Oral solid preparation of escitalopram oxalate and preparation method thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SICHUAN KELUN PHARMA CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2009-07-08
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Abstract
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field of invention
[0001] The invention relates to a medicine, in particular to an oral solid preparation of escitalopram oxalate and a preparation method thereof. Background technique
[0002] Escitalopram oxalate is an oral selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Escitalopram oxalate is the S-isomer (single isomer) of racemic citalopram. Jointly developed by Forest Laboratories and Lundbeck, Denmark.
[0003] Citalopram, manufactured by Forest Laboratories, has been sold as an antidepressant under various trade names (including Celexa, Cipramil, and Seropram) in 70 countries since its approval date of July 17, 1998. Since then, the company has submitted a new drug application for escitalopram to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), using escitalopram for the treatment of depression; it was approved on November 27, 2002.
[0004] The Phase III clinical trial results of Forest Experimental Company's new antidepressant escitalopram showed that compared with ci...