USE OF A COX-2 INHIBITOR AND A NK-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST FOR TREATING INFLAMMATION - Patent 1079863

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EP 1 079 863 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(21)	Application number: 99922393.6

(22)	Date of filing: 19.05.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 45/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB9901/632

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9959/635 (25.11.1999 Gazette 1999/47)

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

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Priority:

21.05.1998 GB 9810920

(71)	Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD.
	HoddesdonHertfordshire EN11 9BU (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	BOYCE, Susan Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR (GB) HILL, Raymond, George Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR (GB) RUPNIAK, Nadia, Melanie Harlow, Essex CM20 2QR (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hiscock, Ian James
	European Patent Department,Merck & Co., Inc.,Terlings Park,Eastwick Road Harlow,Essex CM20 2QR Harlow,Essex CM20 2QR (GB)

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