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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.02.2006 (43) Date of publication: 17.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/03 (21) Application number: 04805959.6 (22) Date of filing: 10.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61K 47/44(2006.01) A61K 36/18(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2004/005139 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/058364 (30.06.2005 Gazette 2005/26)

(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: 12.12.2003 GB 0328845 (71) Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited Slough, Berkshire SL1 3UH (GB)

(72) Inventors: ALJAWHIRI, Steve Ontario L1S 1C7 (CA) DENYER, Stephen Gwent NP16 6RN (GB) DETTMAR, Peter, William East Yorkshire HU12 0PE (GB) HAMPSON, Frank, Chadwick East Yorkshire HU12 8HU (GB) HANLON, Geoffrey, William School of Pharmacy and Moulsecoomb Brighton BN2 4GJ (GB) PAYNE, David, Norman Dansom Lane Hull HU8 7DS (GB) (74) Representative: Dickson, Elizabeth Anne et al Reckitt Benickser plc Legal Department - Patents Group Dansom Lane Hull HU8 7DS Hull HU8 7DS (GB)