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4- (thien-3-yl)methyl] imidazole derivatives having alpha2-adrenoceptor agonistic activity

EP 0954521 B1 · Applicant: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

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  • Filed March 26, 1997 and granted May 14, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 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 September 26, 2022.
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FiledMarch 26, 1997
PublishedNovember 10, 1999
GrantedMay 14, 2003
Term endedMarch 26, 2017
Application numberEP 97919907
Classification (CPC)A61P43/00 +2 more

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