PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS FOR TREATING POSTMENOPAUSAL AND PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, AND THEIR USE - Patent 1187618

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EP 1 187 618 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/12

(21)	Application number: 00936507.3

(22)	Date of filing: 02.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/57

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0040/061

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0074/684 (14.12.2000 Gazette 2000/50)

(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:

04.06.1999 US 137440 P

(71)	Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
	Boston, MA 02114 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MARTIN, Kathryn, A. Winchester, MA 01890 (US) CROWLEY, William, F., Jr. Newton, MA 02460 (US)

(74)	Representative: Golding, Louise Ann
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS FOR TREATING POSTMENOPAUSAL AND PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, AND THEIR USE