PROSTAGLANDIN COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION - Patent 1164846

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EP 1 164 846 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(21)	Application number: 00923092.1

(22)	Date of filing: 29.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A01N 37/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0008/240

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0057/701 (05.10.2000 Gazette 2000/40)

(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:

31.03.1999 US 127254 P
31.03.1999 US 127255 P

(71)	Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
	Silver Spring, MD 20910 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SHORR, Robert Edison, NJ 08817 (US) ROTHBLATT, Martine Silver Spring, MD 20910 (US) BENTLEY, Michael, D. Huntsville, AL 25801 (US) ZHAO, Xuan Huntsville, AL 35801 (US)

(74)	Representative: Campbell, Neil Boyd
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	PROSTAGLANDIN COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION