TREATMENT OF EXCESSIVE BONE OR CARTILAGE LOSS WITH AN ACTIVATOR OF ROR ALPHA AND ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING SUCH ACTIVATOR - Patent 1239922

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EP 1 239 922 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.10.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38

(21)	Application number: 00972703.3

(22)	Date of filing: 09.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61P 19/02, A61P 19/10, A61K 45/00, G01N 33/566

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP0009/883

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0102/6737 (19.04.2001 Gazette 2001/16)

(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:

11.10.1999 GB 9924057

(71)	Applicants:
	Novartis AG 4056 Basel (CH) BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE Novartis-Erfindungen Verwaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H. 1230 Wien (AT) AT

(72)	Inventors:
	MEYER, Thomas 60327 Frankfurt (DE) KNEISSEL, Michaela CH-4056 Basel (CH) FOURNIER, Brigitte F-68400 Riedisheim (FR)

(74)	Representative: Becker, Konrad et al
	Novartis AGPatent- und Markenabteilung CHLichtstrasse 35 4002 Basel 4002 Basel (CH)

(54)	TREATMENT OF EXCESSIVE BONE OR CARTILAGE LOSS WITH AN ACTIVATOR OF ROR ALPHA AND ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING SUCH ACTIVATOR