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(11) EP 1 450 769 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
01.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/36

(21) Application number: 02784064.4

(22) Date of filing: 10.10.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61K 9/20, A61K 47/26, A61K 31/42, A61P 29/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/032333
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/030876 (17.04.2003 Gazette 2003/16)
(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

(30) Priority: 10.10.2001 US 328088 P

(71) Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
Chesterfield, MO 63017-1732 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • REO, Joseph, P.
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (US)
  • SHAH, Uday, J.
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (US)
  • YAMAMOTO, Ken
    Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (US)

(74) Representative: Wood, David John 
Pfizer LimitedEuropean Patents Department,Ramsgate Road,
Sandwich,Kent CT13 9NJ
Sandwich,Kent CT13 9NJ (GB)

   


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