USE OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES AS DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS IN VASCULAR DISEASES - Patent 2024395

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EP 2 024 395 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.07.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	18.02.2009 Bulletin 2009/08

(21)	Application number: 07797656.1

(22)	Date of filing: 22.05.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C07K 16/40^(2006.01)

A61K 39/395^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/069475

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/140188 (06.12.2007 Gazette 2007/49)

(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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

26.05.2006 US 808655 P

(71)	Applicant: Biosite Incorporated
	San Diego, CA 92121 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	BUECHLER, Kenneth, F. Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 (US)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastraße 4 D-81925 München D-81925 München (DE)

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