Inventors:
Thomas P. FARRELL - Warrington PA, US
Jason TECKOE - Lansdale PA, US
Barry FRIEND - Dartford, GB
Scott GULIAN - Lansdale PA, US
Assignee:
BPSI HOLDINGS, LLC. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
A61K 47/32, B05D 7/00, C08K 5/41, A61K 9/00
US Classification:
424400, 427 214, 524156, 5147726
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to film coating compositions for use on oral dosage forms such as compressed tablets and other orally-ingestible substrates which contain a fine particle size detackifier. The film coating compositions can be applied either directly to a substrate or after the substrate has been coated with a subcoat. In preferred aspects, the polymer is either polyvinyl alcohol or a copolymer of polyvinyl alcohol. Aqueous suspensions comprising the inventive film coating compositions, methods of applying the coatings to substrates and the coated substrates themselves are also disclosed.