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Use of il-7 for treating auto-immune diseases and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in particular

EP 0883406 B1 · Applicant: SANOFI

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  • Filed February 26, 1997 and granted April 14, 2004. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2017.
  • 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 August 26, 2022.
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FiledFebruary 26, 1997
PublishedDecember 16, 1998
GrantedApril 14, 2004
Term endedFebruary 26, 2017
Application numberEP 97907134
Classification (CPC)A61P37/00 +2 more

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