Patents Assigned to MacroGenics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11942149
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to binding molecules that possess one or more epitope-binding sites specific for an epitope of CD137 and one or more epitope-binding sites specific for an epitope of a tumor antigen (“TA”) (e.g., a “CD137×TA Binding Molecule”). In one embodiment, such CD137×TA Binding Molecules will be bispecific molecules, especially bispecific tetravalent diabodies, that are composed of two, three, four or more than four polypeptide chains and possessing two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of CD137 and two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of a TA. Alternatively, such CD137×TA Binding Molecules will be bispecific molecules, especially bispecific trivalent binding molecules composed of three or more polypeptide chains and possessing one or two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of CD137 and one or two epitope-binding sites each specific for an epitope of a TA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Liqin Liu, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Gundo Diedrich, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini
  • Patent number: 11884744
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds specific for IL23A and BAFF, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of use thereof. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods of production related to the compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjaya Singh, Qi Pan, Rachel Rebecca Barrett, Leslie S. Johnson, Pankaj Gupta, Sarah Low, Haixia Wu
  • Patent number: 11858991
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the anti-LAG-3 antibodies: LAG-3 mAb 1, LAG-3 mAb 2, LAG-3 mAb 4, LAG-3 mAb 5, and LAG-3 mAb 6, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to LAG-3-binding molecules that comprise LAG-3 binding fragments of such anti-LAG-3 antibodies, immunoconjugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such LAG-3-binding fragments, and (ii) a domain capable of binding an epitope of a molecule involved in regulating an immune check point present on the surface of an immune cell. The present invention also pertains to methods of detecting LAG-3, as well as methods of using molecules that bind LAG-3 for stimulating immune responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross La Motte-Mohs, Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
  • Publication number: 20230399399
    Abstract: CD19×CD3 bi-specific monovalent diabodies, and particularly, CD19×CD3 bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies, are capable of simultaneous binding to CD19 and CD3, and are used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ezio Bonvini, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Paul A. Moore, Liqin Liu, Scott Koenig
  • Patent number: 11840571
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to bispecific molecules (e.g., diabodies, bispecific antibodies, trivalent binding molecules, etc.) that possess at least one epitope-binding site that is immunospecific for an epitope of PD-1 and at least one epitope-binding site that is immunospecific for an epitope of CTLA-4 (i.e., a “PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecule”). The PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules of the present invention are capable of simultaneously binding to PD-1 and to CTLA-4, particularly as such molecules are arrayed on the surfaces of human cells. The invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions that contain such PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules, and to methods involving the use of such bispecific molecules in the treatment of cancer and other diseases and conditions. The present invention also pertains to methods of using such PD-1×CTLA-4 bispecific molecules to stimulate an immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Gurunadh Reddy Chichili, Kalpana Shah, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
  • Publication number: 20230382996
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to diabody molecules and uses thereof in the treatment of a variety of diseases and disorders, including immunological disorders, infectious disease, intoxication and cancers. The diabody molecules of the invention comprise two polypeptide chains that associate to form at least two epitope binding sites, which may recognize the same or different epitopes on the same or differing antigens. Additionally, the antigens may be from the same or different molecules. The individual polypeptide chains of the diabody molecule may be covalently bound through non-peptide bond covalent bonds, such as, but not limited to, disulfide bonding of cysteine residues located within each polypeptide chain. In particular embodiments, the diabody molecules of the present invention further comprise an Fc region, which allows antibody-like functionality to engineered into the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang
  • Patent number: 11820818
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tri-Specific Binding Molecules, which are multi-chain polypeptide molecules that possess three Binding Domains and are thus capable of mediating coordinated binding to three epitopes. The Binding Domains may be selected such that the Tri-Specific Binding Molecules are capable of binding to any three different epitopes. Such epitopes may be epitopes of the same antigen or epitopes of two or three different antigens. In a preferred embodiment, one of such epitopes will be capable of binding to CD3, the second of such epitopes will be capable of binding to CD8, and the third of such epitopes will be capable of binding to an epitope of a Disease-Associated Antigen. The invention also provides a novel ROR1-binding antibody, as well as derivatives thereof and uses for such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ling Huang, Gurunadh Reddy Chichili, Kalpana Shah, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Stephen James Burke, Liqin Liu, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Bhaswati Barat
