Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in general, to methods for readministering, or redosing, a subject having undergone a first gene therapy regimen with a second, or subsequent, administration of a gene therapy regimen, wherein the first gene therapy vector and second gene therapy vector comprise different AAV capsids but carry a transgene or polynucleotide useful to treat the same disease or disorder.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 13, 2020
Publication date:
November 19, 2020
Applicant:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Peter COLOSI, Justin ISHIDA, Silvia RAMIREZ
Abstract: Provided herein are methods of diagnosing or monitoring the treatment of abnormal glycan accumulation or a disorder associated with abnormal glycan accumulation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2020
Assignee:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Brett E. Crawford, Jillian R. Brown, Charles A. Glass, Jim R. Beitel, Robin M. Jackman
Abstract: The present disclosure relates in general to therapeutic lysosomal enzyme fusion proteins useful for treating lysosomal storage diseases, liquid formulations comprising such fusion proteins and associated methods useful for treating lysosomal storage diseases in mammals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 24, 2017
Publication date:
September 24, 2020
Applicant:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
SAEED MOSHASHAEE, JASON K. PINKSTAFF, ADAM SHAYWITZ, NATALIE CIACCIO
Abstract: Formulations comprising recombinant human tripeptidyl peptidase-1 (rhTPP1) for intrathecal, intracerebroventricular, or intraocular administration, and kits comprising the same, are disclosed. Methods of using rhTPP1 in the prevention and treatment of symptoms of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (CLN2) disease are also disclosed. The formulations and methods are effective in halting the progression of CLN2 disease and may be used to treat subjects having CLN2 or a family history of CLN2.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas Lester, Saeed Moshashaee, Augustus O. Okhamafe, Charles A. O'Neill
Abstract: Provided herein are processes for detecting oligosaccharides in a biological sample. In specific instances, the biological sample is provided from an individual suffering from a disorder associated with abnormal glycosaminoglycan accumulation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 16, 2020
Assignee:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Brett E. Crawford, Jillian R. Brown, Charles A. Glass
Abstract: The present disclosure provides for use of variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), and novel pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising CNP variant peptides for the treatment of skeletal dysplasias, one or more symptoms of skeletal dysplasias, such as long bone growth or growth velocity, and other disorders having a skeletal dysplasia and/or CNP-associated symptom or component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2020
Assignee:
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Inventors:
Sherry Bullens, Stuart Bunting, Tianwei Chou, Augustus O. Okhamafe, Christopher P. Price, Daniel J. Wendt, Clarence Yap
Abstract: This invention provides compositions of active highly phosphorylated lysosomal sulfatase enzymes, their pharmaceutical compositions, methods of producing and purifying such lysosomal sulfatase enzymes and compositions and their use in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, or treatment of diseases and conditions, including particularly lysosomal storage diseases that are caused by, or associated with, a deficiency in the lysosomal sulfatase enzyme.
Abstract: The invention provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) Factor VIII (FVIII)-encoding/expressing vectors and virus, including AAV FVIII vectors with high expression activity and AAV FVIII vectors that express full-length or truncated functional FVIII protein. The invention also relates to methods of making the herein described AAV FVIII vectors, recombinant AAV FVIII virus particles comprising or expressing such vectors, associated pharmaceutical formulations comprising the same and therapeutic uses thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2019
Assignee:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Stuart Bunting, Peter Cameron Colosi, Erno Pungor
Abstract: Provided herein are phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) variants produced by prokaryotes, wherein such prokaryotic PAL variant has a greater phenylalanine-converting activity and/or a reduced immunogenicity as compared to a wild-type PAL. Further provided are compositions of prokaryotic PAL and biologically active fragments, mutants, variants or analogs thereof, as well as methods for the production, purification, formulation, and use of such compositions for industrial and therapeutic purposes, e.g., treating hyperphenylalaninemia, including phenylketonuria, and other disorders, including cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 11, 2019
Publication date:
November 14, 2019
Applicant:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Augustus O. Okhamafe, Sean M. Bell, G. Nick Zecherle, Kris Antonsen, Yanhong Zhang, Kieu Ly Tran, Paul A. Fitzpatrick, Emil D. Kakkis, Michel Claude Vellard, Daniel J. Wendt, Mubarack Muthalif
Abstract: The invention provides improved adeno-associated virus (AAV) Factor VIII (FVIII) vectors, including AAV FVIII vectors that produce a functional Factor VIII polypeptide and AAV FVIII vectors with high expression activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 14, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2019
Assignee:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Peter Cameron Colosi, Amit Nathwani, Jenny McIntosh, Edward Tuddenham
Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I), and methods of inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3) using compounds of formula (I).
Abstract: The disclosure relates to the use of variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) to treat osteoarthritis, to ameliorate one or more symptoms of osteoarthritis, and to treat disorders having an osteoarthritis component.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2016
Publication date:
August 15, 2019
Applicant:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
CHARLES A. O'NEILL, TODD M. OPPENEER, JASON K. PINKSTAFF
Abstract: Provided herein are methods of diagnosing or monitoring the treatment of abnormal glycan accumulation or a disorder associated with abnormal glycan accumulation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 20, 2019
Publication date:
August 15, 2019
Applicant:
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
Inventors:
Brett E. CRAWFORD, Jillian R. BROWN, Charles A. GLASS, Jim R. BEITEL, Robin M. JACKMAN
Abstract: Targeted therapeutics that localize to a specific subcellular compartment such as the lysosome are provided. The targeted therapeutics include a therapeutic agent and a targeting moiety that binds a receptor on an exterior surface of the cell, permitting proper subcellular localization of the targeted therapeutic upon internalization of the receptor. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods relating to the practice of the invention are also provided.
Abstract: The present invention relates in general to therapeutic fusion proteins useful to treat lysosomal storage diseases and methods for treating such diseases. Exemplary therapeutic fusion proteins comprise a lysosomal enzyme, a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide. Also provided are compositions and methods for treating Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (Sanfilippo B Syndrome), comprising a targeted therapeutic fusion protein comprising alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (Naglu), a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2019
Assignee:
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Inventors:
Mika Aoyagi-Scharber, Teresa Margaret Christianson, Melita Dvorak-Ewell, Daniel J. Wendt, Shinong Long, Jonathan LeBowitz, Daniel Solomon Gold
Abstract: The present disclosure provides variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), pharmaceutical compositions comprising CNP variants, and methods of making CNP variants. The CNP variants are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases responsive to CNP, including but not limited to bone-related disorders, such as skeletal dysplasias (e.g., achondroplasia), and vascular smooth muscle disorders (e.g., restenosis and arteriosclerosis).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 20, 2020
Assignee:
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Inventors:
Daniel J. Wendt, Shinong Long, Sianna Castillo, Christopher P. Price, Mika Aoyagi-Scharber, Michel Claude Vellard, Augustus O. Okhamafe