USE OF SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS AND THEIR ANALOGUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCY - Patent 1853268

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EP 1 853 268 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.11.2007 Bulletin 2007/46

(21)	Application number: 06706929.4

(22)	Date of filing: 10.02.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 31/529^(2006.01)
A61K 31/52^(2006.01)

A61K 31/465^(2006.01)
A61P 25/34^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2006/001322

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/084765 (17.08.2006 Gazette 2006/33)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

11.02.2005 EP 05384001
22.04.2005 EP 05384002

(71)	Applicant: Wex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
	Vancouver, BC V6C 1G8 (CA)

(72)	Inventors:
	BUSCHMANN, Helmut Henrich Barcelona (ES) FARRE GOMIS, Antonio E-08037 Barcelona (ES) VELA HERNÁNDEZ, José Miguel E-08028 Barcelona (ES)

(74)	Representative: ABG Patentes, S.L.
	Avenida de Burgos, 16D 4th floor Edificio Euromor 28036 Madrid 28036 Madrid (ES)

(54)	USE OF SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS AND THEIR ANALOGUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCY