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Rapidly disintegrating formulation comprising tramadol or a tramadol salt

EP 0759296 B1 · Applicant: Grünenthal GmbH

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  • Filed July 17, 1996 and granted September 19, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 2016.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by January 17, 2022.
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FiledJuly 17, 1996
PublishedFebruary 26, 1997
GrantedSeptember 19, 2001
Term endedJuly 17, 2016
Application numberEP 96111483
Classification (CPC)A61P25/00 +2 more

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