METHODS OF USING AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SELECTIVE CYTOKINE INHIBITORY DRUGS FOR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MACULAR DEGENERATION - Patent 1567148

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EP 1 567 148 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.02.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	31.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/35

(21)	Application number: 03779423.7

(22)	Date of filing: 31.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 31/40, A61K 31/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/034535

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/041181 (21.05.2004 Gazette 2004/21)

(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:

31.10.2002 US 422900 P

(71)	Applicant: CELGENE CORPORATION
	New Jersey 07059 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	ZELDIS, Jerome, B. Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones Day
	Rechtsanwälte, Attorneys-at-Law, Patentanwälte Prinzregentenstrasse 11 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	METHODS OF USING AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SELECTIVE CYTOKINE INHIBITORY DRUGS FOR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MACULAR DEGENERATION