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Use of gamma-linolenic acid or dihomogammalinolenic acid for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Huntington's Chorea

EP 0766961 B1 · Applicant: SCOTIA HOLDINGS PLC

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  • Filed September 26, 1996 and granted May 3, 2006. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 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 March 26, 2022.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1996
PublishedApril 9, 1997
GrantedMay 3, 2006
Term endedSeptember 26, 2016
Application numberEP 96307036
Classification (CPC)A61K31/20 +2 more

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