METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY BY ADMINISTERING DESMETHYLSELEGILINE - Patent 1487427

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EP 1 487 427 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/52

(21)	Application number: 03716304.5

(22)	Date of filing: 04.03.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/135

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/006690

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/075906 (18.09.2003 Gazette 2003/38)

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

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Priority:

04.03.2002 US 361609 P

(71)	Applicant: SOMERSET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	Tampa, Florida 33607 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BLUME, Cheryl, D. Tampa, FL 33618 (US) DISANTO, Anthony, R. Dade City, TX 33525 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Nicholas Andrew
	Withers & RogersGoldings House2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY BY ADMINISTERING DESMETHYLSELEGILINE