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                        | (84) | Designated Contracting States: |  
                        |  | AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL
                           NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR |  
                        |  | Designated Extension States: |  
                        |  | BA ME |  
 
                     
                        | (30) | Priority: | 26.07.2010 US 367855 P 08.01.2010 US 293612 P
 
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                        | (43) | Date of publication of application: |  
                        |  | 09.01.2013 Bulletin 2013/02 |  
 
                     
                        | (60) | Divisional application: |  
                        |  | 17197865.3 |  
 
                     
                        | (73) | Proprietors: |  
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                              Progastrine et Cancers S.à r.l.1450 Luxembourg (LU)
Institut National de la Santé et de la 
                                    Recherche Médicale (INSERM)75654 Paris Cedex 13 (FR)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 
                                    (CNRS)75794 Paris Cedex 16 (FR)
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                        | (72) | Inventors: |  
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                              PANNEQUIN, Julie34200 Sète (FR)
HOUHOU, Leïla34090 Montpellier (FR)
FRAMERY, Bérénice34070 Montpellier (FR)
ERKILIC, Nejla34990 Juvignac (FR)
JOUBERT, Dominique34200 Sète (FR)
HOLLANDE, Frédéric34790 Grabels (FR)
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                        | (74) | Representative: Regimbeau |  
                        |  | La Coupole Sud 
                           379, rue Léon Blum 34000 Montpellier
 34000 Montpellier (FR)
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 US-A1- 2001 039 017
 
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