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(11) EP 0 932 701 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
04.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/31

(21) Application number: 97944665.0

(22) Date of filing: 17.10.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A01K 67/ 027( . )
A61K 48/ 00( . )
C07K 14/ 435( . )
C12Q 1/ 68( . )
A01K 67/ 033( . )
A61P 43/ 00( . )
C12N 15/ 09( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/CA1997/000768
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/017823 (30.04.1998 Gazette 1998/17)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 21.10.1996 US 19960028977P
18.12.1996 US 19960033196P

(71) Applicant: McGILL UNIVERSITY
Montreal, Québec H3A 1B1 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • HEKIMI, Siegfried
    Town of Mount Royal, Québec H3R 2A3 (CA)
  • EWBANK, Jonathan
    F-83640 Plan d'Aups Sainte-Baume (FR)
  • BARNES, Thomas
    Boston, MA 02118 (US)
  • LAKOWSKI, Bernard
    81375 Munich (DE)

(74) Representative: Jacob, Reuben Ellis 
Edward Evans & Co., Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1SD
London WC2A 1SD (GB)

   


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