Patent ID: 8512787

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a palatable soft chewable pharmaceutical product (a “soft chew”) having consistent unit-to-unit weight and active content without use of extrusion, comprising: (a) providing at least one active agent whose stability or potency can be adversely affected by temperatures typically generated during extrusion, that is not palatable, or both selected from the group of active agents consisting of anthelmetics, analgesics, antibiotics, antithyroids, antivirals, anti-inflammatories, endoparasiticides, ectoparasiticides and antifungals; (b) blending the active agent with inactive ingredients under low shear conditions in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid to form an edible soft chewable mixture having the active agent uniformly blended therein; and, (c) forming the edible soft chewable mixture into soft chews without application of compression heat thereto, wherein the edible soft chew mixture and the ingredients thereof are maintained at room temperature or no more than +/−10° C. thereof during performance of each step of the process; and, wherein further the soft chews are more palatable than tablet dosage forms of the active agent.