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(88) Date of publication A3: 19.06.2008 (43) Date of publication: 29.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/31 (21) Application number: 07826778.8 (22) Date of filing: 17.10.2007

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61K 9/00(2006.01) A61K 31/4439(2006.01) A61K 9/20(2006.01) A61P 1/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2007/054233 (87) International publication number: WO 2008/047320 (24.04.2008 Gazette 2008/17)

(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 (30) Priority: 17.10.2006 IN DE22792006 (71) Applicant: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Gurgaon, Haryana 122001 (IN)	(72) Inventors: GAHOI, Sachin Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh 243406 (IN) PAI M, Raveendra Gurgaon, Haryana 122015 (IN) RAFI, Khalid New Delhi, Delhi 110 070 (IN) SINGLA, Ajay Kumar Chandigarh, Punjab 160020 (IN) (74) Representative: Cronin, Brian Harold John  CRONIN Intellectual Property Chemin de Précossy 31 1260 Nyon 1260 Nyon (CH)