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EP 1 189 604 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 06.12.2001 (43) Date of publication: 27.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/13 (21) Application number: 00979231.8 (22) Date of filing: 23.06.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 31/00, A61P 9/10 (86) International application number: PCT/IB0001/005 (87) International publication number: WO 0100/193 (04.01.2001 Gazette 2001/01)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 23.06.1999 US 140632 P (71) Applicant: Zinc Therapeutics Canada, Inc. Montreal,Quebec H3C 3A9 (CA)	(72) Inventor: FLISS, Henry Ottawa, Ontario K1G 2P6 (US) (74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE  Patent- und RechtsanwälteArabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)