Disclosed is a directly compressible ibuprofen formulation containing a) 50 to 99 percent by weight of crystalline ibuprofen, b) 1 to 15 percent by weight of a highly dispersible adjuvant having a minimum surface of 100 m/g, and c) 0 to 40 percent by weight of other adjuvants provided that the total quantity of components a) to c) amounts to 100 percent by weight, at least 50 percent of the surface of the ibuprofen crystals being coated with the highly dispersible adjuvant.
