METHOD OF REDUCING TYPE 2 DIABETES IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS - Patent 1438043

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EP 1 438 043 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.12.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/30

(21)	Application number: 02790295.6

(22)	Date of filing: 17.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/403, A61P 1/18, A61P 3/10, A61P 5/50, A61K 38/55, A61K 31/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2002/011636

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/032963 (24.04.2003 Gazette 2003/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

17.10.2001 US 344495 P

(71)	Applicant: Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH
	65929 Frankfurt am Main (DE)

(72)	Inventor:
	YUSUF, Salim Carlisle, Ontario L0R 1H2 (CA)

(54)	METHOD OF REDUCING TYPE 2 DIABETES IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS