Expired European patentEurope
Freeze-dried placebo pharmaceutical composition designed to imitate a medicine, in particular based on proteins or polypeptides
EP 1014948 B1 · Applicant: Laboratoire Français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies
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- Filed September 14, 1998 and granted June 27, 2007. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 2018.
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FiledSeptember 14, 1998
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedJune 27, 2007
Term endedSeptember 14, 2018
Application numberEP 98943975
Classification (CPC)A61K9/19 +2 more
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