Multi-Layer Veterinary Pill with Barrier for Drug Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pharmaceutical preparations face challenges in achieving uniform distribution and stability of low-dose potent drugs, particularly those sensitive to oxygen, temperature, and humidity, when combined with other active ingredients, due to interactions that can reduce stability and shelf-life.

Innovation Solution

A multi-layer pharmaceutical preparation is developed, where Praziquantel, Pyrantel, and Febantel are combined in a first layer, and avermectins or milbemycins like Moxidectin are in a second layer, separated by a barrier layer to prevent interaction and enhance stability, using a matrix material and solid dispersion to improve bioavailability and stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple active ingredients are combined in a single pharmaceutical preparation, then the treatment effectiveness is improved, but the stability of sensitive compounds deteriorates due to interactions between ingredients

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment effectivenessVSAvoidcompound stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the pharmaceutical preparation into multiple separate layers, each containing specific active ingredients. The first layer contains Praziquantel, Pyrantel, and Febantel, while the second layer contains Moxidectin. This segmentation prevents harmful interactions between incompatible compounds while maintaining the versatility of treating multiple parasite types, directly resolving the contradiction between treatment effectiveness and compound stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a barrier layer as an intermediary between the first and second layers containing different active ingredients. This barrier layer acts as a protective mediator that prevents direct contact and interaction between incompatible compounds (such as avermectins/milbemycins and other anthelmintics), thereby maintaining the stability of sensitive compounds while allowing the preparation to remain multi-functional.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If low-dose potent drugs are used, then the treatment precision is improved, but the content uniformity deteriorates due to insufficient particle distribution

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedosage precisionVSAvoidcontent uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the low-dose potent drug (Moxidectin) into a separate second layer, isolating it from other active ingredients and excipients in the first layer. This segmentation allows for precise control of the low-dose component while maintaining uniform distribution within its own layer, solving the contradiction between dosage precision and content uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by creating distinct layers with different compositions and properties. The second layer is specifically designed to contain and protect the low-dose potent drug with appropriate local characteristics (such as controlled particle size and distribution within that layer), ensuring both precision and uniformity for the sensitive compound without being affected by other ingredients.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Stability of the object's composition

If a multi-layer structure is implemented to separate active ingredients, then the stability of sensitive compounds is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompound stabilityVSAvoidpreparation structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the preparation into a straightforward two-layer structure with a barrier layer in between. This simple segmentation approach achieves the stability benefit by separating incompatible compounds while minimizing structural complexity. The clear division into first layer (Praziquantel, Pyrantel, Febantel), barrier layer, and second layer (Moxidectin) makes the design easy to manufacture and understand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The barrier layer serves as a simple intermediary element that provides the necessary separation and protection without introducing complex mechanisms. This intermediary layer is designed to be relatively simple in structure, achieving the stability function through its presence rather than through complex active mechanisms, thus balancing protection with manufacturability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11382865B2Pharmaceutical preparation and method for its manufacture
Publication Date: 2022.07.12 ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH GMBH
  • US11382865B2 patent drawing
  • US11382865B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical preparation (10) comprising a first pharmaceutical composition having a matrix material and pharmaceutically active ingredients distributed within the matrix material, wherein the first pharmaceutical composition comprises Praziquantel, Pyrantel and Febantel as pharmaceutical active ingredients, wherein the preparation (10) comprises a second pharmaceutical composition having a matrix material and at least one of avermectins and milbemycins such as Moxidectin as pharmaceutically active ingredient distributed within the matrix material, wherein the preparation (10) is provided in a multi-layer structure such, that the first composition is provided in a first layer (12) and the second composition is provided in a second layer (14), wherein the first layer (12) and the second layer (14) are separated by a barrier layer (16) being provided between the first layer (12) and the second layer (14).