Patents by Inventor Silvia PAVAN

Silvia PAVAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240082410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Paul TEUFEL, Catherine Lucy STACE, Silvia PAVAN, Edward WALKER, Leonardo BALDASSARRE
  • Publication number: 20240000957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Liuhong CHEN, Philip HUXLEY, Silvia PAVAN, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN
  • Patent number: 11833211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Liuhong Chen, Philip Huxley, Silvia Pavan, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Patent number: 11814447
    Abstract: A peptide ligand specific for EphA2 comprising a polypeptide comprising three residues selected from cysteine, L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), N-beta-alkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap) and N-beta-haloalkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-HAlkDap), with the proviso that at least one of said three residues is selected from Dap, N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap, the said three residues being separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold, the peptide being linked to the scaffold by covalent alkylamino linkages with the Dap or N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap residues of the polypeptide and by thioether linkages with the cysteine residues of the polypeptide when the said three residues include cysteine, such that two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleRD Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Teufel, Gemma Mudd, Silvia Pavan
  • Publication number: 20230340020
    Abstract: A peptide ligand specific for MT1-MMP comprising a polypeptide comprising two diaminopropionic acid (Dap) or N-alkyldiaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap) residues, and a third residue selected from cysteine, Dap or N-AlkDap, separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold, the peptide being linked to the scaffold by covalent alkylamino linkages with the Dap or N-AlkDap residues of the polypeptide and by covalent thioether linkages with the cysteine when the third residue is cysteine, such that two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold, wherein the peptide ligand comprises an amino acid sequence of formula (II): -A1-X1-U/O2-X3-X4-G5-A2-E6-D7-F8-Y9-X10-X11-A3- (SEQ ID NO: 1) (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: A1, A2, and A3 are independently cysteine, L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), N-beta-alkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap), or N-beta-haloalkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-HAlkDap), provided that at least one of A1, A2, and A3 is Dap, N-Alk
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel TEUFEL, Gemma MUDD, Silvia PAVAN
  • Patent number: 11730819
    Abstract: A compound comprising at least one looped peptide structure attached via at least one alkylamino linkage to a scaffold. Preferably the looped peptide structure is a Bicycle structure comprising two peptide loops attached to the scaffold via two alkylamino linkages and one thioether linkage, one of the linkages being common to both loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Teufel, Gemma Mudd, Silvia Pavan
  • Patent number: 11696956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Liuhong Chen, Philip Huxley, Silvia Pavan, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Patent number: 11672868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleRD Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Teufel, Catherine Lucy Stace, Silvia Pavan, Edward Walker, Leonardo Baldassarre
  • Publication number: 20230144799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Liuhong CHEN, Philip HUXLEY, Silvia Pavan, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Patent number: 11623012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and dmg conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BicycleRD Limited
    Inventors: Liuhong Chen, Silvia Pavan, Catherine Stace, Daniel Teufel, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Patent number: 11484602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Liuhong Chen, Philip Huxley, Silvia Pavan, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Publication number: 20220289792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Liuhong CHEN, Philip HUXLEY, Silvia PAVAN, Katerine VAN RIETSCHOTEN
  • Publication number: 20220194983
    Abstract: A peptide ligand specific for prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) comprising a polypeptide comprising three residues selected from cysteine, L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), N-beta-alkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap) and N-beta-haloalkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-HAlkDap), with the proviso that at least one of said three residues is selected from Dap, N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap, the said three residues being separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold, the peptide being linked to the scaffold by covalent alkylamino linkages with the Dap or N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap residues of the polypeptide and by thioether linkages with the cysteine residues of the polypeptide when the said three residues include cysteine, such that two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel TEUFEL, Gemma MUDD, Silvia PAVAN, Kevin MCDONNELL, Punit UPADHYAYA
  • Publication number: 20220133733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of CD38. The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by CD38.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Leonardo BALDASSARRE, Rachid LANI, Silvia PAVAN, Catherine STACE, Daniel TEUFEL
  • Publication number: 20220064218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of CD38.The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and dmg conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by CD38.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Leonardo BALDASSARRE, Rachid LANI, Silvia PAVAN, Catherine STACE, Daniel TEUFEL
  • Patent number: 11241473
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: BicycleTx Limited
    Inventors: Paul John Beswick, Gabriela Ivanova-Berndt, Gemma Elizabeth Mudd, Silvia Pavan, Michael Skynner, Daniel Paul Teufel, Katerine Van Rietschoten
  • Publication number: 20220023432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Paul TEUFEL, Catherine Lucy Stace, Silvia Pavan, Edward Walker, Leonardo Baldassarre
  • Patent number: 11103591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BicycleRD Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Teufel, Catherine Lucy Stace, Silvia Pavan, Edward Walker, Leonardo Baldassarre
  • Publication number: 20210261620
    Abstract: A peptide ligand specific for EphA2 comprising a polypeptide comprising three residues selected from cysteine, L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), N-beta-alkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap) and N-beta-haloalkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-HAlkDap), with the proviso that at least one of said three residues is selected from Dap, N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap, the said three residues being separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold, the peptide being linked to the scaffold by covalent alkylamino linkages with the Dap or N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap residues of the polypeptide and by thioether linkages with the cysteine residues of the polypeptide when the said three residues include cysteine, such that two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel TEUFEL, Gemma MUDD, Silvia PAVAN
  • Publication number: 20210147485
    Abstract: A peptide ligand specific for integrin ?v?3 comprising a polypeptide comprising three residues selected from cysteine, L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), N-beta-alkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-AlkDap) and N-beta-haloalkyl-L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (N-HAlkDap), with the proviso that at least one of said three residues is selected from Dap, N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap, the said three residues being separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold, the peptide being linked to the scaffold by covalent alkylamino linkages with the Dap or N-AlkDap or N-HAlkDap residues of the polypeptide and by thioether linkages with the cysteine residues of the polypeptide when the said three residues include cysteine, such that two polypeptide loops a formed on the molecular scaffold. Also provided are drug conjugates comprising the peptide ligands conjugated to one or more effector groups and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the conjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel TEUFEL, Gemma MUDD, Silvia PAVAN