Patent ID: 8795722
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A coating composition, consisting essentially of a wet-milled product obtained by applying a shear force to an aqueous dispersion of low-substituted cellulose ether powder that is water-insoluble and water-swelling, wherein said aqueous dispersion of low-substituted cellulose ether powder is obtained by suspending and dispersing the low-substituted cellulose ether powder in water and said low-substituted cellulose ether powder having a molar substitution of from 0.05 to 1.0 per anhydrous glucose unit and acting as a continuous transparent film-forming element, wherein said low-substituted cellulose ether powder in the wet-milled product has an average particle size of 20 μm or less, and the composition is in a form adapted for coating solid preparations, wherein the solid preparations are tablets or granules.