MODIFICATION OF BIOPOLYMERS FOR IMPROVED DRUG DELIVERY - Patent 1263472

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EP 1 263 472 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.01.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	11.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/50

(21)	Application number: 01910775.4

(22)	Date of filing: 15.02.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 47/48

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0104/925

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0106/0412 (23.08.2001 Gazette 2001/34)

(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

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Priority:

15.02.2000 US 182558 P
14.06.2000 US 211508 P

(71)	Applicant: GENZYME CORPORATION
	Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139-1562 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CALIAS, Pericles Melrose, MA 02176 (US) MILLER, Robert, J. Halifax, MA 02338 (US)

(74)	Representative: Wallace, Sheila Jane et al
	Lloyd WiseCommonwealth House,1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)

(54)	MODIFICATION OF BIOPOLYMERS FOR IMPROVED DRUG DELIVERY