Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating B7-H1-expressing tumors comprising administering an effective amount of MEDI4736 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: Stabilized antibodies directed to Angiopoeitin-2 and uses of such antibodies are described. Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, hybridomas or other cell lines for expressing such antibodies are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides anti-CD73 binding molecules, e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the disclosed compositions, and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with CD73-expression, e.g., cancer. Such diseases can be treated, e.g., by direct therapy with the anti-CD73 binding molecules disclosed herein (e.g., naked antibodies or antibody-drug conjugates that bind CD73), by adjuvant therapy with other antigen-binding anticancer agents such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g., anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies), and/or by combination therapies where the anti-CD73 molecules are administered before, after, or concurrently with chemotherapy.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for separating a recombinantly produced polypeptide from host cell protein. The method includes a step of loading a clarified cell culture supernatant that includes the recombinantly produced polypeptide and the HCP onto a Protein A chromatography column and washing the Protein A chromatography column with a wash buffer comprising a fatty acid having a chain length of at least about 6 carbon atoms, or a fatty acid salt thereof to remove HCP and then recovering the recombinantly produced polypeptide.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides MrkA binding proteins, e.g., antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to MrkA and induce opsonophagocytic killing of Klebsiella (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae). The present disclosure also provides methods of reducing Klebsiella (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae) or treating or preventing Klebsiella (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae) infection in a subject comprising administering MrkA binding proteins, e.g., antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, MrkA polypeptides, immunogenic fragments thereof, or polynucleotides encoding MrkA or immunogenic fragments thereof to the subject.

Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to a bivalent, bispecific construct comprising an anti-IL-6 antibody, or derivative thereof, and an anti-IL-23 antibody, or derivative thereof and its use in therapy. The invention also relates to useful anti-IL-6 antibodies and anti-IL-23 antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life. In addition, the invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated bacteremia and sepsis, and methods for preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using anti-S. aureus alpha-toxin (anti-AT) antibodies. Also provided are methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial load in the bloodstream or heart of a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial agglutination and/or thromboembolic lesion formation in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, are also provided. Also provided are methods of preventing or reducing the severity of S. aureus associated pneumonia in an immunocompromised mammalian subject.

Abstract: Novel tubulysin derivatives which may be useful as cytotoxic agents to provide therapeutic benefits in the treatment of various types of cancers, alone, as drug conjugates or in combination with other chemotherapies are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to anti-HER2 binding molecules (e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof), derived HER2-binding molecules (e.g., bispecific anti-HER2 antibodies), and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) that bind the extracellular domain of the HER2 receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulation comprising the disclosed compositions and method for the treating diseases associated with HER2-mediated signal transduction.

Abstract: The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human ?-synuclein with a high affinity and reduces ?-synuclein spreading in vivo, recombinant polypeptides comprising said antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof and methods for generating such polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for generating ?-synuclein antibodies, and methods of using ?-synuclein antibodies for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, in particular alpha-synucleinopathies.

Abstract: This disclosure provides LOX1 (LOX1) binding proteins such as anti-LOX1 antibodies, and compositions and methods for making these binding proteins. In certain aspects the LOX1-binding proteins provided herein, inhibit, or antagonize LOX1 activity. In addition, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating conditions associated with atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary artery disease (CAD), ischemia (e.g., myocardial ischemia), infarction (e.g., myocardial infarction), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, reperfusion injury, restenosis, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, heart failure, inflammation (e.g., chronic inflammation), angiogenesis, preeclampsia, cancer and other LOX1-mediated diseases and conditions.

Abstract: This application provides a method of treating cancer in a patient comprising administering at least one dose of radiation therapy and at least one PD-1 and/or PD-L1 antagonist, wherein at least one PD-1 and/or PD-L1 antagonist is administered on the same day as a dose of radiation therapy or up to and including 4 days later.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that specifically bind PD-1 (Programmed Death 1), thereby modulating immune responses in general, and those mediated by TcR and CD28, in particular. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used for example, in treating autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders, allergies, transplant rejection, cancer and other immune system disorders.

Abstract: This application provides anti-PCSK9˜GLP-1 fusions and methods for use.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for isolating an active polypeptide or immunoconjugate by purification of a solution containing both the active polypeptide or immunoconjugate and an acidic variant thereof, such as a deamidated variant, using anion exchange chromatography. The present invention also provides compositions, formulations, and unit dosage forms comprising the purified polypeptide or immunoconjugate.

Abstract: Antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2 and uses of such antibodies are described. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen Ang-2. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies.

Abstract: The invention provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV, and means and methods for producing them.

Abstract: The invention provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV. Nucleic acid sequences encoding said antibody, as well as antibody producing cells and methods for producing said antibody are also provided.

Abstract: Humanized anti-Tn-MUC1 antibodies and conjugates thereof. Conjugates comprising pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) having a labile protecting group in the form of a linker to the antibody are described.