PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION AND SURFACE COATING OF PELLETS

摘要

The present invention is related to a process for the preparation of a pellet mass, wherein the premix containing one or more pharmaceutically active ingredient(s) is homogenized to obtain a starting powder mixture; spraying a granulating liquid onto said powder mixture, spheronizing, drying and fractionating the thus obtained particles, wherein the starting or partially pelletized powder mixture is blended with seeding pellets having identical or essentially similar composition but smaller average particle size than the particle size of the desired product fraction of the pellets. The pellets containing potassium chloride active ingredient obtained in the above process or according to a process known from the art can be provided with a controlled-release coating in a rolling-bed apparatus having non-perforated wall.