Abstract: Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 17, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Sha Mi, R. Blake Pepinsky, Zhaohui Shao, Christilyn Graff
Abstract: This invention relates to methods of treating disease with soluble inhibitors of the lymphotoxin pathway having improved properties. This invention also relates to improved LTBR-Ig fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2012
Publication date:
October 3, 2013
Applicant:
BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.
Inventors:
Evan BECKMAN, Graham K. FARRINGTON, Werner MEIER, Jeffrey L. BROWNING
Abstract: Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the SIP receptors are provided. The compounds are sphingosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at SIP receptors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Richard D. Caldwell, Kevin M. Guckian, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Wen-Cherng Lee, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Xiaogao Liu, Bin Ma, Daniel M. Scott, Zhan Shi, Jermaine Thomas, Arthur G. Taveras, Guo Zhu Zheng
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of increasing vascularization in a tissue by administering a neublastin polypeptide to a mammal exhibiting impaired or inadequate blood flow in the tissue. The methods can be used to in the treatment or prevention of a disorder characterized by impaired or inadequate blood flow or to increase vascularization in an organ that has been transplanted into a subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 16, 2012
Publication date:
September 12, 2013
Applicants:
INSERM (Institut de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.
Inventors:
Anthony Rossomando, Jean-Sebastien Silvestre, Radia Tamarat
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain dialkyl fumarates for the preparation of pharmaceutical preparations for use in transplantation medicine or for the therapy of autoimmune diseases and said compositions in the form of micro-tablets or pellets. For this purpose, the dialkyl fumarates may also be used in combination with conventional preparations used in transplantation medicine and immunosuppressive agents, especially cyclosporines.
Abstract: The invention relates to novel polyalkylene glycol compounds and methods of using them. In particular, compounds comprising a novel polyethylene glycol conjugate are used alone, or in combination with antiviral agents to treat a viral infection, such as chronic hepatitis C.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
KoChung Lin, R. Blake Pepinsky, Ling Ling Chen, Donna M. Hess, Edward Y. Lin, Russell C. Petter, Darren P. Baker
Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acids encoding BAFF-R polypeptides, as well as antibodies to BAFF-R polypeptides and pharmaceutical compositions including the same. Methods of treating tumorigenic and autoimmune conditions using the nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Christine M. Ambrose, Jeffrey S. Thompson
Abstract: The invention provides humanized antibodies that bind to a plurality of ?-chemokines, particularly monocyte chemotactic proteins MCP-1, MCP-2 and MCP-3. The invention also provides therapeutic reagents and methods of treating disorders associated with detrimental MCP activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Antonin R. De Fougerolles, Victor E. Kotelianski, Ellen Garber, Carl Reid, Jose W. Saldanha, Herman Van Vlijmen
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and agents for the treatment of TWEAK-related conditions, including cardiac, liver, kidney, lung, adipose, skeletal, muscle, neuronal, bone and cartilage conditions. The invention also provides methods for identifying TWEAK agonists or antagonists for the treatment of TWEAK-related conditions. Additionally, the invention provides transgenic animals that express an exogenous DNA encoding a TWEAK polypeptide, or fragments, analogs, or muteins thereof, and methods for using such animals to identify TWEAK agonists or antagonists. The invention further provides methods for diagnosing a disease based on TWEAK expression. The invention also provides methods for affecting cellular differentiation of progenitor cells using TWEAK polypeptides, agonists, or antagonists.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 11, 2013
Publication date:
August 22, 2013
Applicant:
BIOGEN IDEC MA INC.
Inventors:
Linda C. Burkly, Aniela Jakubowski, Timothy Zheng, Kyungmin Hahm
Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for predicting therapeutic responsiveness of a subject having an autoimmune disorder to an agent that inhibits signaling via LT?R based on the level of expression of IFN or a marker thereof in the subject. The invention also provides methods of treating selected subjects with agents that inhibit or reduce signaling vial LT?R.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 15, 2011
Publication date:
August 22, 2013
Applicant:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Jadwiga Bienkowska, Jeffrey L. Browning
Abstract: Chimeric clotting factors which localize the therapeutic to sites of coagulation (e.g., by being targeted to platelets or being activatable at sites of coagulation), have reduced clearance rates, have improved manufacturability, have reduced thrombogenicity, have enhanced activity, or have more than one of these characteristics are described as are methods for making chimeric clotting factors and methods for improving hemostasia using these clotting factors.
