Patent ID: 8765187

Claim:
Film-coated granules comprising elementary granules of an average particle diameter of 300 μm or less comprising crystalline cellulose spherical core particles and a drug, and a single film layer that coats the elementary granules formed with an aqueous composition comprising (a) an ethyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate copolymer or a plasticized vinyl acetate polymer, (b) an ethyl cellulose, (c) a water-soluble additive for pharmaceutical products, (d) titanium oxide and (e) water, wherein the solid content mass ratio among the components (a), (b), (c) and (d), a:b:c:d, is 100:(5-50):(1-50):(0.5-10), and the solid content concentration of the aqueous composition is 0.5% to 40% by mass.