USE OF PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE INHIBITORS, OR EP2 OR EP4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS, IN THE TREATMENT OF A PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE UTERUS - Patent 1467738

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EP 1 467 738 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/43

(21)	Application number: 02765100.9

(22)	Date of filing: 08.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/557, A61K 38/08, A61K 31/41, A61P 35/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB2002/004549

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/030911 (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

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Priority:

08.10.2001 GB 0124124
27.11.2001 US 333562 P

(71)	Applicant: Medical Research Council
	London W1B 1AL (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	JABBOUR, Henry N.,MRC Human Repro. Sciences Unit Edinburgh EH3 9ET (GB)

(74)	Representative: Miles, John Stephen
	Eric Potter Clarkson,Park View House,58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	USE OF PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE INHIBITORS, OR EP2 OR EP4 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS, IN THE TREATMENT OF A PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE UTERUS