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Directly compressible matrix for controlled release of single daily doses of clarithromycin

EP 1150686 B1 · Applicant: LEK farmacevtska druzba d.d.

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  • Filed February 17, 2000 and granted January 12, 2005. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 17, 2020.
  • 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 August 17, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 17, 2000
PublishedNovember 7, 2001
GrantedJanuary 12, 2005
Term endedFebruary 17, 2020
Application numberEP 00905514
Classification (CPC)A61K31/7048 +2 more

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