Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel anti-CD147 antibody exhibiting potent antitumor efficacy and having excellent safety. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical product comprising such an antibody. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for treating tumors using the antibody or the pharmaceutical product, for example. The present invention provides a CD147-specific antibody that activates CD147 and exhibits high antitumor efficacy. The present invention provides the anti-CD147 antibody that exhibits high antitumor efficacy independent of effector functions. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising such an anti-CD147 antibody. The present invention provides a method for treating tumors using such an anti-CD147 antibody and/or pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: A novel peptide which comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 23, and specifically inhibits the protease activity of a target molecule.

Abstract: SPINK2 mutant peptide conjugates are provided that inhibit KLK5. The KLK5 inhibitory peptide conjugates are Fc fusion peptides in which, in certain embodiments, the Fc region of the fusion peptides are the Fc region of human IgG1 or a fragment thereof. The KLK5 inhibitory peptide conjugates include an amino acid sequence of one of SEQ ID NOs: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 96, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, or 60. Pharmaceutical compositions that include the KLK5 inhibitory peptide conjugates useful for treating KLK5-related diseases are also provided.

Abstract: To provide a method for purifying an antibody to a sufficient degree of purity for therapeutic use in humans by removing impurities contained in a solution efficiently while reducing production cost and the purification period in the purification of the antibody. It was found that an antibody can be reliably purified to a high degree of purity by an activated carbon material, regardless of the amounts or species of impurities co-present, and that high viral clearance can be attained reliably. Based on the finding, a treatment with an activated carbon material could be used in place of AEX chromatography achieving viral clearance in a step of purifying a therapeutic antibody using CHO cells. As a result, an antibody can be simply and effectively purified to a sufficient degree of purity for therapeutic use in humans compared to a conventional purification method, while reducing production cost.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition and a therapeutic method wherein an antibody-drug conjugate and an immune checkpoint inhibitor are administered in combination, and the antibody-drug conjugate is an antibody-drug conjugate in which a drug-linker represented by the following formula (wherein A represents the connecting position to an antibody) is conjugated to the antibody via a thioether bond; and a pharmaceutical composition and a therapeutic method for use in treatment of a disease that can be ameliorated through an antitumor immunity-activating effect wherein the antibody-drug conjugate is included.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having excellent histone acetyl transferase inhibitory activity against EP300 and/or CREBBP, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is represented by the following formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein ring Q1, ring Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 respectively have the same meanings as defined in the specification.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent for HER3-mutated cancer containing an anti-HER3 antibody-drug conjugate as an active ingredient and/or a method of treatment for cancer, the method including administering an anti-HER3 antibody-drug conjugate to a subject determined to have HER3-mutated cancer.

Abstract: As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety and has an excellent therapeutic effect, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an anti-HER2 antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-(CH2)n2-C(?O)— wherein the anti-HER2 antibody is connected to the terminal L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the carbonyl group of the —(CH2)n2-C(?O)— moiety with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as the connecting position.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-GPR20 antibody that can be used in the detection of GPR20, a reagent for GPR20 detection comprising the antibody, a reagent for diagnosis or a composition for testing of a disease related to the expression of GPR20, etc. The present invention provides an antibody specifically binding to a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence at amino acid positions 1 to 48 in SEQ ID NO: 1, or an antigen-binding fragment of the antibody, a chimeric antibody of the antibody, a rabbit type antibody of the antibody, etc. The present invention also provides a composition comprising the antibody, etc.

