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(11) EP 0 784 478 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
23.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/30

(21) Application number: 95933865.0

(22) Date of filing: 12.09.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01N 33/ 50( . )
A61K 38/ 22( . )
A61K 45/ 00( . )
A61K 49/ 00( . )
A61P 43/ 00( . )
C07K 14/ 72( . )
C12N 15/ 12( . )
G01N 33/ 53( . )
A61K 38/ 00( . )
A61K 39/ 395( . )
A61K 48/ 00( . )
A61P 37/ 06( . )
C07K 14/ 575( . )
C07K 16/ 28( . )
G01N 33/ 15( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1995/011937
(87) International publication number:
WO 1996/008268 (21.03.1996 Gazette 1996/13)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 14.09.1994 US 19940307354

(71) Applicants:
  • PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)
  • BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
    Boston, MA 02115 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • RUSSELL, Mary, E.
    Carlisle, MA 01742 (US)
  • SAYEGH, Mohamed
    West Roxbury, MA 02132 (US)
  • WATSCHINGER, Bruno
    A-1080 Vienna (AT)

(74) Representative: Dzieglewska, Hanna Eva 
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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