The invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical preparations, and particularly relates to
bupivacaine multivesicular
liposome and a preparation method thereof. Comprising the following steps: (a) weighing
bupivacaine, DPPG, tricaprylin, DEPC and
cholesterol, and dissolving the weighed
bupivacaine, DPPG, tricaprylin, DEPC and
cholesterol in an
organic solvent to serve as an
oil phase; (b) continuously homogenizing and mixing the
oil phase and the inner water phase through a continuous
homogenizer to form W / O primary
emulsion; (c) continuously homogenizing and mixing the first-phase W / O primary
emulsion and an external water phase through a continuous
homogenizer to form W / O / W multiple
emulsion; (d) removing the
organic solvent from the W / O / W multiple emulsion to obtain a multivesicular
liposome suspension I; (e) uniformly mixing the multivesicular
liposome suspension I with normal
saline, and centrifuging; and (f) re-suspending the centrifuged precipitate in normal
saline to obtain the multivesicular liposome. The multi-vesicular liposome is prepared by a continuous high-shear technology, and the process has the advantages of
continuous operation, large treatment capacity, short
retention time, stable product quality and the like, and is more beneficial to amplified production.