Currently there aren t any fast-dissolve antibiotics, because many require a specialized, dedicated manufacturing facility that would entail substantially greater investment. I m not aware of anyone developing fast-dissolve antibiotics. However, we think an OraSolv based antibiotic would be a great idea, especially for children. The other limitation is principally in terms of dosing. If you reach 800 or 900 milligrams of drug active in a dose, the tablet is going to get quite large.
Nobody wants a tablet as large as a jaw breaker or hockey puck.
But Claritin RediTabs is a 10-milligram dose. Zomig ZMT is a 2.5 milligram dose, and Remeron SolTab ranges from 15 milligrams to 45 milligrams. We could go well above those dosage levels with OraSolv or DuraSolv technologies. We think it s significant. These are large markets for our fast-dissolve technology.