MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE SPHERONIZATION COMPOSITION

摘要

A particulate co-processed unattrited microcrystalline cellulose: hydrocolloid composition wherein the respective components are present in a weight ratio of from about 99:1 to 70:30. The composition is useful as a spheronizing agent for producing spheroids of uniform size and sphericity and having high drug loadings. The composition is produced by drying a slurry of the microcrystalline cellulose in an aqueous solution of the hydrocolloid. The preferred hydrocolloid is methyl cellulose.