Abstract: The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, and a polynucleotide encoding the binding molecule. The invention also provides an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule, as well as an isolated host cell comprising the expression system for producing the binding molecule. The invention also provides for compositions comprising the LINGO binding molecules and the use of binding molecule compositions as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity. The invention further provides for a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 30, 2012
Assignee:
Novartis AG
Inventors:
Adrian Walmsley, William Leonard Wishart, Marta Cortes-Cros, Josef Prassler, Ingo Klagge
Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind to the BAFF receptor (BAFFR). The invention more specifically relates to specific antibodies that are BAFFR antagonists with in vivo B cell depleting activity and compositions and methods of use for said antibodies to treat pathological disorders that can be treated by killing or depleting B cells, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases or lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Novartis AG
Inventors:
Christoph Heusser, Julia Neugebauer, Eveline Schaadt, Stefanie Urlinger, Maximilian Woisetschlaeger
Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are antibodies that specifically recognize and antagonize human TSLP receptor, and methods of employing these antibodies to treat or ameliorate diseases or disorder mediated by TSLP signaling.
Abstract: The present invention relates to human anti-IL-13 binding molecules, particularly antibodies, and to methods for using anti-IL-13 antibody molecules in diagnosis or treatment of IL-13 related disorders, such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2011
Assignee:
Novartis AG
Inventors:
Emma Campbell, Sofia Parveen, Joe Buechler, Gunars Valkirs