The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions which are suitable for directly pressing tablets with delayed release of the active substance, comprising the active substance indapamide or one of the pharmaceutically compatible solvates thereof or a salt of the active substance or a solvate of a salt in the free-flowing form. The content of the active substance is 5,0 wt.- % or less in relation to the total weight of the composition. The pharmaceutical composition also comprises a matrix former. The invention also relates to tablets which are obtained by directly pressing said type of pharmaceutical compositions.
