Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Andrew K. Holmes
  • Patent number: 8163285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the human NogoA polypeptide or human NiG with a dissociation constant<1000 nM, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of a disease of the peripheral (PNS) and/or central (CNS) nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Carmen Barske, Stefan Frentzel, Anis Khusro Mir, Martin E. Schwab, Alessandra Vitaliti Garami
  • Patent number: 7892531
    Abstract: Stabilized pharmaceutical compositions comprising substantially monomeric interferon-beta (IFN-?) and methods useful in their preparation are provided. The compositions comprise the IFN-? solubilized in a low-ionic-strength formulation that maintains the composition at a pH of about 3.0 to about 5.0. Methods for preparing these compositions, and for increasing solubility of IFN-? in pharmaceutical compositions, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
    Inventors: Bret A Shirley, Susan Babuka, Bao-Lu Chen, Maninder Hora, Minna Choe, Melanie Tellers
  • Patent number: 7867499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of a construct consisting of virus-like particle (VLP) structure chemically coupled to a fragment of the A?-1-42 peptide and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts (hereinafter CONSTRUCT), in particular to dosage regimens, modes of and dosage forms for the administration of a CONSTRUCT for the treatment of patients suffering from dementia, in particular dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Ana Graf, Matthias Staufenbiel, Thomas Blättler, Paolo Paganetti
  • Patent number: 6716591
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for the prevention, treatment and diagnosis of Lyme disease. Novel B. burgdorferi polypeptides, serotypic variants thereof, fragments thereof and derivatives thereof. Fusion proteins and multimeric proteins comprising same. Multicomponent vaccines comprising novel B. burgdorferi polypeptides in addition to other immunogenic B. burgdorferi polypeptides. DNA sequences, recombinant DNA molecules and transformed host cells useful in the compositions and methods. Antibodies directed against the novel B. burgdorferi polypeptides, and diagnostic kits comprising the polypeptides or antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig, Tuan T. Lam, Fred S. Kantor, Stephen W. Barthold