The present invention relates to a new coating composition and especially a new coating composition to be used with a specific coating device for providing an even, thin and enclosing coating on tablets, capsules or pills of different sizes and shapes in order to improve the taste and the swallowing
The present invention relates to a new coating composition and especially a new coating composition to be used with a specific coating device for providing an even, thin and enclosing coating on tablets, capsules or pills of different sizes and shapes in order to improve the taste and the swallowing characteristics of the tablets, capsules or pills.
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1. A method for coating a solid oral dosage form with a coating composition, said method comprising: providing a device comprising a bowl formation holding said coating composition, said bowl formation comprising an elastic diaphragm at a bottom of said bowl formation and having a penetrable opening
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A method for coating a solid oral dosage form with a coating composition, said method comprising: providing a device comprising a bowl formation holding said coating composition, said bowl formation comprising an elastic diaphragm at a bottom of said bowl formation and having a penetrable opening permitting passage of said solid dosage form andpushing said solid dosage form through said penetrable opening to apply said coating composition to said solid dosage formwherein:said bowl formation contains a coating composition comprising 50%-93.5 weight-% of a mixture of at least two carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide, a hydrogenated monosaccharide, a hydrogenated oligosaccharide, a hydrogenated polysaccharide, and combinations thereof; 0.1-20 weight-% gelatine; 1-35 weight-% water; and a pH adjusting agent andsaid coating composition has a pH that differs from an isoelectric point of said gelatine by at least 2 pH units. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pH adjusting agent is present in the coating composition in an amount of 0.01-10 weight-%. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said gelatine is type A gelatin and said pH adjusting agent is an acid or wherein said gelatine is type B gelatin and said pH adjusting agent is a base. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said mixture of at least two carbohydrates comprises a syrup. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said mixture of at least two carbohydrates is selected from the group consisting of starch syrup, maltose syrup, sorbitol syrup, maltitol syrup, isomalt syrup, polyglycitol syrup, and combinations thereof. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said mixture of at least two carbohydrates comprises two or more carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, galactose, lactose, fructose, maltose, maltotrios, trehalose, glycogen, altodextrin, fructooligosaccharide, dextrin, starch, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, isomalt, arabitol, erythritol, glycerol, hydrogenated starch hydrosylate (HSH), lactitol, maltotriitol and hydrogenated dextrin. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the coating composition further comprises 5-40 weight-% of a fat and 0.01-10 weight-% of an emulsifier. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the coating composition comprises 55-90 weight-% of said mixture of at least two carbohydrates; 0.3-9 weight-% gelatine; 1-20 weight-% water; 7-35 weight-% fat; 0.025-8 weight-% emulsifier; and 0.01-10 weight-% pH adjusting agent. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the coating composition comprises 60-85.8 weight-% sugar alcohols; 0.5-5 weight-% gelatine; 1-20 weight-% water; 10-30 weight-% fat; 0.05-5 weight-% emulsifier; and 0.01-10 weight-% pH adjusting agent. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein an elastic modulus (G′) and a viscous modulus (G″) of said coating composition at 0.1 Hz frequency is between 10 and 106 Pa and an elastic modulus (G′) and a viscous modulus (G″) of said coating composition at 10 Hz frequency is between 100 and 108 Pa. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein said coating composition exhibits a strain hardening rheology during extension. 12. A viscoelastic coating composition for application to a tablet, a capsule, or a pill, said viscoelastic coating composition comprising: 50%-93.5 weight-% of a mixture at least two carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide, a hydrogenated monosaccharide, a hydrogenated oligosaccharide, a hydrogenated polysaccharide, and combinations thereof;0.1-20 weight-% gelatine;1-35 weight-% water; and0.01-10 weight-% of a pH adjusting agentwherein said coating composition has a first elastic modulus (G′) and a first viscous modulus (G″) at 0.1 Hz in a range of between 10 and 106 Pa and a second elastic modulus (G′) and a second viscous modulus (G″) at 10 Hz frequency in a range of between 100 and 108 Pa; andsaid coating composition has a pH that differs from an isoelectric point of said gelatine by at least 2 pH units. 13. The viscoelastic coating composition of claim 12, wherein said gelatin is type A gelatin having an isoelectric point of from 8 to 9. 14. The viscoelastic coating composition of claim 12, wherein said mixture of at least two carbohydrates is selected from the group consisting of starch syrup, corn syrup, maltose syrup, sorbitol syrup, maltitol syrup, isomalt syrup, polyglycitol syrup, and mixtures thereof. 15. The viscoelastic coating composition of claim 12, wherein said mixture of at least two carbohydrates comprises two or more carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose, galactose, lactose, fructose, maltose, maltotrios, trehalose, glycogen, altodextrin, fructooligosaccharide, dextrin, starch, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, isomalt, arabitol, erythritol, glycerol, hydrogenated starch hydrosylate (HSH), lactitol, maltotriitol and hydrogenated dextrin. 16. A system for coating a tablet, a capsule, or a pill, said system comprising: a device comprising a bowl formation comprising a diaphragm at a bottom of said bowl formation, said diaphragm comprising a conveniently penetrable opening or weakened zone permitting passage of the tablet, capsule, or pill though said opening or weakened zone; andthe viscoelastic coating composition according to claim 12. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein said device comprises a plurality of bowl formations containing a coating composition comprising 50%-93.5 weight-% of a mixture at least two carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide, a hydrogenated monosaccharide, a hydrogenated oligosaccharide, a hydrogenated polysaccharide, and combinations thereof; 0.1-20 weight-% gelatine; and 1-35 weight-% water. 18. The system of claim 16, wherein a top of said bowl formation is covered by a detachable or penetrable foil.
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