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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.08.2001 (43) Date of publication: 29.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/22 (21) Application number: 00971044.3 (22) Date of filing: 24.08.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 25/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0040/736 (87) International publication number: WO 0113/984 (01.03.2001 Gazette 2001/09)

(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: 24.08.1999 US 382136 (71) Applicant: Neuron Therapeutics, Inc. Malvern, PA 19355 (US)	(72) Inventors: GUNASEKARA, Indaka Louisville, KY 40220 (US) GRIFFIN, Mark Louisville, KY 40206 (US) FRAZER, Glenn Wynewood, PA 19096 (US) (74) Representative: Price, Nigel John King  J.A. KEMP & CO.14 South SquareGray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)