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Method for the preparation of citalopram

EP 1015416 B1 · Applicant: H. LUNDBECK A/S

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  • Filed March 3, 1998 and granted September 19, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 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 September 3, 2023.
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FiledMarch 3, 1998
PublishedJuly 5, 2000
GrantedSeptember 19, 2001
Term endedMarch 3, 2018
Application numberEP 98905125
Classification (CPC)C07C229/38 +2 more

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