Inventors:
Faranak Nikfar - Bridgewater NJ
Abu T. M. Serajuddin - Flushing NY
Robert L. Jerzewski - Belle Mead NJ
Nemichand B. Jain - Cranbury NJ
Assignee:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
A61K 3142
Abstract:
An ifetroban composition is provided which has good dissolution properties even on aging, when dispersed in water has a pH of at least 7 and includes a salt of ifetroban, one or more basifying agents, such as magnesium oxide or calcium carbonate, and where in tablet form includes one or more fillers such as mannitol and/or microcrystalline cellulose, one or more disintegrating agents such as crospovidone, one or more lubricants such as magnesium stearate, optionally one or more glidants such as colloidal silicon dioxide, one or more binders such as pregelatinized starch (dry binder) or polyvinyl-pyrrolidone (wet binder) and optionally a film coating containing a film former such as hydroxypropyl cellulose and a plasticizer such as 1,2,3-propanetriol triacetate.