USE OF A GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING MILD/EARLY FORMS OF COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE) - Patent 1073441

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EP 1 073 441 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(21)	Application number: 99912204.7

(22)	Date of filing: 18.03.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/58

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/SE9900/426

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9953/926 (28.10.1999 Gazette 1999/43)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

20.04.1998 SE 9801368

(71)	Applicant: AstraZeneca AB
	151 85 Södertälje (SE)

(72)	Inventors:
	PERSSON, Carl, Göran S-221 87 - Lund (SE) BRATTSAND, Ralph S-221 87 - Lund (SE) OHLSSON, Stefan S-221 87 - Lund (SE)

(54)	USE OF A GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING MILD/EARLY FORMS OF COPD (CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE)