This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/259,621 filed Jan. 4, 2001, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention is directed to a series of novel crystalline olanzapine forms, in particular hydrated and solvated crystalline forms of olanzapine, methods of use in pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating psychiatric disorders using the crystalline forms. One series of the crystalline forms are hydrates, i.e. water containing crystals, wherein water may be present in a ratio of about 2:1.5 to a ratio of about 1:3 olanzapine:water, while another includes solvates such as an isobutanol solvate. The olanzapine crystalline forms include Forms H, G, Y, X, K, S, Q, Z, and J.
