Patent ID: 7863331

Claim:
A method of reducing food effect when treating hypertriglyceridemias and/or hypercholesterolemias and/or hyperlipidemias in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising micronized fenofibrate, a surfactant and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, wherein said composition is in the form of granules comprising: (a) a neutral core; and (b) an active layer, surrounding the neutral core; wherein said neutral core comprises a sugar or a sugar mixed with starch; said active layer comprises the micronized fenofibrate, the surfactant, and the binding cellulose derivative; and wherein the mass ratio of said fenofibrate to said hydroxypropylmethylcellulose is between 5/1 and 15/1, and said hydroxypropylmethylcellulose represents between 5 and 12% by weight of the composition.