Inventors:
Roy Kuramoto - Redwood City CA
Zakauddin T. Chowhan - Sunnyvale CA
Ranal O. Pendleton - Palo Alto CA
Hafez Hafezzadeh - Boulder CO
Assignee:
Syntex Pharmaceuticals International Limited - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
A61K 916, A61K 920
Abstract:
The present invention relates to directly-compressible naproxen or naproxen sodium compositions comprising spray-dried naproxen or naproxen sodium. The present invention further relates the processes for preparing the directly-compressible naproxen or naproxen sodium compositions, to aqueous mixtures containing naproxen or sodium naproxen suitable for spray-drying and useful in the processes for preparing the directly-compressible compositions, to naproxen or naproxen sodium tablets prepared from the directly-compressible compositions, and to the processes for preparing the naproxen or naproxen sodium tablets.