  • Publication number: 20230357404
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to selected anti-PD-1 antibodies capable of binding to both cynomolgus monkey PD-1 and to human PD-1 : PD-1 mAb 1, PD-1 mAb 2, PD-1 mAb 3, PD-1 mAb 4, PD-1 mA.b 5, PD-1 mA.b 6, PD-1 mAb 7, PD-1 mAb 8, PD-1 mAb 9, PD-1 mAb 10, PD-1 mAb 11, PD-1 mAb 12, PD-1 mAb 13, PD-1 mAb 14, or PD-1 mAb 15, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to PD-1 -binding molecules that comprise PD-1 binding fragments of such anti-PD-1 antibodies, immunocongugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such PD-1 -binding fragments, and (ii) a domain capable of binding an epitope of a molecule involved in regulating an immune check point present on the surface of an immune cells. The present invention also pertains to methods of using molecules that bind PD-1 for stimulating immune responses, as well as methods of detecting PD-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
  • Patent number: 11795226
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to molecules (e.g., an antibody, a diabody, an scFv, an antibody, a TandAb, etc.) capable of binding an epitope of human CD16 (a “CD16 Binding Molecule”). The present invention is further directed to CD 16 Binding Molecules that are capable of binding an epitope of human CD16 and one or more epitope(s) of a Disease Antigen (“DA”) (e.g., a “CD16×DA Binding Molecule”). The present invention is particularly directed to such CD16×DA Binding Molecules that are antibodies, or that comprise an Epitope Binding Domain thereof, or are diabodies (including DART® diabodies), bispecific antibodies, TandAbs, other multispecific binding molecules (e.g., trivalent TRIDENT™ molecules), etc. The invention particularly concerns CD16×DA Binding Molecules that are capable of binding a Disease Antigen that is a Cancer Antigen or a Pathogen-Associated Antigen in addition to being able to bind CD 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gundo Diedrich, Liqin Liu, Hua Watson Li, Leslie S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11787871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer and other diseases using molecules, particularly polypeptides, more particularly immunoglobulins (e.g., antibodies), comprising a variant Fc region, wherein said variant Fc region comprises at least one amino acid modification relative to a wild-type Fc region, which variant Fc region binds an Fc?R that activates a cellular effector (“Fc?RActivating,” such as Fc?RIIA or Fc?RIIIA) and an Fc?R that inhibits a cellular effector (“Fc?RInhibiting,” such as Fc?RIIA) with an altered Ratio of Affinities relative to the respective binding affinities of such Fc?R for the Fc region of the wild-type immunoglobulin. The methods of the invention are particularly useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with a disease, disorder, or infection where either an enhanced efficacy of effector cell function mediated by Fc?R is desired (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Stavenhagen, Scott Koenig
  • Publication number: 20230220087
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of treating a hematologic malignancy such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), including hematologic malignancies that are refractive to chemotherapeutic and/or hypomethylating agents. The method concerns administering a CD123×CD3 bispecific binding molecule to a patient in an amount effective to stimulate the killing of cells of said hematologic malignancy in said patient. The present invention is particularly directed to the embodiment of such method in which a cellular sample (Z from the patient prior to such administration evidences an expression of one or more target genes that is increased relative to a baseline level of expression of such genes, for example, a baseline level of expression of such genes in a reference population of individuals who are suffering from the hematologic malignancy, or with respect to the level of expression of a reference gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: MacroGenics, Inc., Nottingham Trent University
    Inventors: Jan Kenneth Davidson, Sergio Rutella
  • Patent number: 11697684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Tri-Specific Binding Molecules, which are multi-chain polypeptide molecules that possess three Binding Domains and are thus capable of mediating coordinated binding to three epitopes. The Tri-Specific Binding Molecule is preferably characterized in possessing binding domains that permit it to immunospecifically bind to: (1) an epitope of a first Cancer Antigen, (2) an epitope of a second Cancer Antigen, and (3) an epitope of a molecule that is expressed on the surface of an immune system effector cell, and are thus capable of localizing an immune system effector cell to a cell that expresses a Cancer Antigen, so as to thereby facilitate the killing of such cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ezio Bonvini, Paul A. Moore, Jonathan C. Li, Leslie S. Johnson, Kalpana Shah
  • Patent number: 11680096
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds specific for IL23A and TNF-alpha, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of use thereof. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods of production related to the compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH, MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Rachel Rebecca Barrett, Leslie S. Johnson, Sanjaya Singh, Kathleen Last-Barney, Daw-Tsun Shih, Patricia Giblin, Scott Brodeur, Nelamangala Nagaraja
