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(88) Date of publication A3: 04.09.2003 (43) Date of publication: 03.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/49 (21) Application number: 01999376.5 (22) Date of filing: 05.12.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61P 29/00 (86) International application number: PCT/CA0101/745 (87) International publication number: WO 0204/5723 (13.06.2002 Gazette 2002/24)

(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: 05.12.2000 CA 2327631 (71) Applicant: Vasogen Ireland Limited Shannon,County Clare (IE)	(72) Inventors: BOLTON, Anthony, Ernest Tideswell, Derbyshire SK17 8HS (GB) MANDEL, Arkady North York, Ontario M2R 3S7 (CA) SAUDER, Daniel, Nathan Baltimore, MD 21210 (US) (74) Representative: Gowshall, Jonathan Vallance  FORRESTER & BOEHMERTPettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)