Patent ID: 9107451
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A23P,A61K

Abstract:
1. An enteric coated capsule half, comprising a water soluble or water swellable polymer material, wherein the enteric coated capsule half is a lower half or an upper half of a capsule, in which a lower half and an upper half each comprise a water soluble or water swellable polymer material and fit together such that they may be engaged in one another in a locking manner to form a closed capsule, the lower half and an upper half each coated continuously on an entirety of an outside thereof with an enteric coating comprising a polymer mixture of at least one first enteric (meth)acrylate copolymer and at least one further enteric or water soluble (meth)acrylate copolymer, and at least one auxiliary; the coating has an elasticity measured by elongation at break of at least 200%, the coating confers a property to the capsule, such that, when closed, the capsule does not dissolve in 0.1 N HCl at pH 1.2 after two hours, but does dissolve completely in a buffer solution at pH 6.8 in less than 30 minutes, the coating is obtained from a process comprising dipping a capsule half into a coating composition which is a solution or dispersion of the polymer mixture having a solids content of more than 25% by weight and a viscosity of from 150 to 1500 mPas, and the coating on a portion of the outside of the lower half that is overlapped by the upper half is configured to seal any gap between the enteric coated capsule half and a further capsule half when overlapping or being overlapped by the further capsule half.