USE OF ANTAGONISTS OF EGF OR TGF-ALPHA FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF ACNE

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EP 0 750 498 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/01

(21)	Application number: 95913074.0

(22)	Date of filing: 08.03.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 8/ 30^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 31^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 34^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 36^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 40^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 46^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 047^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 19^{( . )}
A61K 39/ 395^{( . )}
A61P 17/ 00^{( . )}
A61Q 19/ 02^{( . )}

A61K 8/ 00^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 33^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 35^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 368^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 42^{( . )}
A61K 8/ 99^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 165^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 275^{( . )}
A61K 45/ 00^{( . )}
A61Q 19/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP1995/000877

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1995/024896 (21.09.1995 Gazette 1995/40)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

15.03.1994 GB 19940005046

(71)	Applicants:
	UNILEVER PLC London EC4P 4BQ (GB) UNILEVER N.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	EVENSON, Alan Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 (US) GIBSON, Walter Thomas Finedon, Northampton NN9 5NL (GB) GREEN, Martin Richard Cambridge CB4 1HS (GB) GUY, Robert Cambridge CB1 4GJ (GB) KEALEY, Terence George Evelyn Cambridge CB1 2HN (GB)

(74)	Representative: Evans, Jacqueline Gail Victoria
	Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB)

(54)	USE OF ANTAGONISTS OF EGF OR TGF-ALPHA FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF ACNE