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EP 1 231 897 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 10.05.2002 (43) Date of publication: 21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34 (21) Application number: 00992485.3 (22) Date of filing: 08.11.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 9/14 (86) International application number: PCT/US0041/961 (87) International publication number: WO 0103/9725 (07.06.2001 Gazette 2001/23)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 08.11.1999 US 164149 P (71) Applicant: L.A.M. Pharmaceuticals Corp. Miami, FL 33181-3405 (US)	(72) Inventors: DRIZEN, Alan Downsview,Ontario M3H 5T9 (CA) MICALIZZI, Michael Miami, FL 33181-3405 (US) (74) Representative: Evens, Paul Jonathan et al Maguire Boss,5 Crown Street St. Ives,Cambridgeshire PE27 5EB St. Ives,Cambridgeshire PE27 5EB (GB)