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(43) Date of publication: 06.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/36 (21) Application number: 04769201.7 (22) Date of filing: 27.08.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61K 9/20(2006.01) A61K 31/4439(2006.01) A61K 9/30(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2004/002784 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/027876 (31.03.2005 Gazette 2005/13)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 28.08.2003 IN DE10472003 01.03.2004 WO PCT/IB2004/000536 (71) Applicant: RANBAXY LABORATORIES, LTD. Gurgaon 12001 HR (IN)	(72) Inventors: SINGH, Romi, Barat Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221002 (IN) KUMAR, Pananchukunnath, Manoj New Delhi, Delhi 110018 (IN) NAGAPRASAD, Vishnubhotla Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500072 (IN) SETHI, Sanjeev, Kumar Faridabad, Haryana 121006 (IN) MALIK, Rajiv A-1190 Wien (AT) (74) Representative: Cronin, Brian Harold John  Cronin Intellectual Property Route de Clémenty 62 1260 Nyon 1260 Nyon (CH)