Patent ID: 7056495

Claim:
A method for making an amorphous or non-crystalline solid dose delivery vehicle, the vehicle comprising a hydrophobic material and a polyol, said method comprising the steps of dissolving or suspending the polyol and hydrophobic material in an organic/aqueous solvent, removing the solvent and forming the vehicle; wherein said hydrophobic material is a bioactive agent; wherein the solvent is removed by spray drying; and wherein the polyol is a carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of glucose, maltose, lactose, maltulose, iso-maltulose, lactulose or mono-reducing glycosides of sugar alcohols, straight chain polyalcohols, raffinose, stachyose, melezitose, dextran, sucrose, sucrose sugar alcohols, maltitol, lactitol, iso-maltulose, palatinit and 2D-glucopyranosyl-1,6 mannitol.