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Use of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

EP 1019078 B1 · Applicant: AstraZeneca AB

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  • Filed April 14, 1998 and granted July 23, 2003. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 14, 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 October 14, 2023.
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FiledApril 14, 1998
PublishedJuly 19, 2000
GrantedJuly 23, 2003
Term endedApril 14, 2018
Application numberEP 98917896
Classification (CPC)A61P29/00 +2 more

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