The PharmTech team focused on its coverage of AAPS PharmSci 360 this week, conducting interviews with experts on a range of topics including formulation platforms, AI, amorphous solid dispersions, and animal studies.
|Articles|September 11, 2013
Hovione Receives Patent Approval for XCaps DPI
Author(s)Pharmaceutical Technology Editors
The device is an inexpensive, easy-to-use capsule-based DPI with high efficiency powder dispersion and has the versatility to treat a range of pulmonary diseases.
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The European Patent Office has granted a patent for
Lung fractions in excess of 70% have been achieved from a device that only requires two steps to inhalation and only has two components plus a dust cover. XCaps is suitable for inhalation applications where minimal training of patients is desirable.
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