Patent ID: 8992950
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61J,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. An asymmetric oral dosage unit containing a bioactive at least within the dosage unit selected from the group consisting of a pharmaceutical, biological, antigen, botanical, food, nutraceutical, cosmaceutical and gene therapeutic, the dosage unit having a length along its longitudinal axis longer than a length along all axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and being asymmetric with respect to a rotational axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the dosage form, the rotational axis being located substantially at a mid point along the longitudinal axis, the asymmetry being configured to reduce the contact patch of the dosage unit with a flat surface and decrease esophageal transit time when orally administered compared to a dosage unit of the same size but that is symmetric with respect to said rotational axis.