WETTABLE MICROCAPSULES HAVING HYDROPHOBIC POLYMER COATED CORES

摘要

This invention concerns wettable microcapsules having hydrophobic polymer coated cores and to processes for their preparation; in particular, to microcapsules with hydrophobic polymer coats that are wettable so that they are suspendible in aqueous medium. The wettable microcapsules can be prepared by applying hydrophobic polymer onto a drug containing core by phase separation from a solvent to provide microcapsules, optionally washing said microcapsules with a solvent in which said microcapsules are substantially insoluble and drying, characterised in that: (a) one or more surfactants is/are incorporated in the solvent at the phase separation step; and/or (b) one or more surfactants is/are incorporated in the solvent used to wash the microcapsules; and/or (c) the microcapsule is coated with one or more surfactants optionally in the presence of a binder.