USE OF PROPIONYL L-CARNITINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT CAPABLE OF INDUCING APOPTOSIS - Patent 1128823

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EP 1 128 823 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/36

(21)	Application number: 99956317.4

(22)	Date of filing: 09.11.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/22, A61P 9/12, A61P 35/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IT9900/357

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0027/387 (18.05.2000 Gazette 2000/20)

(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:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.11.1998 WO PCT/IT98/00318
11.11.1998 IT RM980701

(71)	Applicant: SIGMA-TAU IndustrieFarmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.
	00144 Roma (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	CALVANI, Menotti I-00146 Rome (IT) PISANO, Claudio I-04011 Aprilia (IT)

(74)	Representative: Cavattoni, Fabio et al
	Cavattoni & RaimondiViale dei Parioli, 160 00197 Roma 00197 Roma (IT)

(54)	USE OF PROPIONYL L-CARNITINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT CAPABLE OF INDUCING APOPTOSIS