Patents Assigned to Advaxis, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20190032064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a personalized immunotherapy composition for a subject having a disease or condition, including therapeutic vaccine delivery vectors and methods of making the same comprising gene expression constructs expressing frameshift-mutation-derived peptides associated with one or more neo-epitopes encoded by nucleic acid sequences comprising at least one frameshift mutation, wherein the frameshift mutation is specific to a subject's cancer or unhealthy tissue. A delivery vector of this disclosure includes bacterial vectors; or viral vectors, or peptide vaccine vectors; or DNA vaccine vectors including Listeria bacterial vectors comprising one or more fusion proteins comprising one or more frameshift-mutation-derived peptides comprising one or more neo-epitopes present in disease-bearing biological samples obtained from the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert PETIT, Kyle PERRY, Michael F. PRINCIOTTA
  • Patent number: 10143734
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using evaluating biomarker expression in a disease and providing a multi-targeted Listeria-based immunotherapeutic approach against said disease. In a related aspect, the invention relates to a method of treating a disease in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a biological sample from said subject; b. evaluating the expression of a predetermined number of biomarkers in said biological sample; c. administering to said subject a composition comprising a recombinant Listeria strain, said strain comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises a biomarker identified in said biological sample, wherein said biomarker is associated with said disease, wherein said biomarker is fused to a PEST-containing polypeptide, and wherein each fusion protein within said Listeria comprises a different biomarker, thereby treating said disease in said subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Petit
  • Publication number: 20180305702
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are recombinant Listeria strains comprising nucleotides encoding two or more heterologous antigens each fused to a truncated LLO, an N-terminal ActA or a PEST-sequence, methods of preparing same, and methods of inducing an immune response, and treating, inhibiting, or suppressing cancer or tumors comprising administering same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Petit, Michael F. Princiotta, Kyle Perry
  • Patent number: 10064898
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using Listeria monocytogenes as an adjuvant for enhancing immune responses in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: ADVAXIS, INC., UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: John Rothman, Anu Wallecha, Reshma Singh, Donald A. Harn, Jr., Yvonne Paterson
  • Patent number: 10058599
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using a live attenuated Listeria for inhibiting cell-mediated suppression of anti-disease infiltrating T lymphocytes in a subject having the disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ADVAXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Reshma Singh, Anu Wallecha
  • Patent number: 9907849
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and a Listeria based strain that expresses prostate-tissue specific antigen (PSA), and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Advaxis, Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Petit, David J. Mauro, Rodolfo F. Perini
  • Patent number: 9650639
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant Listeria strains expressing a tumor-specific antigenic polypeptide and, optionally, an angiogenic polypeptide wherein a nucleic acid molecule encoding at least one of the polypeptides is operably integrated into the Listeria genome in an open reading frame with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a PEST-containing polypeptide, methods of preparing same, and methods of inducing an immune response, and treating, inhibiting, or suppressing cancer or tumors comprising administering same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ADVAXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Maciag, Anu Wallecha, Vafa Shahabi
  • Patent number: 9644212
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant Listeria strains expressing a tumor-specific antigenic polypeptide and, optionally, an angiogenic polypeptide wherein a nucleic acid molecule encoding at least one of the polypeptides is operably integrated into the Listeria genome in an open reading frame with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a PEST-containing polypeptide, methods of preparing same, and methods of inducing an immune response, and treating, inhibiting, or suppressing cancer or tumors comprising administering same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ADVAXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Paulo Maciag, Anu Wallecha, Vafa Shahabi
  • Publication number: 20170106072
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using evaluating biomarker expression in a disease and providing a multi-targeted Listeria-based immunotherapeutic approach against said disease. In a related aspect, the invention relates to a method of treating a disease in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a biological sample from said subject; b. evaluating the expression of a predetermined number of biomarkers in said biological sample; c. administering to said subject a composition comprising a recombinant Listeria strain, said strain comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one fusion protein, wherein said fusion protein comprises a biomarker identified in said biological sample, wherein said biomarker is associated with said disease, wherein said biomarker is fused to a PEST-containing polypeptide, and wherein each fusion protein within said Listeria comprises a different biomarker, thereby treating said disease in said subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert PETIT
