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(88) Date of publication A3: 02.04.2009 (43) Date of publication: 28.04.2010 Bulletin 2010/17 (21) Application number: 08807276.4 (22) Date of filing: 09.08.2008

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 1/03(2006.01) A61K 31/22(2006.01) B65D 81/26(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2008/053200 (87) International publication number: WO 2009/019668 (12.02.2009 Gazette 2009/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL BA MK RS (30) Priority: 09.08.2007 IN DE16982007 (71) Applicants: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited Gurgaon - 122001, Haryana (IN) AIRSEC 94600 Choisy-le-Roi (FR)	(72) Inventors: BHARGAVA, Rahul New Delhi Delhi 110076 (IN) SINGH, Romi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 221002 (IN) MATHUR, Rajeev, Shanker Haryana 122002 (IN) PORTIER, Benoit 18500 Mehun sur Yevre (FR) (74) Representative: Cronin, Brian Harold John  CRONIN Intellectual Property Chemin de Précossy 31 1260 Nyon 1260 Nyon (CH)