  • Publication number: 20230167178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific molecules that are capable of localizing an immune effector cell that expresses an activating receptor to a virally infected cell, so as to thereby facilitate the killing of the virally infected cell. In a preferred embodiment, such localization is accomplished using bispecific molecules that are immunoreactive with an activating receptor of an immune effector cell and to an antigen expressed by a cell infected with a virus wherein the antigen is detectably present on the cell infected with the virus at a level that is greater than the level at which the antigen is detected on the virus by the bispecific molecules, and to the use of such bispecific molecules in the treatment of latent viral infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: MacroGenics, Inc., Duke University
    Inventors: Scott Koenig, Leslie S. Johnson, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Liqin Liu, Jeffrey Lee Nordstrom, Barton F. Haynes, Guido Ferrari
  • Patent number: 11639386
    Abstract: CD19×CD3 bi-specific monovalent diabodies, and particularly, CD19×CD3 bi-specific monovalent Fc diabodies, are capable of simultaneous binding to CD19 and CD3, and are used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie S. Johnson, Ezio Bonvini, Chia-Ying Kao Lam, Paul A. Moore, Liqin Liu, Scott Koenig
  • Patent number: 11623959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to selected anti-PD-1 antibodies capable of binding to both cynomolgus monkey PD-1 and to human PD-1: PD-1 mAb 1, PD-1 mAb 2, PD-1 mAb 3, PD-1 mAb 4, PD-1 mAb 5, PD-1 mAb 6, PD-1 mAb 7, PD-1 mAb 8, PD-1 mAb 9, PD-1 mAb 10, PD-1 mAb 11, PD-1 mAb 12, PD-1 mAb 13, PD-1 mAb 14, or PD-1 mAb 15, and to humanized and chimeric versions of such antibodies. The invention additionally pertains to PD-1-binding molecules that comprise PD-1 binding fragments of such anti-PD-1 antibodies, immunocongugates, and to bispecific molecules, including diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, etc., that comprise (i) such PD-1-binding fragments, and (ii) a domain capable of binding an epitope of a molecule involved in regulating an immune check point present on the surface of an immune cells. The present invention also pertains to methods of using molecules that bind PD-1 for stimulating immune responses, as well as methods of detecting PD-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kalpana Shah, Douglas H. Smith, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Leslie S. Johnson, Paul A. Moore, Ezio Bonvini, Scott Koenig
  • Patent number: 11591400
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel B7-H3-binding molecules capable of binding to human and non-human B7-H3, and in particular to such molecules that are cross-reactive with B7-H3 of a non-human primate (e.g., a cynomolgus monkey). The invention additionally pertains to B7-H3-binding molecules that comprise Variable Light Chain and/or Variable Heavy Chain (VH) Domains that have been humanized and/or deimmunized so as to exhibit a reduced immunogenicity upon administration to recipient subjects. The invention particularly pertains to bispecific, trispecific or multispecific B7-H3-binding molecules, including bispecific diabodies, BiTEs, bispecific antibodies, trivalent binding molecules, etc. that comprise: (i) such B7-H3-binding Variable Domains and (ii) a domain capable of binding to an epitope of a molecule present on the surface of an effector cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Deryk T. Loo, Ling Huang, Leslie S. Johnson, Thomas Son, Juniper A. Scribner, Ezio Bonvini
  • Publication number: 20230053747
    Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to pharmaceutical compositions for storage and administration comprising a) a HER2/neu antibody (“margetuximab”), b) buffering agents, and c) stabilizers, wherein said margetuximab is stable. The invention in part provides, containers and kits comprising such pharmaceutical compositions. The invention is directed in part to the use of such pharmaceutical compositions, containers, and kits containing margetuximab in the treatment of HER2/neu-positive cancer (i.e., a cancer that expresses HER2), including breast cancer or gastric cancer or GEJ cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc,
    Inventors: David Lee Farb, Yan Zhou, Krishnan Sampathkumar
  • Publication number: 20230056230
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to regimens for administering one or more Antibody-Based Molecules that bind PD-1 or PD-L1, and LAG-3 (e.g, a PD-1×LAG-3 bispecific molecule) alone, or in combination with an Antibody-Based Molecule that binds a Tumor Antigen (TA) for the treatment of cancer. The invention particularly concerns the use of such regimens in conjunction with PD-1×LAG-3 bispecific molecules. The invention is directed to the use of such molecules, and to the use of pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical kits that contain such molecules and that facilitate the use of such dosing regimens in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MacroGenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley James Sumrow, Ross La Motte-Mohs, Jon Marc Wigginton, Ezio Bonvini, Paul A. Moore, Scott Koenig, Xiaoyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230025464
    Abstract: The present disclosure is provides pharmaceutical compositions, for storage and administration, comprising a human PD-1 (“hPD-1”) antibody (“retifanlimab”) and buffering agents. The disclosure further provides containers and kits comprising such pharmaceutical compositions. The disclosure further provides the use of such pharmaceutical compositions, containers, and kits containing retifanlimab in the treatment of a cancer, and in certain aspects treatment of a cancer expressing PD-L1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MACROGENICS, INC.
    Inventors: Krishnan SAMPATHKUMAR, Yan ZHOU, Stephen James BURKE