Is a
Patent attributes
Patent Jurisdiction
Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Rajesh Kshirsagar0
Ashwin Rao0
Kaustubh Jinturkar0
Nilesh Malaviya0
Date of Patent
January 4, 2011
0Patent Application Number
115838880
Date Filed
October 20, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to extended release pharmaceutical compositions of Levetiracetam and processes for preparing the same. The extended release tablet of Levetiracetam is with a core comprising of Levetiracetam and water dispersible rate controlling polymer, and the tablet core is optionally functional coated comprising a combination of water non-dispersible and/or water dispersible polymer. It provides extended therapeutically effective plasma levels over a twenty four hour period with diminished incidences of neuropsychiatric adverse events by eliminating the troughs and peaks of drug concentration in a patient's blood plasma. The composition also exhibits no food effect.
Timeline
No Timeline data yet.
Further Resources
No Further Resources data yet.
