THERAPEUTIC USE OF AN INHIBITOR OR AN ANTAGONIST OF AN ABC PROTEIN IN BONE - Patent 1223943

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EP 1 223 943 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.05.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	24.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/30

(21)	Application number: 00927525.6

(22)	Date of filing: 05.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/64, A61P 19/08, A61P 19/10, A61K 38/29, G01N 33/68

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB0001/736

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0067/736 (16.11.2000 Gazette 2000/46)

(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:

07.05.1999 GB 9910693

(71)	Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
	Liverpool L69 3BX (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	GALLAGHER, James Anthony Crosbyy,Liverpool L23 2UK (GB) BOWLER, Wayne Barry West Derby,Liverpool L12 5HQ (GB) WAGSTAFF, Simon Christopher Eccleston Gardens,Prescot L35 7NB (GB)

(74)	Representative: W.P. Thompson & Co.
	Coopers Building,Church Street Liverpool L1 3AB Liverpool L1 3AB (GB)

(54)	THERAPEUTIC USE OF AN INHIBITOR OR AN ANTAGONIST OF AN ABC PROTEIN IN BONE