Owner Novartis Consumer Health S.A.

Inventors Steiger, Michel

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003264086

PCT Number PCT/EP03/09302

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/017998

Priority 02018772.0 22.08.02 EP

Filing date 21 August 2003

Wipo publication date 11 March 2004

Acceptance publication date 4 January 2007

A61K 47/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives

A61K 9/06 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form - Ointments

A61K 31/196 (2006.01)

A61K 47/06 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Organic compounds

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 47/32 (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 47/02 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Inorganic compounds