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EP 1 171 099 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 16.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/03 (21) Application number: 00925468.1 (22) Date of filing: 18.04.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 9/00, A61K 31/485, A61M 15/08, A61P 25/36 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0001/509 (87) International publication number: WO 0062/757 (26.10.2000 Gazette 2000/43)

(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: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 19.04.1999 GB 9908921 (71) Applicant: BRITANNIA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED Redhill, Surrey RH1 5TS (GB)	(72) Inventors: DAVIES, David Keith West Wickham,Kent BR4 9DJ (GB) HASLAM, David Wetherby,West Yorkshire LS22 6SQ (GB) (74) Representative: Blake, John Henry Francis  Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA London EC1M 5SA (GB)