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(43) Date of publication: 02.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/44 (21) Application number: 02808274.1 (22) Date of filing: 23.12.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C07D 405/12, A61K 31/40, A61P 11/00, A61P 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2002/005589 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/056810 (08.07.2004 Gazette 2004/28)

(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 SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (71) Applicant: RANBAXY LABORATORIES, LTD. New Delhi 110 019 (IN)	(72) Inventors: MEHTA, Anita 122001 Gurgaon, Haryana (IN) SRIVASTAVA, Sanjay Kumar 122001 Gurgaon, Haryana (IN) GUPTA, Jang Bahadur 122001 Gurgaon, Haryana (IN) (74) Representative: Gilholm, Stephen Philip  Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, 95 Park Lane Mayfair,London W1K 7TE Mayfair,London W1K 7TE (GB)