Patents Assigned to Nektar Therapeutics
  • Patent number: 12247059
    Abstract: Conjugates of an interleukin-2 (“IL-2”) moiety and one or more nonpeptidic, water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the non-peptidic, water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided, among other things, are compositions comprising conjugates, methods of making conjugates, methods of administering compositions to an individual, nucleic acid sequences, expression systems, host cells, and methods for preparing IL-moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Mary J. Bossard, Cherie F. Ali, Xiaofeng Liu, Deborah H. Charych, Yujun Wang
  • Patent number: 12233104
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments of the invention, a method is provided, the method comprising the steps of administering to a cancer patient: (a) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and (b) an IL-15R-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-15 moiety. In one or more embodiments of the invention, a composition is provided, the composition comprising: an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and an IL-15R-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-15 moiety. In one or more embodiments of the invention, a kit is provided, the kit comprising: an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; an IL-15R-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-15 moiety; and instructions for use of the IL-2R?-selective agonist and the long-acting, IL-15 moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Deborah H. Charych, Peter Benedict Kirk
  • Patent number: 12214045
    Abstract: Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist. Also provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer (a) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and (b) a Toll-like receptor agonist such as a conjugate as described above, as well as related compositions, kits and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Jonathan Zalevsky, Takahiro Miyazaki, Saul Kivimae
  • Patent number: 12054553
    Abstract: Provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer: (a) a 4-1BB agonist; (b) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and/or (c) a toll-like receptor agonist, as well as related compositions, kits and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Saul Kivimae, Marlene Hennessy, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Zhongxu Ren, Bhalchandra V. Joshi
  • Patent number: 12036283
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a long acting IL-15 receptor agonist, related compositions and methods of preparation and use, for example, in the treatment of conditions responsive to therapy effective to provide, for example, sustained immune activation and/or anti-tumor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Peter Benedict Kirk, Ping Zhang, Peiwen Kuo Brewer
  • Patent number: 12030940
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods in the field of cancer immunotherapy that involve the treatment of a subject having cancer by administering to the subject a toll-like receptor 7/8 (TLR7/8) agonist in combination with a long-acting IL-2R?-biased agonist and a programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD-L1) axis inhibitor, and related compositions, dosage forms, and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Jonathan Zalevsky, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Zhongxu Ren, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Mary Tagliaferri, Werner Rubas, Saul Kivimae, Rhoneil L. Pena
  • Patent number: 12016952
    Abstract: Methods of preparing monodisperse oligomer reagent compositions such as oligo(ethylene glycol) reagent compositions are described herein. The methods involve reacting a halo-terminated oligomer such as an oligo(ethylene oxide) having (m) monomers with a hydroxyl-terminated oligomer such as a hydroxyl-terminated oligo(ethylene oxide) having (n) monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Michael D. Bentley, Tacey X. Viegas, Richard R. Goodin, Lin Cheng, Xuan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11932726
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides (among other things) improved methods of preparing fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents, methods of recovering and purifying such polymeric reagents, methods of reducing unwanted impurities in a fluorenyl-based polymeric reagent, fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents prepared by the methods described herein, and conjugates prepared by reaction with fluorenyl-based polymeric reagents prepared by the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Sean M. Culbertson, Samuel P. McManus, Antoni Kozlowski, Venkata Ravidnranadh Somu
  • Patent number: 11834553
    Abstract: Among other aspects, provided herein is a mixed-acid salt of a water-soluble polymer-drug conjugate, along with related methods of making and using the same. The mixed-salt acid salt is stably formed, and appears to be more resistant to hydrolytic degradation than the corresponding predominantly pure acid salt or free base forms of the polymer-drug conjugate. The mixed acid salt is reproducibly prepared and recovered, and provides surprising advantages over non-mixed acid salt forms of the water-soluble polymer drug conjugate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Antoni Kozlowski, Samuel P. McManus, Sachin Tipnis, Greg Lavaty, David Swallow, John R. Handley, Anthony G. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11813241
