Carbapenem compound crystals and injection preparations

Abstract

The present invention provides carbapenem hydrochloride trihydrate crystals, which are chemically stable, easily purified and useful as antimicrobial agents, a process for producing them, and a powdery charged preparation for injection containing them. That is, it provides carbapenem hydrochloride trihydrate crystals having a powdery X-ray diffraction pattern containing lattice distances (d) of 9.0, 4.1 and 2.8 Å, a process for producing them, and a powdery charged preparation for injection containing them.

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[0001] This is a continuation of Ser. No. 09 / 979,679, filed Nov. 16, 2001, which was the national stage of International Application No. PCT / JP00 / 03642, filed Jun. 5, 2000, which International Application was not published in English.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to a salt of a carbapenem compound or hydrate crystals of the salt, a process for producing it, and a powdery charged preparation for injection. The carbapenem compound is useful as an antimicrobial agent and an antibiotic. PRIOR ART [0003] The carbapenem compound or a salt thereof is known to have a strong and wide antimicrobial spectrum ranging from Gram negative to positive bacteria, but there is a problem with stability thereof in the human body and with safety in the human body owing to its toxicity. [0004] However, JP-A 8-73462 discloses that the carbapenem compound, that is, (+)-(1R,5S,6S)-6-[(R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-1-methyl-2-[(2S,4S)-2-[(3R)-pyrrolidine-3-yl-(R)-hydroxymethyl]pyrrolidine-4-yl]thi...

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Benefits of technology

[0063] The carbapenem monohydrochloride trihydrate crystals according to the present invention are advantageous in that they are stable, can be kept easily for maintaining the qualities of the pharmaceutical preparation, can keep the qualities for a long period and can be easily purified by readily removing impurities in manufacturing. In particular, the trihydrate can be easily purified by removing impurities hardly separated from the monohydrate, and is thus industrially very useful.

[0071] Further, the present invention relates to a powdery charged preparation for injection, which comprises (+)-(1R,5S,6S)-6-[(R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-1-methyl-2-[(2S,4S)-2-[(3R)-pyrrolidine-3-yl-(R)-hydroxymethyl]pyrrolidine-4-yl]thio-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid hydrochloride monohydrate crystals having an X-ray diffraction pattern containing lattice distances (d) of 5.2, 4.3 and 4.0 Å, or lattice distances (d) of 9.4, 6.2, 5.4, 5.2, 4.8, 4.7, 4.4, 4.3, 4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 and 3.3 Å, or (+)-(1R,5S,6S)-6-[(R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-1-methyl-2-[(2S,4S)-2-[(3R)-pyrrolidine-3-yl-(R)-hydroxymethyl]pyrrolidine-4-yl]thio-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid hydrochloride trihydrate crystals having an X-ray diffraction pattern containing lattice distances (d) of 9.0, 4.1 Å, or lattice distances of 9.0, 5.4, 5.2, 5.0, 4.1, 4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4, 3.1, 2.8 and 2.6 Å charged and capped in a vial. That is, the hydrochloride monohydrate and trihydrate crystals according to the present invention are stable under heated and humidified conditions so that the crystals can be charged and capped in a vial to provide a stable powdery charged preparation.

[0074] The (+)-(1R,5S,6S)-6-[(R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-1-methyl-2-[(2S,4S)-2-[(3R)-pyrrolidine-3-yl-(R)-hydroxymethyl]pyrrolidine-4-yl]thio-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid hydrochloride monohydrate and trihydrate crystals according to the present invention are superior in stability. However, due to a change in manufacturing conditions and a difference in production lot, the coloration of the outward appearance on the surface of the crystals may be recognized with time under heated conditions and / or humidified conditions. In this case, one feature of the present invention is that the coloration of the powdery charged preparation for injection can be prevented by 1) degassing a part or the whole of the air in a vial to remove a part or the whole of residual oxygen in the vial, 2) replacing a part or the whole of the air in a vial by nitrogen or argon, or 3) degassing a part or the whole of the air in a vial thereby removing a part or the whole of residual oxygen followed by replacement by nitrogen or argon.

[0076] The powdery charged preparation for injection, comprising (+)-(1R,5S,6S)-6-[(R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-1-methyl-2-[(2S,4S)-2-[(3R)-pyrrolidine-3-yl-(R)-hydroxymethyl]pyrrolidine-4-yl]thio-1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid hydrochloride monohydrate and trihydrate crystals according to the present invention is advantageous in that the preparation is superior in stability, can be easily stored, and can maintain predetermined qualities for a long period from the viewpoint of maintenance of the qualities of the pharmaceutical preparation.

[0083] According to the present invention, there can be provided novel carbapenem hydrochloride hydrate crystals from which impurities can be easily separated. Examples of the effects thereof are described below.

Problems solved by technology

The carbapenem compound or a salt thereof is known to have a strong and wide antimicrobial spectrum ranging from Gram negative to positive bacteria, but there is a problem with stability thereof in the human body and with safety in the human body owing to its toxicity.

However, this carbapenem compound or its hydrochloride is unstable in solution, and the degradation thereof is promoted under heating conditions, so it is hardly formed into a liquid injection.

Further, the carbapenem compound or a salt thereof which was formed by freeze-drying into a powdery charged preparation is amorphous and chemically unstable.

Further, because the carbapenem compound or a salt thereof could not easily be crystallized by techniques at that time, it was finally purified by reverse phase silica gel column chromatography to give an amorphous product.

In such column purification, however, a large amount of solvent is used to increase production costs and to make industrial large-scale treatment difficult, and further there are many problems such as possible pyrolysis in concentration of fractions, residual solvent, waste liquor, and environmental pollution resulting from solvent evaporation.

In addition, this amorphous substance is instable in solution, so the degradation thereof is promoted under heating conditions, thus making pharmaceutical manufacturing problematic.

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