Patents Represented by Attorney MedImmune Limited
  • Patent number: 8350011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to ErbB2, preferably human ErbB2. In another embodiment, the antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof inhibit ErbB2. The invention also relates to antibodies that are chimeric, bispecific, derivatized, single chain antibodies or portions of fusion proteins. The invention also relates to isolated heavy and light chain immunoglobulins or portions thereof derived from human anti-ErbB2 antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of using the antibodies and compositions for diagnosis and treatment. The invention also provides gene therapy methods using nucleic acid molecules encoding the heavy and/or light immunoglobulin molecules that comprise the human anti-ErbB2 antibodies. The invention also relates to transgenic animals or plants comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: MedImmune Limited
    Inventors: Susan Ann Cartlidge, Jianying Dong, Mark Hickinson, Ian Foltz, Jaspal Singh Kang
  • Patent number: 8198414
    Abstract: Binding members, e.g. human antibody molecules, which bind interleukin-6 (IL-6) and neutralize its biological effects. Use of binding members for IL-6 in medical treatment e.g. for treating inflammatory diseases and tumors associated with IL-6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: MedImmune Limited
    Inventors: Simon Charles Cruwys, Steven Godfrey Lane, Philip Mallinder
  • Patent number: 8182811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binding members, especially antibody molecules, for CXCL13. The binding members are useful for the treatment of disorders associated with CXCL13, including arthritic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: MedImmune Limited
    Inventors: Wendy Barker, Feenagh Anne Keyes
  • Patent number: 8153128
    Abstract: Binding members, especially antibody molecules that bind the IL-6:IL-6Ra complex formed by IL-6 and IL-6Ra, and do not bind either IL-6 or IL-6Ra alone. The binding members may have greater specificity for inhibiting pathological effects of IL-6 rather than beneficial effects of IL-6, as compared with binding members that bind IL-6 or IL-6Ra outside the IL-6:IL-6Ra complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: MedImmune Limited
    Inventors: Keith Bowers, Steven Godfrey Lane, Philip Mallinder, Isabelle Veronique Yolande Ossona De Mendez