Abstract: This application provides: an antibody which specifically binds to an ALK2 protein and has an activity of inhibiting BMP signal transduction mediated by ALK2; a method for producing the antibody; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, for treating and/or preventing ectopic ossification and/or bone dysplasia, anemia, or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition wherein an antibody-drug conjugate in which a drug-linker of the represented formula (wherein A represents a connecting position to an antibody) is conjugated to the antibody via a thioether bond and a kinase inhibitor (at least one selected from the group consisting of a CDK4/6 inhibitor, an mTOR inhibitor, a PI3K inhibitor, an AKT inhibitor, an ERK inhibitor, an MEK inhibitor, an RAF inhibitor, a CDK1 inhibitor, a CDK2 inhibitor, a CHK1 inhibitor, a WEE1 inhibitor, a PLK1 inhibitor, an Aurora kinase inhibitor, a Bcr-Abl inhibitor, an Src inhibitor, an EPH inhibitor, a VEGFR inhibitor, a KIT inhibitor, an RET inhibitor, a PDGFR inhibitor, an FGFR inhibitor, a BTK inhibitor, an FLT3 inhibitor, an ALK inhibitor, a JAK inhibitor, an MET inhibitor, a CSF-1R inhibitor, an NTRK inhibitor, an EGFR inhibitor, and an HER2 inhibitor) are administered in combination, and/or a method of treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an immunity-inducing agent comprising, as an active component, a polynucleotide/peptide conjugate in which a single-chain polynucleotide or polynucleotide derivative comprising a CpG motif, and an antigenic peptide are bound via a spacer, wherein the spacer is covalently bound at one end thereof to the polynucleotide or polynucleotide derivative and covalently bound at the other end thereof to the antigenic peptide, as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising said immunity-inducing agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory action on the interaction between menin and an MLL protein. The compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein, in the formula (1), the dotted circle, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ring Q1, W, m and n are each as defined in the description.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition, wherein an antibody-drug conjugate in which a drug-linker represented by the following formula (wherein A represents a connecting position to an antibody) is conjugated to the antibody via a thioether bond, and a PARP inhibitor are administered in combination, and/or a method of treatment, wherein the antibody-drug conjugate and a PARP inhibitor are administrated in combination to a subject.

Abstract: The present invention aims at establishing a molecular therapy for Alport syndrome. The present invention provides an oligonucleotide of 15-30 bp comprising a nucleotide sequence complementary to the cDNA of COL4A5 gene, wherein the oligonucleotide is capable of inducing skipping of an exon which has a truncating mutation found in COL4A5 gene in Alport syndrome patients and whose nucleotide number is a multiple of 3, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof. Also provided is a pharmaceutical drug comprising the above oligonucleotide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof (therapeutic drug for Alport syndrome).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an antibody specifically binding to CDH6 and having a high internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate comprising the antibody and a high antitumor activity, a pharmaceutical product having the antibody-drug conjugate and having a therapeutic effect on a tumor, a method for treating a tumor using the antibody, the antibody-drug conjugate or the pharmaceutical product, and the like. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an anti-CDH6 antibody prepared having internalization activity, an anti-CDH6 antibody-drug conjugate prepared by connecting the anti-CDH6 antibody and a novel PBD derivative and exhibiting high anti-tumor activity, a pharmaceutical product and a therapeutic method for treating tumors using these.

Abstract: Desired is development of novel CDN derivatives having STING agonist activity; and a therapeutic agents and/or therapeutic methods using the novel CDN derivatives for diseases associated with STING agonist activity. Further desired is development of a therapeutic agents and/or therapeutic methods capable of delivering the novel CDN derivatives specifically to targeted cells and organs for diseases associated with STING agonist activity. The present invention provides novel CDN derivatives having potent STING agonist activity, and antibody-CDN derivative conjugates including the novel CDN derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody that binds to GARP and is useful as a therapeutic agent for a tumor, and a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned antibody. It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody, which inhibits the function of Treg in a tumor and is thereby used as a pharmaceutical product having therapeutic effects, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned antibody, and the like. An anti-GARP antibody that binds to GARP and exhibits inhibitory activity to Treg function and exhibits ADCC activity is obtained, and moreover a pharmaceutical composition for use in tumor therapy, comprising the aforementioned antibody, etc. is obtained.

Abstract: A method for improving blood kinetics of a peptide is provided. The method for improving blood kinetics of a peptide includes a step of preparing a peptide having a modified amino acid sequence.

Abstract: A novel peptide which comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 23, and specifically inhibits the protease activity of a target molecule.