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Cholesterol-lowering therapy

EP 1007019 A2 · Applicant: MERCK & CO., INC.

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  • Filed August 21, 1998 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 21, 2018.
  • 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 February 21, 2024.
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FiledAugust 21, 1998
PublishedJune 14, 2000
GrantedNever granted
Term endedAugust 21, 2018
Application numberEP 98943329
Classification (CPC)A61K31/00 +2 more

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