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(43) Date of publication: 31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05 (21) Application number: 99915364.6 (22) Date of filing: 19.04.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07K 19/00, C07K 14/65, C07H 21/04, C12N 15/62, C12N 15/12, C12N 15/19, C12N 15/16, C12N 9/20, C12N 9/74, A61K 38/18, A61L 27/00 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9900/292 (87) International publication number: WO 9954/359 (28.10.1999 Gazette 1999/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 17.04.1998 AU PP298498 (71) Applicants: GroPep Limited Thebarton S.A. 5031 (AU) Belford, David Andrew Seacliff Park, S.A. 5049 (AU)	(72) Inventors: HUMPHRYS, Simon, Troy Mount Barker, S.A. 5251 (AU) BALLARD, Francis, John Kensington, S.A. 5068 (AU) (74) Representative: Jones, Elizabeth Louise  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)