USE OF DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR REDUCING THE OCCURANCE OF EDEMA - Patent 2079469

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EP 2 079 469 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.10.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	22.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/30

(21)	Application number: 07853026.8

(22)	Date of filing: 30.10.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61K 31/4422^(2006.01)
A61K 45/00^(2006.01)
A61K 31/425^(2006.01)
A61K 31/47^(2006.01)

A61K 31/4439^(2006.01)
A61K 31/40^(2006.01)
A61K 31/44^(2006.01)
A61P 43/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/022902

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/057337 (15.05.2008 Gazette 2008/20)

(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

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Priority:

01.11.2006 US 863816 P

(71)	Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
	4056 Basel (CH)

(72)	Inventors:
	BALKAN, Börk Madison, CT 06443 (US) HOLMES, David Grenville 4102 Binningen (CH) HUGHES, Thomas Edward CH-4054 Basel (CH) VILLHAUER, Edwin Bernard Morristown, NJ 07960 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
	Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)

(54)	USE OF DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR REDUCING THE OCCURANCE OF EDEMA