Owner Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Inventors Naringrekar, Vijay; Dominick, Mark; Nerurkar, Manoj

Agent Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Pub. Number AU-B-2003269965

PCT Number PCT/US03/25573

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/017897

Priority 60/404,713 20.08.02 US

Filing date 14 August 2003

Wipo publication date 11 March 2004

Acceptance publication date 21 February 2008

A61K 31/19 (2006.01)

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

A61K 31/496 (2006.01) - Non-condensed piperazines containing further heterocyclic rings, e.g. rifampin, thiothixene

A61K 31/715 (2006.01) - Polysaccharides, i.e. having more than five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages

A61K 31/724 (2006.01)

A61K 47/12 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - Carboxylic acids

A61K 47/48 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations characterised by the non-active ingredients used, e.g. carriers, inert additives - the non-active ingredient being chemically bound to the active ingredient, e.g. polymer drug conjugates

C08B 37/16 (2006.01) Preparation of polysaccharides not provided for in