Owner Novartis AG

Inventors Bateman, Simon David; Azria, Moise; McLeod, James F.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003260346

PCT Number PCT/EP03/08498

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/012772

Priority 60/400,139 01.08.02 US

Filing date 31 July 2003

Wipo publication date 23 February 2004

Acceptance publication date 13 December 2007

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

A61K 38/22 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing peptides - Hormones

A61K 38/23 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing peptides - Calcitonins

A61K 47/16 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - containing nitrogen

A61K 47/18 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives

A61K 47/32 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

A61K 9/19 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - lyophilised