The invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical preparations, and relates to a
brexpiprazole long-acting
microsphere and a preparation method thereof, and the preparation 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 through a microfluidic technology to obtain an oil-in-water
emulsion; and (3) under a stirring condition, carrying out curing, washing and
freeze drying on the oil-in-water type
emulsion to obtain the
brexpiprazole long-acting microspheres. By adjusting the volatilization stirring time when the O / W primary
emulsion is formed, the final in-vitro release rate of the microspheres is adjusted, and the microspheres which are free of burst release and
hysteresis period and are slowly released can be screened out. The brexpiprazole long-acting
microsphere provided by the invention is simple in preparation process, easy to industrially amplify, high in encapsulation efficiency, large in
drug loading capacity, uniform in
microsphere particle size distribution, round in shape, good in flowability and good in needle passing property, is easier to inject, has an obvious slow release effect, and can be used for reducing the fluctuation of
blood concentration and effectively improving the compliance of psychiatric patients.