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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 8,613,950


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Summary for Patent: 8,613,950
Title:Pharmaceutical forms with improved pharmacokinetic properties
Abstract: The present application relates to novel drug formulations of vardenafil which dissolve rapidly in the mouth and lead to increased bioavailability and to a plateau-like plasma concentration profile, and to processes for their preparation.
Inventor(s): Serno; Peter (Gladbach, DE), Heinig; Roland (Wuppertal, DE), Pauli; Kerstin (Dortmund, DE), Hayauchi; Yutaka (Leverkusen, DE)
Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Monheim, DE)
Application Number:11/885,019
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 8,613,950
Patent Claims: 1. A drug formulation of vardenafil which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth, comprising: an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and which releases the vardenafil in the mouth without swallowing the tablet, said tablet comprising vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate, and at least one sugar alcohol, and wherein at least 80% of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the drug formulation dissolves at 25.degree. C. in 10 ml of physiological saline, and further wherein the rate of release of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate from the drug formulation in 900 ml of physiological saline within the first 5 minutes in the USP pedal stirrer apparatus at 50 rotations per minute at 37.degree. C. is at least 70%.

2. The drug formulation according to claim 1, wherein the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate is in micronized form with a mean particle size of less than 20 .mu.m.

3. The drug formulation according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said sugar alcohol comprises from 40% to 99% of the total formulation.

4. The drug formulation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said sugar alcohol is selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol and mixtures thereof.

5. The drug formulation according to claim 4, wherein said sugar alcohol is mannitol.

6. The drug formulation of claim 4, wherein said sugar alcohol is sorbitol.

7. The drug formulation according to claim 4, wherein said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate comprises from 0.8% to 25% of the formulation, calculated as vardenafil free base.

8. A drug formulation in the form of an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and releases the drug in the mouth without swallowing the tablet comprising vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate, and at least two sugar alcohols.

9. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein said sugar alcohols are a mixture of sorbitol and mannitol.

10. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein at least one sugar alcohol is mannitol.

11. The drug formulation of claim 8, wherein at least one sugar alcohol is sorbitol.

12. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate comprises from 0.8% to 25% of the formulation, calculated as vardenafil free base.

13. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein at least 80% of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the drug formulation dissolves at 25.degree. C. in 10 ml of physiological saline.

14. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein the rate of release of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate from the drug formulation in 900 ml of physiological saline within the first 5 minutes in the USP pedal stirrer apparatus at 50 rotations per minute at 37.degree. C. is at least 70%.

15. The drug formulation according to claim 8, wherein at least 80% of the vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the drug formulation dissolves at 25.degree. C. in 10 ml of physiological saline and the rate of release of the vardenafil from the drug formulation in 900 ml of physiological saline within the first 5 minutes in the USP pedal stirrer apparatus at 50 rotations per minute at 37.degree. C. is at least 70%.

16. The drug formulation according to claim 8 or 12, comprising from 40% to 99% sugar alcohol of the total formulation.

17. A drug formulation in the form of an uncoated tablet which disintegrates rapidly in the mouth and releases vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate in the mouth without swallowing the tablet, said tablet comprising vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate; sorbitol; and mannitol; and wherein: said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate is in micronized form with a mean particle size of less than 20 .mu.m; said vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate comprises from 0.8% to 25% of the formulation, calculated as vardenafil free base; and said sorbitol and mannitol together comprises from 40% to 99% of the formulation.

18. The drug formulation of claim 4, wherein said sugar alcohol is a mixture of mannitol and sorbitol.

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