Abstract: Liquid interferon compositions having a pH between 4.0 and 7.2 are described. The compositions comprise interferon-beta and a stabilizing agent at between about 0.3% and 5% by weight which is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of acidic amino acids, arginine and glycine. If needed, salt is added to provide sufficient ionic strength. The liquid composition has not been previously lyophilized or previously cavitated. The liquid is preferably contained within a vessel having at least one surface in contract with the liquid that is coated with a material inert to adsorption of interferon-beta. A kit for parenteral administration of a liquid interferon formulation and a method for stabilizing liquid interferon compositions are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 4, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec Ma Inc.
Inventors:
Mary D. DiBiase, Wen-Li Chung, Mark Staples, Eric Scharin
Abstract: Liquid interferon compositions having a pH between 4.0 and 7.2 are described. The compositions comprise interferon-beta and a stabilizing agent at between about 0.3% and 5% by weight which is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of acidic amino acids, arginine and glycine. If needed, salt is added to provide sufficient ionic strength. The liquid composition has not been previously lyophilized or previously cavitated. The liquid is preferably contained within a vessel having at least one surface in contact with the liquid that is coated with a material inert to adsorption of interferon-beta. A kit for parenteral administration of a liquid interferon formulation and a method for stabilizing liquid interferon compositions are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec Ma Inc.
Inventors:
Mary D. DiBiase, Wen-Li Chung, Mark Staples, Eric Scharin
Abstract: The present invention provides methods and agents for the treatment of TWEAK-related conditions, including cardiac, liver, kidney, lung, adipose, skeletal, muscle, neuronal, bone and cartilage conditions. The invention also provides methods for identifying TWEAK agonists or antagonists for the treatment of TWEAK-related conditions. Additionally, the invention provides transgenic animals that express an exogenous DNA encoding a TWEAK polypeptide, or fragments, analogs, or muteins thereof, and methods for using such animals to identify TWEAK agonists or antagonists. The invention further provides methods for diagnosing a disease based on TWEAK expression. The invention also provides methods for affecting cellular differentiation of progenitor cells using TWEAK polypeptides, agonists, or antagonists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 3, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 13, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen IDEC MA Inc.
Inventors:
Linda C. Burkly, Aniela Jakubowski, Timothy Zheng, Kyungmin Hahm
Abstract: The present invention provides methods of administering Factor IX; methods of administering chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor IX; chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor IX; polynucleotides encoding such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides; cells comprising such polynucleotides; and methods of producing such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides using such cells.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 11, 2011
Publication date:
August 8, 2013
Applicant:
Biogen Idec Hemophilia Inc.
Inventors:
Glenn Pierce, Samantha Truex, Robert T. Peters, Haiyan Jiang
Abstract: The present invention features inter alia nucleic acid molecules which encode polypeptides comprising a single chain Fc region and the polypeptides they encode. The Fc moieties of these constructs are linked by a cleavable scFc linker which is adjacent to at least one enzymatic cleavage site, e.g., an intracellular processing site. The resulting processed molecules comprise two polypeptide chains and substantially lack the extraneous amino acid sequence found in single chain Fc linker molecule. Methods of making and using these dimeric molecules are also described.
Abstract: The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) proteins which are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family, and have now been shown to be important for regulating apoptosis in cells of the nervous system. In addition, it has been discovered that p75 is a ligand for DR6. As a result, this invention relates to methods for inhibiting the interaction of DR6 and p75 using DR6 and/or p75 antagonists. In addition, the methods described herein include methods of promoting survival of cells of the nervous system using DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with p75 antagonists, and methods of treating neurodegenerative conditions by the administration of a DR6 antagonists, optionally in combination with a p75 antagonist.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 6, 2013
Assignee:
Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Inventors:
Sha Mi, Kenneth J. Rhodes, R. Blake Pepinsky