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(43) Date of publication: 19.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/25 (21) Application number: 00962068.3 (22) Date of filing: 08.09.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 7/48, A61P 17/16 (86) International application number: PCT/AU0001/067 (87) International publication number: WO 0117/496 (15.03.2001 Gazette 2001/11)

(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: 09.09.1999 US 153005 P (71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Research Pty Limited Eveleigh, NSW 1430 (AU)	(72) Inventor: GOMES, Anna, Louisa Dulwich Hill, NSW 2203 (AU) (74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al Carpmaels & Ransford43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)