Owner GW Pharma Limited

Inventors Guy, Geoffrey; Whittle, Brian

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2002231970

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/064109

Priority 0121715.7 07.09.01 GB; 0103638.3 14.02.01 GB; 0111597.1 11.05.01 GB; 09/951,022 12.09.01 US; 60/280,044 30.03.01 US; 09/827,158 05.04.01 US

Filing date 14 February 2002

Wipo publication date 28 August 2002

Acceptance publication date 16 August 2007

A61J 3/06 (2006.01) Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms - into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees

A61J 3/10 (2006.01) Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms - into the form of compressed tablets

A61K 9/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form

A61K 9/08 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Solutions

A61K 9/10 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Dispersions

A61K 9/12 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Aerosols

A61K 9/14 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Particulate form, e.g. powders

A61K 9/20 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Pills, lozenges or tablets

A61K 9/48 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Preparations in capsules, e.g. of gelatin, of chocolate

A61K 31/353 (2006.01)

A61K 36/18 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations of undetermined constitution containing material from algae, lichens, fungi or plants, or derivatives thereof, e.g. traditional herbal medicines - Magnoliophyta (angiosperms)

A61K 47/10 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Alcohols

A61K 47/14 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Esters of carboxylic acids

A61K 47/34 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

A61K 47/36 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Polysaccharides

A61K 47/42 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Proteins

A61P 1/04 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the alimentary tract or the digestive system

A61P 1/14 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the alimentary tract or the digestive system

A61P 3/04 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the metabolism

A61P 9/00 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the cardiovascular system

A61P 25/00 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the nervous system

A61P 25/04 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the nervous system

A61P 25/06 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the nervous system

A61P 25/08 (2006.01) Drugs for disorders of the nervous system

A61P 29/00 Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g antirheumatic agents