MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421011855 A) filed by Scitech Centre; and Acg Associated Capsules Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra, on Feb. 20, 2024, for 'gastro-resistant capsules with hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose and hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose - pthalate.'
Inventor(s) include Karan Singh; Sanjay Chandrakant Powale; and Dr. Someshwarnath D. Pandey.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to gastro-resistant capsules with external enteric protective shell prepared using conventional dipping technology. The gastro-resistant capsule so prepared provide synergistic effect to delay the drug release in presence of an inner base shell of water-soluble film forming base material, followed by an outer protective shell of polymer which is resistant to the acid environment, specifically an outer protective shell is prepared using an alkali neutralized hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose phthalate. The present invention further relates to the process of preparing the gastro-resistant capsules with inner base shell and outer protective shell using conventional dipping technology wherein after the preparation of first base shell of water-soluble film forming base material over the pin bars, they are transferred to another adjoining machine without removing shells from pins and then re-dipped to form an outer protective shell of an enteric polymer."
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