    Abstract: Among other aspects, provided herein are multi-arm polymeric prodrug conjugates of taxane-based compounds and/or fluorinated forms thereof. Methods of preparing such conjugates as well as methods of administering the conjugates are also provided. Upon administration to a patient, release of the taxane-based compound is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Antoni Kozlowski, Timothy A. Riley, Samuel P. McManus
  • Patent number: 11744898
    Abstract: Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist. Also provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer (a) an IL-2R?-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2R?-selective agonist; and (b) a Toll-like receptor agonist such as a conjugate as described above, as well as related compositions, kits and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Zhongxu Ren, Neel K. Anand, Haiying Cai, Bo-Liang Deng, Bhalchandra V. Joshi, Jonathan Zalevsky, Takahiro Miyazaki, Saul Kivimae
  • Patent number: 11672776
    Abstract: Among other aspects, provided herein are multi-armed polymer conjugates comprising an alkanoate-linker, compositions comprising such conjugates, and related methods of making and administering the same. Methods of treatment employing such conjugates and related uses are also provided. The conjugates are prepared with high drug loading efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Antoni Kozlowski, Samuel P. McManus, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, Xiaoming Shen, Wen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11634540
    Abstract: Provided herein are polymeric ?-hydroxy aldehyde or ?-hydroxy ketone reagents which can be conjugated to amine-containing compounds to form stable conjugates in a single-step reaction. In selected embodiments, the polymeric reagent itself incorporates an internal proton-abstracting (basic) functional group, to promote more efficient reaction. The substituent is appropriately situated, via a linker if necessary, to position the group for proton abstraction, preferably providing a 4- or 5-bond spacing between the abstracting atom and the hydrogen atom on the ?-carbon. Also provided are methods of using the reagents and stable, solubilized conjugates of the reagents with biologically active compounds. In preferred embodiments, the polymeric component of the reagent or conjugate is a polyethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Sean M. Culbertson, Xiaoming Shen, Antoni Kozlowski, Samuel P. McManus
  • Patent number: 11628205
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides conjugates comprising a Factor VIII moiety covalently attached via an oxime-containing linkage to a water-soluble polymer, such as for example, a polyethylene glycol polymer. Methods for preparing and for administering such conjugates, are also provided, as are water-soluble polymer oxyamine reagents useful for preparing the subject conjugates, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Mary J. Bossard, Dawei Sheng
  • Patent number: 11612662
    Abstract: Among other aspects, provided herein are multi-arm polymeric prodrug conjugates of pemetrexed-based compounds. Methods of preparing such conjugates as well as methods of administering the conjugates are also provided. Upon administration to a patient, release of the pemetrexed-based compound is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Lin Cheng, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier
  • Patent number: 11464788
    Abstract: The invention provides corticosteroids that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits a reduced biological membrane crossing rate as compared to the biological membrane crossing rate of the corticosteroid not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Jennifer Riggs-Sauthier, J. Milton Harris, Michael D. Bentley
  • Patent number: 11446385
    Abstract: Polymeric reagents are provided comprising a moiety of atoms arranged in a specific order, wherein the moiety is positioned between a water-soluble polymer and a reactive group. The polymeric reagents are useful for, among other things, forming polymer-active agent conjugates. Related methods, compositions, preparations, and so forth are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: J. Milton Harris, Antoni Kozlowski, Samuel P. McManus, Michael D. Bentley, Stephen A. Charles
  • Patent number: 11419943
    Abstract: The invention relates to (among other things) polymer-sunitinib conjugates and related compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over sunitinib in unconjugated form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Sean M. Culbertson, Antoni Kozlowski, Tony Drew Vinson
  • Patent number: 11406618
    Abstract: The invention relates to (among other things) polymer-des-ethyl sunitinib conjugates and related compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over des-ethyl sunitinib in unconjugated form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Antoni Kozlowski, Sean M. Culbertson, Xiaoming Shen, Samuel P. McManus, Mark A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11318164
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions directed towards the treatment of an individual having cancer by providing adoptive cell transfer therapy and administering to the individual a long-acting IL-2R?-biased agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Deborah H. Charych, Antoni Ribas, Giulia Parisi