(19)
(11) EP 1 725 222 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.11.2005

(43) Date of publication:
29.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/48

(21) Application number: 05724377.6

(22) Date of filing: 02.03.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61K 31/00(2006.01)
A61K 31/415(2006.01)
A61P 25/00(2006.01)
A61P 25/22(2006.01)
A61K 31/635(2006.01)
A61K 45/06(2006.01)
A61P 25/18(2006.01)
A61P 25/24(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2005/006818
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/084654 (15.09.2005 Gazette 2005/37)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 02.03.2004 US 549281 P

(71) Applicant: Pharmacia Corporation
Chesterfield, MO 63017-1732 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • STEPHENSON, Diane
    Portage, MI 49002 (US)
  • TAYLOR, Duncan, P.
    Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (US)

(74) Representative: Duncan, Garreth Andrew et al
Pfizer Limited, European Pharma Patent Department, Ramsgate Road
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ (GB)

   


(54) METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS WITH COX-2 INHIBITORS ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENTS