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EP 1 082 152 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/11 (21) Application number: 99923321.6 (22) Date of filing: 31.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 5/28 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9900/422 (87) International publication number: WO 9962/577 (09.12.1999 Gazette 1999/49)

(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 RO (30) Priority: 03.06.1998 AU PP387898 (71) Applicant: AstraZeneca Pty Ltd. North Ryde, NSW 2113 (AU)	(72) Inventor: POPOVSKY, Frank, Alexander Tahmoor, NSW 2573 (AU) (74) Representative: Daniels, Jeffrey Nicholas et al Page White & Farrer54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS London WC1N 2LS (GB)