An embodiment of the present invention relates to a balloon catheter, which has a drug-releasing coating and/or cavity filling on at least parts of the outwardly facing surface of the dilatable balloon, characterized in that the coating comprises a drug and a gelatin mixture, the gelatin components of the gelatin mixture comprising 10-90 wt. % high-bloom gelatin having a gel strength of ≧250 bloom and 90-10 wt. % medium-bloom gelatin having a gel strength of ≧50 to <250 bloom, the specifications in wt. % relating to the total weight of the gelatin components of the gelatin mixture.
