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical or nutraceutical preparations comprising a) a core containing a pharmaceutically or nutraceutically active substance; and b) a controlling layer surrounding the core comprising i) 55 to 92% by weight based on the total weight of (meth)acrylic copolymers present in the layer of one or a mixture of a plurality of (meth)acrylate copolymers composed of 80 to 98% by weight based on the weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer of structural units derived from C1 to C4 alkyl esters of (meth)acrylic acid and 2 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer of structural units derived from (meth)acrylate monomers with a quaternary ammonium group in the alkyl radical; and ii) 8 to 45% by weight based on the total weight of (meth)acrylic copolymers present in the layer of one or a mixture of a plurality of (meth)acrylate copolymers composed of more than 5 to 59% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of structural units derived from acrylic aci

Abstract: A coating composition for the enteric coating of capsule halves made of water-soluble or water-swellable polymer material in a dipping process is provided. The composition is an aqueous dispersion or solution, containing a polymer mixture of at least one first (meth)acrylate copolymer, which is enteric, and at least one further (meth)acrylate copolymer, which is enteric or water-insoluble, and also auxiliaries which influence the viscosity of the dispersion and the elasticity of the dried polymer film. The solids content of the dispersion or solution is more than 25% by weight and the viscosity is 150 to 1500 mPa·s and a dried film produced from the dispersion or solution has an elongation at break of at least 200%. Also provided is a capsule composed of two capsule halves coated with the dispersion or solution in a dipping process does. The enteric capsule does not dissolve in 0.1 N HCl at pH 1.2 after two hours, but completely dissolves in buffer at pH 6.8 in less than 30 minutes.

Abstract: A pH-sensitive polymer which has cytotoxic or membranolytic properties at pH values below pH 6.5. Carriers for natural or synthetic biomolecules or active pharmaceutical ingredients using such a pH-sensitive polymer.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical form, contains an active compound-containing core, which is covered with a coating layer of a gastric juice-resistant, intestinal juice-soluble (meth)acrylate copolymer, a separating layer situated between said core and said coating layer, the separating layer containing a film-forming water-soluble polymer, wherein the separating layer contains at least two layers: an inner layer containing a water-repellent substance, and thereon a layer comprising the film-forming water-soluble polymer.