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EP 1 487 782 A1

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

(21)	Application number: 03763310.4

(22)	Date of filing: 03.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C07C 231/02, C07C 231/24, C07C 233/63, C07C 51/60, C07C 61/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/021238

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/005240 (15.01.2004 Gazette 2004/03)

(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:

03.07.2002 US 393495 P
18.07.2002 US 396904 P
25.09.2002 US 413622 P
26.09.2002 US 414199 P
05.11.2002 US 423750 P
10.12.2002 US 432093 P
12.12.2002 US 432962 P
23.01.2003 US 442109 P
24.02.2003 US 449791 P
16.06.2003 US 479016 P

(71)	Applicant: TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
	49131 Petah Tiqva (IL)

(72)	Inventors:
	YAHALOMI, Ronit 27 Kiryat Bialik (IL) SHAPIRO, Evgeny 32922 Haifa (IL) DOLITZKY, Ben-Zion 49651 Petach Tiqva (IL) GOZLAN, Yigael 32922 RamotSapir (IL)

(74)	Representative: Nachshen, Neil Jacob et al
	D Young & Co120 Holborn London EC1N 2DY London EC1N 2DY (GB)

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