  • Publication number: 20170100469
    Abstract: The present invention provides KLK3 peptides, FOLH1 peptides, recombinant polypeptides comprising same, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, recombinant Listeria strains comprising same, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADVAXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Yvonne PATERSON, John ROTHMAN, Vafa SHAHABI
  • Patent number: 9549973
    Abstract: The present invention provides KLK3 peptides, FOLH1 peptides, recombinant polypeptides comprising same, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, recombinant Listeria strains comprising same, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADVAXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Yvonne Paterson, John Rothman, Vafa Shahabi
  • Patent number: 9499602
    Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant proteins or peptides comprising a mutated listeriolysin O (LLO) protein or fragment thereof, comprising a substitution or internal deletion of the cholesterol-binding domain or a portion thereof, fusion proteins or peptides comprising same, nucleotide molecules encoding same, and vaccine vectors comprising or encoding same. The present invention also provides methods of utilizing recombinant proteins, peptides, nucleotide molecules, and vaccine vectors of the present invention to induce an immune response to a peptide of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: ADVAXIS, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Yvonne Paterson, Paulo MaCiag
  • Publication number: 20160324903
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using Listeria monocytogenes as an adjuvant for enhancing immune responses in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicants: ADVAXIS, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: John ROTHMAN, Anu WALLECHA, Reshma SINGH, Donald A. HARN, JR., Yvonne PATERSON
  • Patent number: 9463227
    Abstract: This invention provides methods and compositions for using Listeria monocytogenes as an adjuvant for enhancing immune responses in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: ADVAXIS, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: John Rothman, Anu Wallecha, Reshma Singh, Donald A. Harn, Jr., Yvonne Paterson
  • Publication number: 20160220652
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating, protecting against, enhancing and inducing an immune response against a tumor or cancer, comprising the step of administering to a subject a recombinant Listeria. In other embodiments, the Listeria stimulates the STING pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert PETIT, Poonam Molli
  • Patent number: 9084747
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for treating and vaccinating against an Her2/neu antigen-expressing tumor and inducing an immune response against dominant and several sub-dominant epitopes of the antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Advaxis, Inc., The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Vafa Shahabi, Anu Wallecha, Paulo C. Maciag, Yvonne Paterson, Matthew Seavey
  • Patent number: 9017660
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for treating and vaccinating against an Her2/neu antigen-expressing tumor and inducing an immune response against dominant in a non-human animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Advaxis, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Vafa Shahabi, Anu Wallecha, Paulo C. Maciag, Yvonne Paterson, Nicola Mason, Matthew Seavey
  • Patent number: 9012141
    Abstract: The present invention provides KLK3 peptides, FOLH1 peptides, recombinant polypeptides comprising same, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, recombinant Listeria strains comprising same, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Advaxis, Inc., The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Yvonne Paterson, John Rothman, Vafa Shahabi
  • Patent number: 8956621
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating, protecting against, and inducing an immune response against cervical dysplasia and cancer, comprising the step of administering to a subject a recombinant Listeria strain, comprising a fusion peptide that comprises an LLO fragment and an E7 and/or E6 antigen. The present invention also provides methods for inducing an anti-E7 CTL response in a human subject and treating HPV-mediated diseases, disorders, and symptoms, comprising administration of the recombinant Listeria strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvonne Paterson, John Rothman
  • Publication number: 20140314708
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant Listeria strains expressing a tumor-specific antigenic polypeptide and, optionally, an angiogenic polypeptide wherein a nucleic acid molecule encoding at least one of the polypeptides is operably integrated into the Listeria genome in an open reading frame with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a PEST-containing polypeptide, methods of preparing same, and methods of inducing an immune response, and treating, inhibiting, or suppressing cancer or tumors comprising administering same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Advaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Paulo Maciag, Anu Wallecha, Vafa Shahabi