The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical preparations, and relates to a long-acting
brexpiprazole microsphere and a preparation method therefor. The method comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving
brexpiprazole and a degradable
polymer in an
organic solvent to obtain a
drug-containing
polymer solution as an
oil phase; (2) mixing the
drug-containing
polymer solution with a
polyvinyl alcohol solution by means of a microfluidic technique to obtain an oil-in-water
emulsion; and (3) under stirring, solidifying, washing and freeze-
drying the oil-in-water
emulsion to obtain the long-acting
brexpiprazole microsphere. In the present invention, the in-vitro release rate of the final
microsphere is adjusted by means of adjusting the volatilization and stirring time during the formation of the O / W primary
emulsion, thereby screening microspheres with no burst release or
lag period, and exhibiting sustained release. The long-acting brexpiprazole microsphere provided in the present invention has a simple preparation process, is readily scalable for industrial production, exhibits high encapsulation efficiency, high
drug loading capacity, uniform microsphere
particle size distribution,
spherical morphology, good flowability, good syringeability and injectability, has a significant sustained-release effect, and can be used to reduce fluctuations in
blood drug level and effectively improve the compliance of patients with psychiatric diseases.